Neuroscientist Gavin Rumbaugh (IMAGE) UF Health Caption Neuroscientist Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D., studies the mechanisms that underlie learning and brain plasticity. A new five-year grant from the National Institute of Mental Health worth up to $7.7 million will enable work on a potential medicine to treat a genetic cause of intellectual disability, seizures, and autism. Photo by Scott Wiseman. Credit Scott Wiseman for The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute. Usage Restrictions For use with coverage of research at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.