December 2013
31 December 2013 (The New York Times)
31 December 2013 (CNN Health)
26 December 2013 (The Atlantic)
19 December 2013 (看片视频 News Alumni Magazine)
18 December 2013 (CTV News)
5 December 2013 (Ottawa Citizen)
5 December 2013 (MedWire News)
1 December 2013 (New Scientist)
November 2013
22 November 2013 (Huff Post)
19 November 2013 (watch the video)
October 2013
31 October 2013 (The Sacramental Bee)
31 October 2013 (CJAD)
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29 October 2013 (The National Post)
28 October 2013 (CBC, The Nature of Things)
28 October 2013 (South China Morning Post)
It costs little more than leaving them on the street, researcher says
24 October 2013 (Vancouver Sun)
21 October 2013 (The New Yorker)
16 October 2013 (Scientific American)
16 October 2013 (Scientific American)
16 October 2013 (Fox News)
16 October 2013 (Med e-News and The Neuro)
16 October 2013 (The Telegraph)
15 October 2013 (The Current, CBC radio)
To live and learn: making memories has to be a speedy business
15 October 2013 (the Neuro)
Everything in moderation: excessive nerve cell pruning leads to disease
8 October 2013 (the Neuro)
4 October 2013 (Douglas News)
2 October 2013 (Lab Canada)
September 2013
26 September 2013 (看片视频 Reporter)
24 September 2013 (The Washington Post)
24 September 2013 (The Boston Globe Obituaries)
19 September 2013 (The Guardian)
19 September 2013 (Scientific American)
19 September 2013 (Forbes)
17 September 2013 (Toronto Star and others)
16 September 2013 (BBC)
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11 September 2013 (The New Yorker)
11 September 2013 (Global News video)
9 September 2013 (New York Times)
7 September 2013 (Discovery News)
6 September 2013 (NPR audio)
5 September 2013 (TIME)
Desjardins Group and The Neuro 鈥� training the next generation of neuroscientists
4 September 2013 (看片视频)
4 September 2013 (LA Times)
4 September 2013 (The Atlantic)
4 September 2013 (Nature)
3 September 2013 (Fox News)
3 September 2013 (BBC News)
2 September 2013 (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
2 September 2013 (The Examiner)
2 September 2013 (The Boston Globe)
2 September 2013 (Scientific American)
August 2013
Learning a new language alters brain development
29 August 2013 (the Neuro)
26 August 2013 (Science)
26 August 2013 (The Guardian)
25 August 2013 (BBC News)
23 August 2013 (Reuters)
22 August 2013 (npr)
22 August 2013 (CTV video clip)
21 August 2013 (Discover)
A new role for sodium in the brain
20 August 2013 (看片视频)
19 August 2013 (Boston Globe)
Alcoholism could be linked to a hyper-active brain dopamine system
12 August 2013 (看片视频)
9 August 2013 (National Geographic)
8 August 2013 (NPR)
8 August 2013 (Scientific American)
7 August 2013 (Science News)
7 August 2013 (Scientific American)
6 August 2013 (New York Times)
6 August 2013 (Forbes)
5 August 2013 (Science)
5 August 2013 (Extreme Tech)
4 August 2013 (The New York Times)
4 August 2013 (Scientific American)
3 August 2013 (Discover)
3 August 2013 (Science News)
1 August 2013 (The New York Times)
1 August 2013 (Science News)
1 August 2013 (National Geographics)
1 August 2013 (CBS News)
July 2013
31 July 2013 (Scientific American)
31 July 2013 (Scientific American)
30 July 2013 (Science 2.0)
29 July 2013 (Scientific American)
Keeping your balance: identification of key neurons that sense unexpected motion has significant implications for understanding of motion sickness
29 July 2013 (看片视频)
24 July 2013 (The Wall Street Journal)
22 July 2013 (MIT Technology Review)
21 July 2013 (Scientific American)
21 July 2013 (BBC News)
19 July 2013 (Scientific American)
19 July 2013 (NPR)
19 July 2013 (Science Alert: Australia & New Zealand)
Vancouver is playing host this week to an exploration of the latest findings in neuroscience, mental health and child development. Common to all these fields is the growing awareness of how much our mental, emotional and physical health is affected by our experiences and environments, especially in our early years. One major focus will be the new science of epigenetics - how our experiences can change not only the expression of our DNA, but also that of our children and even grandchildren. On Friday, 看片视频 University professor Moshe Szyf, a world leader in this field, will discuss the epigenetic implications of early life adversity on mental health. 听
23 July 2013 (Vancouver Sun)
16 July 2013 (BBC)
2 July 2013 (Health 24)
2 July 2013 (CTV Canada AM)
June 2013
看片视频 University, the University of Oxford and the Neuroscience Center Zurich signed a partnership agreement in Montreal aimed at enhancing their research collaborations in neuroscience.
