/newsroom/taxonomy/term/6808/all en /newsroom/channels/news/using-laser-light-study-how-epilepsy-arises-healthy-brain-295750 <p>Scientists at Ă山ǿĽé have developed a new method to study how seizures arise in the healthy brain. Using laser light guided through ultra-thin optic fibers in the brain of rodents, the researchers “turned on” light-sensitive proteins in selective brain cells and were able to eventually cause seizures through repeated laser stimulation. These findings were published March 27, 2019 in the journal Scientific Reports.</p> Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:52:15 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 154370 at /newsroom /newsroom/martin-veilleux Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23130 at /newsroom /newsroom/andrea-bernasconi Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23202 at /newsroom /newsroom/jean-gotman Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23532 at /newsroom /newsroom/eva-andermann Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23022 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-insulin-calms-brain-activity-253761 <p>Insulin has long been known as the hormone which controls the body’s sugar levels: humans who lack or are insensitive to insulin develop diabetes. Although insulin is also made and released in the brain, its effects there have remained unclear.</p> <p> Tue, 30 Jun 2015 21:01:01 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24281 at /newsroom