Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses.
Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses.
Researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman’s susceptibility to disabling irritability, sadness, and anxiety in the days leading up to her menstrual period.
Clinical Research Studies (Clinical Trials) are of primary importance to the NIMH mission.
Dr. Averbeck attained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1994. After working 3 years in industry, Dr. Averbeck returned to the University of Minnesota and completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience in 2001, working in the lab of Dr. Apostolos Georgopoulos. His thesis was titled, "Neural Mechanisms of Copying Geometrical Shapes".
Dr. Baker is Chief of the Unit on Learning and Plasticity in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition. He received his B.A. in Neuroscience in 1995 from the University of Cambridge in England, and his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1999 from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where he worked with Dr. David Perrett on neurophysiological studies of visual perception.
Dr. Bandettini is Chief of the Section on Functional Imaging Methods in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition of the Intramural Research Program, NIMH. He is also the director of the Functional MRI Core Facility which provides functional MRI support to NIMH, NINDS and several other institutes at the NIMH.
NIMH envisions a world in which mental illnesses are prevented and cured.
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Explore las publicaciones y recursos en línea del NIMH.
Funding News for Current and Future NIMH Awardees.
Learn more about RDoC, a research framework that supports new ways of studying mental disorders.
Learn more about the NIH NeuroBioBank and brain tissue donation.
