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Nearly 70 FAU faculty are ranked among the world's top 2% of scientists by Stanford-Elsevier, recognizing their global research impact across 22 fields and 174 subfields from engineering to humanities.

Neuroscience Graduate Program Fosters New Talent in Scientific Research

The newly expanded FAU NeuroInnovate Center is the first in the world to integrate advanced MRI and focused ultrasound technologies into a single, unified platform for both preclinical and clinical research.

FAU will help to lead this global effort to harness aesthetic experiences for brain health, as one of just two Florida universities and about 35 worldwide in the network's initial working group.

A study by the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine showed that the drug PPL-138 reduced anxiety, pain, and alcohol misuse in rats with PTSD-like symptoms by targeting specific opioid receptors in the brain.

Lower back pain is a leading cause of disability. To address this, researchers created a groundbreaking AI system that automates personalized lumbar spine modeling for more accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Researchers built a detailed computer model of mouse brain vasculature, offering new insights into brain protection and potential breakthroughs in diagnosing stroke, Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injuries.

A program of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Tech Trek introduces middle school girls to advanced STEM concepts in a university setting.

With this grant, the FAU research team will use tiny roundworms to study how amphetamines disrupt dopamine, aiming to uncover addiction mechanisms and train the next generation of neuroscience researchers.

A new FAU study shows astrocytes help neurons fire in sync, shaping brain rhythms key for attention, memory and sleep - guiding how groups of neurons work together during high-focus or restful states.