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Researchers identified several brain areas that acted as hubs for information processing across brain networks that contribute to memory recall.

Liqun Luo has received an Award for Education in Neuroscience in recognition of his “outstanding contributions” to education and training in the field.

We could add years to our lives – but is that what we really want?

Brain wave data identifies two psychiatric subtypes and can predict best treatments for PTSD and depression, Stanford research shows.

Using a new algorithm, a team of researchers have reconstructed the movements of individual particles of light to see through clouds, fog and other obstructions.

Annelise Barron, Peter Kim, Siddhartha Jaiswal and Keren Haroush will receive grants totaling $10 million to fund their investigations. The awards support risky efforts that could potentially have a big impact in the biomedical sciences.

Scientists used light to control the firing of specific cells to artificially create a rhythm in the brain that acted like the drug ketamine

A common genetic deletion boosts the risk for schizophrenia by 30-fold. Generating nerve cells from people with the deletion has showed Stanford researchers why.

Findings show deficits in the electrical activity of cortical cells; possible targets for treatment for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Every moment of every day, every person on Earth ages. The phenomenon is as ubiquitous as it is inescapable…for now.

Stanford scientists identified brain circuitry that plays a role in the mysterious experience called dissociation, in which people can feel disconnected from their bodies and reality.

A Stanford physician co-authored a list of likely biological factors underlying the reduced development of COVID-19 for children compared to adults.

Using a new algorithm, Stanford researchers have reconstructed the movements of individual particles of light to see through clouds, fog and other obstructions.

A study from Stanford researchers documents "aggressive and deceptive" ways that companies have used COVID-19 to market vaping products.

Lim, a clinician, surgeon and researcher at Johns Hopkins who has focused largely on immunotherapy for brain tumors, will succeed Gary Steinberg as chair of the department, starting Sept. 1.