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Miriam Davis, Sarah Hanson, Bruce Altevogt, Rapporteurs Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders Board on Health Sciences Policy

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BIOMARKERS PLANNING COMMITTEE ALAN LESHNER (Chair), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. MARC BARLOW, GE Healthcare, Inc., Bucks, United Kingdom DENNIS CHOI, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia TIMOTHY COETZEE, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York THOMAS INSEL, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland KATHIE OLSEN, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia WILLIAM POTTER, Merck Research Laboratories, Inc., North Wales, Pennsylvania WILLIAM THIES, Alzheimer’s Association, Chicago, Illinois ROY TWYMAN, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC, Titusville, New Jersey IOM Staff BRUCE ALTEVOGT, Project Director SARAH HANSON, Senior Program Associate LORA TAYLOR, Senior Project Assistant JAMES MCGUINESS, Summer Intern v

FORUM ON NEUROSCIENCE AND NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS ALAN LESHNER (Chair), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. HUDA AKIL, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MARC BARLOW, GE Healthcare, Inc., Bucks, United Kingdom DANIEL BURCH, CeNeRx Biopharma, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina DENNIS CHOI, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia TIMOTHY COETZEE, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York DAVID COHEN, Columbia University, Society for Neuroscience representative, New York RICHARD FRANK, GE Healthcare, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey RICHARD HODES, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland STEVEN HYMAN, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts JUDY ILLES, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada THOMAS INSEL, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland STORY LANDIS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland TING-KAI LI, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Maryland MICHAL OBERDORFER, NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, Bethesda, Maryland KATHIE OLSEN, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia ATUL PANDE, GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina STEVEN PAUL, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana WILLIAM POTTER, Merck Research Laboratories, Inc., North Wales, Pennsylvania PAUL SIEVING, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland RAE SILVER, Columbia University, New York WILLIAM THIES, Alzheimer’s Association, Chicago, Illinois ROY TWYMAN, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, LLC, Titusville, New Jersey NORA VOLKOW, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland FRANK YOCCA, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Delaware CHRISTIAN ZIMMERMAN, Neuroscience Associates, Boise, Idaho vi

STEVIN ZORN, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan IOM Staff BRUCE ALTEVOGT, Project Director SARAH HANSON, Senior Program Associate LORA TAYLOR, Senior Project Assistant JAMES MCGUINESS, Summer Intern IOM Anniversary Fellow LISA BARCELLOS, University of California, Berkeley vii

BOARD ON HEALTH SCIENCES POLICY* FRED H. GAGE (Chair), The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California C. THOMAS CASKEY, University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center GAIL H. CASSELL, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana JAMES F. CHILDRESS, University of Virginia, Charlottesville ELLEN WRIGHT CLAYTON, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee LINDA C. GIUDICE, University of California, San Francisco LYNN R. GOLDMAN, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. MARTHA N. HILL, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland DAVID KORN, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C. ALAN LESHNER, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. JONATHAN D. MORENO, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia E. ALBERT REECE, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore LINDA ROSENSTOCK, University of California, Los Angeles MICHAEL J. WELCH, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri OWEN N. WITTE, University of California, Los Angeles IOM Staff ANDREW M. POPE, Director AMY HAAS, Board Assistant DONNA RANDALL, Financial Officer *IOM Boards do not review or approve workshop summaries. The responsibility for the content of the summary rests with the rapporteurs and the institution. viii

Reviewers This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The pur- pose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical com- ments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional stan- dards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to pro- tect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the fol- lowing individuals for their review of this report: Joseph T. Coyle, Harvard Medical School Allen D. Roses, GlaxoSmithKline Ira Shoulson, Department of Neurology, Pharmacology and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Rochester Although the reviewers listed above have provided many construc- tive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was over- seen by Dr. Theodore R. Marmor, Yale University School of Manage- ment, Professor Emeritus. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring com- mittee and the institution. ix

Contents SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 9 1 BIOMARKER AND BIOSIGNATURE PRINCIPLES 15 2 POTENTIAL TOOLS FOR BIOMARKER AND BIOSIGNATURE DEVELOPMENT 27 3 PSYCHIATRIC AND DRUG ADDICTION DISORDERS 39 4 NEUROLOGICAL AND EYE DISEASES 55 APPENDIXES A References 71 B Public Workshop on Neuroscience Biomarkers and Biosignatures: Converging Technologies, Emerging Partnerships 81 C Workshop Attendees 87 D Biographical Sketches of Invited Speakers, Committee Members, and Staff 91 xi

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Biomarkers, or biological markers, are quantitative measurements that offer researchers and clinicians valuable insight into diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for many disorders and diseases. A major goal in neuroscience medical research is establishing biomarkers for disorders of the nervous system.

Given the promising potential and necessity for neuroscience biomarkers, the Institute of Medicine Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders convened a public workshop and released the workshop summary entitled Neuroscience Biomarkers and Biosignatures: Converging Technologies, Emerging Partnerships.

The workshop brought together experts from multiple areas to discuss the most promising and practical arenas in neuroscience in which biomarkers will have the greatest impact. The main objective of the workshop was to identify and discuss biomarker targets that are not currently being aggressively pursued but that could have the greatest near-term impact on the rate at which new treatments are brought forward for psychiatric and neurological disorders.

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