December 2016
Breakthrough in MS treatment (Amit Bar-Or and Douglas Arnold)
22 December (Neuro News)
SSRI Use Tied to Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage (Christel Renoux)
19 December (Neurology Advisor)
Marijuana and the brain (Gabriella Gobbi)
17 December (Journal de Montreal)
McGill University announces a transformative $20 million donation to the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
16 December (Med e-News)
Immigrant Mental Health: Strengths And Resiliency (Robert Whitley)
12 December (Huffington Post)
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Awards NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants Valued At $1.5 Million to Scientists Pursuing Innovative Mental Health Research (Gustavo Turecki)
8 December (FreshNews.com)
6 Canada Research Chairs for the Faculty of Medicine (Gustavo Turecki)
2 December (McGill Reporter)
The neuroscience of HIV (Lesley Fellows)
1 December (McGill Reporter)
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology unveils innovative Mental Health and Wellness Support Program
1 December (Med e-News)
November 2016
Epileptic encephalopathy linked to protein trafficking gene (Peter McPherson)
28 November (Neuro News)
MNI researchers receive funding to study ARSACS
25 November (Med e-News)
Major ALS Research Funding Announced
23 November (Neuro News)
Levitin wins Quebec Writers' Federation non-fiction prize
23 November (CBC)
Olfactory perception influenced by background and semantic information (Jelena Djordjevic)
21 November (Neuro News)
Like I was talking to myself in the mirror (Laurence Kirmayer)
21 November (CBC Radio)
Part of your ear is hundreds of millions of years old (Kathy Cullen)
19 November (CBC Radio)
Is your GPS scrambling your brain? (Veronique Bohbot)
15 November (Outside Online)
Keeping our balance - a tale of two systems (Kathy Cullen & Maurice Chacron)
11 November (McGill Newsroom)
Computer program ranks the most influential brain scientists of the modern era (Alan Evans at #6)
11 November (Science)
How to defeat dementia (Serge Gauthier)
9 November (Nature)
FMSQ honours Dr. Donatella Tampieri
8 November (Neuro News)
Alan Evans receives Quebec honour
7 November (Med e-News)
In memoriam: Gus O’Gorman (1941 – 2016)
3 November (Med e-News)
October 2016
Researchers identify gene associated with intracranial aneurysm in French-Canadian population
31 October (Neuro news)
The real -- and growing -- effects of fake pills (Jeffrey Mogil)
27 October (CNN.com)
Identification of a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease (Hemant Paudel)
21 October (Med e-News)
McGill’s Gustavo Turecki receives the 2016 Acfas Léo-Pariseau prize
21 October (Med e-News)
Essential tremor sufferers needed for groundbreaking study
21 October (Neuro News)
In Memoriam: Allan Leonard Sherwin (1932-2016)
20 October (Med e-News)
In Memoriam: John B. Richardson (1936 – 2016)
20 October (Med e-News)
The Neuro launches Susan Cameron Cook Neuro-Palliative Care Program
17 October (Neuro News)
Dr. Guy Rouleau receives national award for significant contributions to world of science
14 October (Med e-News)
Pair of proteins found to drive neuroinflammation (Philippe Gros)
13 October (Med e-News)
September 2016
Brain’s biological clock stimulates thirst before sleep (Charles Bourque)
28 September (Med e-News)
Two McGill Faculty of Medicine researchers receive Margolese prizes from UBC (Michael Meaney)
28 September (Med e-News)
Brenda Milner, grande dame of memory, still active at the MNI at 98
25 September (Radio-Canada)
Looking to local researchers for a cure to Alzheimer's
21 September (Montreal.CTVNews)
Worldwide brain-mapping project sparks excitement — and concern
21 September (Nature)
Largest Canadian study on dementia hopes to develop new treatments and interventions (Howard Chertkow)
21 September (Montreal Gazette)
Alzheimer’s research at McGill: Milestone anniversary prompts walk down memory lane
20 September (Med e-News)
Team led by MNI researcher receives $6.1 million to study MS (Douglas Arnold)
19 September (Neuro News)
Canada Foundation for Innovation provides $1.1M for CBRAIN computing platform at McGill
16 September (Med e-News)
New Montreal Alzheimer’s Research for a Cure initiative to fund local research (Alan Evans and Andréa LeBlanc)
16 September (Med e-News)
Could quality of sleep have to do with sex differences? (Diane Boivin)
16 September (Med e-News)
All-party group calls for legalization of cannabis for medicinal uses (Mark Ware)
13 September (The Guardian)
Faculty of Medicine representatives among new Royal Society of Canada Fellow (Charles Bourque, Guy Rouleau)
8 September (Med e-News)
Medication against schizophrenia inhibits pancreatic cancer
8 September (Med e-News)
McGill wins $84-million grant for neuroscience
6 September (Med e-News)
The life-changing MS drugs that helped champion swimmer Stephanie Millward to five medals
6 September (Daily Mail)
The bad news: trauma can be inherited. The good news—so can resilience (Moshe Szyf and Michael Meaney)
6 September (BigThink)
Applause: Montreal couple organize art fundraiser for ALS research
