Featured News Image Research news | Jul 17, 2026 Stanford Medicine Breakdown of immune cells’ interaction is key driver in aging, study finds Two immune cell types’ contact plays a major role in aging, and blocking a hormone’s influence on one of those types halted mice’s age-associated decline in multiple organs Image Research news | Jun 24, 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience Image Research news | Jun 17, 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute It’s time to revamp the motor homunculus An update to the 89-year-old model shows that the brain’s motor cortex isn’t as neatly organized as previously thought Image Research news | Jun 15, 2026 Stanford Medicine Cell types' biological age predicts our disease risk A blood-test analysis can determine the biological ages of individual cell types and predict the health consequences Displaying 1 - 2 news posts of 2 Filter Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest News Type Wu Tsai Neuro News Knight Initiative news Director's messages Research news Researcher profiles News Features Awards and honors Podcast episodes Press coverage Publications Research Theme NeuroDiscovery NeuroHealth Image Research news | Aug 22, 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Drugs that improve brain metabolism could help Alzheimer’s patients A team of neuroscientists at the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience have zeroed in on a critical regulator of brain metabolism that may be over-activated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Image Research news | Aug 22, 2024 Stanford Neurosurgery Neurons rely on glial cells to become electrically excitable Institute affiliates Brad Zuchero, Justin Du Bois and colleagues discovered that neurons require signaling from glia to become fully excitable, rather than by becoming excitable by default.
Image Research news | Jul 17, 2026 Stanford Medicine Breakdown of immune cells’ interaction is key driver in aging, study finds Two immune cell types’ contact plays a major role in aging, and blocking a hormone’s influence on one of those types halted mice’s age-associated decline in multiple organs
Image Research news | Jun 24, 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Why do some cells die in ALS but not others? New Knight Initiative research identifies a molecular signature in vulnerable cells that could lead to treatments to promote ALS resilience
Image Research news | Jun 17, 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute It’s time to revamp the motor homunculus An update to the 89-year-old model shows that the brain’s motor cortex isn’t as neatly organized as previously thought
Image Research news | Jun 15, 2026 Stanford Medicine Cell types' biological age predicts our disease risk A blood-test analysis can determine the biological ages of individual cell types and predict the health consequences
Image Research news | Aug 22, 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Drugs that improve brain metabolism could help Alzheimer’s patients A team of neuroscientists at the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience have zeroed in on a critical regulator of brain metabolism that may be over-activated in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Image Research news | Aug 22, 2024 Stanford Neurosurgery Neurons rely on glial cells to become electrically excitable Institute affiliates Brad Zuchero, Justin Du Bois and colleagues discovered that neurons require signaling from glia to become fully excitable, rather than by becoming excitable by default.
