Translational Approaches in Bipolar Disorder Research

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Translational Approaches in Bipolar Disorder Research: The purpose of this RFA is to alert the research community to the National Institute of Mental Health's (NIMH) strong interest in bipolar disorder, particularly its key feature of cycling, and to encourage applications that seek to develop relevant animal models, endophenotypic markers, and translational research approaches that address this and related issues. Recognizing that scientific knowledge is rapidly enhanced when research questions can be addressed in both clinical populations and animal models, the NIMH seeks to encourage research that fosters a translational approach to the critically understudied area of bipolar illness. Although potential applicants will not be required to have both human and animal components in their applications, they are encouraged to identify one or more relevant aspects of bipolar disorder that can be modeled in both humans and animals or to focus on developing appropriate assessment tool(s) that can be utilized in both humans and animals (parallel measures). Such measures might include electrophysiological, pharmacological, genetic, neuroimaging or behavioral techniques that can reliably quantify the targeted characteristic(s). Research involving aspects of bipolar disorder that could possibly serve as the basis for an endophenotype, such as fluctuations in mood states or irritability, relevant sleep or circadian cycling, psychomotor activity levels, or other relevant neurobiological characteristics are of particular interest.