Anderson Lab

Overview

The Anderson Lab is interested in stress response systems, circadian rhythms, and serotonergic systems, and their involvement in dimensions of behaviors relevant to childhood developmental atypicality. Basic research of the lab examines peripheral and central serotonin neurochemistry and assesses response to serotonergic agents. In addition, more theoretical studies involve work on the conceptualization of autism, the utility of biomarkers in autism, and the application of network analysis to behavioral dimensions in autism.

IRB Study Title(s)

Recent and ongoing studies include those in collaboration with researchers at Brown University (Effects of Gestational SSRI Exposure on Behavioral and Neurobiological Outcomes), University of Southern California (Effects of Altered Placental Serotonin Production on Neurodevelopment), Tufts University (Serotonergic Signaling in Nerve Growth), Columbia University (Serotonin and Gastrointestinal Functioning in Autism), University of Reens-France (HPA Axis Functioning in Autism; Pain Reactivity and B-endorphin in Autism), The University of Groningen-The Netherlands (Network Analysis of Behavioral Dimensions in Autism), and Yale University (G. Sanacora, HPA Axis and Response to CBT in De-pression; S. Chang, Central Neurochemical Effects of 5-Hydroxytryptophan Administration in Rhesus; GM Anderson, Circadian Neurochemistry and Behavioral, Sleep and Gastrointestinal Measures in Autism).

Research Interest

The neurobiology of dimensions of behaviors relevant to childhood neurodevelopmental atypicality.

Research Team

George Anderson, PhD
Senior Research Scientist in the Child Study Center and in Laboratory Medicine; Director, Core Resource Laboratory of the Yale Interdisciplinary Research Consortium on Stress, Self-Control and Addiction; Director, Laboratory of Developmental Neurochemistry (Child Study Center)
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder
Canada
Child Psychiatry
Depression
Tourette Syndrome
Netherlands
Neurobiology
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Neuropsychiatry
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Collaborating Yale Faculty

Steve W. C. Chang, PhD
Associate Professor Tenure; Associate Professor, Neuroscience; Member, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Research Interests
Amygdala
Neural Pathways
Neurophysiology
Social Behavior
Neural Networks, Computer
Prefrontal Cortex
Theory of Mind
Social Cognition
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Katarzyna Chawarska, PhD
Emily Fraser Beede Professor of Child Psychiatry; Director, Social and Affective Neuroscience of Autism Program, Child Study Center; Director, Yale Toddler Developmental Disabilities Clinic
Research Interests
Attention
Autistic Disorder
Mental Disorders
Developmental Disabilities
Child Psychiatry
Human Development
Pediatrics
Perception
Psychophysiology
Technology
Prodromal Symptoms
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Paul Lombroso, MD
Professor Emeritus in the Child Study Center; Director, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology
Research Interests
Adolescent Psychiatry
Alzheimer Disease
Child Psychiatry
Fragile X Syndrome
Neuropharmacology
Neurosciences
Parkinson Disease
Psychiatry
Schizophrenia
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor
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Gerard Sanacora, PhD, MD
George D. and Esther S. Gross Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Yale Depression Research Program; Co-Director, Yale New Haven Hospital Interventional Psychiatry Service
Research Interests
Amino Acids
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Mental Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Drugs, Investigational
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Fred Volkmar, MD
Irving B. Harris Professor Emeritus in the Child Study Center
Research Interests
Autistic Disorder
Child Psychiatry
Neuropsychology
Asperger Syndrome
Psychiatry and Psychology
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