Disease
October 9, 2019
Columbia Scientists Reverse Core Symptom of Schizophrenia in Adult Mice
Findings reveal potential new strategy for treating people diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Learning & Memory
August 15, 2019
Pinpointing How Cells Regulate Long-lasting Memories
Columbia research in mouse neurons reveals new insights into the biology of memory; offers promising new areas of focus to combat neurodegenerative diseases.
The Senses
May 30, 2019
The Mental Mathematics of Identifying and Manipulating Objects
An international team of researchers demonstrates that our brain need only perform a few lightning-fast statistical calculations to detect key properties of unknown objects.
News
May 15, 2019
Mind Brain Behavior Symposium is a Meeting of Minds
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute hosts gathering of leading neuroscientists from across the country
Disease
March 12, 2019
The Gene That Keeps PTSD-like Behavior at Bay in Female Mice
Columbia study highlights key role this gene plays in essential biological processes; offers promising new target for combating PTSD, a disorder that impacts women more than men.
Learning & Memory
February 19, 2019
An Unexpected Place for Learning, Memory in the Brain
Columbia research demonstrates that the brain’s primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learning.
Learning & Memory
January 31, 2019
Pinpointing the Cells That Control the Brain’s Memory Flow
Columbia-led discovery in mice aids efforts to map the circuitry of the brain’s learning center; stands to inform studies of psychiatric disorders in which this circuitry goes awry.
Learning & Memory
December 10, 2018
Unlocking the Memories Inside Our Minds
By investigating the phenomenal memory of chickadees, Dmitriy Aronov, PhD, brings a fresh approach to studying how our own brains remember. Now he’s being recognized as one of the nation’s top early-career scientists.
Learning & Memory
December 5, 2018
How the Brain Distinguishes Friend from Foe
Columbia study in mice reveals importance of memory in driving key social behavior; offers insight into psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
Learning & Memory
November 26, 2018
When Storing Memories, Brain Prioritizes Rewarding Experiences
New study reveals that the brain plays back and prioritizes high-reward events for later retrieval and filters out the neutral, inconsequential events.
