Featured News Image Researcher profiles | Apr 14 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Favour Nerrise has a plan to spot brain disease early with AI Favour Nerrise, NeuroTech trainee and NeURO-CC mentor, is competing in Stanford’s inaugural 3-Minute Thesis competition on April 17 presenting research that uses at–home tech and artificial intelligence to spot brain disease Image Research news | Apr 9 2025 Stanford Medicine Re-creating neural pathway in dish may speed pain treatment Researchers with the Wu Tsai Neuro–funded Stanford Brain Organogenesis project have rebuilt, in laboratory glassware, the neural pathway that sends informati 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. News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroHealth News TypePodcast episodes Research news Press coverage Wu Tsai Neuro News Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Research news | Jun 5 2024 Stanford Medicine Myelination in the brain may be key to ‘learning’ opioid addiction A study in mice by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team has found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | May 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NeuroChoice: Eight years of forging connections to illuminate and empower choice Wu Tsai Neuro's multidisciplinary "Big Ideas in Neuroscience" initiative connected addiction-focused basic research, clinical application, and public policy to create a community across traditional disciplinary boundaries, deepening understanding of decision-making. Image Podcast episodes | May 11 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain Fog In this episode, neuroscientist and pediatric oncologist Michelle Monje helps us understand the mystery of the persistent "brain fog" that often plagues Long COVID patients. Image Podcast episodes | Jan 26 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Psychedelics and Empathy Rob Malenka answers: "Why are psychiatrists taking a fresh look at MDMA?" Image Press coverage | Aug 25 2016 The Kavli Foundation Rewiring the brain: A conversation with three pioneers of neuroplasticity Three scientists discuss their pioneering discoveries about neuroplasticity, the brain's remarkable capacity to change throughout our lifetimes. For their research, Eve Marder, Michael Merzenich and Carla Shatz were named the 2016 Kavli Prize laureates in
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 14 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Favour Nerrise has a plan to spot brain disease early with AI Favour Nerrise, NeuroTech trainee and NeURO-CC mentor, is competing in Stanford’s inaugural 3-Minute Thesis competition on April 17 presenting research that uses at–home tech and artificial intelligence to spot brain disease
Image Research news | Apr 9 2025 Stanford Medicine Re-creating neural pathway in dish may speed pain treatment Researchers with the Wu Tsai Neuro–funded Stanford Brain Organogenesis project have rebuilt, in laboratory glassware, the neural pathway that sends informati
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 Research news | Jun 5 2024 Stanford Medicine Myelination in the brain may be key to ‘learning’ opioid addiction A study in mice by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team has found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | May 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NeuroChoice: Eight years of forging connections to illuminate and empower choice Wu Tsai Neuro's multidisciplinary "Big Ideas in Neuroscience" initiative connected addiction-focused basic research, clinical application, and public policy to create a community across traditional disciplinary boundaries, deepening understanding of decision-making.
Image Podcast episodes | May 11 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Brain Fog In this episode, neuroscientist and pediatric oncologist Michelle Monje helps us understand the mystery of the persistent "brain fog" that often plagues Long COVID patients.
Image Podcast episodes | Jan 26 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Psychedelics and Empathy Rob Malenka answers: "Why are psychiatrists taking a fresh look at MDMA?"
Image Press coverage | Aug 25 2016 The Kavli Foundation Rewiring the brain: A conversation with three pioneers of neuroplasticity Three scientists discuss their pioneering discoveries about neuroplasticity, the brain's remarkable capacity to change throughout our lifetimes. For their research, Eve Marder, Michael Merzenich and Carla Shatz were named the 2016 Kavli Prize laureates in
