Neuroscience News

Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame

Studying brain scan data from individuals—not group averages—reveals key brain-function differences in children who struggle with goal-oriented tasks, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Vinod Menon and colleagues

Knight Initiative researchers created a new atlas of aging in the killifish tracks how organs change over time, revealing processes implicated in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases

The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience

Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Steering Committee member Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research

Aging causes changes in gut bacteria in mice, hampering communication between the intestines and the brain—but restoring this connection helped old mice form memories as well as young animals

Frank Longo's long trek nears its destination

Wu Tsai Neuro Institute Scholars Todd Coleman and Julia Kaltschmidt are creating detailed maps of the enteric nervous system to understand the influence synchronization between the gut and the brain has on disease

We speak with neuroscientist Nirao Shah and endocrinologist Katrin Svensson about the Stanford Neuro-Pregnancy Initiative, part of Wu Tsai Neuro's Big Ideas in Neuroscience program

A brain region specialized for recognizing text is smaller or absent in kids with dyslexia, but tutoring partly closes the gap

We speak with cognitive scientist Vinod Menon about the brain networks behind day dreaming, rumination, and our sense of self

Knight Initiative Director Tony Wyss-Coray and others talked to Nature Aging about aging research

Unlike chronological age, biological age can change and is a reflection of how your body's cells, tissues, and organs are functioning and aging

Neural organoids have been revealing 'bombshell secrets about brain development.' But what are they?

From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible

Researchers assessed volunteers’ brain activity while they listened to stories, showing that strokes disrupt how the brain retains speech sounds.