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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

Picard and Rainville show that facial expressions triggered by painful stimuli can be predicted from brain activity.

Health

Facial expressions of pain can be predicted from brain activity

4 December 2024

Article

Health

Detecting consciousness with EEGs, soundscapes and … clowns

18 November 2024

Article

THC modifies the expression of certain genes affecting the structure and function of synapses and dendrites.

Health

Cannabis use in adolescence: visible effects on brain structure

23 October 2024

Press release

Neurons are the building blocks of the brain and the nervous system that are responsible for sending and receiving signals that control the brain and body functions.

Health

A new target for anxiety disorders

10 October 2024

Press release

De Beaumont’s results suggest that receiving one or more further blows increases the excitotoxic response, making the athlete more susceptible to concussion during the game.

Health

No concussion? A blow to the head is still dangerous

19 September 2024

Article

Scientist pipetting sample into a multi well plate

Health

Sanfilippo syndrome: Major advancement towards developing a treatment

27 May 2024

Press release

Given the benefits for language development and memory, Audrey Delcenserie encourages parents to learn and expose their deaf child to sign language even if the child will receive a cochlear implant.

Health

Got a cochlear implant? You should still sign.

25 April 2024

Article

Most of the body's cells have a structure called the primary cilium, or simply, cilium. This structure acts like an antenna, responsible for detecting signals in the cell's environment.

Science

'Antennae' of cells: a protein plays a major role

25 April 2024

Press release

Spatial cognition seems more related to sex, while verbal cognition seems more related to gender.

Society

Who does what better: a non-binary view

9 April 2024

Article

Food abundance or scarcity seems to influence the extent of the role played by the genes of the mother and the unborn baby.

Health

How the brain develops in unborn babies

19 February 2024

Press release

There are devices that produce “coloured noise, whether it be white noise, which combines all audible frequencies; pink noise, which amplifies the lower frequencies and reduces the higher ones; or brown noise, which skews even more strongly towards the low frequencies.

Health

Can “coloured noise” really improve our sleep?

29 January 2024

Article

Chewing increases blood flow, and therefore cell oxygenation, in brain areas important for cognition.

Health

The complexity of chewing

23 January 2024

Article

The professor is concerned about how ChatGPT could pose risks to cognitive development, but he also worries the technology could minimize social interaction and encourage people to live more sedentary lives.

Science

Is ChatGPT making us dumber?

24 November 2023

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

Health

When is the right time to start playing again after a concussion?

20 September 2023

Article

Community

The Canadian Pediatric Imaging Platform (C-PIP) receives $5.6M

24 May 2023

Press release

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

The brain: a powerful sexual organ

13 February 2023

Article

Health

Incurable neurodegenerative myelin diseases: a hopeful advance

1 December 2022

Press release

Culture

Out of tune: when words get in the way

20 July 2022

Press release

Health

Boosting research on cognitive decline and dementia

31 March 2022

Article

Health

Anxiodepressive disorders: much more than a matter of weight

9 December 2021

Press release

Health

When the senses get confused

18 November 2021

Press release

Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is particularly prevalent in toddlers; they’re more likely to be injured because they have a lower sense of danger and are still developing physically. But parents and clinicians have trouble detecting symptoms of trauma, given the toddler’s limited verbal skills.

Health

Head injury and concussion in toddlers: early detection of symptoms is vital

1 June 2021

Press release

Health

New use for an old drug

16 December 2020

Press release

Ravi Rungta

Health

What makes a healthy brain?

4 December 2020

Article

Science

Discovery of a key player in memory

7 October 2020

Press release

Science

Unlocking the mysteries of the brain

26 August 2020

Press release

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