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Dr. David Spiegel and colleagues showed decades ago that women whose depression was easing lived longer than those whose depression was getting worse. His research and other studies have clearly shown that “the brain is intimately connected to the body an

LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management

The neuroscientist and pediatric neuro-oncologist is being recognized for her work to understand healthy brain development and create therapies for a group of lethal brain tumors.

Studies by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliates Tony Wyss-Coray, Thomas Rando and others over the past 15 years have found that young blood can reinvigorate aging mice. Now, scientists are trying to crack the code—or codes—swimming through our veins.

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute has awarded its fourth round of seed grants to five interdisciplinary teams of researchers studying important questions in neuroscience.

Psychiatrist Anna Lembke speaks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross about her new book, Dopamine Nation, which explores the interconnection of pleasure and pain in the brain and helps explain addictive behaviors — not just to drugs and alcohol, but also to food, s

Studies in live mice by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have shown how epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of an endocannabinoid compound, 2-arachidonoylglycerol, or 2-AG, which is mimicked by marijuana’s most p

Ivan Soltesz and colleagues find that release of the brain’s equivalent of THC, marijuana’s active component, reduces seizure activity but leads to post-seizure oxygen deprivation in the brain

A complex system in the brain that keeps gymnasts balanced can get out of whack, says Kelli Moran-Miller of Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Wu Tsai Neuro member David Eagleman says the internet, including screens, has unlocked a much richer level of education for children today.

Deisseroth, a professor at Stanford University, is best known for developing new and influential technologies for studying the brain. But in this book he draws from his work as an emergency psychiatrist at a hospital in Silicon Valley, and explores how co

A detailed molecular analysis of tissue from the brains of individuals who died of COVID-19 by Tony Wyss-Coray and colleagues reveals extensive signs of inflammation and neurodegeneration, but no sign of the virus that causes the disease.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have discovered a possible link to the "brain fog" that some COVID-19 patients have experienced.

Stanford researchers find signs of inflammation in donated brains

Long after some people have recovered from the virus, they find certain foods off-putting.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute advances its ambitious “Big Ideas” Initiatives to the next level