Research Projects
Project 1 Neurobiology of Suicide: Childhood Adversity, Neuroinflammation and Genomics Childhood adversity is associated with greater risk for depression in adulthood, aggressive traits and...
Project 2 Animal Models of Suicide: Behavior, Neurobiological and Molecular Phenotype We have previously established that mice exposed to postnatal maternal separation manifest increased...
Project 3 PET Neuroimaging in Vivo in Mood Disorders and Suicidal Behavior The molecular pathways contributing to depression and suicide risk are not well...
Project 4 Cognitive Phenotype Neural Circuitry in Vivo In Mood Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Studying the neural mechanisms underlying clinical dysfunction Over the past...
Project 5 Stress, Inflammation, Aggression and Emotion Regulation in Suicidal Behavior Aggression, childhood adversity, and behavioral and physiological responses to stress are all critical...
Project 6 Statistical Models of Suicidal Behavior and Brain Biology Using Large Data Sets At the heart of the Conte Center is the effort...