Featured News Image Research news | Mar 17 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Bridging Nature and Nurture: The brain's flexible foundation from birth By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized visual brains. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 10 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate a... Three teams developing promising neurotechnologies with the potential for tremendous impact on human well-being have been named recipients of the 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford. Image Podcast episodes | Mar 6 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's? This week on the podcast, Stanford psychiatry professor Erin Gibson joins us again to share the latest findings on sleep, myelin, and neurodegenerative disease. Image Awards and honors | Feb 19 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars How does the brain wire itself for learning? What molecular mechanisms protect neural circuits during aging? These are just some of the research projects by the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars. News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroDiscovery News TypeResearch news Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Research news | Jan 26 2017 Stanford Medicine - Scope Sleep deprived suffer performance loss, according to new study Lack of sleep definitely affects your performance the next day, and probably for a longer period of time than you might expect, according to a new study. Image Research news | Dec 1 2016 Stanford News Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time, Stanford resear... New research finds that small regions of the brain cycle in and out of sleep, even when awake. The cycles shift toward “awake” when that part of the brain pays attention to a task. Image Research news | Sep 6 2016 Stanford Medicine - Scope Easing into slumber requires newly identified “sleep/wake” brain circuit… and a ... In a new study in Nature Neuroscience, Ada Eban-Rothschild, PhD, Luis de Lecea, PhD, and their fellow Stanford neuroscientists identified a brain circuit that’s indispensable to the sleep-wake cycle as well as a key component of the reward system. Image Research news | Sep 5 2016 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Investigators identify brain circuit that drives sleep-wake states Inhibiting the firing of nerve cells in a brain area long known to guide goal-directed behavior makes mice build nests and fall asleep, a new study shows. Stimulating the circuit roused the mice and kept them awake. Image Research news | Apr 19 2016 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Keeping memories intact requires plenty of sleep To find out what time of day is best for learning, undergraduate Meagan Shinbashi spent late nights in the lab giving memory tests to mice.
Image Research news | Mar 17 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Bridging Nature and Nurture: The brain's flexible foundation from birth By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized visual brains.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Mar 10 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain imaging and stimulation technologies receive 2025 Neuroscience:Translate a... Three teams developing promising neurotechnologies with the potential for tremendous impact on human well-being have been named recipients of the 2025 Neuroscience:Translate awards from the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford.
Image Podcast episodes | Mar 6 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's? This week on the podcast, Stanford psychiatry professor Erin Gibson joins us again to share the latest findings on sleep, myelin, and neurodegenerative disease.
Image Awards and honors | Feb 19 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Meet the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars How does the brain wire itself for learning? What molecular mechanisms protect neural circuits during aging? These are just some of the research projects by the 2025 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars.
Image Research news | Jan 26 2017 Stanford Medicine - Scope Sleep deprived suffer performance loss, according to new study Lack of sleep definitely affects your performance the next day, and probably for a longer period of time than you might expect, according to a new study.
Image Research news | Dec 1 2016 Stanford News Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time, Stanford resear... New research finds that small regions of the brain cycle in and out of sleep, even when awake. The cycles shift toward “awake” when that part of the brain pays attention to a task.
Image Research news | Sep 6 2016 Stanford Medicine - Scope Easing into slumber requires newly identified “sleep/wake” brain circuit… and a ... In a new study in Nature Neuroscience, Ada Eban-Rothschild, PhD, Luis de Lecea, PhD, and their fellow Stanford neuroscientists identified a brain circuit that’s indispensable to the sleep-wake cycle as well as a key component of the reward system.
Image Research news | Sep 5 2016 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Investigators identify brain circuit that drives sleep-wake states Inhibiting the firing of nerve cells in a brain area long known to guide goal-directed behavior makes mice build nests and fall asleep, a new study shows. Stimulating the circuit roused the mice and kept them awake.
Image Research news | Apr 19 2016 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Keeping memories intact requires plenty of sleep To find out what time of day is best for learning, undergraduate Meagan Shinbashi spent late nights in the lab giving memory tests to mice.
