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At-home neurological disorder diagnosis project receives major funding

webfull — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:24:33 +0000

$1M grant from The Weston Family Foundation will pave the way for earlier intervention in REM sleep behaviour disorder and Parkinson’s disease

REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is an often debilitating condition that causes people to act out in their sleep, sometimes violently. What’s worse, people with the disorder often go on to develop Parkinson’s disease.

Published: 8 November 2024

Gene therapy project receives major funding

webfull — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:20:38 +0000

$1.14 million from CIHR will resolve treatment roadblocks for rare brain disorders

Gene therapy for rare neurological disorders will move one step forward thanks to a $1.14 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Published: 23 October 2024

Research on new stem cell models receives $2.6 million

webfull — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:44:26 +0000

Thomas Durcan’s project will dissect the role of microglia in degenerative conditions, to identify new therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's treatment

An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from the CQDM and the Brain Canada Foundation.

Published: 16 October 2024

Bilingualism makes the brain more efficient, especially when learned at a young age

webfull — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:44:33 +0000

MRI data from large sample shows increased whole-brain connectivity in people with a second language

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language.

Published: 11 October 2024

Alan Evans elected Fellow of the Royal Society

webfull — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:34:33 +0000

Honour is recognition for a lifetime of leading research

Alan Evans, a researcher at The Neuro, James �山ǿ�� Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and co-director of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, joining a class of scientists that includes a Nobel laureate and a former Chief Medical Advisor to the US President.

Published: 17 June 2024

Two Neuro projects funded by international partnership

webfull — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:20:06 +0000

Researchers will study how hormones affect brain cancer and the role of neural circuits in social skills

The Paris Brain Institute and the Institut Pasteur have partnered with The Neuro to fund two groundbreaking studies, each receiving more than $440,000. These projects are part of an international collaboration to address future challenges in neuroscience.

Published: 14 June 2024

$10.6M grant supports innovative autism project

webfull — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:48:30 +0000

�山ǿ�� Translational Platform in Autism Research will help uncover the disorders’ neural foundations

A new project at The Neuro, �山ǿ�� and the Research Institute of the �山ǿ�� Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded $10.6M in financial support as part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund.

Published: 8 April 2024

Making AI a partner in neuroscientific discovery

webfull — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:55:25 +0000

New paper argues that Large Language Models can reveal breakthroughs humans alone cannot

Published: 9 February 2024

A neurological disease paradigm shift

webfull — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:26:38 +0000

Researchers propose a new model for classifying Parkinson’s

One of the things that makes developing effective treatments for Parkinson’s disease so challenging is its complexity. While some forms are caused by genetics, others have environmental factors, and patients can show a wide range of symptoms of varying severity. Diagnosis of Parkinson’s is also currently made very late, after the disease may have been in the brain for a decade or more.

Published: 23 January 2024

Assessing unintended consequences in AI-based neurosurgical training

webfull — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:02:28 +0000

Machine learning tutors affect learners in unforeseen ways, both positive and negative

Virtual reality simulators can help learners improve their technical skills faster and with no risk to patients. In the field of neurosurgery, they allow medical students to practice complex operations before using a scalpel on a real patient. When combined with artificial intelligence, these tutoring systems can offer tailored feedback like a human instructor, identifying areas where the students need to improve and making suggestions on how to achieve expert performance.

Published: 19 September 2023