# @wvu_rni on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-05-23T17:04:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (@wvu_rni) — https://gondola.cc/wvu_rni

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#StudentSpotlight: Mason McCollum is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the WVU Department of Neuroscience.

Mason came to WVU after graduating from Mercyhurst University with a degree in biochemistry. As a member of Dr. Charles Anderson's lab, Mason is currently researching auditory processing, the role of synaptic zinc in the brain, and how it affects neuronal activity.

"Specifically, I do in vivo mouse work, so I study how specific neurons and circuits in the brain respond to the auditory context in live mice. I do sound paradigms that mimic real-world experiences. In the real world, we're always in very drastic auditory environments. There are a lot of noises around us, but we can focus on certain things and tune other things out. My research is to gain a better mechanistic understanding of what might happen so that our brain can process and filter sounds."

#WVUNeuro #WVUNeurology #WVURNI #Neurology #Neuroscience

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neuroscience, studentspotlight, wvuneurology, neurology, wvuneuro, wvurni

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