Heather Cameron
Chief
Section on Neuroplasticity
National Institute of Mental Health NCNP
Japan
Biography
Dr. Cameron received her B.S. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the Rockefeller University, where she worked with Bruce McEwen and Elizabeth Gould examining neurogenesis in the adult rat dentate gyrus. During a postdoctoral fellowship with Ron McKay at NINDS, she determined the magnitude of adult neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus and investigated the effects of stress hormones on neurogenesis in the aging rat hippocampus. Dr. Cameron joined the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at NIMH as an Investigator in 2001.
Research Interest
function of adult neurogenesisÂÂ
Publications
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Snyder JS, Choe JS, Clifford MA, Jeurling SI, Hurley P, Brown A, Kamhi JF, Cameron HA. Adult-born hippocampal neurons are more numerous, faster maturing, and more involved in behavior in rats than in mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 2009 Nov 18;29(46):14484-95.
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Snyder JS, Ramchand P, Rabbett S, Radik R, Wojtowicz JM, Cameron HA. Septo-temporal gradients of neurogenesis and activity in 13-month-old rats. Neurobiology of aging. 2011 Jun 30;32(6):1149-56.
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Snyder JS, Soumier A, Brewer M, Pickel J, Cameron HA. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis buffers stress responses and depressive behaviour. Nature. 2011 Aug 25;476(7361):458-61.
