Bill Carlezon

Bill Carlezon

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Harvard Medical School
McLean Hospital
Carlezon

Dr. Carlezon is primarily interested in the biological basis and treatment of psychiatric illness, specifically nature/nurture issues as they relate to the brain and the basic processes by which the brain develops and is modified in response to experience. His Behavioral Genetics Laboratory, founded in 1998, aims to better understand how the environment affects behavior and the biology of the brain. “Environment” can mean many things, including exposure to stress, drugs, trauma, toxins, or illness. This work is relevant to many types of neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and autism.

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