Research
Towards a new understanding of Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease (after Alzheimer's disease) affecting between seven to 10 million people worldwide. While treatments...
August 13, 2015
Breakthrough in “marriage-broker” protein
Discovery provides new tool for understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at McGill University...
August 13, 2015
Gestational diabetes: A diabetes predictor in fathers
Gestational diabetes, a type of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy, affects between three and 20 per cent of pregnant women. Those who develop...
August 13, 2015
Scientists identify key gene associated with addiction
A new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry by a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health...
August 4, 2015
Our elegant brain: motor learning in the fast lane
It takes a surprisingly small cluster of brain cells deep within the cerebellum to learn how to serve a tennis ball, or line...
August 4, 2015
Study sheds light on the causes of cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of physical disability in children. Every year 140 children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy in...
August 3, 2015
Practice doesn’t always make perfect (depending on your brain)
Study fuels nature versus debate How do you get to Carnegie Hall? New research on the brain’s capacity to learn suggests there’s more...
July 29, 2015
MUHC conducts first islet cell transplant in Quebec
Innovative treatment for type 1 diabetes marks first step towards vision of regional network for islet cell isolation and transplant The MUHC has...
July 23, 2015
HIV uses the immune system’s own tools to suppress it
Scientists make a significant discovery on HIV persistence A Canadian research team at the IRCM in Montréal, led by molecular virologist Éric A....
July 16, 2015
How insulin calms brain activity
New role for “diabetes hormone” may lead to gains in treatment options for brain disorders Insulin has long been known as the hormone...
July 2, 2015
Canada’s largest study ever on aging reaches recruitment goal of 50,000 participants
Congratulations and thanks to our scientists and participants involved in this groundbreaking research By MUHC Public Affairs The Canadian Longitudinal Study on...
July 2, 2015
His and her pain circuitry in the spinal cord
New animal research reveals fundamental sex differences in how pain is processed New research released today in Nature Neuroscience reveals for the first time that...
June 29, 2015