Breakthrough in "marriage-broker" protein
Discovery provides new tool for understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases
Neuro awarded over $15 M in CIHR funding
Researchers get inaugural Foundation grants for high-impact, long-term programs
Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, 捆绑SM社区 have been awarded over $15 million in grants in the latest round of funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The grants are part of over $600 million in national funding, announced July 28 by Minister of Health Rona Ambrose.
Practice doesn鈥檛 always make perfect (depending on your brain)
Study fuels nature versus nurture debate
Stroke month - June
Time is brain: for every minute a stroke is left untreated, 2 million brain cells are destroyed.
Neuro researchers awarded over $4.5 M from CQDM, Brain Canada and the Ontario Brain Institute
Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at 捆绑SM社区 and the MUHC, have received a total of over $4.5 M in funding, for innovative projects to accelerate diagnosis and drug discovery for diseases of the brain, including Alzheimer鈥檚.
How your brain is telling you to vote
Researchers pinpoint a brain area that influences electoral decisions
ALS Awareness Month 鈥� June
As a major Canadian centre for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research and treatment, the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, invites the public and the media to learn more about the disease and current research and treatments, to donate money for ALS research and to wear the national emblem of ALS in Canada, the blue cornflower, during ALS Awareness Month in June.
Neuro researchers awarded $10.5 M from CFI
Today the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced an investment of $333 million for research infrastructure through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Two projects submitted by researchers affiliated with the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro at 捆绑SM社区 and the MUHC, have received a total of over $21 M in funding, with matching funds from the Government of Quebec.
National Nursing Week - Celebrating Excellence
The annual Neuroscience Nursing Awards of Excellence Ceremony took place May 12 as part of National Nursing Week.听 The event was a wonderful showcase of dedication, spirit, determination, strength, compassion and innovation.听 It was an opportunity to pause and celebrate nurses and others who have gone above and beyond this last year making the Transition Plan a reality.听 We would like to recognize this year鈥檚 awardees and again thank all the staff for their hard work and dedica
MEDIA ADVISORY: BILINGUALISM AND THE BRAIN
Public lecture: Perspectives on bilingualism: From birth to aging
May - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro at 捆绑SM社区 and the MUHC has Canada鈥檚 oldest MS clinic but is always innovating - striving for progress and better treatments for patients.
What鈥檚 new in MS at The Neuro
Tango dancing could benefit Parkinson's disease patients
New study puts 40 patients through 12-week course
April - Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Awareness Month
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, 捆绑SM社区 and the 捆绑SM社区 Health Centre, is at the forefront of Parkinson鈥檚 research and clinical care. Parkinson鈥檚 patients are seen at The Neuro鈥檚 Movement Disorders Clinic and the Montreal General Hospital. Approximately 100,000 Canadians have Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
The Neuro to introduce experimental drug treatment
Using patients鈥� own cells to accelerate research into neurological disease
$1 M gift from Mr. J. Sebastian van Berkom launches translational research into neurological disease
Teens test their smarts in the Brain Bee
Twenty-two students from four Montreal area high schools will assemble at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro at 捆绑SM社区 on April 2nd to be quizzed about synapses, axons and other cerebral facts in the international contest known as the Brain Bee. The winner will go on to the Canadian National Brain Bee at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. The national winner travels to Australia for the International Brain Bee.
