Clinics and Labs Overview

Investigators at the NIMH campus conduct research on numerous areas of study, including cognition, genetics, epidemiology, and psychiatry. At present, there are over 40 labs, clinics and branches in operation on the main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Learn more about the mission, research, projects, and publications for each of the labs or clinics below.

Labs, Clinics and Branches

• Child Psychiatry Branch
  • Section on Childhood Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders
  • Section on Brain Imaging
• Clinical Brain Disorders Branch
  • Section on Clinical Studies
  • Section on Neuropathology
  • Section on Intigrative Neuroimaging
  • Unit on Synapse Development Plasticity
  • Unit on Nueral Circuits & Adaptive Behaviors
• Emotion and Development Branch
  • Section on Development & Affective Neuroscience
  • Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
• Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch
  • Section on Neurobiology & Treatment of Mood & Anxiety Disorders
• Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch
  • Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology
• Human Genetics Branch
  • Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Section
• Laboratory of Brain an Cognition
  • Section on Neurocircuitry
  • Section on Cognitive Neuropsychology
  • Section on Functional Imaging Methods
  • Unit on Learning & Plasticity
• Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation
  • Section on Functional Neuroanatomy
  • Section on Molecular Neuroscience
  • Section on Neural Gene Expression
  • Section on Direct Gene Transfer
• Laboratory of Clinical Sciences
  • Section on Clinical Neuropharmacology
• Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  • Section on Neural Function
  • Section on Neurobiology
• Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Neurobiology
  • Section on Molecular & Cellular Signaling
• Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology & Experimental Therapeutics
  • Section on Molecular & Cellular Neurobiology
  • Unit on Behavioral Genetics
• Laboratory of Neuropsychology
  • Section on Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Section on Neurobiology of Learning & Memory
  • Section on Neural Coding & Computation
  • Section on Cognitive Neurophysiology & Imaging
  • Unit on Learning and Decision Making
• Laboratory of Neurotoxicology
  • Section on Analytical Biochemistry
• Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience
  • Section on Neuroanatomy
  • Section on Critical Brain Dynamics
  • Section on Neurophysiology
• Molecular Imaging Branch
  • Section on PET Neuroimaging Sciences
  • Section on PET Radiopharmaceutical Sciences
  • Section on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• Pediatric and Developmental Neuroscience Branch
  • Section on Behavioral Pediatrics

Sections & Units Attached to the Scientific Directors Office

• Section on Affective Cognitive Neuroscience
• Unit on Statistical Genomics
• Unit on Neuroplasticity
• Unit on Genetics of Cognition & Behavior
• Section on Fundamental Neuroscience
• Section on Molecular Neurobiology
• Section on Neuroadaptation and Protein Metabolism
• Section on Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety
• Section on Neuroendocrine Immunology
• Section on Pharmacology