neuroscience

A young woman in a blue shirt and glasses stands in front of an MRI machine.

Multidisciplinary researcher bridges Penn State departments as first joint hire

An abstract image of a person sleeping with brain activity highlighted.

Increased blood flow during sleep tied to critical brain function

A fly tethered with a stick

Eye of a fly: Researchers reveal secrets of fly vision for rapid flight control

Brain-Behavior Connection

Brain thickness and connectivity, not just location, correlates with behavior

Patrick Drew

Drew named associate director of Penn State's Institute of the Neurosciences

Teens at their desks in school

Examining the link between puberty and functional brain development

soldier's hands holding scrabble blocks spelling out PTSD

Researchers look to unlock post-traumatic stress disorder puzzle

A student bends over a clipboard on his lap and writes answers during the 2019 USA National Brain Bee, held April 12-14 at Penn State College of Medicine. He is seated in an auditorium, surrounded by other students. He wears a plaid shirt, gray pants and glasses.

National Brain Bee creates buzz for next generation of neuroscientists

brain cell

New gene therapy reprograms brain glial cells into neurons

Three surgeons/medical staff work in the operating room, over a patient. The patient is not visible, but tubes emerge out of the bottom of the photo.

Hershey Medical Center hosts Society of Neurological Surgeons

Ping Li

Psychologist to speak on how the brain learns languages

Srinivas Tadigadapa and Steve Schiff

A neurosurgeon and an engineer walk into a lab ...

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Men and women show equal ability at recognizing faces

brain maze

Brain's power to adapt offers short-term gains, long-term strains

Brain Awareness Day York

Put your brain to work on April 5 at Penn State York

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