New research reveals an evolutionary genetic difference that sets songbirds up to have high cholesterol. The birds, though, thwart expectations. A study published today in the journal Proceedings...
Sará King, Ph.D., and Aqilah McCane, Ph.D., have been named fellows by the Society for Neuroscience (SFN) as 2020 Neuroscience Scholars Program. Dr. King is a postdoctoral fellow mentored by...
Scholars in the second cohort of OHSU’s Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Initiative have all been accepted to neuroscience graduate programs. Their readiness for graduate school is a significant...
Three OHSU graduate students have received 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and three received honorable mentions. Kimberley Engeln of the Vollum Neuroscience...
A new study reports novel ways that dopamine cells influence the function of the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Anyone who has savored a bite of chocolate or glanced at each new blinking...
Anita Randolph, Ph.D., wants to improve the quality of life for veterans after active duty. As a doctoral student, she made a major discovery about brain damage in people who’ve suffered...
Why do babies sleep so much? It turns out, a good night’s sleep, especially early in life, can have profound implications for the brain’s ability to form important social bonds throughout life,...
The first cohort of the OHSU Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Initiative, from left, Rachel De La Torre, Braim Luciano Vazquez and Katherine Thanyamongkhonsawa. For first-generation college graduate...
Adolescence is a time when risky behaviors tend to emerge. Understanding what is going on in the brain when teens are making these decisions might lead to the development of interventions or ways to...
A team led by Claudio Mello, M.D., Ph.D., has made a discovery that may provide insight about the mechanism that enables people to master hearing and speech: A hummingbird with a call well above the...