Featured News Image Research news | May 14 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer's "resilience signature" predicts who will develop dementia—and how fa... Knight Initiative researchers discover a biomarker in spinal fluid that could help forecast Alzheimer’s progression and improve clinical trials. 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Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jul 1 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Molecular toolmakers share glimpses of the future of brain science At the 2024 Neuro-omics Symposium, early-stage research funded by Wu Tsai Neuro's Big Ideas in Neuroscience program revealed exciting progress at the intersection of genomics and AI. Image Research news | Jun 27 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The Worm Has Turned: DIY Lab Platform Evaluates New Molecules in Minutes New software developed by the NeuroPlant Big Ideas in Neuroscience initiative turns an ordinary flatbed scanner and collection of nematode worms into a DIY platform to sniff out both beneficial and harmful plant-based molecules. Image Press coverage | Jun 20 2024 CNN A study identified six types of depression—here’s why that matters Researchers are closer to having a more precise method for efficiently treating depression, a new study suggests. Image Research news | Jun 20 2024 Stanford Medicine Stanford Medicine offers gene therapy for a devastating pediatric neurologic dis... Experts at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health helped conduct clinical trials for the new therapy, which gives kids with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, a functioning copy of the abnormal gene. Image Awards and honors | Jun 20 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Longzhi Tan named a 2024 McKnight Scholar Ten early career neuroscientists received the prestigious award from The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. Image Podcast episodes | Jun 20 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How a new kind of brain plasticity could help make sense of addiction This week, we talk with Michelle Monje and Rob Malenka about recent findings on the role of myelin plasticity in opioid addiction. Image Research news | Jun 18 2024 Stanford Report Study finds high blood pressure drug may prevent epilepsy In an analysis of more than 2 million patient records, researchers discovered that people taking angiotensin receptor blockers for high blood pressure were less likely to develop epilepsy. Image Research news | Jun 17 2024 Stanford Medicine Six distinct types of depression identified in Stanford Medicine-led study Brain imaging, known as functional MRI, combined with machine learning can predict a treatment response based on one’s depression “biotype.” Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jun 7 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab Announces Inaugural Pilot Grant Awards To advance neuroscience research using EEG and TMS technologies, the Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab has awarded its inaugural Human Neuroscience Pilot Grants to ten innovative research projects. Image Podcast episodes | Jun 6 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Our plastic brains: learning, memory and aging with Carla Shatz (Rerelease) Why do our brains get worse at learning as we get older, and what can we do about it? Institute affiliate Carla Shatz discusses our brain's capacity for change on this podcast episode. Image Press coverage | Jun 5 2024 Neuroscience News Brain Plasticity’s Dark Side: New Insights into Addiction Mechanisms Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team discovered that adaptive myelination, a form of brain plasticity, contributes to drug addiction. A single morphine dose in mice triggered myelination in reward-related brain circuits, reinforcing drug-seeking behavior. Blocking this myelination prevented addiction, highlighting potential new treatment strategies. Image Research news | Jun 5 2024 Stanford Medicine Myelination in the brain may be key to ‘learning’ opioid addiction A study in mice by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team has found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids. Image Research news | May 29 2024 Stanford Report Sleep study finds night owl behavior could harm mental health In a new, large-scale study of sleep behavior, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Jamie Zeitzer and team found that night owls don’t thrive late at night. Image Research news | May 28 2024 Stanford Medicine Study reveals brain mechanisms behind speech impairment in Parkinson’s Most Parkinson’s disease patients struggle with speech problems. New research by Stanford Medicine scientists uncovers the brain connections that could be essential to preserving speech. 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Image Research news | May 14 2025 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer's "resilience signature" predicts who will develop dementia—and how fa... Knight Initiative researchers discover a biomarker in spinal fluid that could help forecast Alzheimer’s progression and improve clinical trials.
