Learning a new language alters brain development

Scientists at The Neuro find important time factor in second-language acquisition The age at which children learn a second language can have a...
September 4, 2013

NEURO PORTRAIT: inspiring art and science

Photo exhibit dives into the heart of creativity and the human brain WATCH the video clip (30sec): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LuKKTdgFzw   (English transcript below) Starting...
August 21, 2013

Brain gain: Tripartite partnership creates leading-edge neuroscience network

McGill, Oxford  and Neuroscience Center Zurich sign three-way agreement By Neale McDevitt When it comes to relationships, three is often seen as a number...
August 20, 2013

Building bridges for better health care

Abitibi-Témiscamingue is a vital partner of the RUIS McGill. Twice a year, RUIS McGill leaders, faculty and staff from Montreal visit the area...
August 13, 2013

McGill’s Faculty of Medicine Welcomes Incoming Residents

On Wednesday, July 31, 2013, newly minted medical residents gathered at the Faculty of Medicine for orientation events aimed at their introduction to...
August 13, 2013

Alcoholism: effects on the brain’s dopamine system

Those vulnerable to alcoholism may experience an unusually large response in the brain’s reward-seeking pathway when they take a drink “There is accumulating...
August 13, 2013

New network in medical physics

Initiative funded by NSERC’s CREATE program seeks to bolster innovation in the development of technologies used for diagnosis and treatment of disease The...
August 12, 2013

Montreal’s golden age of medical research

By John Bergeron Professor of medicine at McGill University       MONTREAL — Sixty years ago, two McGill University scholars discovered the...
August 5, 2013

A new strategy leads to the improvement of cataract surgery

An eye for efficiency Continuing its pace-setting initiatives to enhance patients’ access to timely care while increasing workplace efficiency, the Jewish General Hospital...
August 5, 2013

Understanding the effects of genes on human traits

Montreal Scientists develop a novel approach for scanning the entire genome Recent technological developments in genomics have revealed a large number of genetic...
August 5, 2013

Keeping your balance

Identification of key neurons that sense unexpected motion has significant implications for understanding of motion sickness It happens to all of us at...
July 29, 2013

Blind since birth, man able to see at 68 years old

Blind for 68 years, Pierre-Paul Thomas can now see thanks to a surgical procedure completed a few months ago by a team from...
July 25, 2013