Armin Shirzadian joins as a Research Assistant

Armin received his Pharm. D., degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. He is interested in how different paradigms of stress could affect the brain and behavior, and what makes sex or individuals divergent in response to stress. It is intriguing how impairment in the stress response system contributes to developing mental illnesses such as Epilepsy, Depression, Anxiety, and schizophrenia.