Lab members of the Remi Quirion laboratory.

The laboratory’s focus is on the neurons that use glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter that is key to the functioning of the central nervous system.

The laboratory directed by Bruno Giros, PhD, studies the molecular networks of dopamine and glutamate receptors and transporters, two neurotransmitters that play a key role in schizophrenia.

Directed by N.M.K. Ng Ying Kin, PhD, the laboratory measures putative biological markers for various psychiatric conditions and treatment-resistance to usual medications.

Depression in young people is considered a disorder when feelings of sadness, emptiness, etc. last for many days and significantly impair life.

Directed by Sylvain Williams, PhD, the lab is interested in two brain structures – the hippocampus and the septum – which interact closely in order to generate critical aspects of learning and memory.

Understanding eating disorders and their causes is essential to preventing and treating them.

People with Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) struggle to focus, sit still, or restrain their impulses.

Classes are held every Tuesdays at 7 PM, from October 23 to November 27, 2007. They were overseen by Hani Iskandar, MD, Clinical Chief at Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Coordinator in Undergraduate Medical Education at Douglas I

The 2010 Douglas Institute research teams who were awarded grants from NSERC to pursue work in their respective fields of expertise.