Neuroscience

Thomas M. Jessell, co-director of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, believes the program offers the prospect of changing the way that many aspects of academics will be pursued at Columbia in the decades to come.

Morrison and his team are tackling the problem of head injuries by exploring the biomechanics of the brain and its response on a biological level to traumatic brain injury.

Maybe you have heard of robots that can fly. But how about a robot that is able to learn through its own experiences to drive itself to the airport?

Researchers in the Taub Institute at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a mechanism that appears to underlie the common sporadic (non-familial) form of Parkinson’s disease, the progressive movement disorder. 

Columbia neurophysiologist David Sulzer took his first piano lessons at the age of 11 and was playing his violin and guitar in bars by age 15. Later he gained a national following as a founder of the Soldier String Quartet and the Thai Elephant Orchestra—an actual orchestra of elephants in northern Thailand—and for playing with the likes of Bo Diddley, the Velvet Underground’s John Cale and the jazz great Tony Williams.

Study Pinpoints a Genetic Cause of Most Lethal Brain Tumor— May Lead to New Treatment

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have discovered that some cases of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain cancer, are caused by the fusion of two adjacent genes. 

A professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and the first Columbia University Artist, Sacks was the featured speaker at a June 1 panel titled "Reawakening the Brain Through Music."

Many strands of Eric Kandel’s life come together in his latest work, "The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present." 

Stuart Firestein, a professor and chair of the biological sciences department, is a connoisseur of ignorance. He teaches a popular course by that name to graduating seniors, and it is the title of his recently published book, "Ignorance: How it Drives Science" (Oxford University Press).

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain’s stem cells. 

New Research Shows That It Interferes With the Synthesis and Function of BDNF, Derailing the Brain’s Center for Learning 

Levine, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist at Columbia University Medical Center, began to notice attachment behavior in adults all around him. He realized that this kind of insight could have significant implications for romantic relationships.