Welcome Alyssa Hinnen!

This Spring, we welcome Alyssa Hinnen to the lab. Alyssa joins the lab through the NASA PA Space Grant Research Internship Program.

New article published in Psychopharmacology

The article entitled, “Neuroimaging of opioid exposure: a review of preclinical animal models to inform addiction,” was accepted for publication in the journal Psychopharmacology. Authors include Kamens Lab members Anna Wickenheisser and Spencer Chase along with key collaborators.

New article by the Kamens Lab published in Pharmacological Research

The article entitled, “The role of nicotinic receptors in alcohol consumption,” was accepted for publication in the journal Pharmacological Research. Authors include Kamens Lab members Geneva Flarend and Helen Kamens along with other collaborators. We are excited for this work to be published in a special issue on the multifaceted activities of nervous and non-nervous neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in physiology and pathology.

Anna Wickenheisser receives an honorable mention

Undergraduate research assistant, Anna Wickenheisser, received an honorable mention for The John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock Undergraduate Research Award based on her poster presented at the 2021 Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition.  Congratulations Anna!