Recent news about neuroscience and the brain from across Columbia.
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.
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow published July 14 in Science.
Sixty years ago, when neurology department professor Harry Grundfest was doing groundbreaking research at the College of Physicians and Surgeons that attracted the likes of future Nobel laureate Eric Kandel to Columbia, he designed a workspace at the medical center that was intended to promote maximum contact among his postdoctoral students.
Dear Alma,
Columbia is big in interdisciplinary neuroscience, including two Nobel laureates, but who came before them?
—Neuro Fan