From Our Neurons to Yours
von Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, Nicholas Weiler
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Can brain science save addiction policy? | Keith Humphreys
If addiction is a disease of the brain, what does that mean for how we treat people—and how we write policy? In this wide-ranging conversation, Stanford addiction expert and policy advisor Keith Humphreys returns to the show to walk us thro
How basic science transformed stroke care | Marion Buckwalter
A generation ago, a big clot in the brain meant paralysis or worse. Today, doctors can diagnose clots on AI-enabled brain scans; provide life-saving, targeted medications; or snake a catheter from a patient’s groin into the brain to vacuum
Surgery as a window into brain resilience | Martin Angst
We've all heard stories about someone who went in for surgery and came out...different. A grandmother who struggled with names after hip replacement, or an uncle who seemed foggy for months following cardiac bypass. But why does this happen
Best of: How neural prosthetics could free minds trapped by brain injury | Jaimie Henderson
Imagine being trapped in your own body, unable to move or communicate effectively. This may seem like a nightmare, but it is a reality for many people living with brain or spinal cord injuries. We're re-releasing one of our favorite episode
The secrets of resilient aging | Beth Mormino & Anthony Wagner
This week on the show, we're have our sights set on healthy aging. What would it mean to be able to live to 80, 90 or 100 with our cognitive abilities intact and able to maintain an independent lifestyle right to the end of our days? We're
Building AI simulations of the human brain | Dan Yamins
This week on the show: Are we ready to create digital models of the human brain? Last month, Stanford researcher Andreas Tolias and colleagues created a "digital twin" of the mouse visual cortex. The researchers used the same foundation mod
What ChatGPT understands: Large language models and the neuroscience of meaning | Laura Gwilliams
If you spend any time chatting with a modern AI chatbot, you've probably been amazed at just how human it sounds, how much it feels like you're talking to a real person. Much ink has been spilled explaining how these systems are not actuall
What the other half of the brain does | Brad Zuchero
We've talked about glia and sleep. We've talked about glia and neuroinflammation. We've talked about glia in the brain fog that can accompany COVID or chemotherapy. We've talked about the brain's quiet majority of non–neuronal cells in so m
Stimulating the brain with sound | Kim Butts Pauly and Raag Airan
As we gain a better understanding of how misfiring brain circuits lead to mental health conditions, we'd like to be able to go in and nudge those circuits back into balance. But this is hard — literally — because the brain is encased in thi
Does good sleep insulate the brain against Alzheimer's? | Erin Gibson
We're kicking off our new season with a deep dive into one of neuroscience's most fascinating mysteries: sleep. This unconscious third of our lives isn't just about rest – it's absolutely critical for brain health, memory consolidation, and
How to live in a world without free will | Robert Sapolsky
Today, we are speaking with the one and only Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neurobiologist, a MacArthur "Genius", and best-selling author of books exploring the nature of stress, social behavior, and — as he puts it — "the biology of the human
The power of psychedelics meets the power of placebo: ketamine, opioids, and hope in depression treatment | Boris Heifets & Theresa Lii
Join us as we dive back into the world of psychedelic medicine with anesthesiologists Boris Heifets and Theresa Lii, who share intriguing new data that sheds light on how ketamine and placebo effects may interact in treating depression. We
Seeing sounds, tasting colors: the science of synaesthesia with David Eagleman (re-release)
Today, we are going back into the archives for one of my favorite episodes: We are talking to neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and best-selling author, David Eagleman. We're talking about synaesthesia — and if you don't know what that is, you'
The BRAIN Initiative: the national vision for the future of neuroscience is now in doubt | Bill Newsome
Earlier this year, President Obama's signature BRAIN Initiative, which has powered advances in neuroscience for the past 10 years, had its budget slashed by 40%. Over the past decade, the BRAIN Initiative made roughly $4 billion in targeted
The cannabinoids within: how marijuana hijacks an ancient signaling system in the brain | Ivan Soltesz
Given the widespread legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational uses, you'd think we'd have a better understanding of how it works. But ask a neuroscientist exactly how cannabinoid compounds like THC and CBD alter our perceptions
