Stanford Hospital & Clinics is breaking ground this month for a new building that will bring key programs and services from Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology under one roof.
A team of Stanford Neuroengineers has developed mice whose sensitivity to pain can be dialed up or down by shining light on their paws. The research could help scientists understand and eventually treat chronic pain in humans.
Exposure to child-directed speech sharpens infants' language processing skills and can predict future success. New work indicates early intervention can improve language skills in kids lagging behind.
Graduate student Marlieke van Kesteren heard a talk at Stanford by Skidmore college assistant professor Corinne Moss-Racusin about gender diversity in academia. Inspired, she wrote for the Neuwrite West blog about how we can all help improve diversity.
When is a person considered dead? Two recent cases have thrust the issue of "brain death" back into the national conversation. David Magnus, PhD, director of the Stanford Center for Bioethics, explains why he believes that the laws and ethics governing brain death should not be changed.