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Neuroscientist Ben Rein never intended to get into science communication. But simple frustration drove him to it after a shopping trip in early April of 2020, he says.

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain chip, plans to test this year on human subjects. Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Paul Nuyujukian discusses what this means for brain implant science?

MBCT NeuroTech trainee Favour Nerrisse is the Chair of the National Society of Black Engineers.

Report warns opioid crisis has a ‘good chance’ of spreading globally as overdose deaths from all drugs increased during the pandemic.

Pointing to an explosion of opioid overdose deaths during the coronavirus pandemic, Stanford researchers called Wednesday for a series of dramatic changes to how governments and society treat those addicted to the drugs, including the ending of incarcerat

Stanford neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje is studying the link between "chemo brain" and long Covid's brain fog.

Data from mouse models for mild coronavirus infections and human tissue samples offer further evidence that it doesn’t take a severe infection—or even infection of brain cells at all—to cause long-term neurological symptoms.

The drumbeat of exercise’s brain benefits may sound familiar. Most of us know that getting our move on can mean a boost to mental and neurological health. But what if, through understanding these biochemical processes, we could get all of that brain gain

Scientists who injected idle mice with blood from athletic mice found improvements in learning and memory. The findings could have implications for Alzheimer’s research and beyond.

In a 12-by-20-foot room at a skilled-nursing facility in Menlo Park, California, researchers are testing the next evolution of the computer interface inside the soft matter of Dennis DeGray’s motor cortex. DeGray is paralyzed from the neck down. He

Activating serotonin receptors in the medial septum, a region along the brain’s midline, reverses social-memory deficits in a mouse model of autism, according to new research by the group of Robert Malenka at Wu Tsai Neuro. The results reveal a new mechan

Dr. David Spiegel and colleagues showed decades ago that women whose depression was easing lived longer than those whose depression was getting worse. His research and other studies have clearly shown that “the brain is intimately connected to the body an

LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management

3D models of biological tissue that incorporate multiple cell types are the latest tools for understanding human development and disease.

Studies by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Tony Wyss-Coray, Thomas Rando and others over the past 15 years have found that young blood can reinvigorate aging mice. Now, scientists are trying to crack the code—or codes—swimming through our veins.

How long older adults sleep could affect their brain health, according to new research by Elizabeth Mormino's lab at Stanford Neurology.

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke speaks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross about her new book, Dopamine Nation, which explores the interconnection of pleasure and pain in the brain and helps explain addictive behaviors — not just to drugs and alcohol, but also to food, s

When neuroscientist Russell Poldrack of Stanford University used machine learning to sort a massive database of behavioral data, the categories that emerged did not seem to correspond to recognizable mental classifications, such as learning or memory.

Studies in live mice by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have shown how epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of an endocannabinoid compound, 2-arachidonoylglycerol, or 2-AG, which is mimicked by marijuana’s most p

Robert Sapolsky, comments on a study that found rats categorize other rats into “us” and “them.”