Knight Initiative News

Institute affiliate Erin Gibson explains why we should pay attention to our circadian rhythms.

Features like Sleep Focus and Bedtime Mode may help you get a good night’s rest. 

Using pulses of light to control heart rate, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Karl Deisseroth and fellow Stanford Medicine researchers investigate a long-standing mystery about how physical states influence emotions.

Institute affiliate Keith Humphreys explains why we think of addiction as a disease.

Wu Tsai Neuro faculty scholar Julia Kaltschmidt answers: "Is your gut a second brain?"

Wu Tsai Nero affiliate Kristen K. Steenerson shares her insights on a new web-based system that could potentially let patients treat themselves at home.

When mice watch other mice fight, neurons in their brains fire as if they were physically fighting. New research by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Nirao Shah, with Liqun Luo, Shaul Druckmann and colleagues.

Brain cells are crucial for triggering fights — but also become active when mice merely observe fights.

During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression soared around the globe, resulting in a shortage of mental health care providers and long wait times for therapy according to Stanford Medicine study led by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Andrew Huberman and David Spiegel.

Postdocs Ernie Hwaun and Matt McCoy answer: "What can octopus and squid brains teach us about intelligence?"

Institute Director Kang Shen reflects on a year of transitions.

Graduate student Gabriella Muwanga answers: "What are migraines, and why are they so hard to treat?"

Wu Tsai Neuro researchers and colleagues make groundbreaking discovery in neuroscience. Oxytocin, often lauded as the “hug hormone,” might not be necessary to induce affection.

Oxytocin signaling may not be responsible for prairie voles’ strong social bonds, including their proclivity for staying close to their mates according to recent findings by Wu Tsai Neuro researchers and colleagues.

Interdisciplinary Postdocs and Brain Resilience Scholars will advance knowledge of brain health and aging.

Rob Malenka answers: "Why are psychiatrists taking a fresh look at MDMA?"

Experts, including Stanford researchers, weigh in on whether the newly approved Alzheimer's treatment lecanemab is worth taking.

Researchers at the the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute explain mechanisms behind the image-generating model DALL-E and its similarities to the human brain, and what to expect for the future of artificial intelligence in creative mechanisms.

On this show, we criss-cross scientific disciplines to bring you to the frontiers of brain science, one simple question at a time.

Researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are at the forefront of a seismic shift that’s putting a spotlight on once taboo psychedelic substances as a promising new frontier in psychiatric medicine.