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AI-generated image of a cup of coffee featuring latte art in the shape of a sleeping brain, created using DALL·E / Prompt by Karim Jerbi

Science

How does coffee affect a sleeping brain?

29 May 2025

Press release

While it can be caused by taking antidepressants or by having sleep apnea, RBD is also a precursor of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia, two neurodegenerative diseases that belong to the same family.

Health

Troubled sleep, troubling diagnosis

29 May 2025

Article

Noting the current lack of clinical biomarkers needed to diagnose Parkinson's, the researchers believe that knowing the disease’s unique signature could help clinical teams diagnose it early on, from a blood sample.

Health

Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature

29 May 2025

Article

The results from this study also show that certain genetic duplications have a protective effect against neurodegenerative disorders.

Health

Cognitive abilities: mapping the impact of DNA modifications

30 January 2025

Press release

When the kidneys are damaged and cannot properly filter blood, waste products do have an impact on the brain.

Health

Chronic kidney disease may lead to cognitive disorders

14 January 2025

Article

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of axon guidance is crucial to developing therapeutic strategies for neurological disorders.

Science

Understanding neurological diseases: crucial interactions come to light

13 December 2024

Press release

Given the pressing need to develop therapeutic interventions against vision loss, researchers around the world are testing different ways to repair damaged macula.

Science

Using stem-cell transplants to treat blindness

6 December 2024

Press release

The finding underscores the need to consider vascular health in understanding dementia risk, as well as the genetic susceptibility to it that some individuals may carry.

Health

What the white spots show

21 November 2024

Article

The study offers promising avenues for the development of pharmacological treatment, gene therapy and cell therapy involving transplantation of GABAergic interneuron progenitor cells.

Health

Epileptic encephalopathies: the key role of a gene revealed

2 October 2024

Press release

Understanding the mechanisms causing mirror movement is key to finding ways to treat it.

Health

Looking deeper into the mirror

2 October 2024

Press release

Dumas believes that autism is “a relational condition rather than a disorder specific to the individual.”

Health

It takes two to tango: an interpersonal perspective on autism

30 September 2024

Article

Dr. Frédéric Charron's team has demonstrated that β-arrestin proteins act as adapters between Smo and SFKs proteins, two crucial components of axon guidance.

Health

Spinal cord formation in the embryo: the role of a protein family understood

27 June 2024

Press release

Florence Deguire’s work opens up the possibility of detecting neurodevelopmental abnormalities that are currently not diagnosed until age four or five.

Science

Cognitive performance at age four can be predicted in infancy

22 March 2024

Article

The scientific literature is clear: amyloid-beta oligomers accumulate in the brain one to two decades before Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed.

Health

Decoding sleep to reveal our state of health

15 March 2024

Article

Health

Journey into the dilemmas of the brain

21 November 2023

Article

The interplay between neuroscience and AI has led to the emergence of a new field known as neuroAI.

Science

UdeM: where neuroscience meets AI

6 November 2023

Article

The study shows that the brain's hemispheres asymmetry changes with age, and that each region of the cortex and each hemisphere thins at a different rate.

Health

Probing teenagers' lopsided brains

1 November 2023

Article

Astrocytes, a type of non-neuronal brain cell

Health

Stress, depression and… astrocytes

10 October 2023

Article

Surprising resilience of the brain during the asymptomatic period of Parkinson's

Health

Progressing undetected for years

18 July 2023

Article

Marisol Lavertu-Jolin, a doctoral student at the time of the work and first author of the study, and Graziella Di Cristo, a neuroscience specialist at CHU Sainte-Justine.

Health

Mimicking brain plasticity in children to control PTS

18 May 2023

Press release

Health

Found: the mutated gene behind mirror movement disorder

15 May 2023

Press release

Science

Using intelligent neuroprostheses to treat motor disorders

19 April 2023

Article

Community

Tomas Paus: putting young people's brain health under the microscope

17 April 2023

Article

Science

A giant step forward in understanding autism

16 February 2023

Press release

Health

Is the brain wired differently in people with addictions?

15 February 2023

Article

Community

Donation of $1 million to help teens with epilepsy transition to adult care

13 February 2023

Article

Health

Technologically assisted communication may impair brain development

17 January 2023

Article

Health

Found: a protective probiotic for ALS

20 December 2022

Press release

Science

Developing AI-based therapies to fix the nervous system

23 November 2022

Article

Health

Can a work of art reveal the presence of a neurodegenerative disease?

17 November 2022

Article

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