Neuroscience News
Brain Awareness
- OHSU Reveals This Year's Brain Awareness Season Lecture Lineup
- Brain Chemistry for Lovers: OHSU Brain Awareness Season unlocks secrets of the heart, head
- 2008 OHSU Brain Awareness Lecture Series Announced
Pain
- New Guideline for Prescribing Opioid Pain Drugs Published
- OHSU School of Dentistry Team Discovers Potential New Target for Treating Ear Pain
- OHSU Doernbecher Pain Management Named Center of Excellence
Fighting disease
- Empathetic Mice May Open Door to Decoding Autism
- De-activating Protein May Protect Nerve Fibers In MS
Aging and mental health
- Proactive Care Saves Lives of Seniors, Study Finds
- Scientists Seek to Block Progression of Alzheimer’s with Novel Medication that Targets the Source
- Brain Size Linked to Mental Decline Caused by Alzheimer's Disease
- New OHSU Senior Care Program Gets $2.5 Million Boost
Ophthalmology
- Statin Drugs Benefit Heart Disease Patients, but May Cause Eye Disorders in Some
- First Gene Associated With Most Common Form of Macular Degeneration Identified
- Schnitzer/ Novack Foundation Donates $2 Million to Portland's Two Nationally Known Eye Care Institutes
- OHSU Casey Eye Institute Receives Grant To study Stem Cells For Degenerative Eye Diseases
Awards
- OHSU Vollum Co-Director Gary Westbrook elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine
- Vollum Institute Researcher elected to National Academy of Sciences
Psychiatry
- Research Shows One in Four Patients Who Seek Physician Assisted Suicide Suffer From Depression
- Can alternative medicine ease suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
- OHSU Psychiatrist to Highlight Warning Signs for School Shootings at National Psychiatric Meeting
- Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Benefit from Free Accupuncture
Addiction
- OHSU Receives $1.3 Million Legacy to Advance Research into the Genetic Causes of Alcoholism
- Drug Has Potential to Prevent Alcoholics From Relapsing
- OHSU Scientists Gauging Influence of Prenatal Meth Exposure on Learning and Memory
- Is Internet Addiction a Mental Disorder?
- OHSU Lab Finds Meth Receptor That Could Lead To Therapy
- OHSU Scientists Studying Prenatal Meth Exposure
- $24M Grant For OHSU-Led Alcohol Research Consortium
Hearing
- All Newborns Should Be Screened for Hearing Loss
- OHSU Researchers to Study Whether Alcoholism Drug is Effective Tinnitus Treatment
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