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The Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the world’s preeminent institutions for neuroscience research and training. With 182 faculty from 32 departments and six schools, including Arts and Sciences, Dental Medicine, Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Veterinary Medicine, the Institute provides a fertile environment for interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at understanding the brain and diseases of the brain. Under its aegis, the Neuroscience Graduate Group includes approximately 120 students working towards a Ph.D. in neuroscience.

Founded as the Institute of Neurological Sciences in 1953 by the visionary professor of anatomy, Louis Flexner, the Institute was renamed in 1985 to reflect the keen interest and support that corporate magnate David Mahoney brought to neuroscience. Throughout its history, the Institute has emphasized and nurtured the idea that major advances in brain research would require the expertise, dedication, and cooperation of scientists from many fields of research. Once a novel approach, such cross-campus, cross-disciplinary research and training have become the template for neuroscience at academic institutions around the world.

Today, scientists at the Mahoney Institute focus on cellular and molecular aspects of the brain; development, regeneration and plasticity; systems neuroscience; behavior and cognition; the pathology of brain disease; and computational neuroscience. They continue to forge ahead with the spirit that has put the Institute at the forefront of neuroscience research and training since its founding.

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