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Apr 23, 2012
Binge eating may lead to other addiction-like behaviors
Researchers at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine " including Huck Institutes faculty member Patricia Grigson " find that a history of binge eating may make an individual more likely to exhibit other addiction-like behaviors including substance abuse.
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Mar 01, 2012
Wine ratings are a product of experts' sensitive taste
A team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes faculty member John Hayes has found empirical evidence that wine experts tend to be particularly sensitive to small taste differences, thereby casting doubt on the consumer utility of experts' wine ratings and recommendations.
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Mar 01, 2012
College of Medicine researchers featured in recent media
Huck Institutes faculty members Wafik El-Deiry, James Broach and Xuemei Huang have each been featured in recent Penn State publications.
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Feb 14, 2012
Researchers develop app for predicting effects of coffee and caffeine
Penn State professor and Huck Institutes faculty member Frank Ritter, and fellow professor Kuo-Chuan Yeh, have developed the Caffeine Zone app for Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
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Jan 15, 2012
Two Huck Institutes faculty members named AAAS Fellows
Consuelo De Moraes and Steven Schiff honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Aug 03, 2010
Ancient gene family linked to the future of epileptic seizures
A potassium-channel gene belonging to an ancient gene family more than 542 million years old is opening new avenues in epilepsy research, and may one day allow researchers to develop more effective drugs with fewer side effects for the treatment of epileptic seizures.
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May 09, 2010
Congratulations to the Neuroscience Pilot Project Recipients
11 projects from the 36 submissions were chosen to be funded in the amount of $559,631.
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Jun 05, 2018
Modern brain circuitry retains ancient foundation
Studying sea anemones' molecular nerve-signaling machinery, Tim Jegla finds that a burst of evolutionary innovation laid the foundation of our nervous systems more than half a billion years ago.
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