Neuroscience News

Will we soon be able to rejuvenate our brains? We talked with Tony Wyss-Coray, the director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Wu Tsai Neuro, to learn more.

Cyclic sighing appears to be particularly effective among different breathing exercises and better than mindfulness meditation, according to a study  au

Just how long does marijuana affect your motor skills or impair driving? Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Keith Humphreys said the answer is a complicated one.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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.

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