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Institute of the Neurosciences

Institute of the Neurosciences

Facilitating collaboration and networking between scientists and students in the areas of neuroscience at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine and the University Park campus
Institute of the Neurosciences

The Institute also provides oversight and coordination for neuroscience-related activities in education, research, patient care and outreach, while promoting an intellectual environment that enhances the interdisciplinary neuroscience educational experience from the undergraduate to postdoctoral levels.

Recent publications
Approaches in Neuroscience: New motor lateralization model verified through virtual reality experiments could revolutionize post-stroke rehabilitation
Approaches in Neuroscience: New motor lateralization model verified through virtual reality experiments could revolutionize post-stroke rehabilitation A new model of brain lateralization for movement, proposed by Huck Institutes affiliate Robert Sainburg and confirmed through novel virtual reality and brain lesion experiments, could dramatically improve the future of rehabilitation for stroke patients.
Approaches in Neuroscience: Discovery of subdivisions in rat motor cortex has potential to advance human brain studies
Approaches in Neuroscience: Discovery of subdivisions in rat motor cortex has potential to advance human brain studies A recent find by Huck Institutes researchers Jared Smith and Kevin Alloway at the Penn State Center for Neural Engineering shows that rats' brains are more like ours than scientists previously thought.
Approaches in Neuroscience: Researchers use fMRI and state-of-the-art brain mapping techniques to study alcohol's effects on first-year students
Approaches in Neuroscience: Researchers use fMRI and state-of-the-art brain mapping techniques to study alcohol's effects on first-year students The team, which includes several scientists affiliated with the Huck Institutes, recently completed a first-of-its-kind longitudinal pilot study aimed at better understanding how the neural processes that underlie responses to alcohol-related cues change across students' first year of college.
News
Penn State professor finding new ways to repair nerve injuries
Nerve injury is a major health problem, with 12,000 new injuries occurring in the U.S. each year. Recovery can be difficult or impossible, which is why Huck Institutes affiliate Mohammad Reza Abidian is focusing his research on special materials called “conducting polymers,” which could one day offer a solution to these injuries. Penn State professor finding new ways to repair nerve injuries - Full article
Four tiny tweaks for a healthier caffeine routine
Huck Institutes affiliate Frank Ritter and his Caffeine Zone app feature in the current issue of Oprah's "O" Magazine. Four tiny tweaks for a healthier caffeine routine - Full article
Penn State to host international conference on pollinator health
The Center for Pollinator Research — directed by Huck Institutes affiliate Christina Grozinger — will host the second International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy, bringing together some of the world's foremost scientists in the field to discuss the latest research aimed at understanding and overcoming challenges to pollinator health. Penn State to host international conference on pollinator health - Full article