Welcome to Penn Neuroscience
Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience, located in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Our mission is to advance understanding of the nervous system through basic and translational research and to train the next generation of neuroscientists and physicians.
Our research interests are wide-ranging and include understanding the development of neurons and neural circuitry; exploring how neural circuits function; defining disease processes that compromise neural performance; and explaining the behavior of organisms from a molecular, cellular, and systems perspective. We address these issues in both vertebrate and invertebrate model systems using techniques drawn from every major biological discipline.
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Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, Wins the 2024 MINS Rising Star Award
March 27, 2024
The Mahoney Institute for Neurosciences (MINS) Rising Star Award, this year in the area of…
What the brain reveals in nature’s subtle game of give and take
March 26, 2024
Research led by Michael Platt uncovers the neural pathways for primate reciprocity, social support, and…