Why Do We Freeze When Startled? New Study in Flies Points to Serotonin
Columbia researchers uncover mechanism that produces the fly’s startle response, offers clues as to what may happen in our own bodies when we get startled.
Columbia researchers uncover mechanism that produces the fly’s startle response, offers clues as to what may happen in our own bodies when we get startled.
Columbia-led study offers new insight into organization of brain’s listening center; provides roadmap for development of hearing-aid technologies inspired by the brain
Academy recognizes Dr. Costa’s outstanding contributions to the brain science of movement and learning that has yielded insights into Parkinson’s disease, autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
New SCAPE 2.0 system can serve as a critical tool to advance science and medicine.
Funding will support combined use of recent Nobel Prize-winning technology with a powerful new imaging method; lays groundwork for detecting, treating underlying causes of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia
International study reveals promising method for decoding the underlying genetic mechanisms that guide growth and development.
As part of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's newly formed Seed Networks for the Human Cell Atlas, Columbia team will work to advance broad-scale efforts to treat spinal cord injury and disease.
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.
Columbia engineers develop new AI technology that amplifies correct speaker from a group; breakthrough could lead to better hearing aids.
Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute hosts gathering of leading neuroscientists from across the country