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Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, Stanford scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders. Karl Deisseroth, the D. H. Chen Professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, led the collaborative team effort spanning Stanford Medicine’s hospital and laboratory facilities. Sharing senior co-authorship of the study with Deisseroth are Carolyn Rodriguez, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences; Vivek Buch, assistant professor of neurosurgery; and Paul Nuyujukian, assistant professor of bioengineering and of neurosurgery. For more about this study, check out this NPR interview.

The Stanford Parenting Center (SPC) at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is tackling mental well-being of children with their innovative online courses designed to support families with children across the developmental spectrum, from toddlers to teens and young adults. SPC program directors Elizabeth Reichert, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Mari Kurahashi, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provide comment.