Featured News Image Knight Initiative news | May 12 2026 Stanford Report Gift advances research into brain resilience and aging A $90 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight will extend the work of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Image Research news | May 12 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience In pursuit of brain resilience In this research roundup, we look back on some of the ways Knight Initiative scientists have been pursuing ways to keep our minds sharp well into old age Image Researcher profiles | Apr 27 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Could neuroscience help explain miscarriage? Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame Image Researcher profiles | Apr 2 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: ‘To see is to believe’ Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong says that light plays a key role in neuroscience and—and that’s why he’s working with a Big Ideas in Neuroscience team to make transparent brains Displaying 209 - 224 news posts of 348 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 NeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering Image Podcast episodes | Feb 2 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The Mystery of Migraines Graduate student Gabriella Muwanga answers: "What are migraines, and why are they so hard to treat?" Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 27 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro & Knight Initiative announce 2023 postdoctoral scholars Interdisciplinary Postdocs and Brain Resilience Scholars will advance knowledge of brain health and aging. Image Press coverage | Jan 27 2023 Spectrum ‘Mind-blowing’ study upends conventional wisdom on oxytocin Oxytocin signaling may not be responsible for prairie voles’ strong social bonds, including their proclivity for staying close to their mates according to re 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 | Jan 20 2023 Live Science New Alzheimer's drug slightly slows cognitive decline. Experts say it's not a si... Experts, including Stanford researchers, weigh in on whether the newly approved Alzheimer's treatment lecanemab is worth taking. Image Research news | Jan 9 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The rebirth of psychedelic medicine Researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are at the forefront of a seismic shift that’s putting a spotlight on once taboo psychedelic substances as a promising new frontier in psychiatric medicine. Image Press coverage | Dec 12 2022 San Jose Mercury News Hopeful glimmers in long war on Alzheimer’s disease New study builds the foundation for future success against brain decline. Image Knight Initiative news | Dec 8 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants. Image Research news | Nov 15 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Preprint Alert: New liquid biomarker for Parkinson's disease Knight Initiative researchers report that they identified novel molecular markers capable of tracking the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Image Research news | Nov 2 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Social aversion during opioid withdrawal reflects blocked serotonin cues, mouse ... Neuroscientist Robert Malenka and his team have identified a molecular link between opioid withdrawal and social aversion in the brains of mice—suggesting the potential to help people in recovery from opioid addiction reconnect with their social support. Image Research news | Sep 26 2022 HAI Gamifying Autism diagnosis and treatment Video and audio data gathered by a smartphone game could facilitate earlier diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and improve treatment. Image Awards and honors | Sep 23 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NIH awards Stanford Medicine teams $10 million for research on sleep and autism About 80% of children with autism have trouble sleeping, but whether better sleep could lessen other autism symptoms is unknown. A new grant will help Stanford Medicine scientists find out. Image Press coverage | Sep 23 2022 The Atlantic One of Long COVID’s worst symptoms is also its most misunderstood Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard. Image Researcher profiles | Aug 26 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Evolution of octopus and squid brains could shed light on origins of intell... By studying the independent evolution of the cephalopod nervous system, researchers like Matt McCoy seek to look past the differences to see common features that could teach us fundamental truths about the evolution of intelligence itself. Image Research news | Jul 29 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Can we rejuvenate aging brains? Tony Wyss-Coray and colleagues have turned up substances in blood that can accelerate or slow down the brain-aging clock. They've identified proteins on blood-vessel surfaces through which some of these molecules can act on the brain, despite the existenc Image Researcher profiles | Jul 22 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 5 Questions: Rob Malenka on basic research, psychedelic drugs and psychiatric di... Robert Malenka’s early research on the molecular mechanisms underlying memory and learning has led to an understanding of their role in psychiatric disorders including addiction, depression and autism spectrum disorder. Pagination First page Previous page Page 12 Page 13 Current page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Next page Last page
Image Knight Initiative news | May 12 2026 Stanford Report Gift advances research into brain resilience and aging A $90 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight will extend the work of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Image Research news | May 12 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience In pursuit of brain resilience In this research roundup, we look back on some of the ways Knight Initiative scientists have been pursuing ways to keep our minds sharp well into old age
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 27 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Could neuroscience help explain miscarriage? Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 2 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: ‘To see is to believe’ Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong says that light plays a key role in neuroscience and—and that’s why he’s working with a Big Ideas in Neuroscience team to make transparent brains
Image Podcast episodes | Feb 2 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The Mystery of Migraines Graduate student Gabriella Muwanga answers: "What are migraines, and why are they so hard to treat?"
