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Why is the Brain So Prone to Inflammation?

By Sarah C.P. Williams

March 8, 2024

Hachung Chung’s curiosity about the immune system is now leading her to delve into a longstanding question: Why is the brain so prone to inflammation in the absence of pathogens?

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Neuroscience
CUIMC Update - March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024

View the CUIMC Update, a weekly e-newsletter featuring medical center news and the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and trainees.

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Campus News
Study Finds Association Between Prenatal Anesthesia Exposure and Behavior Disorders in Children

March 6, 2024

A study by Columbia researchers found that prenatal exposure to general anesthesia is associated with a 31% increased risk of being diagnosed with a behavioral disorder during childhood.

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Public Health
Larry Abbott: The Particle Physicist Who Walked Into a Neuroscience Lab

March 6, 2024

Just before turning 40, Larry Abbott switched from physics to theoretical neuroscience. Now, a few decades later, his contributions to brain science have been recognized with the 2024 Brain Prize.

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Neuroscience
Do Some Electric Fish Sense the World Through Comrades' Auras?

March 6, 2024

Columbia neuroscientists have uncovered evidence for a new form of collective sensing that appears to enable elephantnose fish to extend their perceptual reach.

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Neuroscience
Putting Research Into Action: Community Outreach and Engagement

March 6, 2024

From Staten Island to Northern Manhattan, Columbia's Cancer Center works side by side with the communities it serves, putting research into action through programs that address critical needs.

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Cancer
Illuminating the Neural Basis of Anorexia

March 6, 2024

Columbia researchers are finding that people with anorexia nervosa are guided by a deeper brain system when making food decisions.

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Mental Health
More Schooling is Linked to Slowed Aging and Increased Longevity

March 6, 2024

Participants in the Framingham Heart Study who achieved higher levels of education tended to age more slowly and live longer lives.

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Aging
Building a Community: Diana Mejia, VP for Student and Campus Services

March 5, 2024

Diana Mejia, the inaugural vice president for student and campus services, shares how community building is the key to transforming the experience of being at CUIMC.

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Campus News
Prisoners in Texas and Florida Face Biggest Risk of Increasingly Deadly Heat

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The Guardian

March 5, 2024

“Prisons are located in hotter places because the idea of incarcerated people suffering from heat fits the punishment ethos of the US system,” said co-author Robbie Parks of Columbia University.

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