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A blow to the head disrupts cerebral homeostasis.
Physical activities
Are there better ways to protect athletes from blows to the head?
On the sidelines of football games at UdeM this fall, Louis De Beaumont and his students have been tracking the intensity and frequency of the impacts that players absorb.
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The report card covers a wide range of factors such as family habits and childcare practices.
Toddlers need to move, too
Childhood • Oct 30th
Astrocytes are star-shaped cells whose role in brain function is attracting growing interest.
Be afraid, very afraid—of the right things
Brain • Oct 27th
Andrès Finzi, professor in the Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Immunology, and Katrina Dionne, doctoral student at Université de Montréal
People may have pre-existing immunity to bird flu
Viruses • Oct 26th
According to Dr. Hudon, the challenge is to recognize that AI has become a part of many patients’ daily lives.
How do chatbots affect your mental health?
Digital health • Oct 14th
According to Sébastien Sauvé, for now, it is difficult to draw up a simple list of foods to avoid.
PFAS are in our food
Food • Oct 9th
According to Sylvie Belleville, a significant proportion of neurocognitive disorders could be prevented or delayed by addressing the seven modifiable risk factors.
Online program helps prevent cognitive decline
Mental health • Oct 5th
Representation of a DNA structure
How does the immune system target mutations that produce antibodies? 
Cancer • Sep 30th
The study shows that the surface area of the primary visual cortex was smaller in individuals whose mothers smoked during pregnancy.
A brain in the making, long before birth
Neuroscience • Sep 24th
According to Élisabeth Morin, a partner’s support is important, but social support in the broader sense can also play a protective role.
“Am I a good mother?” New insights into postpartum depression
Women • Sep 23rd
The brain can make the effort seem more difficult even when the muscles are just as capable of working.
When the brain gets tired, endurance suffers
Sports • Sep 22nd
The study establishes, for the first time, a direct link between a genetic mutation, the molecular abnormalities observed in the brain, and the resulting neurological symptoms.
A novel model reveals the mechanisms of a rare genetic encephalopathy
Neuroscience • Sep 22nd
The goal of the project is to support safer decisions while accounting for the needs of each person living with diabetes.
Funding supports AI-powered clinical decision-making for diabetes care
Funding • Sep 17th
These innovations are part of a broader effort to improve the health and well-being of racehorses, according to Morgane Schambourg.
Sniffing out doping in equestrian sports
Animal • Sep 15th
Skiers on the glacier in Tignes.
Does thin air slow the mind? New research on skiers’ mental reactions
Medicine • Sep 14th
An active cyclist rides about 10,000 kilometers a year, while a elite athlete covers between 25,000 and 35,000 kilometers.
Extraordinary hearts and lungs: the things that set elite cyclists apart
Sports • Sep 8th
A former national team triathlete, doctoral student Jérémy Briand was the first participant in a research project designed to determine what dose of a maple syrup-based drink can be tolerated while delivering optimal performance on a bicycle.
Maple syrup for cyclists? Sure, but how much?
Kinesiology • Sep 8th
Getting enough carbohydrates is what makes the difference in an endurance sport.
Captain Carbs to the rescue!
Nutrition • Sep 8th
The human body hosts trillions of bacterial cells.
The microbiome: A key to better performance?
Medicine • Sep 8th
Vision remains a key window into understanding how athletes anticipate and guide their actions.
In the eye of the pack: the role of vision in sports
Neuroscience • Sep 8th
Hepatitis C virus in blood
Understanding the link between hepatitis C and HIV persistence
HIV / AIDS • Sep 1st
Antoine Malescot, the study’s lead author, and Ravi Rungta, a researcher at the Institut Courtois d’innovation biomédicale and a professor in the Department of Stomatology at the Faculty of Dentistry and in the Department of Neurosciences at Université de Montréal
When the brain lights up, its blood supply doesn’t always follow
Brain • Aug 28th
A neuron damaged by a Lewy body, an abnormal cluster formed by the protein alpha-synuclein when it accumulates there.
Dementia with Lewy bodies: why are some brain regions more affected than others?
Neuroscience • Aug 25th
Psilocybin is the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms”.
Magic mushrooms in palliative care: Clinicians are keen but ill-equipped
Psychiatry • Aug 24th
In breeding chicken facilities, nearly half of the air samples collected exceeded the established ammonia limit, according to a study that combined a survey of 27 producers in six provinces with on-site monitoring at 10 farms in Quebec.
Air quality in Canadian poultry barns: a first look
Veterinary medicine • Aug 20th
For Stéphane Potvin, it is essential to avoid conflating psychosis with violence.
Schizophrenia and violence: the brain on high alert
Brain • Jul 6th
Across all waves, age and healthcare worker status were the characteristics most strongly associated with the risk of being among the first 25 per cent of cases within a cluster.
In Quebec, young adults were hit first by the pandemic
COVID-19 • Jun 30th
The problem stems in part from TikTok’s format, which forces creators to simplify information.
Is TikTok a reliable source of information on torn ACLs?
Social media • Jun 29th
Oysters could become sentinels of marine ecosystem health, according to Frédérique Le Roux.
Oysters: nature’s petri dish
Bacteria • Jun 23rd
One of the study’s key findings relates to the differences observed between the sexes even before a concussion occurs.
Concussions may look different in male and female brains
Brain • Jun 18th

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