students /hbhl/taxonomy/term/52/all en Researchers classify Alzheimer’s progression and subtypes for a personalized approach to the disease /hbhl/channels/news/researchers-classify-alzheimers-progression-and-subtypes-personalized-approach-disease-343503 <p>Alzheimer’s disease is a disorder characterized by abnormalities in several different biological areas.</p> <p>A study carried out by HBHL-funded researcher Yasser Iturria-Medina and his research group, in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at The Neuro, represents the first and largest multimodal data collection effort to date for Alzheimer’s disease.<br /> <br /> This work represents the most significant effort so far to classify Alzheimer's disease from a multi-level molecular perspective.</p> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:30:32 +0000 roberta.santangelo@mcgill.ca 1273 at /hbhl Carriers at higher risk of developing neurodegenerative disease /hbhl/channels/news/carriers-higher-risk-developing-neurodegenerative-disease-290308 <p>A team of Canadian scientists, including researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro), has discovered the first French-Canadian founder mutation gene linked to synucleinopathies, a group of neurodegenerative diseases that includes Parkinson’s disease (PD), dementia with Lewy-Bodies (DLB) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).</p> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:34:49 +0000 jennifer.morrow@mcgill.ca 733 at /hbhl Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives Launches New Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition /hbhl/channels/news/healthy-brains-healthy-lives-launches-new-postdoctoral-fellowship-competition-289852 <p>Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (<a href="/hbhl">HBHL</a>), in conjunction with Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (<a href="/gps/">GPS</a>), is pleased to announce the launch of its Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition.</p> <p>This competition aims to attract, train and retain top students at the postdoctoral level from across disciplines and around the world to participate in interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research training opportunities related to brain and mental health research, knowledge translation/mobilization and innovation.</p> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:00:42 +0000 jennifer.morrow@mcgill.ca 729 at /hbhl