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Postdoctoral fellow earns NIH award to study neurological effects of alcohol | Penn State University
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (210+ words) The three-year, $237, 708 award will support Burgess" research to understand how alcohol changes neural signaling following binge alcohol consumption. Specifically, she will study groupings of neurons involved in reward or aversion. "I am thrilled to be receiving this grant," Burgess said....
$3 M NIH grant to support research on memory and exaggerated fear responses | Penn State University
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (312+ words) Janine Kwapis, left, and graduate student Chad Brunswick identify individual neurons, in green, in the mouse hippocampus, in blue, that were activated when that mouse formed a memory. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons According to the researchers, about…...
Child abuse may be connected to changes in development, body regulation | Penn State University
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (575+ words) Qiaofeng Ye, left, and Idan Shalev, the lead and senior authors of this research, in their laboratory at Penn State University Park. Credit: Dennis Maney / Penn State. Creative Commons UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. " Children who experienced abuse or neglect displayed disrupted…...