A wonder-filled week of the brain
Montreal scientists play key role in long-term international study
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Published on: 4 Mar 2014
MS聽Society of Canada and MS Scientific Research Foundation announce $3.6 million grant to understanding B cells for future MS therapies
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Published on: 18 Feb 2014
Dr. Brenda Milner, an active researcher at the age of 95 at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 麻豆AV, has been awarded the 2014 Dan David Prize for her fundamental contributions to the science of memory and the brain. Dr. Milner is widely recognized as one of the founders of cognitive neuroscience鈥搕he field that brings together brain and behavior. Dr. Milner, who is the Dorothy J. Killam Professor of Psychology, shares the Prize for the category Present: 鈥淐ombatting Memory Loss鈥�, with Peter St. George-Hyslop (University of Cambridge) and John A.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2014
Scientists from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Canada have discovered that two genes linked to hereditary 笔补谤办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚 disease are involved in the early-stage quality control of mitochondria. The protective mechanism, which is reported in The EMBO Journal, removes damaged proteins that arise from oxidative stress from mitochondria.聽
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Published on: 21 Jan 2014
A new brain-imaging technique for a true brain workout
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Published on: 20 Jan 2014
William Feindel, O.C., G.O.Q., MDCM, D. Phil
1918 鈥� 2014
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 麻豆AV and the 麻豆AV Health Centre regret to announce the death of William Feindel, O.C., G.O.Q., MDCM, D. Phil., one of Canada's most distinguished neurosurgeons and The Neuro鈥檚 third director.聽 Dr. Feindel passed away quietly at The Neuro on Sunday night following a brief illness.聽 聽Our deepest sympathies go out to Dr. Feindel鈥檚 family.
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Published on: 15 Jan 2014
The BigBrain atlas developed by Dr. Alan Evans and colleagues at The Neuro鈥檚 Brain Imaging Centre has been chosen as one of the .
BigBrain: a revolutionary new 3D digital brain atlas
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Published on: 9 Jan 2014
New study sheds light on most common and deadly form of brain cancer
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Published on: 8 Jan 2014
Images of The Neuro is literary eyewitness to medical history
In a new collection of insightful essays and selected photos, one of Canada鈥檚 most eminent medical figures, Dr. William Feindel, shines a personal light on the world-famous institution that he headed for 12 years, the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro, 麻豆AV, as well as on some giants of medicine like Osler, Willis, Gilbert and Penfield.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2013
The brain is plastic - adapting to the hundreds of experiences in our daily lives by reorganizing pathways and making new connections between nerve cells. This plasticity requires that memories of new information and experiences are formed fast. So fast that the body has a special mechanism, unique to nerve cells, that enables memories to be made rapidly.
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Published on: 15 Oct 2013
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro, 麻豆AV has raised more than $49 million, with an additional $7 million in planned gift expectancies, in the largest ever campaign of its 79 year history. The 鈥楾hinking Ahead鈥� Campaign, a $40 million initiative, has enabled The Neuro to implement ambitious and innovative research, training, and patient care programs aimed at tackling the most pressing neurological problems - strengthening The Neuro鈥檚 global leadership in understanding and repairing the brain.聽聽
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Published on: 10 Oct 2013
Mechanism meant to maintain efficiency of brain network involved in neurodegenerative disease
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Published on: 8 Oct 2013
As part of The Neuro鈥檚 Thinking Ahead Campaign, a $240,000 donation from Desjardins Group, the largest financial cooperative group in Canada, to The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro, 麻豆AV has enabled the creation of the Desjardins Outstanding Student Award. Twelve awards of 20聽000 $ each will support top-rated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are advancing research to better understand the nervous system and neurological disorders and aid in developing new therapies.
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Published on: 4 Sep 2013
Scientists at The Neuro find important time factor in second-language acquisition
The age at which children learn a second language can have a significant bearing on the structure of their adult brain, according to a new joint study by the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro at 麻豆AV and Oxford University. The majority of people in the world learn to speak more than one language during their lifetime. Many do so with great proficiency particularly if the languages are learned simultaneously or from early in development.
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Published on: 29 Aug 2013
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