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brain
Register for 'BrainTalk' to be held on April 16
4/6/11
Registration is still open for 'BrainTalk,' a free community day on Saturday, April 16 at Eisenhower Hotel & Conference Center in Gettysburg, Pa. Hear brief talks about various nervous system disorders, and have the chance to speak one-on-one with leading neuroscience specialists. Lunch will be provided. Learn more about the event and how to register at PennStateHershey.org/braintalk.
'Healthy Brains, Healthy Communities' lecture to be held April 5
3/16/11
The Department of Humanities and The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine will present "Healthy Brains, Healthy Communities: A Story of Alzheimer's" on April 5 from noon to 1 p.m.
Brain tumor symposium set for Sept. 24
8/25/10
Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Institute and Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute have joined forces to hold a Brain Tumor Symposium Friday, Sept. 24. The symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Junker Auditorium (located on the ground floor of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center) and will feature guest speaker James T. Rutka. CME credit will be available, and lunch will be provided.
Volunteers needed for research study - how blood vessels react
6/9/10
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Kerstin Betterman, M.D., Ph.D., and Mary Lott, Ph.D., are studying if there is a relationship between blood vessels in the eyes and those in the brain and heart. Volunteers are needed for this study.
Active genes discovered in the developing mammal brain
7/13/09
A study by scientists at Penn State provides new information about the genes that are involved in a mammal's early brain development, including those that contribute to neurological disorders. The study is the first to use high-throughput sequencing to uncover active genes in developing brains, and it is likely the best evidence thus far for the activity in the brain of such a large number of genes. The research results one day could lead to the development of drugs or gene therapies that treat neurological disorders such as autism and mental retardation.
Imaging center opens for multidisciplinary research scanning
4/14/09
Penn State's Chandlee Laboratory, recently renovated at University Park for a new life as home to the Social, Life and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, or SLEIC, held an open house Monday afternoon (April 13) to celebrate its new multidisciplinary research scanning facility. Penn State College of Medicine now has a twin of the MRI machine in Hershey, which will allow University Park researchers and their colleagues at Penn State Hershey's Center for NMR Research to collaborate more effectively to unlock secrets of the brain.
Probing Question: Do educational products make babies smarter?
3/19/07
In today's competitive world, some parents are trying to give their children a leg up before those little legs can even walk.
The rush to stimulate the intellects of the pre-verbal set has created a 2.8 million dollar market for toys, flashcards, CDs, and videos that suggest—if not promise—that their use will boost your baby's or preschooler's I.Q.
The Moral Brain
10/2/06
Paul Eslinger and his colleagues are using functional MRI to find the biological basis of selfless behavior.
Feeding the Diabetic Brain
5/1/04
The brain, despite its meager weigh-in at two percent of the body's mass, is our most voracious organ. Our brains consume 60 percent of the sugar coursing through our bloodstreams, a total of about 450 calories each day, a couple candy bars worth of energy. And because the brain can't store energy as fat or glycogen—a storage molecule made of glucose—like other parts of the body can, it needs a continuous supply of fuel.
Register for 'BrainTalk' to be held on April 16
4/6/11
Registration is still open for 'BrainTalk,' a free community day on Saturday, April 16 at Eisenhower Hotel & Conference Center in Gettysburg, Pa. Hear brief talks about various nervous system disorders, and have the chance to speak one-on-one with leading neuroscience specialists. Lunch will be provided. Learn more about the event and how to register at PennStateHershey.org/braintalk.
'Healthy Brains, Healthy Communities' lecture to be held April 5
3/16/11
The Department of Humanities and The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine will present "Healthy Brains, Healthy Communities: A Story of Alzheimer's" on April 5 from noon to 1 p.m.
Brain tumor symposium set for Sept. 24
8/25/10
Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Institute and Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute have joined forces to hold a Brain Tumor Symposium Friday, Sept. 24. The symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Junker Auditorium (located on the ground floor of Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center) and will feature guest speaker James T. Rutka. CME credit will be available, and lunch will be provided.
Volunteers needed for research study - how blood vessels react
6/9/10
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Kerstin Betterman, M.D., Ph.D., and Mary Lott, Ph.D., are studying if there is a relationship between blood vessels in the eyes and those in the brain and heart. Volunteers are needed for this study.
Active genes discovered in the developing mammal brain
7/13/09
A study by scientists at Penn State provides new information about the genes that are involved in a mammal's early brain development, including those that contribute to neurological disorders. The study is the first to use high-throughput sequencing to uncover active genes in developing brains, and it is likely the best evidence thus far for the activity in the brain of such a large number of genes. The research results one day could lead to the development of drugs or gene therapies that treat neurological disorders such as autism and mental retardation.
Imaging center opens for multidisciplinary research scanning
4/14/09
Penn State's Chandlee Laboratory, recently renovated at University Park for a new life as home to the Social, Life and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center, or SLEIC, held an open house Monday afternoon (April 13) to celebrate its new multidisciplinary research scanning facility. Penn State College of Medicine now has a twin of the MRI machine in Hershey, which will allow University Park researchers and their colleagues at Penn State Hershey's Center for NMR Research to collaborate more effectively to unlock secrets of the brain.
Probing Question: Do educational products make babies smarter?
3/19/07
In today's competitive world, some parents are trying to give their children a leg up before those little legs can even walk.
The rush to stimulate the intellects of the pre-verbal set has created a 2.8 million dollar market for toys, flashcards, CDs, and videos that suggest—if not promise—that their use will boost your baby's or preschooler's I.Q.
The Moral Brain
10/2/06
Paul Eslinger and his colleagues are using functional MRI to find the biological basis of selfless behavior.
Feeding the Diabetic Brain
5/1/04
The brain, despite its meager weigh-in at two percent of the body's mass, is our most voracious organ. Our brains consume 60 percent of the sugar coursing through our bloodstreams, a total of about 450 calories each day, a couple candy bars worth of energy. And because the brain can't store energy as fat or glycogen—a storage molecule made of glucose—like other parts of the body can, it needs a continuous supply of fuel.