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Columbia biologists have developed inexpensive microscopy tools that capture high-level images of brain tissue, previously only possible with more expensive lab equipment.
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With some of the world's leading neuroscientists and machine learning researchers, Columbia is seeking lessons from biology that can create AI systems as versatile and efficient as our brains.
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Established two decades ago, the essential tremor brain bank at Columbia has been instrumental in revealing the source and biology of a common but understudied neurodegenerative disorder.
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Gordon has championed the integration of neuroscience and clinical practice, advocating for precision medicine approaches in psychiatry to tailor treatments to individual patients.
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- November 11, 2014
Several CUMC researchers received grants from the NIH's new BRAIN Initiative, a 12-year research program launched last year by President Obama.
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- August 21, 2014
Research from David Sulzer’s lab suggests that a delay in the normal elimination of excess synapses in the brain may be a common cause of autism.
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- July 14, 2014
The ability to diagnose Alzheimer’s before the onset of symptoms would allow physicians to treat it before extensive brain damage has occurred.
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- July 7, 2014
Columbia is part of a new consortium to identify rare genetic variants that may protect against, or contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
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- June 6, 2014
Optogenetics allows researchers to use light-sensitive molecules inserted into neurons to turn those neurons on or off with millisecond precision.
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- June 3, 2014
The prize recognizes his groundbreaking work on the neural networks of the spinal cord involved in the control of movement.
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- May 29, 2014
Scientists recently identified two types of neurons that enable the spinal cord to control skilled forelimb movement. Neuroscientist Eiman Azim discusses the work in a Q&A.
- May 7, 2014
A long-overlooked form of neuron-to-neuron communication plays an essential role in brain development, according to a new study of Drosophila.
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- May 1, 2014
Columbia neuroscientist Richard Axel was elected to the Royal Society, the national academy of science in the U.K.
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