STAT+: Parasite engineered to treat brain development disorder in mice shows potential in study
The human body works hard to prevent outside substances from entering the brain — which…
Category: neuroscience
Morning Rounds: Three new bird flu cases in humans brings total to 13 in U.S.
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Expansive new study points to distinct brain networks linked to sex and gender
Our brains are shaped by our experiences — whether you’re a bird watcher, book lover,…
STAT+: The biggest misconception about CTE, according to a leading brain trauma expert
This week, the late National Hockey League veteran Greg Johnson was diagnosed with chronic traumatic…
Opinion: STAT+: Private equity and neuroscience: a novel approach to developing new treatments for neurological disorders
Neurological diseases are now the leading cause of poor health and disability worldwide. An estimated…
Opinion: The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science
Medical milestones broadcast via tweet. Scientific progress revealed via live YouTube demo. Teasers for updates…
STAT+: Novel amputation procedure makes walking with a prosthetic leg feel more seamless
A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help…
How a Baltimore neuroscience study is rewriting Black America’s relationship with medical research
Priscilla Agnew-Hines will never be able to forget that day in early 2020. On March…
STAT+: Scientists install ‘window’ in the skull to record brain activity using ultrasound
Researchers may have a new way to watch the human brain pulse, thanks to an…
STAT+: A novel spinal cord stimulator treats paralysis without surgery. FDA will rule on it soon
After his spinal cord injury in 2014, Sherown Campbell worked hard to regain as much…
STAT+: Harvard scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: ‘It’s an alien world inside your own head’
About 10 years ago, a small piece of human brain arrived in the lab of…
STAT+: Cerevel drug for Parkinson’s disease improved symptom control in trial
Cerevel Therapeutics, a neuroscience biotech that AbbVie is acquiring, reported that its drug for Parkinson’s…
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STAT+: The next frontier in data privacy? Your brain
Consumer neurotechnology is booming. You can buy a funky-looking headband for $500 on the internet…
What the noses of mice can tell us about the inheritance of trauma
In the final year of World War II, Nazi troops starved the Netherlands in a…
STAT+: Matt & Adam’s Take: Amylyx did the right thing by withdrawing its ALS drug. That’s rare and worthy of praise
On Thursday morning, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced that it would withdraw its ALS drug, Relyvrio, after…
STAT+: Amylyx to pull ALS drug from market, cut 70% of staff
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals will take its ALS drug Relyvrio off the market in the U.S. and…
What the brains of song birds can teach us about human stuttering
A symphony of synapses fires every time a songbird sings. For Erich Jarvis, a neurobiologist…
STAT+: In stunning outcome, Amylyx’s ALS drug fails large clinical trial
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals said Friday that its treatment for ALS, called Relyvrio, failed to provide any…
STAT+: Biotech launches with $82 million for Parkinson’s cell therapy
The dream of being able to pluck a cell therapy off of a freezer shelf…
Presidential age debate obscures a simple fact: Some cognitive skills improve as we get older
When a psychology professor in Michigan looked through his data on interpersonal conflict a decade…
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A neuropsychologist clarifies science on aging and memory in wake of Biden special counsel report
What is the relationship between aging, memory loss, and overall cognition? That’s a matter of…
Opinion: Contact sports cause CTE. So why are Americans watching more football than ever?
In January 2023, minutes after Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field following a tackle, my cellphone was…
Opinion: Why I left the editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal NeuroImage — and helped start something new
Last spring, I joined a rebellion. The entire editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal…
Allen Institute CEO Rui Costa on mapping the brain and paying early-career scientists decent salaries
Mapping the billions of cells that make up the brain is a task mammoth enough…
Opinion: Racism infects neuroscience’s past and present. What about its future?
