Featured News Image news | May 16 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How we remember, why we forget This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we talk with memory expert Anthony Wagner about the nature of memory and how to improve it Image news | May 9 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Psychedelics Inside Out: How do LSD and psilocybin alter our perceptions? (Part ... This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we talk with anesthesiologist Boris Heifets about how psychedelics work in the brain. How do tiny quantities of these chemicals alter our perception of reality? And what does that say about... reality? Image news | May 7 2024 Wu Tsai Neuro Exploring MRI's role in neuroscience research on model organisms Recognizing the potential for wider application in small-animal neuroscience research, the Neurosciences Preclinical Imaging Lab (NPIL) at Wu Tsai Neuro hosted its 3rd annual symposium and named the recipients of its Pilot Grants. Image news | May 2 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Psychedelics, placebo, and anesthetic dreams This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we talk with anesthesiologist Boris Heifets about studies that could change our understanding of the renaissance in psychedelic medicine News Filter & Sort Sort by Theme (-) NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery News Type (-) Knight Initiative news (-) Featured News Research news Researcher profiles Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image news | Mar 27 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Research links age-related inflammation, microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease Pro-inflammatory protein TREM1 in peripheral immune cells may promote age-related cognitive decline and dementia, according to Knight Initiative–funded research. Image news | Feb 22 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Knight-funded research uncovers gene mutations that may prevent Alzheimer’s Dise... Disabling the notorious APOE4 gene might protect against the disease, according to research from Michael Greicius and team. Image news | Aug 24 2023 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Blood Cells Mutated in Old Age Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease Pathologist Siddhartha Jaiswal discovers a surprising twist to our biology: age-related mutations that increase the risk of blood disease also protect against brain disease. Image news | May 31 2022 Stanford Medicine A rare mutation protects against Alzheimer's disease, Stanford-led research find... An international collaboration led by Michael Greicius, MD, professor of neurology at Stanford Medicine, has found a rare mutation that protects against Alzheimer’s in individuals who are genetically predisposed to the disease. Image news | May 25 2022 Wu Tsai Neuro Young cerebrospinal fluid may hold keys to healthy brain aging With a new study published in Nature, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers are helping to show that the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes our brains holds clues to healthy brain aging. Image news | May 25 2022 Wu Tsai Neuro Q&A: How the aging immune system impacts brain health Katrin Andreasson discusses how immune cells can cause harmful brain inflammation and contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.
Image news | May 16 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How we remember, why we forget This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we talk with memory expert Anthony Wagner about the nature of memory and how to improve it
Image news | May 9 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Psychedelics Inside Out: How do LSD and psilocybin alter our perceptions? (Part ... This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we talk with anesthesiologist Boris Heifets about how psychedelics work in the brain. How do tiny quantities of these chemicals alter our perception of reality? And what does that say about... reality?
Image news | May 7 2024 Wu Tsai Neuro Exploring MRI's role in neuroscience research on model organisms Recognizing the potential for wider application in small-animal neuroscience research, the Neurosciences Preclinical Imaging Lab (NPIL) at Wu Tsai Neuro hosted its 3rd annual symposium and named the recipients of its Pilot Grants.
Image news | May 2 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Psychedelics, placebo, and anesthetic dreams This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we talk with anesthesiologist Boris Heifets about studies that could change our understanding of the renaissance in psychedelic medicine
Image news | Mar 27 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Research links age-related inflammation, microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease Pro-inflammatory protein TREM1 in peripheral immune cells may promote age-related cognitive decline and dementia, according to Knight Initiative–funded research.
Image news | Feb 22 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Knight-funded research uncovers gene mutations that may prevent Alzheimer’s Dise... Disabling the notorious APOE4 gene might protect against the disease, according to research from Michael Greicius and team.
Image news | Aug 24 2023 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Blood Cells Mutated in Old Age Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease Pathologist Siddhartha Jaiswal discovers a surprising twist to our biology: age-related mutations that increase the risk of blood disease also protect against brain disease.
Image news | May 31 2022 Stanford Medicine A rare mutation protects against Alzheimer's disease, Stanford-led research find... An international collaboration led by Michael Greicius, MD, professor of neurology at Stanford Medicine, has found a rare mutation that protects against Alzheimer’s in individuals who are genetically predisposed to the disease.
Image news | May 25 2022 Wu Tsai Neuro Young cerebrospinal fluid may hold keys to healthy brain aging With a new study published in Nature, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute researchers are helping to show that the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes our brains holds clues to healthy brain aging.
Image news | May 25 2022 Wu Tsai Neuro Q&A: How the aging immune system impacts brain health Katrin Andreasson discusses how immune cells can cause harmful brain inflammation and contribute to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.