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Using Modern Molecular Research to Better Understand PTSD

The brain—it only weighs three pounds, and 73% of it is water. But the remaining 27% is a dynamic computing machine that contains an estimated 100 billion neurons and has the capacity to generate 23 watts of power across synapses while awake. That system of neural connections is what separates...

Staff Profile: W. Brad Ruzicka, MD, PhD

W. Brad Ruzicka, MD, PhD, specializes in the clinical treatment and basic investigation of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Dr. Ruzicka provides direct patient care within multiple settings in the hospital’s Division of Psychotic Disorders. Dr. Ruzicka’s research is focused on the role of...

Staff Profile: Sabina Berretta, MD

Sabina Berretta, MD, began her research training under the mentorship of Dr. V. Perciavalle at University of Catania, Italy. In 1990, she joined the laboratory directed by Dr. A. M. Graybiel in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, working neural circuitry linking the motor cortex...

Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center

The Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center (HBTRC), established at McLean Hospital in 1978 and known as the Brain Bank, is a centralized resource for the collection and distribution of human brain specimens for brain research. The Brain Bank collects brain and tissue samples from across the United...