Cecilia Flores' work focuses on the dysfunction of the dopaminergic system, a brain system important in reward, motor, and cognitive functions.

Lalit Srivastava, has conducted research on schizophrenia and dopamine, a brain chemical implicated in its development.

Michael Meaney examines the molecular mechanisms by which maternal care alters gene expression.

Bruno Giros characterizes the neurobiology of schizophrenia and develops improved genetic animal models of this illness.

Sylvain Williams pursues several complimentary lines of study aimed towards elucidating the cause of Alzheimer Disease.

Gustavo Turecki investigates the neurobiology of suicide, focusing on the role of genetic risk factors.

Pedro Rosa-Neto is interested in the structural changes that occur in the brain as a result of neurodegenerative disease.

Salah El Mestikawy studies neurons using glutamate as a neurotransmitter in healthy and diseased central nervous systems.  

Giamal Luheshi investigates how IL-1 is involved in the initiation and progression of the inflammatory events associated with some brain disorders.

David Laplante has been studying the link between prenatal stress and early childhood development.