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Marisa M. Silveri, PhD, Wins 2019 Anne M. Cataldo Excellence in Mentoring Award

Marisa M. Silveri, PhD, is this year’s winner of the prestigious Anne M. Cataldo Excellence in Mentoring Award. She was formally recognized as the 2019 recipient at a ceremony at McLean Hospital’s Pierce Hall in Belmont, Massachusetts, on October 4, 2019. Silveri is the director of the...

In the Media: Weed and Teen Brains

“What we find from a number of different studies is that early, frequent exposure to cannabis may result in some longer-term or some later difficulties with tasks relative to people who didn’t necessarily have the same amount of exposure, or who were exposed later.” – Dr. Staci Gruber

Blood Vessel Development’s Role in Psychiatric Disorders

For decades, scientists have known that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a key factor in the development of neuropsychiatric disorders. But recent discoveries in the Angiogenesis and Brain Development Laboratory of Anju Vasudevan, PhD, have literally opened a new pathway. Disruptions in prenatal...

In the Media: Pot Is Legal, But Is It Safe? Here’s What We Know

Dr. Staci Gruber discusses the effects of marijuana on the developing brain.

In the Media: How Brain Circuits are Affected by Infections in Mothers and Newborns

Researchers Drs. Vadim Bolshakov and Bill Carlezon find that the brain is affected by infection in the earliest stages of life.

McLean Hospital Neuroscientists Find Immune System in Newborns May Affect Developing Brain

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in epilepsy-like brain activity—a combination of symptoms common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other...

The Essence of Adolescence: Examining Addiction in the Teenage Brain

When Marisa M. Silveri, PhD, director of McLean Hospital’s Neurodevelopmental Laboratory on Addictions and Mental Health, gives community presentations on the effects of alcohol and drug use on the adolescent brain, she refers to herself as a “neuroscience interpreter.” Speaking to hundreds of...

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