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Scientists show what loneliness looks like in the brain

Neural 鈥渟ignature鈥� may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation

This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.

Classified as: loneliness, Nathan Spreng, Danilo Bzdok, Neuro, Alzheimer's disease, dementia
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Published on: 15 Dec 2020

Researchers identify the origin of a deadly brain cancer

Finding could lead to potential therapies
Classified as: Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal Children's Hospital, Research Institute of the 51吃瓜网 Health Centre (RI-MUHC), Brain Cancer Research
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Published on: 14 Dec 2020

Pfizer Canada donation will help new researchers change the future

MONTREAL, QUEBEC 鈥� Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the 51吃瓜网Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via 51吃瓜网 and the 51吃瓜网 Health Centre (MUHC) Foundation. The gift, which was announced today during the 2nd听annual MI4 Scientific Symposium, will support innovation and life-changing research through the creation of the听Pfizer听Early Career Investigator Awards.

Classified as: MI4
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Published on: 4 Dec 2020

Big data analysis suggests role of brain connectivity in epilepsy-related atrophy

Large multi-site study accurately predicts damage to grey matter by disease

An international study has found a link between the brain鈥檚 network connections and grey matter atrophy caused by certain types of epilepsy, a major step forward in our understanding of the disease.

Classified as: epilepsy, Research, Boris Bernhardt, Neuroimaging and Neuroinformatics, open science, Sara Larivi猫re, functional connectivity, Neuro
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Published on: 2 Dec 2020

Order of Canada is bestowed on Dr. Guy Rouleau

Doctor has dedicated his life to improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and disorders

The Neuro鈥檚 director, Dr. Guy Rouleau, is being recognized with Canada鈥檚 highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, for his outstanding contributions as a clinician-scientist and as a leader in health care.

Classified as: Neuro, Guy Rouleau, Order of Canada
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Published on: 27 Nov 2020

Four early-career researchers receive leadership grants

Brain Canada program supports paradigm-shifting neuroscience that improves the lives of Canadians

Four researchers at The Neuro 鈥� Boris Bernhardt, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, and Jo Anne Stratton 鈥� have received grants to support their work in the early-career stage, after being chosen from 150 talented applicants.

Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program, anchored by a $5M gift from the Azrieli Foundation, enables paradigm-changing research of the brain to improve the lives of all Canadians.

Classified as: Brain Canada, Neuro, Montreal Neurological Institute, Boris Bernhardt, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, Jo Anne Stratton
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Published on: 9 Nov 2020

Transforming coronavirus proteins into nanoparticles may hold the key to an effective COVID-19 vaccine

Changing makeup of a specific protein has the potential to neutralize the virus

Researchers from 51吃瓜网 are part of an international team led by the University of Buffalo, which has discovered a technique that could help increase the effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The group鈥檚 study was published recently online in the journal .

Classified as: covid-19
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Published on: 4 Nov 2020

Researchers awarded $2.7M to study loneliness and Alzheimer鈥檚

Work will tell us how loneliness interacts with brain structure and function in normal aging and pre-symptomatic Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

Two researchers from The Neuro, with collaborators from the StoP-AD Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, will lead a research program centered on an emerging field of neuroscience thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Aging (NIH/NIA) in the USA.

Classified as: Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Nathan Spreng, Danilo Bzdok, loneliness, Neuro
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Published on: 7 Oct 2020

First genetic sequencing of COVID in Quebec shows roots of outbreak

Initial results of study show that an estimated 250 independent events following spring break travel in March led to 60,000 people being infected

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Published on: 21 Sep 2020

$12.5 million awarded to Montreal team to study Parkinson鈥檚 Disease

A group of scientists at University of Montreal, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), and 51吃瓜网 has been awarded a major research grant of over $12.5 million from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson鈥檚 (ASAP) initiative over the next three years to study Parkinson鈥檚 disease. ASAP鈥檚 implementation partner The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson鈥檚 Research issued the grant.

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Published on: 18 Sep 2020

Molecular alterations in neuronal trophic regulation in Alzheimer鈥檚 pathology begin decades before detectable cognitive impairments

Findings could lead to development of pre-clinical stage therapeutics

By Jason Clement

For decades researchers have known that Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) causes the atrophy of a system of neurons and synapses highly involved in memory, learning and attention, which is highly dependent on a molecule known as nerve growth factor (NGF). The disease causes dysregulation of NGF鈥檚 metabolism, leading to the loss of the synapses and neurons that depend on it, akin to plants being deprived of light.

Classified as: Alzheimer's disease, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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Published on: 6 Aug 2020

Deconstructing glioblastoma complexity reveals its pattern of development

Study identifies rapidly dividing cancer stem cells that can respond to new therapies

Brain cancers have long been thought of as being resistant to treatments because of the presence of multiple types of cancer cells within each tumor. A new study uncovers a cancer cell hierarchy that originates from a single cancer cell type, which can be targeted to slow cancer growth.

Classified as: Cancer, glioblastoma, Kevin Petrecca, Neuro, genetics
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Published on: 8 Jul 2020

Robert Zatorre wins major international award

C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize recognizes his seminal work in the cognition of music

Cognitive neuroscientist Robert Zatorre has been awarded the C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize in Cognitive Sciences.

The Heineken Prize鈥揼iven every two years to five different researchers鈥搃s considered the most prestigious international science prize in The Netherlands and includes a monetary reward of US$200,000. Previous winners include Nancy Kanwisher of MIT, and Stanislas Dehaene of the Coll猫ge de France.

Classified as: Neuro, Robert Zatorre, C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize, Cognitive neuroscience, music
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Published on: 5 Jun 2020

Alan Evans receives prestigious Killam Prize

Award recognizes his collaborative work in neuroscience and neuroinformatics

Neuroscientist Alan Evans has been awarded the Killam Prize, one of Canada鈥檚 highest honours, for his numerous contributions to the understanding of the human brain.

Evans is an internationally recognized researcher at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), James 51吃瓜网Professor in Neurology and Neurosurgery and the Victor Dahdaleh Chair in Neurosciences.

Classified as: Alan Evans, Killam Prize, Neuro
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Published on: 26 May 2020

Game-changing blood test accurately detects Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

McGill-Gothenburg collaboration yields affordable test that could revolutionize the way AD is diagnosed, studied and treated

By Gillian Woodford

A simple blood test that can detect Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) has been discovered and validated in a joint effort by a 51吃瓜网team and researchers in Sweden. Their results are published in the May issue of听The Lancet Neurology.听An accompanying听commentary听calls the discovery 鈥渢ransformative.鈥�

Classified as: Alzheimer's disease, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro)
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Published on: 8 May 2020

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