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Learn about the progress NIMH has made toward Goal 1 of the NIMH Strategic Plan for Research: Define the Brain Mechanisms Underlying Complex Behavior.

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  Brain Processes Underlying the Extinction and Reactivation of Fear Memories

  In a study published in 2019 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health investigated the neurobiological changes that occur in the brain circuits of mice when contextual fear memories — fear of a place where an aversive event occurred — are formed and extinguished.

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  Large-Scale Genetics Study Sheds Light on Developmental Origins of Autism

  Researchers were able to identify different types of rare genetic variations associated with autism spectrum disorder by analyzing data shared via the NIMH-funded Autism Sequencing Consortium.

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