Dopamine conducts special ensembles

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...

Grady, shown at two-weeks-old

Preserving the choice to have a family

There is new hope that kids at risk of medically induced infertility may reproduce as adults. In a first, researchers have reported in a non-human primate model that immature testicular tissue can...

Michael Hutchens and Mahaba Eiwaz

New heart-kidney molecular signal identified

An OHSU-Pacific Northwest National Laboratory collaboration is key to a new identification of molecular signals specific to heart injury. Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common reasons...

Claudio Mello, Ph.D., a professor of behavioral neuroscience

Hummingbird’s call provides new insight about vocal learning

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...