/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10413/all en /newsroom/claire-webster Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:49:23 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314633 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-brains-internal-compass-works-347094 <p>Scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction, by tracking neural activity with the latest advances in brain imaging techniques. The findings shed light on how the brain orients itself in changing environments – and even the processes that can go wrong with degenerative diseases like dementia, that leave people feeling lost and confused.</p> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:29:12 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 297173 at /newsroom /newsroom/simon-ducharme Thu, 05 Aug 2021 19:47:04 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 271817 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-identify-correlation-between-mild-behavioural-impairment-and-alzheimers-321513 <p>New research from À¦°óSMÉçÇø has found that the presence and severity of mild behavioural impairment (MBI) in cognitively healthy individuals is strongly associated with the presence of amyloid plaques deposits in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.</p> Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:21:43 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 207272 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/canadian-researchers-and-international-collaborators-seek-improve-care-people-living-dementia-and-295400 <p>Receiving a diagnosis of dementia can be a disorienting experience for the person diagnosed and their families. A diagnosis often leaves the person and their families searching for information and guidance on health and social services that are available to assist them in their daily lives.</p> <p>The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, today announced funding from the Government of Canada to support Canadian researchers who will work with international collaborators to improve health and social services for people living with dementia and their families.</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:19:55 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 151492 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/nordic-nations-north-americans-and-antipodeans-rank-top-navigation-skills-288652 <p>People in Nordic countries, North America, Australia, and New Zealand have the best spatial navigational abilities, according to a new study led by UCL and the University of East Anglia.</p> <p>Researchers assessed data from over half a million people in 57 countries who played a specially-designed mobile game, which has been developed to aid understanding into spatial navigation, a key indicator in Alzheimer’s disease.</p> <p>With so many people taking part the team were able to reveal that spatial navigation ability across all countries declines steadily across adulthood.</p> Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:51:21 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 70298 at /newsroom /newsroom/serge-g-gauthier Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23518 at /newsroom