By: Jordan Gaines Lewis, 3rd year PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Program During my first year at Penn State College of Medicine, I participated in an MRI research study. I laid in an MRI machine for 45 minutes and looked at pictures of chocolate while smelling chocolate odors. Tough life, right? (Hershey really is the sweetest place … Continue reading What’s it like to get an MRI?
Month: May 2014
Brain Attacks: What Happens When the Immune System Targets the Brain
By: Lina Jamis, 1st year student in the Anatomy Graduate Program Anybody who knows me knows that I love a good read. So when I picked up a bright yellow book entitled Brain on Fire, in late 2012, it wasn’t a surprise that I devoured it in the course of a single afternoon. Brain on Fire … Continue reading Brain Attacks: What Happens When the Immune System Targets the Brain
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