In a new study, published in this week鈥檚 issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how the brain re-wires and fine-tunes its connections differently depending on the relative timing of sensory stimuli. In most neuroscience textbooks today, there is a widely held model that explains how nerve circuits might refine their connectivity based on patterned firing of brain cells, but it has not previously been directly observed in real time.
Dr. Guy Rouleau, Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at 缅北强奸 and 缅北强奸 Health Centre, is being awarded the Prix d鈥檈xcellence 2014 by the Coll猫ge des m茅decins du Qu茅bec, for his outstanding contributions to neurogenetics and medicine. Dr. Rouleau accepts the award today at a ceremony at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City.
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Dr. Michael Petrides is a co-recipient of one of only 24 Program Grants awarded worldwide by the Human Frontier Science Program, an international organization that supports new research in complex biological systems. Dr. Petrides is a researcher at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥 The Neuro, as well as Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Psychology at 缅北强奸.
People with schizophrenia often misinterpret what they see and experience in the world. New research provides insight into the brain mechanisms that might be responsible for this misinterpretation.
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, 缅北强奸 and the 缅北强奸 Health Centre, is at the forefront of Parkinson鈥檚 research and clinical care.聽Parkinson鈥檚 patients are seen at The Neuro鈥檚 Movement Disorders Clinic and the Montreal General Hospital. Approximately 100,000 Canadians have Parkinson鈥檚 disease.聽聽
New Rapid-Access Clinic at The Neuro reduces wait time
The Neuro has been at the forefront of epilepsy treatment and research for over half a century. The 鈥淢ontreal Procedure鈥 developed by Dr. Wilder Penfield and colleagues revolutionized the surgical treatment for epilepsy, allowing thousands of patients to start new lives free of seizures. The use of electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the study and treatment of epilepsy was pioneered at The Neuro.聽
More than eighty researchers from France and Quebec met March 20 鈥 21, 2014 at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, 缅北强奸 and the 缅北强奸 Health Centre 鈥 for 聽the second France-Quebec scientific workshop on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated with frontotemporal dementia. The first edition was held in Paris in June 2012 at the Brain and Spine Institute (ICM). This meeting is co-organized by Professor Heather Durham (The Neuro) and Dr. Edor Kabashi (ICM).
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Dr. Brenda Milner, an active researcher at the age of 95 at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 缅北强奸, 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.
Scientists from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Canada have discovered that two genes linked to hereditary Parkinson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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William Feindel, O.C., G.O.Q., MDCM, D. Phil
1918 鈥 2014
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 缅北强奸 and the 缅北强奸 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.