Jeri S. Janowsky
Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
Professor, Neurology, OHSU
Interim Director, Neurological Sciences Institute, OHSU
e-mail: janowskj@ohsu.edu
Janowsky Lab: http://www.ohsu.edu/research/janowskylab
Neuroscience of Aging T32 Training Grant: http://www.ohsu.edu/research/T32neuroaging/
Recent Publications
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Major Areas
Cognitive neuroscience of aging, sex steroid effects, functional neuroimaging
Previous Positions
Assistant/Associate Professor, Neurology and Medical Psychology, OHSU
Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene
NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego
Education
B.A. (1978) Reed College
Ph.D. (1985) Cornell University
Research Interests
The focus of the research in my laboratory is the brain basis of human cognition, with a particular focus on the cognitive and neural changes that occur with aging. The majority of the work in my laboratory concerns the role of sex hormones as modulators of cognition, particularly during aging. Current projects investigate the role of hormones on emotional memory, the mechanisms for sex steroid effects in the brain, and the neurotoxic effects of prostate cancer testosterone deprivation treatments. The laboratory uses a variety of methods to observe brain changes and activity, including cognitive testing, structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging, and pharmacological manipulations.
Selected Recent Publications
Ha, DM., Xu, J., Janowsky, JS. Preliminary evidence that long-term estrogen use reduces white matter loss in aging. Neurobiology of Aging in press.
LeBlanc, ES., Neiss, MB., Carello, PE., Samuels, MH., & Janowsky, JS. Hot flashes and estrogen therapy do not influence cognition in early menopausal women. M enopause in press.
Janowsky, JS. The role of androgens in cognition and brain aging in men (review) Neuroscience 138:1015-1020, 2006
Janowsky, JS. Thinking with your gonads: testosterone and cognition (review) Trends in Cognitive Science 10(2):77-82 2006.
Beer, T.M., Bland, L.B., Bussiere, J.R., Neiss, M.B., Wersinger, E.M., Garzotto, M., Ryan, CW., Janowsky, JS. Testosterone loss and estradiol replacement modifies memory in men J. Urology 175: 130-135 2006 .
Cramer SC, Benson RR, Himes DM, Burra VC, Janowsky JS , Weinand ME, Brown JA, Lutsep HL (2005) Use of functional MRI to guide decisions in a clinical stroke trial. Stroke . 36(5):e50-2
Bussiere, J.R., Beer, T.M., Neiss, M.B., Janowsky, JS. Androgen deprivation impairs memory in older men. Behavioral Neuroscience , 119(6):1429-37, 2005
Leigland LA, Schulz LE, Janowsky JS (2004) Age related changes in emotional memory. Neurobiol Aging . Sep;25(8):1117-24.
Cramer SC, Benson RR, Burra VC, Himes D, Crafton KR, Janowsky JS , Brown JA, Lutsep HL (2003) Mapping individual brains to guide restorative therapy after stroke: Rationale and pilot studies. Neurol Res . Dec;25(8):811-4.