/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2658/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/playing-action-video-games-may-be-bad-your-brain-study-finds-269315 <p>The study by Canadian researchers <strong>Dr. Véronique Bohbot</strong> of Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal and Dr. Greg West, an associate professor at the French-language Université de Montréal, demonstrates that the way first-person shooter video game players use their brains to navigate within the game changes the impact various games have on their nervous system.</p> <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/08/08/playing-action-video-games-may-be-bad-for-your-brain-study-finds/"><em>Radio-Canada International</em></a></p> Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:55:55 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32156 at /newsroom /newsroom/josephine-nalbantoglu Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23600 at /newsroom /newsroom/peter-scott-mcpherson Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22872 at /newsroom /newsroom/jeffrey-mogil Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 23132 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/study-points-role-nervous-system-arthritis-228778 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:14:47 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 18783 at /newsroom