Dr. Salah El Mestikawy, featured in Brain Canada article

Published on: 2024-12-05

Dr. Salah El Mestikawy has made a groundbreaking scientific discovery thanks to a 2012 Brain Canada MIRI grant. His work on the striatum, a key region of the brain, and its role in compulsive behaviors has led to an advancement that is now transforming the lives of patients with eating disorders.

We don’t fully understand psychiatric disorders. Why is someone schizophrenic, autistic, depressed? What’s going on? Where? What are the mechanisms? We have little knowledge about the neurobiology of these severe disorders. There’s one exception now. With our finding we really have a science-based, rational explanation for compulsive disorders.
– Dr. Salah El Mestikawy

 

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Dr. Salah El Mestikawy, featured in Brain Canada article

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Source: Brain Canada