Bangor Daily News publishes story on Michael Burman's NIH grant to study adolescent anxiety disorders
The Bangor Daily News on April 6, 2012 published a story on the $404,000 NIH grant that has been awarded to principal investigator Michael A Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UNE Department of Psychology, to investigate some of the neurological bases of debilitating anxiety disorders in adolescents.
The three-year grant enables Burman and his research team, including two undergraduate research assistants, to investigate the neural systems involved in pediatric anxiety disorders, with a focus on traumatic memories. They seek to clarify when various limbic system structures begin to function and how they contribute to traumatic memory formation.