(OHSU News) – Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have earned a four-year, $4 million award to determine whether bright-light therapy improves brain function and potentially forestalls neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases for people with traumatic brain injuries. The award is part of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program of the U.S. Department of Defense.
“This project will build upon decades of research and resulting clinical guidance endorsing light therapy to improve sleep,” said principal investigator Jonathan Elliott, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology in the OHSU School of Medicine and research physiologist at the Portland VA Health Care System and Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, or MIRECC. CONTINUE