| Heather A. Cameron, Ph.D.
Heather A. Cameron, Ph.D. is Chief of the Unit on Neuroplasticity at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Cameron received a B.S. in Biology from Yale University and earned a Ph.D. in the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at the Rockefeller University. She did her postdoctoral training in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke before joining the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in NIMH. Dr. Cameron’s research focuses on adult neurogenesis, the production of new neurons throughout life, which occurs in very few brain regions. Using in vivo animal models, she has demonstrated the generation of large numbers of new granule neurons in the hippocampus, shown that birth of these new neurons is tightly regulated by factors including neuronal activity and stress hormones, and found that the loss of neurogenesis seen in old age is reversible. Dr. Cameron continues to study adult neurogenesis with the goals of understanding the role of neurogenesis in normal hippocampal functioning and determining the relationships between adult neurogenesis, stress, memory deficits, and depression. |
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