Dr. Kerry Ressler, Chief Scientific Officer at McLean Hospital and Harvard professor, reveals breakthrough discoveries in ...

Mood, motivation and movement are regulated by circuits in the anterior brainstem – an evolutionarily old part of the brain. We are interested in the neuronal cell types of the brainstem, and how ...

To understand at the molecular level how genetic variability, particularly with respect to nicotinic receptor genes, influences risk for drug dependence and co-morbid psychiatric disorders. Current ...

SUDEP is an unexpected death from epilepsy in a person who was in otherwise good health. It is not caused by seizure-related injury or drowning. At autopsy, no cause for death can be identified. It ...