Featured News Image Podcast episodes | Dec 5 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How to live in a world without free will This week on the podcast, Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky lays out his view we should all stop judging one another (and ourselves) for behaviors we can't control Image Research news | Nov 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Dopamine and serotonin work in opposition to shape learning New research from the Malenka lab reveals that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence. Image Podcast episodes | Nov 21 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression. Image Knight Initiative news | Nov 12 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Unlocking the secrets of ketosis With Knight Initiative support, Stanford researchers uncover a biochemical “off-ramp” in ketosis, rewriting our understanding of how ketosis influences metabolism. News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering NeuroHealth News TypeWu Tsai Neuro News Research news Podcast episodes Knight Initiative news Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jul 1 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Molecular toolmakers share glimpses of the future of brain science At the 2024 Neuro-omics Symposium, early-stage research funded by Wu Tsai Neuro's Big Ideas in Neuroscience program revealed exciting progress at the intersection of genomics and AI. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative announce 2024 postdoctoral scholars We are proud to welcome the 2024 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars — ten young scientists pursuing novel, multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the workings of the brain. Image Podcast episodes | Apr 13 2023 From Our Neurons to Yours Parenting lessons from frogs and spiders Biologist Lauren O'Connell shares the neuroscience behind familial bonds across the animal kingdom—and what this could teach us about our own experience as partners and parents. Image Research news | Nov 21 2019 Stanford - News Stanford researchers study motherly poison frogs to understand maternal brain Stanford biologists are using rare poison frogs that nurse their young as a way to help answer a fundamental question: Is there more than one way to build a maternal brain?
Image Podcast episodes | Dec 5 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How to live in a world without free will This week on the podcast, Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky lays out his view we should all stop judging one another (and ourselves) for behaviors we can't control
Image Research news | Nov 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Dopamine and serotonin work in opposition to shape learning New research from the Malenka lab reveals that reward-based learning requires the two neuromodulators to balance one another's influence.
Image Podcast episodes | Nov 21 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo We're diving back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression.
Image Knight Initiative news | Nov 12 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Unlocking the secrets of ketosis With Knight Initiative support, Stanford researchers uncover a biochemical “off-ramp” in ketosis, rewriting our understanding of how ketosis influences metabolism.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jul 1 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Molecular toolmakers share glimpses of the future of brain science At the 2024 Neuro-omics Symposium, early-stage research funded by Wu Tsai Neuro's Big Ideas in Neuroscience program revealed exciting progress at the intersection of genomics and AI.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative announce 2024 postdoctoral scholars We are proud to welcome the 2024 Neurosciences Postdoctoral Scholars — ten young scientists pursuing novel, multi-disciplinary approaches to understanding the workings of the brain.
Image Podcast episodes | Apr 13 2023 From Our Neurons to Yours Parenting lessons from frogs and spiders Biologist Lauren O'Connell shares the neuroscience behind familial bonds across the animal kingdom—and what this could teach us about our own experience as partners and parents.
Image Research news | Nov 21 2019 Stanford - News Stanford researchers study motherly poison frogs to understand maternal brain Stanford biologists are using rare poison frogs that nurse their young as a way to help answer a fundamental question: Is there more than one way to build a maternal brain?