Stepping Up for Alzheimer’s Research
Family history and professional experiences encouraged an Oregonian to volunteer for the AHEAD clinical trial Volunteering for the AHEAD clinical trial has given Jennifer Weiss more than one way to...
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Your brain … in love
Neuroscientists have long wondered whether or not there's a love locus in the brain; a spot where romance resides amidst the complex circuits and intricate chemicals that comprise our emotional...
Violence in the brain? And beer …
Physicians and researchers have some pretty amazing ways of peering inside the human brain. And some of those methods — and what they might show us — have been in the news a lot lately. A...
Brain imaging in Parkinson’s disease
Traditional brain imaging with CT and MRI scans do not show changes in the brain when someone has Parkinson’s disease and are generally not helpful in diagnosis. A new kind of brain scan, called...
Valentine’s Day and love — more about your brain than your heart
As Valentine's Day nears, and we think about love and attraction, it's tempting to think it's all about longing stares and fluttering hearts and fate. But beneath all of that, it's really about...
Restless legs and the holiday season
Do you notice that you are not sleeping as well during the holiday season? There can be a number of possible reasons for that; one includes a disorder called restless leg syndrome, or RLS. RLS is...
Feeling slow on Turkey Day
It's 3 p.m. You have just gorged yourself on Thanksgiving turkey. How are your Parkinson's symptoms? Feeling more slowed down? Noticing more tremor? Feeling stiffer? It may be more then the...