Kevin L. Behar MPhil, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Director, MRRC Neurometabolism Research Laboratory

Departments & Organizations

Bioimaging Sciences: Magnetic Resonance Research Center | Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center

Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center

Research Interests

NMR; 1H NMR; 13C NMR; In vivo brain metabolism; Glutamate; Gamma-aminobutyrate; Glutamine; Neuron-glial trafficking

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Education

Ph.D., Yale University , 1985

Selected Publication

Banasr M, Chowdhury GM, Terwilliger R, Newton SS, Duman RS, Behar KL, Sanacora G. Glial pathology in an animal model of depression: reversal of stress-induced cellular, metabolic and behavioral deficits by the glutamate-modulating drug riluzole. Mol Psych. 2008 Sep 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Articles

Winter 2002

19 faculty members receive awards for research on brain disorders

Five Yale researchers have received Independent Investigator grants totaling almost $500,000 from the National Alliance...