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A mechanism used by adult zebrafish to create new neurons in the brain is dormant in people; reawakening it might repair our brains and slow Alzheimer’s disease.
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A study led by Columbia neurosurgeons has found that MRI-guided laser ablation is a viable treatment that can provide lasting seizure control for people with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy.
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A new study in mice shows that new neurons created in the brain during adulthood are needed to maintain working memory—the temporary “sticky notes” of the brain.
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许多研究人员相信neurodegenerative disorder gets started in the gut. Columbia research now suggests that an autoimmune reaction may be driving those early events.
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August 14, 2023
Columbia researchers have identified brain circuits that, when injured, make conscious patients with acute brain injury appear unresponsive, a phenomenon known as hidden consciousness.
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July 10, 2023
Heart failure may lead to cognitive decline by creating a tiny calcium leak inside the brain’s neurons.
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July 8, 2023
Lecanemab, marketed as Leqembi, is the first drug for Alzheimer’s disease to receive approval on the basis of clinically slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
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July 3, 2023
A Columbia ear, nose, and throat specialist says that vertigo can be due to a mysterious condition that can be unpleasant but is usually benign.
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June 21, 2023
Focused ultrasound is a painless, nonsurgical treatment that can suppress shaking caused by essential tremor.
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June 12, 2023
A study of professionals in the National Hockey League found that players who frequently engaged in fighting on the ice died a decade earlier than less pugilistic players.
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May 29, 2023
Age-related memory loss is caused, in part, by lack of flavanols—nutrients found in certain fruits and vegetables—according to a large study in older adults.
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May 24, 2023
Taking a daily multivitamin may help slow age-related memory decline, a study has found.
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May 2, 2023
Attending a high school with a high number of teachers with graduate training was the clearest predictor of the impact of school quality on late-life cognition, researchers found.
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April 25, 2023
With the help of a Columbia neurologist, a support group of Black Parkinson's patients has created a book for Black patients and their families written by the true experts: themselves.
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