The Collapse of Science, Not Housing, Ended the American Dream

Published14 Jun 2013
Author Douglas Fields
Source BrainFacts/SfN

The financial and political torrent now undermining the foundation of scientific research creates a unique calamity for scientists in training, which will have profound and long-lasting consequences for society. See Huffington Post Science.

The Society for Neuroscience and its partners are not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this page. Terms & conditions.

About the Author

Douglas Fields

R. Douglas Fields is Chief of the Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section at the National Institutes of Health, NICHD, in Bethesda, Maryland, and author of the new book about sudden anger and aggression “Why We Snap,” published by Dutton, and a popular book about glia “The Other Brain” published by Simon and Schuster.