On October 8, Neurology's Team Brain Power participated in the Velocity: Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer event that funds breakthrough cancer treatments at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Claire S. Riley, MD, Karen L.K. Miller Associate Professor of Neurology, talks about the stiff person syndrome, a neurological & autoimmune disorder that can
cause painful muscle spasms and rigidity
In a study funded in part by CURE, Dr. Jennifer Gelinas aimed to understand how focal epilepsy resulting in partial seizures can progress to different parts of the brain over time.
A new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian suggests the tremors are caused by overactive brain waves at the base of the brain.
Although cerebellum abnormalities had long been suspected, it never has been proven until now, explained lead researcher and Columbia neurologist Sheng-Han Kuo.
Education may reduce the risk of cognitive decline associated with the APOE e4 gene—the biggest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease—in older non-Hispanic black people.
Inside the brain, Parkinson’s disease is a selective assassin. The disease targets dopamine-producing neurons in a small region deep inside the brain known as the substantia nigra compacta (SNc).
Vice Chair of Neurology Dr. Laura Lennihan has been appointed Advisory Dean of Clinician-Educator Faculty in the new Office of Women and Diverse Faculty.
Congratulations to Drs. Jennifer J. Manly, Olajide Williams, and Richard Mayeux, who were among the inaugural inductees into the VP&S Academy of Community and Public Service.