Nobel Prize for Medicine in Mental Health Research

Nobel Prize for Medicine

Three scientists, Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard and Eric Kandel shared this year’s Nobel Price for Medicine. The trio focused on how brain cells communicate, and in particular Carlsson’s work shed light on the new antipsychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia as well as the SSRI’s used to treat depression and OCD. The Nobel Prize citation stated, “The discoveries of Arvid Carlsson have had great importance for the treatment of depression, which is one of our most common diseases.”

Nobel Prize for Medicine

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NAMI Article on the 2000 Nobel Prize for medicine.

The Nobel Lectures (on-demand video of their lectures given on Friday, December 8, 2000 at Karolinska Institutet, Berzelius laboratoriet, Stockholm)

Paul Greengard's Lab - with summary of research goals and recent publications.

Eric Kandel's Lab - summary of research.

The future of psychiatry - Eric Kandel say's it lies with biology.

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