Image Research news | May 7 2025 Stanford Engineering Fixing cellular recycling centers may help treat neurodegenerative diseases Improving cells’ ability to sort and recycle components—including cholesterol—could lead to therapies for a wide range of neurodegenerative conditions, accor
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 14 2025 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Favour Nerrise has a plan to spot brain disease early with AI Favour Nerrise, NeuroTech trainee and NeURO-CC mentor, is competing in Stanford’s inaugural 3-Minute Thesis competition on April 17 presenting research that uses at–home tech and artificial intelligence to spot brain disease
Image Research news | Apr 9 2025 Stanford Medicine Re-creating neural pathway in dish may speed pain treatment Researchers with the Wu Tsai Neuro–funded Stanford Brain Organogenesis project have rebuilt, in laboratory glassware, the neural pathway that sends informati
Image Press coverage | Jul 2 2024 New York Times New drug approved for early Alzheimer’s The drug, Kisunla, made by Eli Lilly, is the latest in a new class of treatments that could modestly slow cognitive decline in initial stages of the disease, but which also carry safety risks according to Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience affiliate Mike Greicius and others.
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jul 1 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Molecular toolmakers share glimpses of the future of brain science At the 2024 Neuro-omics Symposium, early-stage research funded by Wu Tsai Neuro's Big Ideas in Neuroscience program revealed exciting progress at the intersection of genomics and AI.
Image Research news | Jun 27 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The Worm Has Turned: DIY Lab Platform Evaluates New Molecules in Minutes New software developed by the NeuroPlant Big Ideas in Neuroscience initiative turns an ordinary flatbed scanner and collection of nematode worms into a DIY platform to sniff out both beneficial and harmful plant-based molecules.
Image Press coverage | Jun 20 2024 CNN A study identified six types of depression—here’s why that matters Researchers are closer to having a more precise method for efficiently treating depression, a new study suggests.
Image Research news | Jun 20 2024 Stanford Medicine Stanford Medicine offers gene therapy for a devastating pediatric neurologic dis... Experts at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health helped conduct clinical trials for the new therapy, which gives kids with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, a functioning copy of the abnormal gene.
Image Awards and honors | Jun 20 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Longzhi Tan named a 2024 McKnight Scholar Ten early career neuroscientists received the prestigious award from The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience.
Image Podcast episodes | Jun 20 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute How a new kind of brain plasticity could help make sense of addiction This week, we talk with Michelle Monje and Rob Malenka about recent findings on the role of myelin plasticity in opioid addiction.
Image Research news | Jun 18 2024 Stanford Report Study finds high blood pressure drug may prevent epilepsy In an analysis of more than 2 million patient records, researchers discovered that people taking angiotensin receptor blockers for high blood pressure were less likely to develop epilepsy.
Image Research news | Jun 17 2024 Stanford Medicine Six distinct types of depression identified in Stanford Medicine-led study Brain imaging, known as functional MRI, combined with machine learning can predict a treatment response based on one’s depression “biotype.”
Image Wu Tsai Neuro News | Jun 7 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab Announces Inaugural Pilot Grant Awards To advance neuroscience research using EEG and TMS technologies, the Koret Human Neurosciences Community Lab has awarded its inaugural Human Neuroscience Pilot Grants to ten innovative research projects.
Image Podcast episodes | Jun 6 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Our plastic brains: learning, memory and aging with Carla Shatz (Rerelease) Why do our brains get worse at learning as we get older, and what can we do about it? Institute affiliate Carla Shatz discusses our brain's capacity for change on this podcast episode.
Image Press coverage | Jun 5 2024 Neuroscience News Brain Plasticity’s Dark Side: New Insights into Addiction Mechanisms Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team discovered that adaptive myelination, a form of brain plasticity, contributes to drug addiction. A single morphine dose in mice triggered myelination in reward-related brain circuits, reinforcing drug-seeking behavior. Blocking this myelination prevented addiction, highlighting potential new treatment strategies.
Image Research news | Jun 5 2024 Stanford Medicine Myelination in the brain may be key to ‘learning’ opioid addiction A study in mice by Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team has found that the process of adaptive myelination, which helps the brain learn new skills, can also promote addiction to opioids.
Image Research news | May 29 2024 Stanford Report Sleep study finds night owl behavior could harm mental health In a new, large-scale study of sleep behavior, Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Jamie Zeitzer and team found that night owls don’t thrive late at night.
Image Research news | May 28 2024 Stanford Medicine Study reveals brain mechanisms behind speech impairment in Parkinson’s Most Parkinson’s disease patients struggle with speech problems. New research by Stanford Medicine scientists uncovers the brain connections that could be essential to preserving speech.
Image Research news | May 28 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscientists use AI to simulate how the brain makes sense of the visual world A research team at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute has made a major stride in using AI to replicate how the brain organizes sensory information to make sense of the world, opening up new frontiers for virtual neuroscience.