Knight Initiative News

Synthetic brain MRI technology is supercharging computational neuroscience with massive data.

A new study led by Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Laura Gwilliams maps how we simultaneously process different words.

In which we discuss how bad social isolation is for our brains with neuroscientist and author Ben Rein

Organizers of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s 12th annual symposium share exciting new discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”

Premature babies who heard recordings of their mothers reading to them had more mature white matter in a key language area of the brain, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Heidi Feldman and colleagues found.

Studying mice of different ages, Stanford scientists and colleagues found that neurons involved in spatial memory become less reliable later in life.

With large-scale neuron recordings and sharper fMRI now routine, a new collaboration between the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Data Science aims to make sense of the surge in data.

In which we discuss the neuroscience of sketching ideas with Stanford psychologist Judy Fan

Researchers from around the university will collaborate to deepen our understanding of the brain.

Untangling the complex connections between the gut, brain and microbiome to heal chronic GI conditions

What could make a promising approach to psychiatry and brain research even better? A solid beat.

In which we discuss the neuroscience and lived experience of psychosis and schizophrenia with Stanford psychiatrist Jacob Ballon and peer advocate Shannon Pagdon.

Developed by Stanford researchers, NeuroString is a hair-thin multichannel biosensor and stimulator with promising potential applications in drug delivery, nerve stimulation, smart fabrics, and more.

The new work, in mice missing the autism-linked gene CNTNAP2, suggests a mechanism to help explain the overlap between epilepsy and autism.

Small cell lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. A Stanford Medicine-led study shows the cancer cells form synapses with neurons, and signaling across these synapses encourages tumor growth.

In this episode, we talk with neuroscientist, musician and author Daniel Levitin about his new book on the neuroscience of music and how it is being used to help heal disorders from Parkinson's to chronic pain

Stanford undergrads and local community college students paired with Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers to find new ways to head off strokes, predict Alzheimer's disease, and more.

Exploring the electrical connections between cancer and brain cells, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje is bringing hope to children with brain tumors.

In a new study in rats, scientists used ultrasound-activated nanoparticles to deliver ketamine and anesthetics to precise targets in the brain.

In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.