Neuroscience News

It outlines evidence indicating that brain differences between males and females contribute to differences in behavior and cognition.

As children transition from adolescence to adulthood, their brains can grow electrical insulation that supports reading and facial recognition, according to research from the Stanford Psychology Department.

Transient bursts of high-frequency electrical activity in epileptic brain tissue can impair cognition even when no seizure is occurring, Stanford scientists have found.

To bring neuroscience down to earth, two Stanford graduate students decided to teach it through rock climbing.

Advances in precision molecular imaging promise to transform our ability to detect, diagnose and treat disease.

A new technique helps overcome one major barrier: heat.

In a study of 245 Stanford physicians, researchers found that a better diet is associated with reduced side effects of sleep deprivation.

The Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute has announced its third round of seed grants to six interdisciplinary teams of researchers who collectively span departments from neurosurgery to music.

Neuroscientists had thought parts of the brain associated with reading and face recognition shrunk as children grow. In fact, they may be growing electrical insulation that makes their brains more efficient.

A new technique employs a bright infrared light that can pass through millimeters of tissue to illuminate tumors deep inside the body.

Keith Humphreys founded the Stanford Network on Addiction Policy to help bring more science to debates over drug policy. He talked to Stanford News about why he started SNAP and how it works.

The researchers received National Institutes of Health grants to support innovative work in the life sciences.

After meeting at a party, a Stanford psychologist and SLAC particle physicists have collaborated on a new kind of EEG device that can stimulate the brain and read out the effects.

In human cell cultures, countering a defect that appears to be nearly universal among patients with Parkinson’s disease prevents death in the cells whose loss causes the disease.

Addiction specialist Sally Marlow examines the science behind addiction to find out why so many people in Britain are hooked on drugs and alcohol.

A Stanford research team has identified an oddball way brain cells spread inflammation in several neurodegenerative diseases — and an approach that could counter them all.