The Silvio O. Conte Center for Stress Peptide Advanced Research, Education, & Dissemination (SPARED)

The Silvio O. Conte Center for Stress Peptide Advanced Research, Education, & Dissemination (SPARED) at McLean Hospital, funded by the National Institute of Health, is dedicated to basic and translational neuroscience research that probes the role of stress peptides in neuropsychiatric disorders. Scientists in the SPARED Conte Center are pioneers and leading experts in the diverse fields of behavioral neuroscience, genetics, electrophysiology, stress, and neuroimaging, collaborating with experts in bioinformatics and statistical genetics to establish a translational approach for understanding the roll of stress peptides in psychiatric disorders. Read about recent (and all) SPARED Conte Seed Grant Awards, including Pilot Grants.

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