News and Press Releases
Jan 10 2016 | NeuroTalk S5E8: Tomomi Shimogori
Tomomi Shimogori, Team Leader of the Lab for Molecular Mechanisms of Thalamus Development, at RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan, discusses cortical development.
Jan 8 2016 | Stanford Report
Stanford psychologists found that rejection's impact lingers as "heavy baggage" when people who tend to see personality as fixed respond to the rejection by questioning their true self.
Jan 7 2016 | Stanford Report
Whether a person will place a risky bet comes down to a newly discovered tract of neurons spanning two brain regions. The findings could help understand and treat gambling or addiction disorders.
Jan 7 2016 | NeuroTalk S5E7: Robert Edwards
Prof. Robert Edwards, the Cahill Professor of Neurology and Physiology at UCSF talks about uptake of neurotransmitter into vesicles for release at the synapse
Jan 5 2016 | Stanford News
Scientists show how the selective expression of genes through epigenetics can regulate the social status of African cichlid fish. The work sheds light on how our genetic code might affect social relations.
Dec 25 2015 | NeuroTalk S5E6: Tianyi Mao
Dr. Tianyi Mao, Assistant Scientist and Principal Investigator at the Vollum Institute, talks about dissecting thalamo-cortical circuits in a systematic way.
Dec 22 2015 | Stanford Report
Two members of the Stanford faculty, Albert Bandura, professor emeritus of psychology, and Stanley Falkow, professor emeritus of microbiology and immunology, have been awarded the 2015 National Medal of Science.
Dec 18 2015 | Stanford Medicine, News Center
Zolpidem, better known by the trade name Ambien, increased the rate at which mice that had strokes recovered their pre-stroke sensory acuity and motor coordination.
Dec 16 2015 | Stanford Report
The basic process of force-generation in muscle has been known for decades, but until now no one has ever seen it work at a microscopic level in a living human. The new microscope could provide unique insights into treating muscular degenerative diseases.
Dec 15 2015 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
The neural circuits that help us pay attention and stop daydreaming exert less influence on brain activity in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder than in other kids.
