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 ThemeNeuroDiscovery NeuroHealth NeuroEngineering News TypeResearch news Featured News Podcast episodes Institute News Researcher profiles Knight Initiative news Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image news | Feb 8 2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford neuroscientists take their Big Ideas on decision-making, neurotechnolog... The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is elevating three research programs to become the flagship Big Ideas collaborations focusing on brain rejuvenation, neurotechnology and decision-making. Image news | Aug 17 2016 Stanford Medicine - News Center 5 Questions: Robert Malenka on Ecstasy research In a Q&A, the neuroscientist discusses the reasons for continued basic and clinical research on an illegal drug scientists call 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, and partiers call Ecstasy. news | Jul 14 2016 Stanford Medicine - Scope The two faces of MDMA: Drug of abuse, and promising therapeutic and research too... MDMA is a drug of abuse, but also a promising therapeutic and research tool according to Stanford brain researcher Rob Malenka, MD, PhD. Image news | Apr 20 2016 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute From how we form memories to what drives addiction: A conversation with Robert M... Robert Malenka, the Nancy Friend Pritzer Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, is famous for his discoveries on how neurons in our brain make and store new memories. He is also a pioneer in the field of addiction research Image news | Apr 12 2016 Stanford Medicine - News Center Low-risk drinking guidelines vary widely among countries Inconsistency among countries about what constitutes a "standard drink" and definitions of low-risk drinking hampers international research and confuses people attempting to drink responsibly. Image news | Jan 7 2016 Stanford Report Odds are good that risky gambling choices are influenced by a single brain conne... Whether a person will place a risky bet comes down to a newly discovered tract of neurons spanning two brain regions. The findings could help understand and treat gambling or addiction disorders. Image news | Oct 16 2015 Stanford News How emotions sway decisions Our emotions can override the brain's calculations, leading to otherwise irrational decisions like charitable donations. Image news | Oct 16 2015 Stanford News How evolution shaped our decision-making Our brains evolved to value near-term rewards over long-term threats, and that wiring creates challenges for treating addiction. Pagination Previous page Page 1 Page 2 Current page 3 Page 4 Next page
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 | Feb 8 2017 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Stanford neuroscientists take their Big Ideas on decision-making, neurotechnolog... The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute is elevating three research programs to become the flagship Big Ideas collaborations focusing on brain rejuvenation, neurotechnology and decision-making.
Image news | Aug 17 2016 Stanford Medicine - News Center 5 Questions: Robert Malenka on Ecstasy research In a Q&A, the neuroscientist discusses the reasons for continued basic and clinical research on an illegal drug scientists call 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA, and partiers call Ecstasy.
news | Jul 14 2016 Stanford Medicine - Scope The two faces of MDMA: Drug of abuse, and promising therapeutic and research too... MDMA is a drug of abuse, but also a promising therapeutic and research tool according to Stanford brain researcher Rob Malenka, MD, PhD.
Image news | Apr 20 2016 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute From how we form memories to what drives addiction: A conversation with Robert M... Robert Malenka, the Nancy Friend Pritzer Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, is famous for his discoveries on how neurons in our brain make and store new memories. He is also a pioneer in the field of addiction research
Image news | Apr 12 2016 Stanford Medicine - News Center Low-risk drinking guidelines vary widely among countries Inconsistency among countries about what constitutes a "standard drink" and definitions of low-risk drinking hampers international research and confuses people attempting to drink responsibly.
Image news | Jan 7 2016 Stanford Report Odds are good that risky gambling choices are influenced by a single brain conne... Whether a person will place a risky bet comes down to a newly discovered tract of neurons spanning two brain regions. The findings could help understand and treat gambling or addiction disorders.
Image news | Oct 16 2015 Stanford News How emotions sway decisions Our emotions can override the brain's calculations, leading to otherwise irrational decisions like charitable donations.
Image news | Oct 16 2015 Stanford News How evolution shaped our decision-making Our brains evolved to value near-term rewards over long-term threats, and that wiring creates challenges for treating addiction.