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.

Joseph Rochford examines how antidepressants change behavioral and biological mechanisms involved in coping with stress.

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.

Tak Pan Wong studies the impact of stress on the brain and evaluates how this relates to behaviour, learning and memory.

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.

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

Florian Storch explores explores the biological role of circadian clocks, internal timers that generate rhythms  of 24 hours.