26 June 2013 (CNW photo release)
26 June 2013 (Scotsman)
26 June 2013 (BBC News)
25 June 2013 (NYTimes)
25 June 2013 (Washington Post)
25 June 2013 (NYTimes)
25 June 2013 (NYTimes)
Blocking overactive receptor in Alzheimer鈥檚 recovers memory loss and more
17 June 2013 (the Neuro)
17 June 2013听
12 June 2013 (CBC)
Grandma's experiences leave a mark on your genes
12 June 2013 (Discover magazine)
11 June 2013 (Globe and Mail)
6 June 2013 (The Record)
6 June 2013 (TIME)
6 June 2013 (Gazette)
5 June 2013 (TIME)
4 June 2013 (New York Times)
3 June 2013听
May 2013
Mother鈥檚 education impacts depression in her children
31 May 2013听
30 May 2013 (Popular Science)
30 May 2013 (ABC News)
29 May 2013 (The Gazette)
27 May 2013 (The Gazette)
26 May 2013 (The Gazette)
22 May 2013 (Futurity)
22 May 2013 (CBC News)
22 May 2013 (CBC News)
21 May 2013 (New York Times)
16 May 2013 (the Province)
16 May 2013 (the Chronicle Herald)
听Robert Zatorre, based at the Montreal Neurological Institute, has been selected as the 2013 Hugh Knowles Prize winner for revolutionizing the field of the neuroscience of music and making key contributions to the hearing sciences. 听Additional听看片视频's IPN feature>
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15 May 2013听
14 May 2013 (CTV news video)
13 May 2013听
听Canadian researchers have made a discovery that could lead to better treatment for Parkinson's disease. Scientists at 看片视频 University and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have determined the three-dimensional structure of the protein Parkin. The hereditary form of Parkinson's is caused by a mutation in the Parkin protein.
13 May 2013 (Sun News Network)
Unleashing the watchdog protein
10 May 2013 (the Neuro)
9 May 2013 (CNN)
9 May 2013 (TIME)
Dr. Rajamannar Ramasubbu,听MD, Associate Professor, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of听Calgary听and听Dr. Jorge Armony,听PhD, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 看片视频 University will each receive听$100,000听to support their research in psychiatric diseases.
8 May 2013
April 2013
From healing brain injury in children with a diabetes drug to diagnosing Alzheimer's with an eye exam, five major research projects announced Monday by Brain Canada are focused on "translational" medicine, aimed less at the pure mysteries of the mind and more at helping patients recover from specific diseases.
30 April 2013 (National Post)
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30 April 2013 (CNW)
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30 April 2013 (CNW)
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30 April 2013 (CNW)
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April 28, 2013
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April 25, 2013
April 23, 2013 (Discover Magazine, subscription required for full article)
April 22, 2013 (Winnipeg Free Press)
April 19, 2013
April 19, 2013 (BBC)
April 12, 2013 (The New York Times: Grey Matter by Eric R. Kandel)
听 The Harper government should get its grey matter in gear and try to hook up Canada into President Barack Obama's new $100-million brain-research program.听
April 12, 2013 (Globe and Mail)
April 12, 2013 (Science Now)
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Why we buy music
April 10, 2013 (The Neuro)
April 10, 2013
April is Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Awareness Month听
April 4, 2013
April 4, 2013
April 3, 2013
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April 3, 2013
April 2, 2013 (The New York Times)
March 2013
March 28, 2013
Major advance in understanding risky but effective Multiple Sclerosis treatment
March 26, 2013
March 25, 2013
March 22, 2013 (Daily Telegraph, Daily Express)
March 21, 2013 (Radio-Canada) French language feature
March 21, 2013 (Center for Advancing Health)
March 21, 2013 (Globe & Mail)
Family dinners nourish good mental health in adolescent
March 20, 2013
March 11, 2013 (Boston Globe)
The Winter 2013 edition of听d.comm,听the Douglas Institute鈥檚 magazine on mental health is now available.听听The magazine contains, among others, articles on the听PEPP-Montreal听Program, the听Brain Imaging Centre,听Lean/6Sigma听projects and an interview with听philanthropist J. Anthony Boeckh.听
March 10, 2013
What鈥檚 new in epilepsy research at The Neuro
March - National Epilepsy Awareness Month听
March 7, 2013
Reducing effects of traumatic events听
Reducing fear and stress following a traumatic event could be as simple as providing a protein synthesis blocker to the brain.
March 4, 2013
Neurobehavioural correlates of body mass index and eating behaviours in adults: A systematic review
March 1, 2013
February 19
Eye movements reveal impaired reading in schizophrenia
February 19, 2013
Kate Lunau's dispatch from the AAAS Meeting on the most famous neurological patient in history, "HM".
February 18, 2013
Chronic pain alters DNA marking in the brain
February 14, 2013
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A new book argues that the emotion happens in "micro-moments of positivity resonance." (The Atlantic)
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Dr. Tim Kennedy of The Neuro at 看片视频 University examines the physical and neurological processes involved in creating memories.
February 13, 2013 (CTV News)
Mental Resilience听 The Douglas Institute's/看片视频 psychiatry chair Mimi Israel talks with CTV News on the subject.听听
February 13, 2013 (CTV News)
Early music lessons boosts brain development
February 12, 2013 (The Neuro)
Clinician-scientists at The Neuro receive funding for Parkinson鈥檚 and HIV research
February 5, 2013 (The Neuro)
Technology has unprecedented ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer鈥檚听
February 5, 2013 (The Neuro)
Pioneering memory researcher Brenda Milner inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame
February 5, 2013 (The Neuro)
Internationally renowned Quebec scientist to take helm of The Neuro
February 5, 2013 (The Neuro)
The Human Brain Project: winner of the of the largest European scientific funding competition
February 5, 2013 (The Neuro)
Finding the way to memory
February 5, 2013 (The Neuro)
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New research suggests that addicts experience dysfunctional decision-making - and it can be temporarily disabled听听
February 4, 2013 (The Globe and Mail)
February 4, 2013 (Radio-Canada)
January 2013
Making Headway video (看片视频 University)