NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2009
Contact: Lisa Breeden, Director, Development
505/272-5028; cell 505/681/7110
MRN SEEKS FAMILIES WITH INFANTS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL
RESEARCH
(ALBUQUERQUE)—The Mind Research Network (MRN) continues groundbreaking research
on the development of the infant brain, and MRN seeks families with infants for the project
CEREBRO (Comprehensive Evaluation of Relationships in Early Brain Response Overtime).
MRN Researchers are recruiting healthy, full-term babies born around April 1, 2009 for
evaluation to begin July 1 at the Albuquerque neurodiagnostic facility.
A developmental evaluation and brain scan are part of each visit with your child, and there is
financial compensation. For more information, contact the study coordinatorr at MRN, (505)
515-4141 or cerebro@mrn.org.
MRN scientists are comparing the brains of premature infants and those of babies born to full
term. Research already indicates there is a difference, and what MRN scientists are learning will
help with early diagnosis and treatment of potential developmental problems for the children.
The Mind Research Network is a non-profit center dedicated to discovering how the human
brain works and what causes dysfunction. MRN’s mission is to find earlier and better ways to
diagnose and treat mental illness, autism, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, addiction, alcoholism, post
traumatic brain injury and other brain disorders.
For more information on MRN, visit www.mrn.org or contact Lisa Breeden, Development
Director, lbreeden@mrn.,org or (505) 681-7110.
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About MRN
The Mind Research Network is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of clinical
solutions for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and brain disorders.
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Albuquerque, MRN consists of in-house scientists
working in collaboration with Harvard, Yale, MIT, the University of Minnesota, and other
universities, national laboratories, and research centers across the nation. For more information
on the Mind Research Network, visit www.mrn.org.
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