/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11385/all en /newsroom/channels/news/lab-grown-brain-cells-help-uncover-new-targets-parkinsons-treatments-361562 <p>Scientists have uncovered a new link between the immune system and the development of Parkinson’s disease.</p> <p>Researchers at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) at ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University have discovered that an immune response plays a key role in how toxic protein clumps, known as Lewy bodies, form in brain cells and contribute to disease.</p> <p>This suggests factors that trigger the immune system, such as chronic inflammation, exposure to toxins, or prolonged stress may not only correlate with Parkinson’s, as previous research has found, but drive its development.</p> Thu, 28 Nov 2024 20:33:56 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314865 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-laboratory-advance-research-3d-brain-modelling-322961 <p>Launching on June 26, 2020, the <a href="https://bigbrainproject.org/hiball.html">Helmholtz International BigBrain Analytics Learning Laboratory</a> (HIBALL) will work to create 3D brain models at an unprecedented cellular-level resolution.</p> Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:58:41 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 218389 at /newsroom