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A composite illustration shows a blue-and-green graph of peaks in neural activity with a white fluctuating graph line trending down superimposed above it. A red blood cell graphic (top) and mouse brain graphic (top right) are also included.

Red blood cell 'traffic' contributes to changes in brain oxygenation

An abstract graphic of a human brain microcircuit with a hand typing on a computer keyboard.

National Institutes of Health funds neural engineering graduate training program

Side-by-side MRI images of a human brain in black and white with blue, orange and red pops of color.

Coupled brain activity, cerebrospinal fluid flow could indicate Alzheimer's risk

Poster of details of Liane Young's scheduled Expanding Empathy lecture

Second talk in Expanding Empathy lecture series being held March 10

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

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