Related Resources AT COLUMBIA | EXTERNAL RESOURCES AT COLUMBIA Departments | Centers and Institutes | Educational Programs | Articles | In Vivo Articles | Video Departments Department of Neurology Department of Neurosurgery Department of Psychiatry Department of Psychology Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Department of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery Department of Pathology [website not currently live] Department of Pharmacology Department of Radiology Centers and Institutes Center for Neurobiology and Behavior Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center New York Brain Bank at Columbia University The New York State Psychiatric Institute The Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology The Stem Cell Consortium The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain The Brain Tumor Center of the Neurological Institute The Herbert and Florence Irving Center for Clinical Research The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center The Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Center for Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders Eleanor and Lou Gehrig MDA/ALS Center Center for Memory and Behavioral Disorders The Huntington's Disease Center The Clinical Neuromuscular Physiology Center Cerebrovascular Center of the Neurological Institute Brain Tumor Center at the Neurological Institute Educational Programs Education at Columbia University Medical Center Department of Neurology Postgraduate Training Programs Department of Neurosurgery Residency Training Program Education in Psychiatry Brain to Brain: Animal Communication E-Seminar 1, Scents and Sensibility Articles Columbia Receives and $11 Million New York State Grant to Conduct Brain-Imaging Studies Researchers Prove Brain Can Compensate for Damaged Regions Columbia Establishes David Mahoney Center for Brain and Behavior Research The Marilyn and Henry Taub Foundation Gives $10 Million to Further Research In Diseases of the Aging Brain Researchers Find Novel Gene Family Responsible for Pacemaker Activity in Brain and Heart Brain "Network" Affected by Lack of Sleep, Say Scientists P&S Journal: NYSPI History (Fall 2003 issue) P&S Journal: Nobel Prize Glory Returns to P&S (Winter 2001 issue) Graduate School Life on Ion Channel Brain Research (Spring/Summer 2003) P&S Journal: Anorexia Clinical Advance (Winter 2003) P&S Journal: Huntington's Disease (Winter 2003) P&S Journal: Graduate School Life on Huntington's Disease Basic Research (Winter 2003) P&S Journal: Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques to Distinguish Brain Tumor Recurrence from Post-Radiation Necrosis P&S Journal: Researchers Identify Gene Involved in Brain, Breast, Prostate Cancers P&S Journal: The Changing Concepts in the Treatment of Brain AVMs: Thirty Years' Experience P&S Journal: Stem Cell Transplants Show Mixed Results as Parkinson's Treatment P&S Journal: Treating Intractable Epilepsy In Vivo Articles Researchers Find Subtle Brain Hemorrhages Missed Without CT Very Cool Brains: Columbia's Newly Reorganized Brain Bank Changes Deposit Procedures Underground Brain Research: fMRI Neuroimaging Center Open for Business in Neurological Institute New View of Blood Flow to Human Brain The Crossover Effect: Neuroscientists and a Geneticist Team Up to Understand Binocular Vision A Brain Zapper to Fight Sleep Deprivation: A New Method May Help Soldiers Skip Sleep and Still Perform Well Anxiety Circuitry Begins Early in Life Interventional MRI for Treating Stokes Monkey Do, Scientists See: Vision Researchers Find How the Brain Tracks Visual Priorities Normal Memory Loss or Alzheimer's? New fMRI Method can Distinguish Between the Two Is Alzheimer's an Astrocyte Disease? New Research Suggests Brain Cells Called Astrocytes May Have a Role Why Hemorrhages Damage the Brain: Swelling and an Inflammatory Marker May Be Key Reasons "Fly fMRI" Reveals Secrets of Smell: Researchers Are Starting to Understand How Smell Drives Behavior Specific Protein Found to Be Disease Marker: Beta-amyloid Peptide in Blood Appears to Double the Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease Stopping Essential Tremor: New Research Begins to Track Down Causes of the Disease Mini-RNAs Endow Worms with Good Taste: First-discovered MicroRNA in the Brain Controls Left-Right Asymmetry Researchers Identify Gene in Rare Form of Epilepsy Memory Molecules Take Shape: The Structure of Glutamate Receptors May Reveal Ways to Protect the Mind The X Receptor: Newly Identified Plasma Membrane Receptor for Estrogen May Mediate Some of the Hormone's Faster Actions Stroke Appears to Raise Alzheimer's Risk Getting to the Bottom of Fear and Anxiety: Researchers Team Up to Study the Molecular Pathways That Lead to Disorders Antidepressants Found to Increase Neuron Numbers: New Neurons in the Brain May Be Responsible for Drugs' Effects Video Neurons Pathway in Brain Wired Alike, Researchers Show Researchers Explore Mechanisms of Estrogen's Effects on Cognitive Function Patients Are More Likely to Change Behavior When Medical Information Is Tailored to the Individual EXTERNAL RESOURCES Institutions and Organizations | Background Materials | Speaker Affiliations Institutions and Organizations American Neurological Association American Psychological Association Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition International Brain Research Organization National Institute of Mental Health Society for Neuroscience Background Materials Brain Awareness Week, from the Dana Foundation Brain and Nervous System, from the National Institutes of Health Meeting Neuroethical Challenges in Cognitive Enhancement, from the New York Academy of Sciences Neuroscience @ Nature.com NOVA Online: Secrets of the Mind Speaker Affiliations Nancy Kanwisher Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT Christof Koch Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology Roderick MacKinnon Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator William T. Newsome Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Judith L. Rapoport National Institute of Mental Health Sir Michael Rutter Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London John R. Searle Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley Nora D. Volkow National Institute on Drug Abuse Huda Y. Zoghbi Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Promotional assistance provided by Nature and Wyeth Research.		View the timetable for the conference. Leading neuroscientists gathered at this C250 symposium to discuss the accomplishments and limitations of reductionist and holistic approaches to examining the nervous system and mental functions. View video highlights of the symposium and a transcript of the proceedings. Quotations from the speakers. View the full text of the conference proceedings (PDF). University Professor Kandel's work on memory and learning earned him the 2000 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Explore the research, teaching, and patient care at CUMC. Event speakers Koch and Kanwisher in The New York Times. View the timeline.

C250 Celebrates | C250 Perspectives | C250 Forum | C250 Events | C250 To Go | Contact C250 | Privacy Policy | About This Web Site | © Copyright 2004 Columbia University