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Photo de neurones reprogrammés par Janelle Drouin-Ouellet à partir de cellules de peau de patients atteints de la maladie de Parkinson. Les noyaux cellulaires sont marqués en bleu, tandis que les marquages vert et rouge montrent deux protéines exprimées dans des neurones matures.

Health

A novel approach to Parkinson's disease

4 December 2020

Article

Science

Discovery of a key player in memory

7 October 2020

Press release

Parkinson’s disease, the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease, affects a growing number of people within an aging population.

Health

$12.5 million awarded to Montreal team to study Parkinson’s Disease

17 September 2020

Press release

Science

Unlocking the mysteries of the brain

26 August 2020

Press release

For people with a brain arteriovenous malformation, a congenital vascular system defect, fate has a name: stroke. To avoid this risk, patients sometimes undergo interventions to remove the malformation. But is this very beneficial? Not necessarily.

Health

Doing no harm reduces the risk of stroke

18 June 2020

Press release

The blood-brain barrier protecting our brain from attacks becomes permeable in people with multiple sclerosis, allowing a large number of lymphocytes to infiltrate and damage the tissues.

Health

Slowing the progression of multiple sclerosis

13 November 2019

Press release

People who suffer a major concussion can lose their sense of smell temporarily and also develop affective problems, such as anxiety and depression. Now scientists have found that's true even for people who get a minor concussion.

Health

Hit your head, lose your sense of smell

23 July 2019

Press release

Gut infection can lead to a pathology resembling Parkinson’s disease in a mouse model lacking a gene linked to the human disease.

Health

Can gut infection trigger Parkinson’s disease?

17 July 2019

Press release

Health

Harnessing artificial intelligence to control drug-resistant epilepsy

3 December 2018

Article

Science

Smell and behaviour: the scents of taking action

29 October 2018

Press release

Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a rare and devastating inflammatory brain disease that can lead to the destruction or removal of a part of the affected brain.

Health

Rare brain disease in children: major breakthroughs in Rasmussen’s encephalitis

10 April 2018

Press release

The RNA binding protein hnRNP A1B, a splice variant of hnRNP A1, is expressed in the central nervous system and forms cytoplasmic aggregates in the neurons of ALS patients.

Health

Better understanding ALS by looking at how cells change

19 March 2018

Press release

This study investigates the adverse consequences of concussions on young children.

Society

Behavioural problems and concussion in preschoolers

8 January 2018

Press release

A participant takes part in the study at her home.

Health

Some video games are good for older adults' brains

6 December 2017

Article

Cristina Vasuta, Hideto Takahashi, Yusuke Naito et Alfred Lee.

Health Science

Hideto Takahashi decodes neuron signals

6 December 2017

Press release

The researchers Alex Parker and Pierre Drapeau.

Health

A promising new medication for 'Lou Gehrig's disease'

16 November 2017

Press release

Une étude révèle que les mutations liées à l’épilepsie confèrent des propriétés particulières aux protéines correspondantes, pouvant se traduire par une diminution ou une augmentation de leur activité.

Health

Researchers discover eight new epilepsy genes

8 November 2017

Article

Health

Playing action video games can actually harm your brain

7 August 2017

Article

Health

Detecting long-term concussion in athletes

12 July 2017

Article

Health

The sleep of traumatic brain-injury patients

16 January 2017

Press release

Health Science

Bilingualism may save brain resources as you age

9 January 2017

Press release

PhD student Martine Therrien, Catherine Aaron, Gabrielle Beaudry, and researcher Alex Parker

Health Community

Maple syrup protects neurons and nurtures young minds

18 April 2016

Press release

Health

Concussion can alter parent-child relationships

12 April 2016

Press release

Professor Michel Cayouette, Carine Monat, and Marine Lacomme.

Health Science

An IRCM team unveils a mechanism that controls neuron production from stem cells

14 January 2016

Press release

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