April 17, 2012
April 17, 2012 —
…in the Department of Psychiatry. The focus of her research is exploring the structure and function of the brain in individuals across the lifespan. She is particularly interested in the effects of neuropsychiatric disorders and age, and on relating cognitive performance to brain measures. More… Fred Gage Fred Gage is…
May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016 —
When the master pacemaker that normally synchronizes circadian rhythms in the brain is disrupted, that disruption causes helplessness, behavioral despair, and anxiety-like behavior in mice, say scientists at the University of California San Diego.
September 29, 2015
September 29, 2015 —
A cross-disciplinary team of University of California, San Diego social and medical scientists will lead an ambitious, longitudinal national study to probe the mysteries of the adolescent brain.
July 4, 2016
July 4, 2016 —
…for specific genes linked with 66 different physical and behavioral traits.
October 7, 2014
October 7, 2014 —
Two professors of psychiatry at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have been honored by the New York City-based Brain & Behavior Research Foundation for their work studying the genetics, dysfunction and treatment of schizophrenia, a chronic and severe brain disorder affecting roughly 1 percent of the general…
December 6, 2017
December 6, 2017 —
Thirty two faculty members at the University of California San Diego are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, based on their publications over the past decade.
September 19, 2016
September 19, 2016 —
If you’ve lived through your own or your kids’ adolescence, you know it’s an extraordinary time. Yet researchers know comparatively little about the teenage brain. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study – by the National Institutes of Health, with leadership from the University of California San Diego – aims…
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019 —
Minding Time: Department of Psychiatry Marks 50 Years Department of Psychiatry Celebrates 50th Anniversary with New Endowed Chair When a young Igor Grant, M.D., and his wife, JoAnn, a nurse, first moved to La Jolla in 1972, the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego was newly…
July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015 —
In the first randomized trial to look at statin effects on behavior, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that aggressive behavior typically declined among men placed on statins (compared to placebo), but typically increased among women placed on statins.
July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020 —
Zafiris J. “Jeff” Daskalakis, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.