Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

A $90 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight will extend the work of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

Pregnancy risks such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame.

Scientists have discovered that behavior alone can predict whether an animal will live a long or short life.

Postdoctoral scholar Annie Goettemoeller is studying the relationship between epilepsy-like brain activity and the spread of Alzheimer’s pathology.

A modified immune protein developed by Stanford researchers points to a novel strategy for combating age-related cognitive decline.

Research on stroke patients with aphasia could pave the way for new diagnostic and treatment strategies.

Recent research unveils new links between the brain’s waste management systems and neurodegeneration.

A database of lysosomal proteins is already guiding researchers in studying how brain cells’ waste and recycling systems work – or don’t – in Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.

From studying post-viral fatigue to engineering transparent mouse brains, round three of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas grants will push the bounds of what’s possible.

Through a blend of lab biology, AI, and massive datasets, researchers are deepening our understanding of how the brain ages. “Instead of waiting for the brain to fail, we really want to understand how to make it succeed.”