Neuroscience News

Fusing dissimilar spheres of neurons enables researchers to model the circuit differences seen in a genetic condition linked to autism, a new study shows.

Scientists have identified a key factor in mental aging and shown that it might be prevented or reversed by fixing a glitch in the immune system’s front-line soldiers.

A Stanford Medicine team used human stem cells to assemble a working nerve circuit connecting brain tissue to muscle tissue. The research could enable scientists to better understand neurological disorders that affect movement.

BY TAYLOR KUBOTA

An interdisciplinary team of scientists has created a new molecular tool to help us better understand the cellular basis of behavior.

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute's William Newsome discusses motivation, consciousness, and the fascinating challenges of computational neuroscientists i

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

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

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.

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