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Neuroscience
Mental health
Unraveling bipolar disorder, schizophrenia
Published Aug 31, 2016
Johns Hopkins to co-lead effort to develop new ways of studying, screening drugs for major psychiatric illnesses
Duy Phan in neuroscience lab
Student scholar
'The joy of discovery'
Published Aug 30, 2016
Junior Duy Phan, a neuroscience major, is one of two JHU students to earn a coveted NIH Undergraduate Scholarship
Ulrich Mueller
Brain science
Neuroscientist Ulrich Mueller named 24th BDP
Published Aug 25, 2016
Expert on hearing loss, brain development studies molecular workings behind auditory impairment
A black and white rat drinks some chocolatey liquid from a small dish
Instant replay
How the brain remembers where to go
Published Aug 25, 2016
Study using rats shows that brains use backward replays to recall routes that end in rewards / Hopkins Medicine
Night flight
Camouflage, with a twist
Published Aug 16, 2016
Luna moth's long, twisted tail could confuse predators that hunt using echolocation
Brain science
'Physics engine' found
Published Aug 8, 2016 Video
Researchers identify brain region that helps us predict how the world around us will behave
Brain science
Free will in the brain
Published July 13, 2016 Video
JHU researchers glimpse the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act
Faculty honors
Huganir to lead Society for Neuroscience
Published July 5, 2016
JHU researcher elected president of world's largest organization of scientists, physicians who focus on brain, nervous system
Brain structures, mostly in blue, with bright red triangular areas toward the bottom
Addiction
Driven to binge
Published May 31, 2016
Researchers locate what could be brain's trigger for binge behavior
illustration of people playing at a park
Neuroscience of fun
Lighten up, it's good for you
Published Summer 2016
Scientists explain the tricky, vague, and elusive neuroscience of fun / Johns Hopkins Magazine