Neuroscience News

A recent meeting gathered scientists, ethicists, patient advocates and more to discuss organoid ethics.

Researchers studying the human brain shared a lot of fascinating research last year, including a study from Wu Tsai Neuro scientists who replicated the brain's pain circuits.

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

We speak with neurologist Katrin Andreasson about new links between inflammation, metabolism and new hopes for treating neurodegeneration

Join us as we look back on some of the key studies we covered here at Wu Tsai Neuro and the Knight Initiative in 2025 to give a (very partial) overview of the impact of our community’s research efforts this past year

Stanford Data Science and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute launched the Center for Neural Data Science as a collaborative hub to accelerate discovery in neuroscience and train the next generation of data-driven neuroscientists

The 12th annual Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Symposium explored how our brains and bodies communicate—and what that means for our health and well-being

Knight Initiative scientists report that biology, behavior, and circumstance all intertwine over a lifetime to influence how organs grow old

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia are devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Knight Initiative postdoc Yi Zeng is working to understand the role a central protein plays in both diseases—and whether it might point toward new diagnostics and treatments

The Knight Initiative’s Fall Symposium featured researchers building new molecular atlases of the brain alongside new updates on neurodegenerative disease and what might be done about it.

Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Thomas Montine and Alice Ting are among those joining the distinguished society of physicians.

Research from Knight Initiative Director Tony Wyss-Coray's lab show that an Alzheimer's hallmark—myriad oily droplets in brain cells called microglia—may help connect several of the disorder’s better known but not well understood features.

Organizers of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s 12th annual symposium share exciting new discoveries from the frontiers of the “gut-brain axis.”

Researchers from around the university will collaborate to deepen our understanding of the brain.

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.