Biology-inspired brain model matches animal learning and reveals overlooked neuron activity

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

How neuron groups team up to embed memories in context

Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Orengo Lab Projects

Dr. Orengo serves as a co-investigator in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) at Baylor College of Medicine. This NIH funded multi-site collaborative effort is designed to use high level sequencing ...
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Novel mechanisms underlying major childhood neuromuscular disease identified

New York, NY (October 11, 2012) — A study by scientists from the Motor Neuron Center at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) suggests that spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic neuromuscular ...
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Columbia receives up to $15 million from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation

Columbia University has been awarded up to $15 million from the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation. The grant will fund activities by Columbia’s newly established Center for Motor Neuron Biology ...

FDA-approved drug may slow brain cell death in Alzheimer’s patients

Long before memory problems appear, your brain may already be losing neurons. That is the unsettling message from new work by ...
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Does Consciousness Come Down to One Kind of Neuron?

Can our consciousness be traced back to a simple neurological link? A team of researchers has suggested that in the cortex of the brain, a type of nerve cell, L5p neurons, are the connection between ...