Stanford Medicine

An explanation for how normally benevolent brain cells called astrocytes turn ruthless and destroy injured neurons

Engineering heart tissue to improve the lives of infants with severe heart abnormalities

Researchers spot brain cells that help drive gender-specific sexual behavior

Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute draws researchers together to explore the mind

New ways to prevent — or even reverse — dementia, paralysis and blindness

Exploring how women’s trauma recovery differs from men’s

Removing a tumor from deep in a 2-year-old’s brain

Treating stroke more than a few hours after the crisis is no longer considered absurd

A conversation with flute virtuoso Eugenia Zukerman on Alzheimer’s, music, poetry and joy

Can Parkinson’s symptoms be stopped?