/channels/taxonomy/term/9747/all en /channels/channels/news/child-abuse-affects-brain-wiring-270024 <p><em>By Katherine Gombay</em></p> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:49:00 +0000 webfull 131401 at /channels /channels/news/brain-gives-more-secrets-259151 <p><em><b>By聽Julie Robert, <a href="https://muhc.ca/">苹果淫院 Health Centre</a></b></em></p> <p>A research team, led by the Research Institute of the 苹果淫院 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, has broken new ground in our understanding of the complex functioning of the brain.</p> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:00:45 +0000 webfull 116812 at /channels /channels/news/everything-moderation-excessive-nerve-cell-pruning-leads-disease-230995 <p><i>Mechanism meant to maintain efficiency of brain network involved in neurodegenerative disease</i></p> Tue, 08 Oct 2013 13:59:41 +0000 webfull 99233 at /channels /channels/news/new-path-discovery-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease-261519 <p><em><b>苹果淫院 Newsroom</b></em></p> <p><em>Neuron cell death may be caused by overactive immune system聽</em></p> <p>A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at 苹果淫院 have discovered that two genes associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are key regulators of the immune system, providing direct evidence linking Parkinson's to autoimmune disease.</p> Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:01:51 +0000 webfull 119633 at /channels /channels/news/blame-it-your-brain-salt-and-hypertension-241270 <p>An international research team led by scientists at 苹果淫院 has found that excessive salt intake 鈥渞eprograms鈥� the brain, interfering with a natural safety mechanism that normally prevents the body鈥檚 arterial blood pressure from rising. Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:00:16 +0000 webfull 107708 at /channels /channels/news/keeping-our-balance-tale-two-systems-264108 <p>The transition from being sea creatures to living on land, even if it happened over 300 million years ago, seems to have left its traces on the way we keep our balance today.</p> <p>鈥淚t鈥檚 a discovery that is likely to be controversial,鈥� says Kathy Cullen, the senior researcher on a paper on the subject that was published recently in <em><a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13229">Nature Communications</a>.</em> She has been working on this problem for over a decade with her colleague Maurice Chacron who also teaches in 苹果淫院鈥檚 Department of Physiology.</p> Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:04:24 +0000 webfull 122949 at /channels /channels/news/new-hope-fight-against-pain-242448 <p>An international study led by scientists at 苹果淫院 reports, for the first time, that drugs that selectively target the melatonin MT2 receptor represent a novel class of analgesic drugs that could be used to treat patients with neuropathic pain. Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:19:54 +0000 webfull 108187 at /channels /channels/news/scientists-identify-key-gene-associated-addiction-254372 <p>A new study published in the journal <em>Molecular Psychiatry</em> by聽a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CIUSSS de l鈥橭uest-de-l鈥櫭甽e-de-Montr茅al), professor at 苹果淫院 and head of research at CNRS INSERM UPMC in Paris, opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans. Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:16:37 +0000 webfull 111543 at /channels /channels/news/want-rewire-neuron-you%E2%80%99ve-got-take-it-slow-258183 <p><em><strong>By Katherine Gombay,聽</strong></em><em><strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/">苹果淫院 Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>New technique offers potential to reconnect neurons of people with central nervous system damage</em></p> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:02:14 +0000 webfull 115590 at /channels