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René Hen - F1000 Faculty Member (since 25 July 2001)

Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
Professor: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York
Director: Division of Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, The New York State Psychiatric Institute & Research Foundation
Member: The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University, New York

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
René Hen’s research is focused on the contribution of serotonin (5-HT) receptors to pathological states such as depression and anxiety. Pharmacological studies and molecular cloning have identified several subtypes of receptors with distinct properties, signaling systems, and tissue distributions.

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