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Casey Halpern uses science and surgery to address mental health—starting with cravings

The associate professor of neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine has found that deep brain stimulation senses craving and upcoming loss of control in brain cells and delivers stimulation to restore the stop signal that patients need.

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To protect children online, researchers call for cross-disciplinary collaboration

A team of neuroscientists and legal experts, including Gideon Nave of the Wharton School, published a perspective in Science drawing attention to the need to develop science-backed policies that take into account children’s vulnerabilities in the digital world.

A neurologist examines an encephalogram of a patient’s brain.

Novel tools for the treatment and diagnosis of epilepsy

Penn neurologist Brian Litt’s work on implantable devices for recording and altering brain activity has led to new ways to treat and diagnose epilepsy.

Neuroscience explains why Bill Gates’ weird reading trick is so effective

A study by Penn researchers working in physics, neuroscience, and bioengineering found that people instinctively seek patterns and similarities in the data they absorb.

Concussions on the rise among older Americans

Ramon Diaz-Arrastia of the Perelman School of Medicine says that concussions are happening more often as the U.S. population continues to age.

What happens to human brain at all stages of life? Studies have pretty cool answers

Postdoc Jakob Seidlitz of the Perelman School of Medicine says that brain development changes as people age, with different parts of the brain reaching their own milestones at different points in life.

Traumatic brain injury survivor helps others through Mind Your Brain Foundation

With the help of Penn Medicine, Chester County resident Candace Gantt founded the Mind Your Brain Foundation to support fellow traumatic brain injury survivors.

How Havana syndrome helps us rethink the brain

A team at Penn Medicine found MRI results consistent with a major brain injury in patients suffering from Havana syndrome.

Penn study shows signs of Alzheimer's disease prevention

A study by Roy Hamilton of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues suggests that the drug lecanemab may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s or forestall its effects before they occur.

“Sleep well, you can make money.” ‘Insomniac’ Japanese companies’ grand strategy to get a good night’s sleep

According to a study from Penn, the cognitive ability of people who sleep an average of six hours a night for two weeks falls to that of a drunkard with a blood alcohol level of 0.1%.

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