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 Research news | Mar 20 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer’s risk gene tied to fatty blobs in brain’s immune cells Recent research supported by the Knight Initiative has identified a link between lipid droplets in the microglia to a known genetic risk factor for AD. Image Research news | Mar 19 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s biomarkers show promise for early diagnosis Two new studies supported by the Knight Initiative highlight groundbreaking new early biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative disease. Image Press coverage | Mar 18 2024 Huberman Lab Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a... In this interview on the Huberman Lab podcast, Institute affiliate E.J. Chichilnisky discusses how studying the retina informs our understanding of the brain, the development of artificial retinas for treating incurable blindness, and his own personal journey. Image Research news | Mar 18 2024 Stanford Medicine Weight loss caused by common diabetes drug tied to “anti-hunger” molecule in stu... Research supported by the Knight Initiative found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug associated with moderate weight loss, stimulates the production of lac-phe, a molecule abundant after exercise. Image Research news | Mar 14 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The neural switch that keeps us grounded as we daydream Dentate spikes in the rodent hippocampus support learning by linking introspective thoughts and memories with current circumstances, according to new research supported by the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. Image Podcast episodes | Mar 14 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Mind Traveler This week, I join my producer Michael Osborne on his podcast, Famous and Gravy, to discuss the late, great neuroscientist and author Oliver Sacks. Pagination Previous page Page 7 Page 8 Current page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Next page
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 Research news | Apr 15 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuroscience sheds light on childhood gut disorders The recent discovery that intestinal neurons normally self-organize into a striped pattern around the time of birth could help explain wide-ranging GI disorders in children, say Wu Tsai Neuro Faculty Scholar Julia Kaltschmidt and her team.
Image Research news | Apr 11 2024 Scope Blog Imagining virtual reality as a simple tool to treat depression Some of the 17 million Americans afflicted with major depressive disorder each year may soon receive a surprising new prescription from their clinician: Have fun on a virtual reality device.
Image Research news | Apr 11 2024 Stanford Medicine Two key brain systems are central to psychosis, Stanford Medicine-led study find... Inside the brains of people with psychosis, two key systems are malfunctioning: a “filter” that directs attention toward important external events and internal thoughts, and a “predictor” composed of pathways that anticipate rewards.
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 9 2024 Scope Blog Why detecting the earliest biological signs of Parkinson’s disease is so crucial Q&A with Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Kathleen Poston about her work past and present on Parkinson’s disease. Poston studies the pathophysiology underlying the cognitive, behavioral and motor symptoms characteristic of Parkinson’s.
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 9 2024 Stanford Engineering Spotlight: Lara Weed Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate and NeuroTech alum Lara Weed was always interested in how the world worked, and looking back now, she can see her interest in performance optimization developing over time.
Image Awards and honors | Apr 9 2024 Stanford Report Phil Knight honored with Uncommon Citizen award A dedicated philanthropist and Stanford GSB alum, Knight has provided game-changing support for schools and initiatives across campus.
Image Researcher profiles | Mar 28 2024 Stanford Medicine Serious talk about moods with bipolar disorder expert Po Wang We all get moody -- it's part of human nature. But if you have people in your life afflicted with bipolar disorder, you quickly realize that not all moodiness is created equally.
Image Research news | Mar 27 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Research links age-related inflammation, microglia and Alzheimer’s Disease Pro-inflammatory protein TREM1 in peripheral immune cells may promote age-related cognitive decline and dementia, according to Knight Initiative–funded research.
Image Research news | Mar 25 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Neuronal and synaptic genes expanded in size and diversity during evolution Wu Tsai Neuro research suggests giant genes could hold the key to the development of complex nervous systems across the animal kingdom.
Image Research news | Mar 22 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Unlocking the secrets of myelin repair New research supported by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute could lead to novel treatments for demyelinating disorders such as multiple sclerosis.
Image Research news | Mar 20 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer’s risk gene tied to fatty blobs in brain’s immune cells Recent research supported by the Knight Initiative has identified a link between lipid droplets in the microglia to a known genetic risk factor for AD.
Image Research news | Mar 19 2024 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s biomarkers show promise for early diagnosis Two new studies supported by the Knight Initiative highlight groundbreaking new early biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative disease.
Image Press coverage | Mar 18 2024 Huberman Lab Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a... In this interview on the Huberman Lab podcast, Institute affiliate E.J. Chichilnisky discusses how studying the retina informs our understanding of the brain, the development of artificial retinas for treating incurable blindness, and his own personal journey.
Image Research news | Mar 18 2024 Stanford Medicine Weight loss caused by common diabetes drug tied to “anti-hunger” molecule in stu... Research supported by the Knight Initiative found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug associated with moderate weight loss, stimulates the production of lac-phe, a molecule abundant after exercise.
Image Research news | Mar 14 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute The neural switch that keeps us grounded as we daydream Dentate spikes in the rodent hippocampus support learning by linking introspective thoughts and memories with current circumstances, according to new research supported by the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.
Image Podcast episodes | Mar 14 2024 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Mind Traveler This week, I join my producer Michael Osborne on his podcast, Famous and Gravy, to discuss the late, great neuroscientist and author Oliver Sacks.
