neuroscience

In the Lab Angus Chen

STAT Plus: Mutations tied to blood cancers and other diseases may surprisingly protect against Alzheimer’s

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: In the blood of marathoning mice, scientists find clues to how exercise benefits the brain

In the Lab Megan Molteni

Using optogenetics, scientists pinpoint the location and timing of memory formation in mice

First Opinion Kao Lee Yang

I’m almost always the only Hmong American scientist in the room. Yet I was told I come from a group overrepresented in STEM

Biotech Kate Sheridan

STAT Plus: Startup Spotlight: Vigil Neuroscience hopes to eventually target the rare disease ALSP 

In the Lab Claudia López Lloreda

STAT Plus: Researchers use machine learning to translate brain signals from a paralyzed patient into text

Exclusive Olivia Goldhill

STAT Plus: Athira Pharma CEO placed on leave amid allegations of altered images in her research papers

First Opinion Dana P. Goldman and Darius Lakdawalla

STAT Plus: FDA’s approval of aducanumab paves the way for ‘more momentous’ Alzheimer’s breakthroughs

Health Sara Reardon

Covid-19 gave scientists an opening to better understand how brain disorders arise

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation on the latest in neuroscience and CNS drug development

First Opinion Anna Wexler

STAT Plus: A skeptic’s take on Neuralink and other consumer neurotech

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

STAT Plus: New monkey model of Alzheimer’s disease may accelerate search for human treatments

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

STAT Plus: ‘It looks like a spaghetti bowl’: Scientists reveal a precise structure in a fabled worm’s tangled brain

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Experts encouraged by Denali’s early results in study of Hunter syndrome drug

In the Lab Eric Boodman

STAT Plus: Genetic reprogramming rejuvenates nerve cells and restores vision in mice

Health Meghana Keshavan

A MacArthur ‘genius’ will likely use his grant to support his wife’s work — in the name of science

In the Lab Sharon Begley

Brainiacs, not birdbrains: Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute

Health tech Rebecca Robbins and Erin Brodwin

STAT Plus: Elon Musk’s Neuralink unveils prototype of brain implants — and looks toward clinical trials

The Readout LOUD Damian Garde and Adam Feuerstein

The FDA’s chaotic week, Trump’s effect on science, and Musk’s big reveal

Rebecca Robbins, Casey Ross, and Erin Brodwin

STAT Health Tech: Elon Musk’s secretive brain implants startup & Verily’s move into health insurance

Special Report Erin Brodwin and Rebecca Robbins

STAT Plus: As Elon Musk’s Neuralink prepares to draw back the curtain, ex-employees describe rushed timelines clashing with science’s slow pace

Health Hyacinth Empinado and Theresa Gaffney

Watch: What day is it? How pandemic stress alters your perception of time

Biotech Damian Garde and Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Coles-led Cerevel Therapeutics to raise $445 million to develop brain drugs with fewer side effects

In the Lab Theresa Gaffney

STAT Plus: How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer

Biotech Adam Feuerstein

STAT Plus: Yumanity Therapeutics, Merck strike deal aimed at developing new medicines for neurodegenerative disease

In the Lab Juliet Isselbacher

By tricking mice into sensing fake smells, scientists decode how the brain recognizes scent

In the Lab Sharon Begley

Using human brain tissue in lab dishes, researchers show herpes link to Alzheimer’s

In the Lab Shraddha Chakradhar

STAT Plus: Researchers develop a non-invasive way to manipulate neurons to study behavior

In the Lab Megan Thielking

Scientists turn organs transparent — and use a new technique to capture 3D pictures of what’s inside