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Shingles vaccine can decrease risk of dementia, study finds
Knight Initiative–supported research by Pascal Geldsetzer and colleagues adds to evidence that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive decline.
Latest Alzheimer's lab tests focus on memory loss, not brain plaques
New Alzheimer's biomarkers focus on whether Alzheimer's has actually begun to affect a person's thinking and memory, rather than just amyloid levels.
Five things to know about GLP-1s like Ozempic and addiction treatment
Psychiatrist Anna Lembke shares what scientists have discovered so far about the potential for GLP-1s in addiction treatment.
Why is social connection so hard for Gen Z?
Young adults crave closeness, says Stanford psychologist Jamil Zaki, but often misjudge how much their peers want that, too. His research found strategies that can help nudge people to take a chance on one another.
Digital tool gives kids with ADHD real-time feedback on their brains
In a recent study of a technique to help kids with ADHD strengthen their working memory, about half of participants showed improvements in their symptoms. The concept also offers promise for treating other neuropsychiatric conditions.
Stimulating the brain with sound
Finalists chosen for Stanford’s first 3-Minute Thesis competition
Neurotech trainee Favour Nerrise is among 10 grad students who will have three minutes to engage the audience—and a panel of judges—with their research projects at the April 17 event emceed by Stanford president Jonathan Levin.
Bridging nature and nurture: The brain's flexible foundation from birth
Meet the frogs helping scientists answer fundamental questions in neuroscience and physiology
In the lab of Lauren O’Connell, associate professor of biology, researchers look to amphibian species to learn how animals evolve in response to changing environments.
Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards
Scientists explore role of gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s, anxiety, and long COVID
Our brains and digestive tracts are in constant communication. When that communication goes off the rails, research suggests diseases and disorders can result.
Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's?
Researchers design new compound with promise to treat chronic pain
Stanford researchers have created a compound that relieves multiple types of pain in mice without building tolerance or causing psychoactive side effects.
FRAXA-funded research explores ISRIB as a potential treatment for Fragile X
Changes in brain’s "sugar shield" could be key to understanding effects of aging
New findings about the sugary armor on the brain’s frontline cells could shed light on cognitive decline and diseases like Alzheimer’s—and open new avenues for treatment.
The research behind adaptive deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease
Stanford Medicine spoke with neurologist Helen Bronte-Stewart, who conducted research that led to the development of a technology recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
This paper changed my life: Bill Newsome reflects on a quadrilogy of classic visual perception studies
The 1970s papers from Goldberg and Wurtz made ambitious mechanistic studies of higher brain functions seem feasible.
Meet the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars
Stanford team builds tool to keep young readers from falling through the cracks
Associate professor Jason Yeatman discusses the adoption of the Stanford-developed Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) as a state-approved dyslexia screening tool in California.
Dopamine "gas pedal" and serotonin "brake" team up to accelerate learning
Mice learn fastest and most reliably when they experience an increase in dopamine paired with an inhibition of serotonin in their nucleus accumbens, a new study shows, helping to resolve long-standing questions about the neuromodulators’ relationship.