Resarch & Giving News Archive

2007 Archive

• 10 Leading Research Discoveries in 2007 Made Possible by Donations to NARSAD ()

• Thanks to Challenge Grant, Every Donation
Made by Dec. 31 Will Be Doubled ()

• Knowing How Ketamine Impairs Brain Circuitry May Lead to New Therapies for Schizophrenia ()

• NARSAD to participate in CIBC World Markets
Miracle Day 2007

• NARSAD Researcher Gains An Insight
Into How Our Brains Remember ()

• Scientists Develop Non-Invasive Method
to Track Neurogenesis in Live Human Brain ()

• Award-Winning “Healthy Minds” Series to Broadcast on Public TV Stations Throughout New York State ()

• 2007 Prizes for Outstanding Psychiatric Research Presented at NARSAD’s New York Gala, October 19th ()

• Study Shows Brain-Cell Growth Slows With Aging,
But Need Not Stop ()

• How Stress and Emotion Leave Deep Marks on Memory ()

• Three New Studies Add Important Facts to Debate About Antidepressant Drug Treatments and Teen Suicide Risk ()

• NARSAD Benefits from Unique 9/11 Fundraising Event by BGC Partners ()

• Breast Cancer Drug Brings Speedier Relief in Manic Phase of Bipolar Disorder ()

• Treating Depression May Improve Recovery
of Heart Attack Patients ()

• Rates of Bipolar Diagnosis in American Youth Jump 40-Fold Over Last Decade ()

• NARSAD Researcher Featured
in Science Times August 14 ()

• Laboratory-Altered Protein Makes Mice Less Fearful ()

• NARSAD Investigator Develops a Mouse Model
of Schizophrenia ()

• Alpine Woods Investments Co-Founder Gives Back ()

• Stanford Researchers Find Brain Pathway
of Depression in Rats ()

• Research on Overanxious Mice Sheds Light
on Human Anxiety Disorders ()

• NARSAD Names New President and CEO, Geoff Birkett ()

• Research Links Brain Enzyme Level
with Aggressive Personality ()

• Quick-learning Mice Provide Clues to New Approaches
for PTSD, Alzheimer’s, Addiction ()

• Brain's White Matter is ‘Smarter’ than Previously Thought ()

• Evidence of an Association between Schizophrenia
and Lipid Metabolism ()

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder — History, Imaging,
and Treatment: ()

• Antidepressant Therapy Spurred
New Neuron Growth in Monkeys ()

• Targeting Newly Identified Enzyme May Lead
to Better Bipolar Treatments ()

• Study Result Suggests Schizophrenia, Depression Share Common Genetic Mechanisms ()

• New Evidence of Links Between Circadian Rhythms
and Bipolar Disorder ()

• Welcome New Visitors to NARSAD ()

• Ground-Breaking Discoveries Made
With the Help of NARSAD Grants ()

• 7 Compelling Reasons to Support NARSAD
and Mental Health Research ()

• New Study Shows Intensive Psychotherapy to Be More Effective Than Brief Therapy for
Treating Bipolar Depression ()

• NARSAD Announces 246 New Grants to Top Scientists ()

• NARSAD Chosen by USA Today as one of 25 Charities
“Closest to the Hearts of Americans” ()

• NARSAD-supported Research Identifies Method
of Quantifying Schizophrenia Risk ()

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Can Damage Children’s Brain Development ()

• SchizophreniaGene: A Valuable New Web-Based Resource for the Research Community ()

• Scientists Identify Gene Region Linked to Severe Depression ()

• Low Birth Weight and Childhood Abuse Linked to Later Psychological Problems ()

• Is New Nerve Growth Always a Good Thing? ()

• Different Families, Different Characteristics – Different Kinds of Bipolar Disorder? ()

• Men and Women Have Different Risk Factors for Suicide ()

• Researchers Looking for Genes That Control the Brain ()

• Impulsiveness Linked to Activity in
Brain's Reward Center ()