/channels/taxonomy/term/1064/all en /channels/channels/news/106m-grant-supports-innovative-autism-project-356608 <h2><b>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Translational Platform in Autism Research will help uncover the disorders’ neural foundations </b></h2> <p> </p> <p>A new project at The Neuro, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº and the Research Institute of the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded $10.6M in financial support as part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund.</p> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:48:30 +0000 webfull 199253 at /channels /channels/channels/news/boris-bernhardt-wins-cans-2022-new-investigator-award-339063 <h2>Together with Dr. Birgit Frauscher, Bernhardt co-directs The Neuro’s new Centre of Excellence in Epilepsy</h2> <p>Since joining The Neuro in 2016, Boris Bernhardt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, has published pioneering research on the organization and development of the healthy brain. His achievements have been recognized this week by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, who have awarded him the 2022 New Investigator Award.</p> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:10:13 +0000 webfull 179562 at /channels /channels/channels/news/study-shows-how-our-brains-sync-hearing-vision-330950 <p><strong>To make sense of complex environments, brain waves constantly adapt, compensating for drastically different sound and vision processing speeds</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>Every high-school physics student learns that sound and light travel at very different speeds. If the brain did not account for this difference, it would be much harder for us to tell where sounds came from, and how they are related to what we see.</p> Tue, 11 May 2021 12:52:31 +0000 webfull 170508 at /channels /channels/channels/event/23rd-biennial-meeting-international-society-developmental-neuroscience-330151 <h2>Advancing understanding of nervous system development and neurodevelopmental disorders</h2> <p><strong>ONLINE: Live and On-demand | May 25-27, 2021</strong></p> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:07:01 +0000 webfull 169582 at /channels /channels/channels/event/second-joint-mcgill-znz-workshop-focus-neurodevelopmental-disorders-329680 <p>This Workshop is the latest scientific event for the longstanding partnership between Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, The Neuro, and the Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ).</p> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:10:17 +0000 webfull 169077 at /channels /channels/channels/news/diamond-therapeutics-signs-agreement-mcgill-university-research-low-dose-lsd-328282 <p>TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2021 /CNW/ - Diamond Therapeutics Inc. ("<b>Diamond</b>"), a leading psychedelic drug development company focused on low-dose therapies for mental health, has entered into an agreement with ƻ¹ûÒùԺ for the exclusive use of Dr. Gabriella Gobbi's groundbreaking studies with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), its mechanism of action on the brain, and its potential for use at low doses in the treatment of mental health disorders. </p> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:13:50 +0000 webfull 167561 at /channels /channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-webcast-understanding-autism-spectrum-disorders-327809 <p>Join us on<strong> January 27, 2021 at noon</strong> for the next webcast in our biweekly series, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts"><em><strong>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Cares</strong></em></a>, designed to supp</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:02:09 +0000 webfull 167018 at /channels /channels/channels/news/exceptional-donation-support-autism-research-302552 <p><strong>Q1K: A collaborative undertaking involving 1,000 families to transform autism care</strong></p> Wed, 13 Nov 2019 16:35:54 +0000 webfull 155416 at /channels /channels/channels/news/music-improves-social-communication-autistic-children-291353 <p>Engaging in musical activities such as singing and playing instruments in one-on-one therapy can improve autistic children’s social communication skills, improve their family’s quality of life, as well as increased brain connectivity in key networks, according to researchers at Université de Montréal and Æ»¹ûÒùÔº.</p> Mon, 05 Nov 2018 12:22:48 +0000 webfull 142832 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-insight-how-autism-might-develop-human-brain-287849 <p>In a study published in <em>Stem Cell Reports</em>, a Æ»¹ûÒùÔº team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, revealed a molecular mechanism that may play a role in the development of autism.</p> <p>By taking skin cells from patients and reprogramming those cells to become brain cells through genetic engineering, Dr. Ernst, graduate student Scott Bell, and Edward A. Fon and Thomas M. Durcan, colleagues at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, tracked how a brain cell with the patient’s own mutation develops improperly.</p> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 18:46:30 +0000 webfull 138760 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-insight-how-autism-might-develop-human-brain-287833 <p><strong>Montreal </strong>— In a study published in <em>Stem Cell Reports</em>, a Æ»¹ûÒùÔº team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, revealed a molecular mechanism that may play a role in the development of autism.</p> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:13:26 +0000 webfull 138739 at /channels /channels/channels/news/1m-donation-support-autism-research-powered-open-science-287399 <p><strong>Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation shares The Neuro’s open science vision to accelerate drug discovery and find new and effective treatments for autism spectrum disorders</strong></p> Tue, 29 May 2018 17:26:53 +0000 webfull 138237 at /channels /channels/channels/event/living-autism-286666 <h2>Living with Autism</h2> <h3>2018 Tamil Health Seminar</h3> <p>Topics discussed will include:</p> Wed, 18 Apr 2018 20:09:01 +0000 webfull 137406 at /channels /channels/channels/news/transformative-donation-16-million-establishes-new-autism-research-centre-montreal-neurological-281573 <p><strong>The Azrieli Centre for Autism Research will foster innovations in therapy and a better understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder. </strong></p> <p><span>A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.</span></p> Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:14:35 +0000 webfull 132147 at /channels /channels/channels/news/transformative-donation-16-million-establishes-new-autism-research-centre-montreal-neurological-280172 <p>A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.</p> Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:05:06 +0000 webfull 132133 at /channels