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How Exercise May Protect Against Alzheimer’s

February 8, 2019

A hormone called irisin–produced during exercise–may protect neurons against Alzheimer’s disease.

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Neurology
STAR U Seeks to Increase Diversity Among Scientists Studying the Aging Brain

February 7, 2019

STAR U, a new summer program at CUIMC for college students, seeks to enhance the study of aging, Alzheimer's, and disparities by increasing the numbers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

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Campus News
Expert panel advises against surgery for shoulder pain

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Reuters Health

February 7, 2019

The new guideline may discourage doctors from offering the surgery, said Dr. Charles Jobin, an orthopedic surgeon and assistant professor at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia.
The Allure of Chickadee Memories

February 7, 2019

The phenomenal memory of chickadees is allowing a CUIMC neuroscientist to investigate memory in its purest form: the spontaneous recording of everyday experiences.

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Neuroscience
Ketamine Could Be the Key to Reversing America’s Rising Suicide Rate

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Bloomberg Businessweek

February 5, 2019

In the early 1990s, Mann and Arango discovered that depressed patients who killed themselves have subtle alterations in serotonin in certain regions of the brain.
Medical Student Research Leaves Mark on VP&S

February 4, 2019

Since 2009, incoming medical students at VP&S have been required to complete a scholarly project, which allows students to immerse themselves into a specific area of medicine.

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Education
In Prenatal Testing, Genomics Sometimes Sees What Other Tests Can’t

February 1, 2019

A study from Columbia University researchers suggests that DNA sequencing can help diagnose the underlying genetic causes of fetal anomalies found during prenatal ultrasounds.

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Obstetrics-Gynecology
Remembering the Places That Matter the Most

January 31, 2019

Places that are very important to us are recorded in our brain’s GPS system with the help of the aptly named VIP neurons, Columbia neuroscientists have found.

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Neuroscience
Aerobic Exercise Improves Cognition, Even In Young Adults

January 31, 2019

Aerobic exercise is known to improve cognition in the elderly; a new Columbia study shows it’s good for adults as young as 20.

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Neurology
Aerobic exercise can improve brain health in your 20s, study finds

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TODAY

January 30, 2019

The study’s senior author, Dr. Yaakov Stern, said that to his knowledge, the study is the first to show cognitive benefits of aerobic exercise in people under age 55.

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