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The best in brain care, powered by discovery The brain is one of the most complex organs in the human body. Containing 100 billion nerve cells that “talk” to each other through 100 trillion connections, it does more than govern our movements and emotions—it literally defines who we are as individuals. That’s why diseases and injuries that strike the […]
Almost two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease are women. There is a myth that the discrepancy is simply due to women living longer than men. But the truth is much more complicated. Now scientists at OHSU have found a key to what might be causing the difference, and they are working to find a […]
Lisa Silbert, MD, heads the neuroimaging core at OHSU and is leading efforts to understand Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
Joel Nigg, PhD, is one of the world’s top ADHD researchers. He aims to understand the different causes and influences for ADHD, find ways to detect it better and develop more effective treatments.
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable disease. The cause is unknown, and people who suffer experience a range of symptoms that come and go over time. Although scientists are making progress on more affordable, effective treatments, the sense of uncertainty when dealing with this disease is hard to ignore. So, when Rebecca Spain, MD, MSPH, received […]
Patient and donor Anne Foster says staying active and having the right doctor have helped her address secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
Stefanie Kaech Petrie, PhD, helps researchers use microscopes to shed light on the structure and function of cells, leading to advancements in diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer.
Kelly Monk, PhD, is one of the world’s foremost experts on the cells that form myelin, the protective sheath around axons that is damaged in diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
She came back to say thanks. And to provide a living, walking testament to how miracles can happen. With a little help. A lot of faith. And whole lot of work. On a sunny October morning, one day short of a year after a horrible accident, Ana Wakefield and her family came back to OHSU […]
Why do neurons die? That was what OHSU’s Marc Freeman wondered, years ago. Freeman — then a professor of neurobiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and first and foremost a basic scientist — understood that traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease all result from the degeneration of neurons. But he wasn’t initially […]
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