Knight Initiative News

Anne Brunet will receive a Director's Pioneer Award, and Bianxiao Cui will receive a Director's Transformative Research Award.

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

The genetic variant APOE4, carried by one-fifth of the world’s people, substantially boosts Alzheimer’s risk. But scientists have been puzzled about how to reverse that risk: punch up the gene variant’s potency, or smack it down? Now we know, thanks to research funded by the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience.

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.

Stanford's Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has named Hulya Torun one of this year's Postdoc Champions

Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Laura Gwilliams is among those leveraging AI to drive remarkable advancements in science, while fostering a cautious approach to the application of the technology.

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.

A new study finds links between two popular models of the disease—and the results could change how researchers think about treatment.

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.

Knight Initiative researchers are uncovering the fine points of how our brains learn to move. In the long run, their findings could help devise better treatments for Parkinson's disease.

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.

A study of killifish reveals how protein dysfunction develops in vertebrate brain cells, a key driver of aging – shedding light on cognitive decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS.

Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Guosong Hong and colleagues developed a new technique to observe neuron formation and firing in juvenile mice, potentially enhancing our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders and enabling new interventions.