Michael Fanselow, distinguished professor of psychology (UCLA Life Sciences) and psychiatry & biobehavioral sciences (David Geffen School of Medicine), led a study focusing on the connection between traumatic brain injuries and anxiety disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was published in Scientific Reports, a sub journal of Nature.
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In a recent press release by MDedge Psychiatry – an online journalism resource – Katherine Narr, associate professor of neurology and psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine, discussed the results from a study performed as part of the Depression Grand Challenge’s Serial Ketamine Infusion Biomarkers demonstration project.
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DGC Newsletter – Issue #8
Timing: Winter/Spring 2019
Topic: DGC Progress to Date
Beginning in spring 2017, UCLA Depression Grand Challenge (DGC) started publishing a subscriber-based newsletter. Issue #8 provides a look at progress to date.
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Daniel Geschwind, professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Xinshu (Grace) Xiao, UCLA’s Maria R. Ross professor of integrative biology and physiology, published research results revealing new clues about differences in the brain cells between people with autism and a control group. The focus of the study was RNA editing. Although difficult to know if it is causation or a result, the study found that people with autism had reduced editing.
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Researchers Xia Yang, associate professor of integrative biology and physiology, Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, professor of neurosurgery and of integrative biology and physiology, published research findings in the journal Nature Communications.
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