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Different mental disorders cause same brain-matter loss, study finds
A meta-analysis of 193 brain-imaging studies shows similar gray-matter loss in the brains of people with diagnoses as different as schizophrenia, depression and addiction.
Unlocking the brain’s plasticity
Depressing but true: people are less able to form new brain connections as they grow older. Undergraduate Richie Sapp was part of a team whose research could make it easier for adults to learn, and possibly heal after brain injuries.
Study ties immune cells to delayed onset of post-stroke dementia
Researchers say that the appearance in the brain of a type of immune cell has been implicated in delayed dementia in mice and humans who have suffered a stroke.
Youth; It's In The Blood
A raft of rodent experiments has demonstrated that blood transfusions from a young donor reverse the effects of aging in older recipients over recent years.
New version of common antibiotic could eliminate risk of hearing loss, study finds
A study in mice has found that a commonly used antibiotic can be modified to eliminate the risk that it will cause hearing loss.
Blocking receptor in brain’s immune cells counters Alzheimer’s in mice, study finds
Brain cells called microglia chew up toxic substances and cell debris, calm inflammation and make nerve-cell-nurturing substances. New research shows that keeping them on the job may prevent neurodegeneration.
Stanford scientists seek to map origins of mental illness and develop noninvasive treatment
An interdisciplinary team of scientists has convened to map the origins of mental illnesses in the brain and develop noninvasive technologies to treat the conditions. The collaboration could lead to improved treatments for depression, anxiety and post-tra
Are healthy girls affected physically by their mothers' depression
Researchers following adolescent and pre-adolescent healthy daughters of mothers with a history of depression, have found that the chromosomes of these high-risk girls show signs of cellular aging.
Stanford researchers bridge education and neuroscience to strengthen the growing field of educational neuroscience
As methods of imaging the brain improve, neuroscientists and educators can now identify changes in children's brains as they learn, and start to develop ways of personalizing instruction for kids who are falling behind.
A brain-imaging discovery by Stanford scientists resolves a century-old argument
Results from a brain-imaging study led scientists into a medical mystery going back to 1881, involving a disputed brain pathway discovered by one scientist and ignored by others. The team rediscovered the pathway's original publication in texts in the bas
Study finds brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients
Radiology researchers have discovered that the brains of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have diminished white matter and white matter abnormalities in the right hemisphere.
Cannabis connection
The blocking of endocannabinoids — the brain’s internal versions of marijuana’s psychoactive chemicals — appears to play a role in the early pathology of Alzheimer’s disease.
Wernig wins stem cell prize, Giocomo named neuroscience investigator
The New York Stem Cell Foundation awarded pathologist Marius Wernig $200,000 to pursue stem cell research, and neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo $1.5 million to expand her lab and train other scientists.
Decoy drug developed by Stanford Bio-X scientists allows brains of adult mice to form new connections
A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists has restored the ability of adult mice to form new connections in the brain. If the finding works in people, it has the potential to help adults recover from stroke and forms of blindness or to prevent the loss of conne
New wave of brain research aims to understanding every function
The National Institutes of Health last week announced $47 million in grants as part of President Obama’s Brain Initiative, a project announced 18 months ago to, in the simplest language, reverse-engineer the human brain. The grants were among the first in a roughly 11-year plan that could cost more than $3 billion.
Miniature wireless device being developed by Stanford Bio-X team creates better way of studying chronic pain
A team of Stanford Bio-X scientists and engineers is creating a small wireless device that will improve studies of chronic pain. The scientists hope to use what they learn to develop better therapies for the condition, which costs the economy $600 billion
Efforts to refine tools for recording brain activity get $1 million boost with BRAIN Initiative grant
Yesterday the National Institutes of Health handed out the first $46 million in funding for their BRAIN initiative. Stanford neuroscientists Mark Schnitzer and Michael Lin got one of those awards worth almost $1 million to develop improved ways of recordi
Can transfusions of young blood help cure Alzheimer’s in older people?
It sounds like the dark plot of a vampire movie. Next month, people with Alzheimer’s disease will be given the blood of young people in the hope that it will reverse some of the damage caused by the condition.
Researchers delve into what triggers set species apart
The genetic makeup of humans, fruit flies and roundworms is remarkably similar, which is why scientists have long favored using the latter two organisms to study human conditions and diseases. But a team of Stanford researchers is beginning to unravel some of the specific genetic triggers that occur during each species’ development to set them apart.
Stanford scientists track the rise and fall of brain volume throughout life
Stanford scientists have shown how the brain changes throughout life, and created a standard curve that can be used to assess whether patients are maturing and aging normally. This resource could help diagnose or monitor people with mental health conditio
