KEYWORD

brain circuits

Tallie Z. Baram

Early-life stress can disrupt maturation of brain’s reward circuits, promoting disorders

UC Irvine discovery offers new therapeutic target for treating mental illness

Xiangmin Xu

UCI wins 5-year, $14M NIH grant to study brain circuits susceptible to aging, Alzheimer’s disease

Findings will advance development of better early diagnostic tools, new treatment strategies

Dr. Tallie Z. Baram

UCI research finds parents’ unpredictable behavior may impair optimal brain circuit formation

Disrupted development increases vulnerability to mental illness, substance abuse