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Cutting-Edge Interventional MRI System Transforms Brain Surgery for Parkinson's Patients
UCSF neurosurgeons and an MRI physicist have pioneered a faster, more accurate and less invasive surgical technique for treating patients with movement disorders, potentially changing the future of neurosurgery.
Estrogen Therapy's Link With Dementia Risk Depends on Age When Taken, Study Finds
A new study led by Kristine Jaffe at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF, finds different results with estrogen therapy and dementia, depending on when a woman takes the hormone.
Songbird's Strategy for Changing Its Tune Could Inform Rehab Efforts
UCSF neuroscientists are exploring the way in which songbirds learn to perfect and maintain their song, a model of how one learns — and might relearn — fine motor skills.
Schizophrenia: Early Diagnosis, Treatment Key, But Stigma Remains
Early diagnosis and treatment can make a big difference for patients with schizophrenia. Unfortunately, diagnosis often is delayed for months or years.
UCTV Documentary Features UCSF in "A Dose of Hope" for Parkinson's Patients
A documentary debuting today shows how UCSF researchers are using innovative multidisciplinary treatment strategies for patients living with Parkinson’s disease.
Blood Test Predicts Cognitive Decline, and "Cognitive Reserve" Protects Against That Decline, Study Shows
Low blood levels of beta-amyloid 42, a protein-like substance, were associated with the risk of significant cognitive decline within nine years in a group of elders, in a study led by Kristine Yaffe, MD, chief of geriatric psychiatry at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
FDA-Approved Drug Shows Promise as Alcoholism Treatment
A medication commonly prescribed as a muscle relaxant shows promise as a potential treatment for alcoholism, based on a study in rats by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
Parkinson's Disease Discoveries Lead to Major Neuroscience Prize for Nussbaum
Parkinson’s disease researcher Robert Nussbaum, a human geneticist and neuroscientist at UCSF, has been named to receive the prestigious Klaus Joachim Zülch Neuroscience Prize for 2011.
Cell of origin for brain tumors may predict response to therapy
For patients with glioma, the most common primary brain tumor, new findings may explain why current therapies fail to eradicate the cancer. A UCSF-led team of scientists has identified for the first time that progenitor rather than neural stem cells underly a type of glioma called oligodendroglioma.
Medal in Hand, Prusiner's Sights Are on Conquering Brain Diseases
UCSF’s Stanley Prusiner, who received the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama on Wednesday, urges today’s students to become the next generation of scientists.
UCSF team controls zebrafish heart rate with optical pacemaker
UCSF researchers have for the first time shown that an external optical pacemaker can be used in a vertebrate to control its heart rate.