OHSU research that finds serotonin, a brain chemical best known for regulating mood, can overstimulate neurons in a key hearing center. Laurence Trussell, Ph.D., says, “If those neurons were just firing constantly even though there was no sound, the brain would say that there’s a sound there.”

A story in Brain & Life discusses the importance of exercise after a neurological disease diagnosis. Fay Horak, Ph.D., says, “If I was diagnosed with a neurological illness, the first thing I’d do is seek out a physical therapist with expertise in that disease.”

OHSU research that finds serotonin, a brain chemical best known for regulating mood, can overstimulate neurons in a key hearing center. Laurence Trussell, Ph.D., says, “If those neurons were just firing constantly even though there was no sound, the brain would say that there’s a sound there.”

Study shows the federal administration’s decision to drop the long-standing recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth will likely lead to hundreds of additional infections among children, along with more cases of liver cancer, deaths and millions in added health care costs. Eric Hall, Ph.D., says researchers shared a preliminary version of their findings in public comments ahead of the December meeting so committee members could review the data: “We noticed that the committee did not have the evidence they needed to inform their decision. But this group kind of blew past all that and didn’t make any effort to fill the evidence gaps that they might have had”

Maulin Patel, OHSU’s senior vice president of finance, said leaders are still taking a cautious approach.

Healthcare Construction & Operations covers the opening of Vista Pavilion at OHSU’s Marquam Hill campus.

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute will bring its giant inflatable colon to the Living Well Health Fair in Klamath Falls

The Oregonian reports on OHSU research that finds serotonin, a brain chemical best known for regulating mood, can overstimulate neurons in a key hearing center. Laurence Trussell, Ph.D., says, “If those neurons were just firing constantly even though there was no sound, the brain would say that there’s a sound there.”

In a Time magazine story about the role of the “stress hormone” cortisol, Maria Fleseriu, M.D., says, “Cortisol is adaptive and protective within its normal range and circadian rhythm. Cortisol itself isn’t pathologic — chronic dysregulation is.”

Luiz Bertassoni, D.D.S., talks about OHSU’s pioneering work in 3D printing cancer cells from a patient and miniature versions of organs like bones and lungs.