/newsroom/taxonomy/term/109/all en /newsroom/channels/news/globe-and-mail-how-does-covid-19-affect-nervous-system-canadian-and-international-scientists-want-323690 <p>Canadian and international scientists are joining forces to promote research into how COVID-19 affects the central nervous system, as they strive to understand whether and how the new coronavirus and other respiratory viruses could lead to lasting brain damage. Brought together as part of a new initiative called VINEx, created by Rocket Science Health, a Victoria-based medical devices company, the group is aiming to lead the charge in understanding how viruses invade the brain – an area of study that has received relatively little attention.</p> Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:22:39 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 233898 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-laboratory-advance-research-3d-brain-modelling-322961 <p>Launching on June 26, 2020, the <a href="https://bigbrainproject.org/hiball.html">Helmholtz International BigBrain Analytics Learning Laboratory</a> (HIBALL) will work to create 3D brain models at an unprecedented cellular-level resolution.</p> Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:58:41 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 218389 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/ctv-neuroscience-funding-provide-common-platform-canadian-researchers-285214 <p>Ottawa has announced a new fund to connect all Canadian brain scientists. Fifteen universities across the country doing research into the hundreds of different types of brain diseases and disorders will join the $10 million platform. The Brain Canada Foundation said the federal funding will allow the creation of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform, which will be based at Montreal's Neurological Hospital. [...] Dr.</p> Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:15:10 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 32987 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-wins-84-million-grant-neuroscience-262441 <p>91���� will launch an ambitious effort to advance understanding of the human brain and ease the burden of neurological and mental-health disorders, thanks to an $84 million, seven-year grant announced today under the federal government's <strong>Canada First Excellence Research Fund (CFREF)</strong>.</p> <p>The program, <strong>Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives</strong>, will build on 91����'s leading position in neuroscience to make the university a global hub for brain research – one of the major frontiers for 21st century medicine.</p> Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:59:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 26115 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/big-data-study-discovers-earliest-sign-alzheimers-261667 <p><a href="/newsroom"><em><strong>91���� Newsroom</strong></em></a></p> <p><em>Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough</em></p> <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have used a powerful tool to better understand the progression of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD), identifying its first physiological signs.</p> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:12:54 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 26007 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/decoding-connectivity-261386 <p><a href="/newsroom"><strong><em>91���� Newsroom</em></strong></a></p> <p><em>It’s all math: How Professor Alan Evans is using cutting-edge statistics to unravel the complexity of brain disorders.</em></p> <p>When Alan Evans was starting out in the 1970s, researchers didn’t ask the boss to foot their bar tab. But that’s exactly what some of the coders in his Montreal Neurological Institute lab recently proposed: a 9-to-5 Saturday hackathon, held in an Irish pub a few blocks from the 91���� campus.</p> Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:25:56 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25963 at /newsroom