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
Tourette Syndrome
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Neurobiology
Netherlands
Neuropsychiatry
Child Psychiatry
Canada
Autistic Disorder
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Depression
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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 Networks, Computer
Neural Pathways
Neurophysiology
Social Behavior
Social Cognition
Prefrontal Cortex
Theory of Mind
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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
Psychophysiology
Technology
Child Psychiatry
Attention
Autistic Disorder
Developmental Disabilities
Pediatrics
Perception
Prodromal Symptoms
Human Development
Mental Disorders
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Paul Lombroso, MD
Professor Emeritus in the Child Study Center; Director, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology
Research Interests
Schizophrenia
Adolescent Psychiatry
Alzheimer Disease
Fragile X Syndrome
Child Psychiatry
Neuropharmacology
Neurosciences
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor
Psychiatry
Parkinson Disease
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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
Mental Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Drugs, Investigational
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Amino Acids
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Fred Volkmar, MD
Irving B. Harris Professor Emeritus in the Child Study Center
Research Interests
Neuropsychology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Autistic Disorder
Asperger Syndrome
Child Psychiatry
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