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New Study Targets Role of Specific Neurons in Fear Behaviors

October 25, 2016

 

In a recently published paper, Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD, chief scientific officer for McLean Hospital and professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Kenneth M. McCullough describe their novel method for evaluating how a specific group of neurons within the amygdala—a mass of cells located deep within the brain—directly inhibits...

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Coast to Coast: Innovation and Self-Expression

October 6, 2016

A team from the VA Boston Healthcare System Center for Integrated Wellness and Self-Expression went to go visit the San Francisco PRRC program to exchange innovation ideas about creative and alternative modalities of mental health treatment for Veterans in September of 2016.

The site visit was funded by a Center for Innovation grant awarded to the VA Boston Healthcare System Center for...

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