De-Shaine Murray is working at the cutting edge of neurotechnology. As a postdoctoral fellow at…
Opinion: Neuroscience has to grapple with a long legacy of racism if it wants to move into the future
Many parts of neuroscience research have a race problem. Black people are often excluded from…
Rats have an imagination, too, researchers show with brain implants
Our minds have a weird and wondrous way of transporting us to other places and…
STAT+: New insights into how tumor cells hijack brain plasticity to drive cancer
The idea that cancer can hijack brain plasticity — subverting supple connections in the healthy…
Michael J. Fox on how far Parkinson’s research has come: “We don’t want to be celebrated. We want to get things done.”
When Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 29, his clearest symptom…
STAT+: Scientists have mapped the human brain in unprecedented detail. They’re just getting started
The brain remains both the body’s most important organ and its least understood. But a…
Researchers use AI to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression
Researchers say they’ve been able to measure recovery from treatment-resistant depression through brain scans —…
STAT+: Departing Stanford president retracts two widely cited papers, against lead author’s wishes
After an expansive investigation found manipulated data and other issues with papers co-authored by Stanford’s…
STAT+: Neuroscience startup Neumora files for IPO
Neumora, a neuroscience startup founded by VC Arch Venture Partners, hopes to become one of…
STAT+: The new weight loss drugs are revolutionizing our understanding of desire. Food cravings could be just the beginning
One month it was pizza. Starting in the late afternoon, while he was teaching a…
Why depression after traumatic brain injury is distinct — and less likely to respond to standard treatment
Traumatic brain injury multiplies the risk of major depression eightfold. While the emotional trauma of…
As psychedelics near approval, there’s no consensus on how they work
DENVER — The founder of Field Trip, a chain of shuttered ketamine clinics currently facing…
Obesity impairs brain responses to nutrients, even after weight loss, study finds
Brain responses to nutrients in the gut are impaired in people with obesity, and that…
How a now-retracted study got published in the first place, leading to a $3.8 million NIH grant
The scientific paper inspired international headlines with its bold claim that the combination of brain…
Opinion: Why brain decoding is not mind reading — and why that matters
Recently, my colleagues and I published a study on decoding language from brain recordings made…
STAT+: Scientists use ‘mini-brains’ to study microglia, the brain’s cleanup crew and key players in neurological disease
Home to billions of cells that form trillions of connections, the human brain isn’t just…
Don’t ignore potential microbial causes of Alzheimer’s and other chronic diseases, researchers say
SAN FRANCISCO — On a day when pharma giant Eli Lilly announced positive results from…
Expansive investigation into Stanford president’s past research will be ‘substantially complete’ by mid-July
An investigation by a special committee of Stanford’s board of trustees into alleged scientific misconduct…
In a small new study, scientists working on an AI ‘brain decoder’ inch closer than ever to reading minds
Alexander Huth settled into an MRI machine in the Austin, Texas, neuroscience research building where…
A Parkinson’s ‘game changer,’ backed by Michael J. Fox, could lead to new diagnostics and, someday, treatments
NEW YORK — Michael J. Fox was sitting in his Upper East Side office surrounded by…
Opinion: Michael J. Fox: As a Parkinson’s patient, I felt a little left behind by biology’s century — until now
Last fall in STAT, Matt Herper questioned whether the biomedical research enterprise is really laying…
STAT+: ‘It was my call’: Stanford president defends decision not to correct key paper in misconduct investigation
Amid an investigation of alleged research misconduct, Stanford University’s president took responsibility in an email…
Genentech review of Tessier-Lavigne paper finds no evidence of fraud — but hints at a different misconduct case
South San Francisco biotech Genentech on Thursday announced that an internal review of misconduct allegations…
STAT+: Research misconduct allegations put Stanford’s president — and science — under an uncomfortable spotlight
STANFORD, Calif. — It’s the one thing everyone knows. And it’s the last thing people…
MRI scans reveal disparate impact of poverty and other ‘toxic stress’ on brains of Black children
Stressful experiences during early childhood — particularly economic strife — appear to act as a…
STAT+: ‘I’m just disgusted’: How alleged sexual misconduct stole one student’s passion for academic science
It was the summer of 2020, and she couldn’t have scripted a better start as…