New research, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has determined that activating neuroinflammation, via osmotic disruption of the blood-brain barrier, may...
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,...
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, or Batten disease, is a rare, fatal class of inherited disorders of the nervous system. OHSU investigators have been at the forefront in developing treatment...
According to the National Institutes of Health, one in 10 Americans is impacted by one of more than 7,000 identified rare diseases. The majority of these diseases are genetic and do not have approved...
Millions of Americans above the age of 65 suffer from dementia, a disorder of mental processes associated with loss of memory or perception skills that may impact a person’s ability to perform...
Sex—like age, weight, and underlying health conditions—is a biological variable that is often a critical factor when it comes to health. However, sex has been largely absent in research and this...
A team of three OHSU researchers were selected by the National Institutes of Health today to receive a major grant for a long-term study tracking the effects of adolescent substance abuse on the...
The OHSU Healthy Aging Alliance invites all students, clinicians, researchers, and anyone else who might some day be growing older to attend this conference in the Doernbecher Vey Auditorium from 1...
The NIH has launched its new Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, which is designed to provide support for research projects focused on developing tools...
Two OHSU researchers, Fay Horak, Ph.D., professor of neurology, and Robert Peterka, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering, were recently recognized by the American Physiological...