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Craig Ferris All Experts

Professor of Psychology and Phar­ma­ceu­tical Science

Expertise
  • brain mechanisms and psychiatric disorders
  • drug abuse and brain function
  • neurological disorders
  • neuroscience
  • traumatic brain injury
Contact
c.ferris@northeastern.edu
617.373.3519

Craig Ferris for Northeastern

  • Psychology professor Craig Ferris, Praveen Kulkarni, and their team oversaw the discovery of a rat that could see, hear, smell, and feel just like its peers, even though it was walking around with basically no brain. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

    This rat gives ‘no-brainer’ a whole new meaning


    Many scientists subscribe to the idea that, even though the brain can grow and develop, specific parts are meant only for specific functions, says Northeastern professor Craig Ferris. What if there were an animal that proved them wrong? I smell a rat.

    • by Aria Bracci   January 22, 2020
  • Sniffing out a mystery of the brain


    A couple weeks ago I attended the pharmaceutical sciences research expo, where, as you might imagine, a bunch…

    • by Angela Herring   May 22, 2012
  • Breakthrough technology for testing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s drugs


    Northeastern research center introduces imaging method that could become the gold standard for initial testing of new therapeutic compounds

    • by News@Northeastern   February 17, 2010
  • Nobel laureate is a start-up "champion"


    MIT biologist Phillip A. Sharp discusses his translational research at Northeastern University’s PharmSci Research Showcase.

    • by News@Northeastern   May 11, 2009

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