Neuroscience News

Are bionic eyes in our future? In today's podcast, we talk to Professor EJ Chichilnisky of the Stanford Artificial Retina Project about how electronic implants could reverse blindness in people with retinal disease.

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute and Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) at Stanford are pleased to announce their first year of Neuroscience and AI awards, which support ambitious proposals that reimagine the ways in which t

Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michael Snyder explains why he collects vast stores of his own biodata and what all that information might reveal about our personal

Stanford biologist Erin Gibson explains why we should pay attention to our circadian rhythms.

Using pulses of light to control heart rate, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Karl Deisseroth and fellow Stanford Medicine researchers investigate a long-standing mys

Features like Sleep Focus and Bedtime Mode may help you get a good night’s rest. 

Institute affiliate Keith Humphreys explains why we think of addiction as a disease.

Wu Tsai Nero affiliate Kristen K. Steenerson shares her insights on a new web-based system that could potentially let patients treat themselves at home.

Your gut has up to 600 million neurons — as many as a fruit bat's brain. Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt explains why we sometimes call it our "second brain."

When mice watch other mice fight, neurons in their brains fire as if they were physically fighting.

Brain cells are crucial for triggering fights — but also become active when mice merely observe fights.

Postdocs Ernie Hwaun and Matt McCoy answer: "What can octopus and squid brains teach us about intelligence?"

During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression soared around the globe, resulting in a shortage of mental health care providers and long wait times for

Institute Director Kang Shen reflects on a year of transitions.

Graduate student Gabriella Muwanga answers: "What are migraines, and why are they so hard to treat?"

Wu Tsai Neuro researchers and colleagues make groundbreaking discovery in neuroscience.