Expanding Neuroscientific Discovery and Innovation

The Neuroscience Institute at Stanford advances the wellbeing of adults and children worldwide through basic and clinical research into the underlying biology of perception, memory, movement, emotion and other aspects of human consciousness and cognition.

With more than 150 faculty participants from across Stanford University, including the Schools of Medicine, Humanities and Sciences, Engineering, Law and Business, the institute focuses the university's sweeping expertise on the most critical questions in neuroscience today.

By coordinating the efforts of researchers, clinicians and industry partners and streamlining access to critical resources, the institute works to ensure new advances are quickly realized and moved into improved diagnostics and treatments for today's most devastating neurological and psychiatric disorders. More »

$880,000 DSRTF Grant to Study
Cognition in Down Syndrome

Stanford neuroscientists have been given an $880,000 grant from the Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation (DSRTF) to study cognition in children and adults with the disorder. The money will help fund efforts by researchers in Stanford’s Center for Research and Treatment of Down Syndrome to understand how the condition produces cognitive impairment and how cognitive function might be improved.
 “This grant helps support great science that may become great therapy,” says William Mobley, MD, PhD. Mobley is the John E. Cahill Family Professor in the School of Medicine and director of the Neuroscience Institute. “We hope it will lead to ways to improve cognition as well as protect existing cognitive abilities. More »