/neuro/taxonomy/term/583/all en /neuro/channels/news/neurological-disease-and-brain-plasticity-research-gets-major-funding-boost-329746 <p><strong>The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges</strong></p> <p>Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:53 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 4929 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/brains-are-more-plastic-we-thought-268972 <h2>Researchers train brains to use different regions for same task</h2> <p>Practice might not always make perfect, but it’s essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive therapy to overcome disabilities caused by neurological disease or trauma.</p> <p>Research at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº (The Neuro) has shown just how adaptive the brain can be, knowledge that could one day be applied to recovery from conditions such as stroke.</p> Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:36:23 +0000 lisa.elnagar@mail.mcgill.ca 2686 at /neuro /neuro/channels/news/new-insight-aging-289791 <p><strong>Plasticity is enhanced but dysregulated in the aging brain</strong></p> <p>They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but new research shows you can teach an old rat new sounds, even if the lesson doesn’t stick very long.</p> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:28:56 +0000 shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca 3160 at /neuro