Bangor Daily News publishes story on Michael Burman's NIH grant to study adolescent anxiety disorders

The Bangor Daily News on April 6, 2012 published a story on the $404,000 NIH grant that has been awarded to principal investigator Michael A Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the 51小黄车Department of Psychology, to investigate some of the neurological bases of debilitating anxiety disorders in adolescents.

The three-year grant enables Burman and his research team, including two undergraduate research assistants, to investigate the neural systems involved in pediatric anxiety disorders, with a focus on traumatic memories. They seek to clarify when various limbic system structures begin to function and how they contribute to traumatic memory formation.

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