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Dr. Martin Paulus has been appointed to the Editorial Board at JAMA Psychiatry. This journal is the highest impact journal in psychiatry today. Dr. Paulus has reviewed articles on their behalf and because of the high quality, succinct and analytical reviews he provides, they invited him to formalize the relationship and secure his expertise.
This benefits LIBR in terms of increased visibility in the scientific community and by gaining insight into cutting edge research underway globally. Congratulations, Dr. Paulus!  Congratulations to Drs. Sahib Khalsa and Justin Feinstein on their intriguing Journal of Neuroscience article featured by the editors in the current issue! "In a pair of twin sisters, a rare disease had damaged the brain’s structures believed necessary to feel fear. But an injection of a drug [isoproterenol] could nevertheless make them anxious." The results suggest that the amygdala isn’t the only part of the brain involved in fear and anxiety. Determining the additional systems involved could provide key neural targets for future anxiety treatments. News coverage of the research: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-holds-more-one-road-fear?tgt=nr https://www.newscientist.com/article/2082072-fearless-twins-reveal-how-our-bodies-affect-our-emotions/ Full Citation: S. Khalsa et al. Panic anxiety in humans with bilateral amygdala lesions: Pharmacological induction via cardiorespiratory interoceptive pathways. Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 36, March 23, 2016. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4109-15.2016
The Laureate Institute for Brain Research and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) group at LIBR proudly presents our new lecture series "Healthy Brains for a Healthy Oklahoma". Our first trio of lectures will provide parents, teachers and community members with valuable information on brain development in children. Please join us for the first talk, "How the Brain Grows Up", by Dr. Martin Paulus, Scientific Director and President of LIBR, on February 25th from 6-8pm in the Laureate Conference Center in Tulsa, OK. We look forward to seeing you there! Cost: FREE Please visit our Facebook page to tell us you're interested in attending the event!  February 25, 2016 "How the Brain Grows Up"
Dr. Paulus is a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Neuroscientist. He studied Medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1979-1985. Dr. Paulus completed his medical training and internship at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center / Zucker Hillside Hospital on Long Island, NY. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD and also became a staff psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System (VASDHS). In May 2014, Dr. Paulus moved to Tulsa OK to take the position as the Scientific Director and President of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR).  Congratulations to Dr. Kymberly Young for being interviewed in the Wall Street Journal article "Brain Training for Anxiety, Depression and Other Mental Conditions" about her research in Dr. Jerzy Bodurka's lab on neurofeedback and depression!
LIBR is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) along with 12 other research institutions as part of a landmark study about the effects of adolescent substance use on the developing brain. This study will be a unique opportunity for the Tulsa region to contribute to a national effort to better understand the brain. The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study will follow 10,000 children nationwide beginning at ages 9 to 10, through the period of highest risk for substance use and mental health disorders. Scientists will track exposure to substances, academic achievement, cognitive skills, mental health, and brain structure and function using advanced research methods. Click here to read the official press release
LIBR wishes to congratulate Dr. Gerry Clancy on his new position as Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the University of Tulsa's College of Health Sciences. Dr. Clancy has been a long-time supporter of LIBR and we wish him continued success in his passion for "Educating world-class medical experts who will put our city and our state on a new path to overall wellness.”
To read the full story, please visit Public Radio Tulsa. The New York Times has written an article featuring the results of the recent LIBR/TU football concussion study published in JAMA last week.
Click here to read the featured article. Scientists from LIBR conduct state-of-the-art functional MRI research focusing on understanding underlying mechanisms of psychiatric disorders. Jerzy Bodurka Ph.D., The Director of MRI Facility at LIBR, expressed his support for a new Ph.D. physics granting program at Tulsa University. This program will enhance the development of collaborative research projects between LIBR and TU and will provide an opportunity for students to experience cutting-edge research in a nonacademic environment. It will be also an invaluable asset in assisting the technical development and research efforts under way at LIBR.
Learn more: Tulsa University to offer Ph.D. in physics Wayne C. Drevets; Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Project Title: Neuroimaging biomarkers of major depression; Award: $130,416 for three years; Functional magnetic resonance imaging could have an impact on patients who suffer depression and need antidepressants drugs to improve. The research is expected to confirm such results.
W. Kyle Simmons, Laureate Institute for Brain Research; Project Title: Insula Topology in the Healthy and Eating Disordered; Award: $125,176 for three years; Little is known about the insular cortex’s functional organization or the roles it play in the host of psychiatric illness. The knowledge acquired in this project will move the field forward toward improved biomarker-based diagnoses of these disorders, as well as the possibility of novel, highly-focused interventions. Understanding the human brain through neuroimaging is the life work of Wayne Drevets, MD, president and director of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR). Together with Jerzy Bodurka, PhD, MRI facility director at LIBR, he hopes to transition use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in psychiatric applications from research to clinical practice, to more quickly and objectively diagnose patients and assess therapy.Prior to joining LIBR, Drs. Drevets and Bodurka worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where they researched neuropsychiatry using fMRI to understand the brain’s response to stimuli and identify anatomic changes and cellular abnormalities. “Today, the field largely uses MRI to exclude a diagnosis that may masquerade as a psychiatric disorder,” says Dr. Drevets. He hopes to change this at LIBR with the installation of the Discovery MR750 3.0T system. Dr. Bodurka is equally optimistic. “Until now, commercially available 3.0T MRI scanners could not process in real time the large amount of data generated in a high resolution whole brain fMRI scan with multi-element coils array,” he says. “However, we believe that the Discovery MR750 might be the first 3.0T scanner to provide the level of power, speed and reliability we need for clinical applications in psychiatry.” 
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