Memory Palaces: the science of mental time travel and the brain's GPS system | Lisa Giocomo (Re-release)
Today we are re-releasing an episode we did last year with Stanford neurobiologist Lisa Giocomo exploring the intersection of memory, navigation and the boundaries we create between ourselves and the world around us. This episode was inspir
Why new Alzheimer's drugs don't work | Mike Greicius, Stanford University School of Medicine
In the past few years, Big Pharma has released not one, but three new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Aducanemab (2021), Lecanemab (2023), and Donanemab (2024), are the first treatments to effectively clear the brain of amyloid plaques
Depression's distinctive fingerprints in the brain | Leanne Williams, Stanford University
Getting help for depression can be like purgatory. Setting aside for a moment the stigma and other barriers to seeking treatment in the first place, finding the right combination of medication and/or therapy can be a months- or years-long p
How the brain helps cancers grow | Michelle Monje
Today, we're talking with Stanford neuro-oncologist, Michelle Monje (https://med.stanford.edu/monje-lab.html). This is actually the third time we've had Michelle on the show, in part because she's been a pioneer of three exciting frontiers
Unraveling Timothy Syndrome: the new science of human brain development | Sergiu Pasca
This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we're talking about using new techniques for growing human brain tissue in the lab to solve a rare neurological disorder. Host Nicholas Weiler sits down with Sergiu Pasca an innovative Stanford scient
How VR could help treat depression with "radical behaviorist" Dr. Kim Bullock
Today, we're going to talk about virtual reality and how it could be used to treat depression. We're talking with psychiatrist Kim Bullock (https://profiles.stanford.edu/kim-bullock), the founding director of Stanford's Neurobehavioral Clin
Electronic skin and the future of wearable technology | Zhenan Bao
The skin is full of contradictions. It’s soft and sensitive, but also tough and resilient, even self-healing. It’s both the barrier that protects us from infections and our most intimate connection with the outside world. Today’s guest, Zhe
How a new kind of brain plasticity could help make sense of addiction | Michelle Monje and Rob Malenka
This week, we're diving into recent research that sheds light on a new form of brain plasticity involving changes in the insulation of nerve fibers — called myelin. It turns out that myelin plasticity is implicated in a number of serious co
Our plastic brains: learning, memory and aging with the one and only Carla Shatz (Rerelease)
-- We're re-releasing our conversation with Carla Shatz, one of our favorites from the archive, which comes up all the time on the show in the context of brain plasticity and aging. Enjoy, and see you next time! -NW -- When we're kids, our
Programming Announcement
Hi everyone — quick programming announcement. As we head into summer, we'll be moving to an every-other-week cadence as we prepare more conversations from the frontiers of neuroscience. I'm very excited about what we're working on for you,
Neuroscience and AI: What artificial intelligence teaches us about the brain (and vice versa) | Surya Ganguli
The powerful new generation of AI tools that has come out over the past few years — DALL-E, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the rest — have blown away our old ideas about what AI can do and raised questions about what it means for computers to
How we remember, why we forget | Anthony Wagner
At some point in our lives, we all struggle with memory — learning a new name, remembering that book you were reading just yesterday or that word on the tip of your tongue. So what can neuroscience teach us about why we remember, why we for
Psychedelics Part 2: How do drugs alter our perceptions? | Boris Heifets
Today, we're going to talk about how psychedelics alter our perception of reality and what that says about... reality! Welcome to part two of our conversation with Stanford anesthesiologist and psychedelics researcher Boris Heifets (https:/
Psychedelics, placebo, and anesthetic dreams | Boris Heifets (part 1)
Psychedelics are a hot topic in psychiatry today. They’re producing dramatic reversals for patients with severe depression, PTSD, and other mental health conditions. But scientists still have fundamental questions about why these drugs are
Why our brains are bad at climate change | Nik Sawe
This week on From Our Neurons to Yours, we're talking about the neuroscience of climate change with neuroeconomist Nik Sawe. If you follow the science or the news, you know how big of a risk climate change is. Storms, coastal flooding, heat
