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Deep Expertise. Customized Solutions.
PsychoGenics is a preclinical CRO with expertise in CNS and orphan disorders. Our mission is to provide the best validated disease models and comprehensive preclinical capabilities to help companies discover the next breakthroughs for severely disabling CNS and orphan disorders, and reduce the attrition rate in clinical development.
Validated Disease Models
Years of CNS Research
Client Partnerships
Who We Are
We are known for our high quality, cutting-edge translational approach to research, and our customized solutions to support our clients quantify the efficacy of their treatments before they move into the clinic.
Our capabilities include behavioral testing, electrophysiology, translational EEG, quantitative histology, molecular biology, and microdialysis. We offer a variety of validated mouse models including in-licensed transgenic models that support research in areas such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, autism spectrum disorders, psychosis and schizophrenia, spinal muscular atrophy, muscular dystrophy and a broad array of pain models.
Key Therapeutic Areas
Our customized preclinical testing services and industry-leading models cover a broad range of therapeutic areas to support your early-stage drug discovery.
Our Technologies and Capabilities
PsychoGenics provides validated disease models and comprehensive, integrated preclinical capabilities to discover the next breakthroughs for several disabling CNS and rare disorders.
In vivo capabilities
Biomarker Analysis
Target Engagement
Pharmacokinetics &
Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD)
Electrophysiology
The Proven Power of Experience
years of experience
client relationships with more than 70% of clients returning
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team members with a Ph.D
disease models
behavioral assays
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PsychoGenics Awarded an NIH Contract to Test and Identify Novel Therapeutics for Pain
PARAMUS, N.J., October 8, 2024 –– PsychoGenics Inc. (PsychoGenics) today announced it has been awarded a contract by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to test and identify novel investigational therapeutics for the treatment of pain. The lack of safe and...
PsychoGenics Inc. Awarded $3 million SBIR Grant to Employ its AI-enabled Platforms to Find Treatments for Rare Disorders
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY, August 28, 2024 - PsychoGenics, a leader in AI-enabled phenotypic drug discovery, has been awarded a Fast Track Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by NIMH, worth up to $3 million over four years. This grant will support PsychoGenics...
Back to the future: From target-selective drug design to AI-enabled polypharmacology
Sleep/Wake and Pharmaco-EEG Capabilities
Thorough analyses of Electroencephalography (EEG) following pharmacological or genetic manipulations requires careful determination of sleep/wake profiles. EEG power is significantly different during normal waking compared to normal non-rapid eye movement (NREM) and...
Standardized Spinal Cord Injury Platform for Preclinical Research
Johana Bastidas1, Megan R. Detloff2, Linda Jones3, Marco Baptista3, Karim Fouad4, Wolfram Tetzlaff 5, Taleen Hanania11PsychoGenics, Paramus, New Jersey, US, 2Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center, Drexel University College...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a multifaceted neurodevelopmental condition characterized by challenges in social interaction, communication, and behavior.
Approximately 2% of individuals with ASD carry mutations in the Shank3 gene, which plays a crucial role in organizing neuronal connections. Shank3B-KO mice, developed by Professor Guoping Feng at MIT, harbor a deletion of exons 13-16 of the PDZ domains...

