Collaborations led by Reut Gruber's ABS lab.

Team members of the Brain Imaging Centre, directed by Natasha Rajah, PhD

Directed by Sylvain Williams, PhD, the lab is interested in two brain structures – the hippocampus and the septum – which interact closely in order to generate critical aspects of learning and memory.

Suzanne King is investigating  risk factors for schizophrenia, such as prenatal stress, obstetric complications, and cannabis use.

Ridha Joober developed a pharmaco-genetic profile of schizophrenia that may lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.

The researchers exploring the “Schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders” theme focus on the causes, course, treatment and prevention of: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Autism (research and evaluation) In Canada, one in a hundred people will be diagnosed with schizophrenia while 3 to 5% of children have an attention deficit...

The Douglas Institute is proud to announce that Michael Meaney, C.M., Ph.D., C.Q., FRSC, is the 2014 laureate of the prestigious prix Wilder-Penfield. 

Early life adversity affects broad regions of brain DNA in both rodents and humans.

Effects of child abuse  > Researchers are exploring the effects of child abuse on the brain and on suicidal tendency.

Prenatal maternal stress > New data will lead to a better understanding of its impact on mothers-to-be and their fetuses