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jan 27 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Wu Tsai Neuro & Knight Initiative announce 2023 postdoctoral scholars Interdisciplinary Postdocs and Brain Resilience Scholars will advance knowledge of brain health and aging.
Image Press coverage | Jan 27 2023 Spectrum ‘Mind-blowing’ study upends conventional wisdom on oxytocin Oxytocin signaling may not be responsible for prairie voles’ strong social bonds, including their proclivity for staying close to their mates according to re
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 | Jan 20 2023 Live Science New Alzheimer's drug slightly slows cognitive decline. Experts say it's not a si... Experts, including Stanford researchers, weigh in on whether the newly approved Alzheimer's treatment lecanemab is worth taking.
Image Research news | Jan 9 2023 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The rebirth of psychedelic medicine Researchers at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute are at the forefront of a seismic shift that’s putting a spotlight on once taboo psychedelic substances as a promising new frontier in psychiatric medicine.
Image Press coverage | Dec 12 2022 San Jose Mercury News Hopeful glimmers in long war on Alzheimer’s disease New study builds the foundation for future success against brain decline.
Image Knight Initiative news | Dec 8 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Bold ideas to advance healthy brain aging win inaugural Knight Initiative grants The Phil and Penny Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience is proud to announce the recipients of its inaugural 2022 Innovation and Catalyst Grants.
Image Research news | Nov 15 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Preprint Alert: New liquid biomarker for Parkinson's disease Knight Initiative researchers report that they identified novel molecular markers capable of tracking the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Image Research news | Nov 2 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Social aversion during opioid withdrawal reflects blocked serotonin cues, mouse ... Neuroscientist Robert Malenka and his team have identified a molecular link between opioid withdrawal and social aversion in the brains of mice—suggesting the potential to help people in recovery from opioid addiction reconnect with their social support.
Image Research news | Sep 26 2022 HAI Gamifying Autism diagnosis and treatment Video and audio data gathered by a smartphone game could facilitate earlier diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and improve treatment.
Image Awards and honors | Sep 23 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute NIH awards Stanford Medicine teams $10 million for research on sleep and autism About 80% of children with autism have trouble sleeping, but whether better sleep could lessen other autism symptoms is unknown. A new grant will help Stanford Medicine scientists find out.
Image Press coverage | Sep 23 2022 The Atlantic One of Long COVID’s worst symptoms is also its most misunderstood Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.
Image Researcher profiles | Aug 26 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Evolution of octopus and squid brains could shed light on origins of intell... By studying the independent evolution of the cephalopod nervous system, researchers like Matt McCoy seek to look past the differences to see common features that could teach us fundamental truths about the evolution of intelligence itself.
Image Research news | Jul 29 2022 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Can we rejuvenate aging brains? Tony Wyss-Coray and colleagues have turned up substances in blood that can accelerate or slow down the brain-aging clock. They've identified proteins on blood-vessel surfaces through which some of these molecules can act on the brain, despite the existenc
Image Researcher profiles | Jul 22 2022 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute 5 Questions: Rob Malenka on basic research, psychedelic drugs and psychiatric di... Robert Malenka’s early research on the molecular mechanisms underlying memory and learning has led to an understanding of their role in psychiatric disorders including addiction, depression and autism spectrum disorder.