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Office of the Scientific Director (OSD) - OSD Staff Miles Herkenham, Ph.D. - Acting Deputy Scientific Director Dr. Herkenham received a B.A. degree from Amherst College in 1970 and his Ph.D. in Physiological Psychology from Northeastern University in 1975. He did postdoctoral training with Dr. W.J.H. Nauta at M.I.T., where he began a long career in neuroanatomical localization studies. Dr. Herkenham joined the NIMH in 1977. He has published in the areas of neural connectivity, opioid and cannabinoid receptor localization, therapeutic actions of antidepressant drugs, and more recently, immune signal molecule induction and function in the brain. As Chief of the Section on Functional Neuroanatomy of the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, Dr. Herkenham explores the molecular, cellular, and intercellular bases for immune signaling in the brain in several animal models of inflammation, emotionality and disease. Address:   National Institute of Mental Health 10 Center Drive Building 10, Room 4N222 Bethesda, MD 20892 Phone:   301-496-3501 E-Mail Dr. Herkenham Fax:   301-480-8348 Office of the Scientific Director Overview OSD Staff BSC CRSP Contact Us Office of the Scientific Director Site Map Participate in Research Contact Us Careers in Research What’s New Principal Investigators Scientists & Clinicians DIRP Labs and Branches DIRP Research Areas Staff Scientists/Clinicians Functional MRI Core Magnetic Resonance Core Magnetoencephalography Core Microarray Core Non-Human Primate Core Scientific and Statistical Computing Core Transgenic Core Veterinary Medicine Resources (Staff only) Office of the Scientific Director Office of the Clinical Director Office of Fellowship Training Office of Technology Transfer Administrative Services Branch Administrative Services

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