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A new model for neuroscience drug discovery.

We are "derisking" drug discovery by blending academic basic research with state-of-the-art drug discovery resources.

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vanderbilt university medical center
 

RECENT NEWS

 

Lindsley honored for impact on medicinal chemistry field

03/14/2013

VUMC Reporter

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Money without collaboration won't bring cures

02/06/2013

Nature Medicine

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Bristol, AZ take doses of Vanderbilt to treat depressed CNS drug R&D

01/17/2013

FierceBiotech

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Big Pharma Keeps Up Pursuit of Academic Researchers

01/14/2011

The Chronicle for Higher Education

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AstraZeneca, VU collaborate to develop new treatments for major brain disorders

01/14/2013

The VUMC Reporter

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DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE

 

Welcome Message From Our Director

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A welcome message from our director
Jeffrey Conn, Ph. D.

 

INSIDE VCNDD

 
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    Medicinal Chemistry

    Develops new chemical entities suitable for therapeutic use click here.

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    Molecular Pharmacology

    Supports assay development, high-throughput screening, and in vitro pharmacology click here.

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    Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics

    Determines drug metabolism, absorption and distribution, mechanisms of clearance, etc. click here.

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    Behavioral Pharmacology

    Provides pharmacologic characterization using preclinical models of various CNS disorders click here.

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    Alzheimer's

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease click here.

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    Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia affects 1% of the world population click here.

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    Rett Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Many of these disorders have associated genetic risk factors click here.

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    Parkinson’s / Movement Disorders

    Parkinson’s impacts about a million people in the U.S. each year click here.

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    Opportunities and Challenges for Drug Discovery

    Part of Vanderbilt Medical's Discovery Lecture Series   click here.

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    Discoveries in Neuroscience – A My Health Chat Q&A

    Discoveries in Neurosciences   click here.

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    VCNDD Personalized Medicine

    Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery and Personalized Medicine   click here.

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    TEDxNashville

    Breakthrough Medicines for Serious Brain Disorders   click here.

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    Neuroscience Drug Discovery

    Conn Vanderbilt Neuroscience Drug Discovery   click here.