If you've ever experienced the urge to (permanently) encase your adventurous child's head in a helmet, don't fret - you're not alone. In this TED …
Category: Neurobiology
Stanford "rock doc" talks about science as a career
This morning I wrote about Stanford neurologist Frank Longo, MD, PhD, teaming up with musician Bret Michaels for a campaign to increase awareness of the …
Stanford neurologist rocks out for science
It’s not every day that a Stanford physician gets to spend several hours on set with a rock star. But take a look at this …
Study shows oxytocin may boost happiness among women
Scientists are discovering that oxytocin is more than just the "cuddle hormone." Findings presented yesterday at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego suggest …
A powerful new tool to understand the brain
There's a nice feature on Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, and his development of optogenetics - a technology that uses light to control the brain - …
Scientists map effects of sleep deprivation on gene activity in the brain
Researchers working to better understand and treat sleep disorders can now access a detailed map of gene expression in the mouse brain across five behavioral …
A very detailed look at a very famous brain
Esquire recently published a long piece on Henry Molaison, an amnesic patient studied for decades before dying in 2008, whose brain is being sectioned and …
Karl Deisseroth outlines optogenetics in Scientific American
In a "web exclusive," Scientific American has just published an in-depth article by Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, on optogenetics, a research technology he invented. Diesseroth …
Researchers working to improve Alzheimer's detection
Over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article on researchers' quest to identify Alzheimer's disease "long before people show the classic signs of …
Image of the week: Your brain on love
Passionate feelings of love activate reward systems in the brain and can block the sensation of pain, according to neuroimaging research published this week by …
Research offers new insight into blood-brain barrier
You may be surprised to learn that your brain is, in some respects, a bit like an exclusive nightclub: Surrounding your gray matter is a …
Fatherhood: a neuroscience perspective
How important is a dad in the life of his kid? How important is a kid in the life of his dad? I've given some …
Robert Sapolsky on stress and your health
UPDATE 07-30-10: The entire Wired article on Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky's research on the science of stress is now available. * * * Stress has …
Ke$ha's right: Study suggests love and drug addiction activate same regions of brain
Raunch-pop diva Ke$ha is all about a sort of calculated vacuity, but she may have inadvertently stumbled on some real meaning in her lyrics: I …
Music lessons may boost children’s brain power
Whether you willingly or begrudgingly took music lessons as a child, a note of thanks to your parents may be in order. Findings published this …
Stanford researchers cycle in support of Alzheimer's funding
Three Stanford researchers, led by neuroscientist Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, will be wheeling their way through California this weekend. Their goal? To increase awareness of Alzheimer's …