• Research
• March 1, 2010

Stress-affected brain region is smaller in veterans with PTSD

A specific region of the hippocampus, a brain structure that is essential to memory, is significantly smaller in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder than in those without the condition, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.

• Media Coverage
• February 26, 2010
• KPIX-TV features UCSF gene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease

KPIX-TV features UCSF gene therapy trial for Parkinson's disease

• Media Coverage
• February 23, 2010
• Regional stories quote UCSF expert on health effects of 3-D glasses

Regional stories quote UCSF expert on health effects of 3-D glasses

• Media Coverage
• January 27, 2010
• KQED Forum features UCSF neurologists on pediatric stroke

KQED Forum features UCSF neurologists on pediatric stroke

• Research
• January 20, 2010

Low Vitamin D Levels Are Associated With Greater Risk of Relapse in Childhood-Onset Multiple Sclerosis

Low vitamin D blood levels are associated with a significantly higher risk of relapse attacks in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who develop the disease during childhood, according to a study conducted by researchers from UCSF.

• Media Coverage
• January 13, 2010
• Nature News provides in-depth look at UCSF Pediatric Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery

Nature News provides in-depth look at UCSF Pediatric Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery

• Research
• October 6, 1997

UCSF’s Stanley Prusiner Named to Receive the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, 55, today was named to receive the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering and characterizing an entirely new class of proteins, called prions, which cause several rare and fatal neurodegenerative diseases.