Basic Neuroscience Related Content

Video: Lecture – Trauma and the Brain – From Molecules to Mobile Phones

Presented by Laura Germine, PhD , and Stephanie A. Maddox, PhD, McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture Memories are central to our lives. They allow us to respond to new situations and demonstrate knowledge. They also protect us from future dangerous situations. Unfortunately, memories...

Identifying the Roots of PTSD

Survival. In an animal kingdom enriched by a diversity of species, it is the one trait shared by organisms as simple as worms and as complex as humans. And the proof is in a protein with the hopelessly complex name of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide. Commonly referred to by...

Discovery @ McLean Hospital 2019

Read the latest on the breakthroughs that McLean’s researchers are making in identifying the roots of PTSD. Identifying the Roots of PTSD Survival. In an animal kingdom enriched by a diversity of species, it is the one trait shared by organisms as simple as worms and as complex as humans. And the...

Video: Work at McLean: Neuroscientist

Bill Carlezon, PhD, is chief of McLean’s Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport Center of Excellence in Basic Neuroscience Research. Learn more about research at McLean and working at the hospital.

Video: Lecture – Obesity, the Brain, and Treatment Implications

Presented by Roger S. McIntyre, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto – Irene Jakab Lecture According to McIntyre, 20-25% of people with bipolar disorder who are treated with conventional approaches report desired outcomes day to day. That means that most bipolar disorder patients are not responding to...

Nurses Highlight Neuroscience and Mental Health Research

The tenth annual McLean Research Day took place on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. The event featured approximately 125 posters of new research from McLean investigators across the hospital, representing basic science, translational, clinical, neuroimaging, health services, and implementation science...

McLean Receives $13.5 Million NIMH Grant for Translational Stress Research

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded a $13.5 million grant to a team of McLean Hospital investigators to support their research into stress chemicals and circuits in the brain. According to Bill Carlezon, PhD , chief of McLean’s Jerry and Phyllis Rappaport Center of Excellence...

Inspired by the Tradition of Women Leaders at McLean

Every day on the job, Dawn Morrissey draws inspiration from McLean Hospital’s past . “When I walk through the hallway leading to the Administration Building on my way to meetings, I always look at the pictures on the wall of the female nurses, doctors, and scientists who have worked at McLean over...

McLean Celebrates Women’s History Month

1,631 of McLean’s 2,369 employees are women. McLean is proud of the contributions women make each day to ensure that the hospital delivers compassionate psychiatric care, innovative research, and unparalleled public and professional education throughout the United States and beyond. These women are...

Inspiring Hope Through Research

As a trained certified public accountant (CPA), Raquel Espinosa followed a unique path to McLean, where she oversees the hospital’s Research Administration . However, the detail-oriented work involved in becoming a CPA turns out to have been a perfect training ground for Espinosa, who uses her love...

Video: Lecture – From Neuroscience to Novel Treatments for Psychosis

Presented by Bruce M. Cohen, MD, PhD , and Dost Öngür, MD, PhD , McLean Hospital – Crossroads in Psychiatry lecture Psychotic disorders are affected by many interacting factors. In fact, large-scale studies conducted on tens of thousands of people with genetic disorders have shown that genetic...

Video: Lecture – A Scientific Odyssey in Three Parts

Presented by Bertha K. Madras, PhD , McLean Hospital, this year’s recipient of The Jack H. Mendelson Memorial Research Award “The joyful life of research. The pure joy of just discovering. The pure joy of adding to knowledge. The pure joy of collaborations, of friendships, of experiences.” That’s...