Columbia Neuroscientist Caghan Kizil, PhD led a study on how the ABCA7 gene, common in many racial & ethnic groups, increases the probability of developing Alzheimer's disease.
Dr. Miguel Arce Rentería, a neuropsychologist at Columbia University, comments that treatment that focuses on social issues may hold off the worst of Alzheimer’s Disease for years.
New research from Columbia Neurologist Dr. Claire Riley and Nurse Practitioner Libby Levine sheds light on the potential complications of B-cell suppressing therapies in women with multiple sclerosis.
A new collaborative study by Drs. Martin Picard and Philip L. De Jager examines the potential link between the brain's mitochondria and a person's psychological stress.
Yaakov Stern, PhD, Florence Irving Professor of Neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center talks about his research on cognition and aging.
Researchers from the Columbia University Department of Neurology discovered a genetic variant that may reduce the odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 70%.
Sharon Sanz Simon, PhD, Associate Research Scientist in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, discusses the Alzheimer's disease and related dementia in the Brazilian community living in the U.S.
Martin Picard, PhD, Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine in Psychiatry, Neurology, and the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center is the first to receive the new Baszucki Prize in Science.
Neil A. Shneider, MD, PhD, Claire Tow Associate Professor of Motor Neuron Disorders, is the principal investigator on the grant that will help develop drugs for an underserved portion of ALS patients.
Yian Gu, MD, MS, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences at CUMC, commented on a new study that examined the link between healthy diet and reduced risk of developing dementia.