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CHOP and Penn researchers find connection between mitochondrial function and mental illness in patients with a rare genetic disorder.

The results of the study may eventually lead to targeted prevention and treatment strategies for patients with the condition.

Chemogenetic technology is making it more possible to identify abnormal circuitry, correct it, and change the relevant behaviors.

We peeked into the data to see which research stories captivated our readers the most in 2019: Here are the top five.

Take a multimedia look at our HIV researchers' work – from our basic science labs, to our Center for Functional Neuroimaging, to Botswana's neighborhoods.

LiBI, a unique collaborative effort, bridges the gap between pediatric and adult research to learn how brain and behavior develop over a lifetime.

Two-hundred attendees gathered for the first Lifespan Brain Institute Symposium to dig deep into the neurobiological development of mental illness.

Synapses were firing throughout the conference room in the Colket Translational Research Building as attendees at the 2017 Research Institute Scientific Symposium held May 2 learned about their colleagues' intriguing research endeavors. The four sessions' themes…

A self-proclaimed “geeky student” in high school, Stewart Anderson, MD, a research psychiatrist, always dreamed of being a scientist. He wandered through various fields — anthropology, archeology, geology, astronomy – before becoming fascinated with learning about the brain.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Ethan Goldberg, MD, PhD, recently received an award from the epilepsy advocacy organization Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) to study using transplanted cells to treat epilepsy.

Along with its research partners Drexel University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute recently hosted a collaborative research symposium that gave researchers from all three institutions the chance to connect and share…

Stem cells have the unique ability to develop, or differentiate, into other kinds of cells in the body. Researchers have now manipulated human stem cells so that they produce the types of brain cells that play important roles in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy,…