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George Anderson, PhD

Senior Research Scientist in the Child Study Center and in Laboratory Medicine
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Director, Core Resource Laboratory of the Yale Interdisciplinary Research Consortium on Stress, Self-Control and Addiction

Director, Laboratory of Developmental Neurochemistry (Child Study Center)

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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)

Biography

Dr. Anderson has a record of extensive collaboration with investigators at Yale University, a large number of national and international collaborations, and has authored or co-authored of over 250 publications in the fields of biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology and analytical chemistry.

He has served on the scientific advisory boards of Cure Autism Now and Autism Speaks, and presently serves on the editorial boards of Autism Research and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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Education & Training

PhD
McGill University (1978)

Research

Overview

Research includes studies on the neurobiology of childhood neuropsychiatric disorders including autism, Tourette syndrome and ADHD, as well as adult depression, PTSD and addiction.

In a large Dutch collaborative study, we have demonstrated bimodal distribution of platelet serotonin in autism. Follow-up studies are attempting to identify disorder- and subgroup-specific alterations of potential etiological significance. Possible neurochemical (catecholamines) and neuroendocrine predictors and surrogates of treatment response in autism are being examined in multi-center studies coordinated by Dr. Lawrence Scahill of the Yale Child Study Center. In collaboration with Dr. Sylvie Tordjman of the University of Rennes, we are examining pineal function and sleep problems in autism, as well as investigating the relationship of ß-endorphin, pain reactivity and self-injurious behavior in autism.

Collaborative studies with three primate facilities have examined the ontogeny of neurotransmitter systems in rhesus monkeys and chimpanzee, neurochemical-behavioral correlates, and the effects of the short- and long-term SSRI in adolescent and adult rhesus. A series of collaborative human studies examine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and sympathoadrenomedullary functioning in ADHD, Tourette syndrome, PTSD, smoking behavior, substance abuse, depression and trauma.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Autistic Disorder; Canada; Child Psychiatry; Depression; Netherlands; Neurobiology; Neuropsychiatry; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Tourette Syndrome

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of George Anderson's published research.

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2014

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Neurochemical Research

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    Autism Research

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    Autism Research

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    Suicidal behavior

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Child Study Center

PO Box 207900, 230 South Frontage Road

New Haven, CT 06520-7900

United States