Neuroscience News

Chores are the worst.

Stanford scientists are making efforts to create high-resolution simulated versions of the human brain, bells and whistles and warts and all.

Congratulations! – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Sergiu Pasca, MD, for receiving the 2018 Daniel H. Efron Research Award.

Brain scientists have plenty of ways to track the activity of individual neurons in the brain, but they’re all invasive. Now, Stanford researchers have found a way to literally watch neurons fire – no electrodes or chemical modifications required.

Studies suggest the role of caregiver can put people at risk for developing PTSD.

Simply telling people they had a gene that lowers exercise ability made them perform worse on a treadmill.

The new technique repurposes a common tool in biology that can help separate red blood cells from white blood cells or human cells from microbial cells.

Simply learning of a genetic risk can alter a person’s physiology, a recent study found, causing people to perform less well on exercise tests or altering hormones that indicate fullness after a meal.

Three types of cells in the brain’s white matter show interwoven problems during the cognitive dysfunction that follows treatment with the cancer drug methotrexate, Stanford neuroscientists have found.

On intelligence: its creation and understanding

If mindset is the most important thing to creating winning cultures, then why aren't we talking about mental health as a key performance indicator of organizational success?

The discovery of brain structures that apparently mark time has raised a larger question: What is time, anyway?

While a day or two of complete rest may be necessary for kids after a concussion, any more could leave them feeling isolated and anxious, says Angela Lumba-Brown, a pediatric emergency medicine physician who helped shape new guidelines.

Algorithms generated through machine learning can sort through observations of children’s behavior in short home videos to determine if the children have autism, a Stanford study has shown.

A Stanford Medicine magazine article shares four stories of digital medicine helping patients.

How digital medicine is improving patient care