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Columbia neuroscientists have discovered that the brain has greater control over the motor neurons that move the body than previously thought possible.
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The experience of every odor derives from precise brain circuitry that researchers now are revealing in unprecedented detail.
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Columbia neuroscientists have discovered a previously unknown connection between the gut and the brain that drives the desire for fatty foods.
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Models that perform statistical analyses of hundreds of visual clues point the way to understanding how our brains give us the ability to distinguish faces.
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- November 8, 2018
Columbia neuroscientists are deciphering the unique way we detect gentle touch.
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- November 5, 2018
When choosing a candidate to vote for, your brain secretly does math.
- October 24, 2018
Columbia neuroscientists show how a bone hormone acts in the brains of mice to improve memory, and how aging sabotages the process.
- October 17, 2018
Columbia researchers are using cryo-electron microscopy to examine the tau proteins that pile up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's and gain new insights into how tau drives disease progression.
- October 2, 2018
A new mouse study from Columbia neuroscientists suggests that activity, not rest, speeds recovery after brain injury.
- September 10, 2018
Research from Columbia neuroscientists shows that a previously held bias can be set aside so that the brain can apply logical, mathematical reasoning to the decision at hand.
- September 5, 2018
A new study suggests that, among older adults, cognitive performance changes with the seasons and peaks in late summer.
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- September 5, 2018
The brain’s spiny neurons help us make decisions, but without a dose of dopamine at a specific time in childhood, the neurons remain immature.
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- August 21, 2018
A Mailman study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that prenatal exposure to elevated levels of DDT is associated with an increased risk for autism.
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- August 2, 2018
A new clinical trial suggests that donepezil does not improve cognitive performance in people with mild cognitive impairment who also have clinical depression.
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