6 September (The Montreal Gazette)
August 2016
Continuing the fight against Brain Cancer
31 August (Neuro News)
Researchers find new role for cannabinoids in vision
25 August (Neuro News)
The Great Canadian Sleepwalk – the road to good nights (Reut Gruber)
17 August (Med e-news)
Gaming camera could aid MS treatment (Farnood Gholami)
15 August (Neuro News)
How it feels to live in darkness (Patrice Voss)
12 August (BBC.com)
Depression screening in children and adolescents (Brett Thombs)
3 August (Med e-News)
The Brain that couldn’t remember (Brenda Milner)
3 August (New York Times)
July 2016
Drug 'may slow' Alzheimer's brain death (Serge Gauthier)
27 July (BBC News)
Helping Our School-Age Children Sleep Better (Reut Gruber)
25 July (New York Times)
Paths to Autism: One or Many? (Mayada Elsabbagh)
20 July (Med e-News)
Can zapping your brain be beneficial? (Matthew Krause)
20 July (CBC.ca)
Brenda Milner and Hanna Pappius Birthday Celebration
14 July (Neuro Events)
Middle-age memory decline a matter of changing focus (Natasha Rajah)
12 July (Med e-News)
“Big Data” study discovers earliest sign of Alzheimer’s development (Alan Evans)
11 July (Neuro News)
In Memoriam: Klaus Minde (1933 – 2016)
11 July (Med e-News)
June 2016
Wilder Penfield Digital Collection launched
29 June (what'snew.communications @McGill)
Researchers open new path of discovery in Parkinson’s disease (Heidi McBride)
27 June (Neuro News)
High-Tech Tools Show Promise for Stroke Recovery (Mindy Levin)
26 June (Wall Street Journal)
The Brain does not take vacation! (Salah El Mestikawy)
25 June (Ici.Radio-Canada)
$4M boost for intellectual disabilities research
23 June (Med e-News)
Decoding connectivity (Alan Evans)
22 June (Med e-News)
10 new facts about the brain
21 June (Med e-News)
Seeing what the eyes are telling us (Christopher Pack)
20 June (McGill Reporter)
Exercising hours after learning improves memory recall (Marc Roig)
20 June (Immortal.org)
Creation of neuroscience research hub
15 June (McGill Reporter)
Antidepressive treatment during pregnancy can affect newborn brain activity (Outi Mantere)
15 June (Neuroscientist News)
ALS Awareness Month - June 2016
13 June (Neuro News)
Our brains are biggest before dawn
8 June (Inverse.com)
New blood test may be able to find best antidepressant match, study says (Gustavo Turecki)
6 June (Washington Post)
Marking Stroke Month - June 2016
6 June (Neuro News)
Are EEG neurofeedback benefits due to placebo effects? (Robert Thibault and Amir Raz)
3 June (Med e-News)
May 2016
'Baby talk' can help songbirds learn their tunes (Jon Sakata)
31 May (Neuroscientist News)
Suzanne Corkin, Who Helped Pinpoint Nature of Memory, Dies at 79
28 May (New York Times)
Treating trauma on a city-wide scale (Alain Brunet)
28 May (Med e-News)
A bold experiment in open science
24 May (McGill News)
Neurological Therapy: Can stimulating the tongue help stimulate the brain? (Gabriel Leonard & Alain Ptito)
23 May (CTV News)
Mechanism that reduces effect of cocaine on brain discovered (David Stellwagen)
19 May (Neuroscientist News)
Shedding light on the genetic causes of cerebral palsy (Maryam Oskoui)
19 May (McGill Reporter)
Factors Influencing ADHD Persistence Into Adulthood Identified (Arunima Roy)
18 May (Psychiatry Advisor)
Overuse of GPS navigation shrinks part of the brain, says researcher (Véronique Bohbot)
17 May (CBC Radio)
Scientists discover brain cells that play key role in leptin sensing, weight gain (Maia Kokoeva)
12 May (Med e-News)
Disrupted REM sleep can derail memory formation (Sylvain Williams)
12 May (BBC News)
Alzheimer’s disease: It takes two (proteins) to tango (Pedro Rosa-Neto)
10 May (McGill Reporter)
Gene mutations shown to cause form of HSP
9 May (Neuro News)
May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
2 May (Neuro News)
April 2016
Key mechanism identified in brain tumor growth (Arezu Jahani-Asl)
25 April (McGill Newsroom)
Power of Positive Thinking Skews Mindfulness Studies (Brett Thombs)
21 April (Nature)
When two proteins join forces to destroy our brain (Pedro Rosa-Neto)
20 April (RCI)
Brighter prospects for chronic pain (Philippe Séguéla)
20 April (Neuro News)
New research network focuses on kids with brain-based disabilities (Annette Majnemer)
17 April (McGill News Magazine)
How depression may compound risk of type 2 diabetes (Norbert Schmitz)
14 April (Med e-News)
Understanding why some people take their lives – and some don’t (Gustavo Turecki)
10 April (Toronto Star)
April is Autism Awareness Month
7 April (Med e-News)
Brain responses found to originate from previously unknown source (Robert Zatorre)
6 April (Neuro News)
The Neuro – A Major Force in Parkinson’s Disease Research and Treatment
5 April (Neuro News)
Treatment of pediatric brain tumors major discovery (Nada Jabado, Jean-Pierre Farmer)
4 April (La Presse)
March 2016
RI-MUHC leads innovative network to support children with brain-based developmental disabilities and their families
31 March (Med e-News)
An accidental invasion of Costa Rica and other errors made by relying on Google Maps (Veronique Bohbot)
31 March (Washington Post)
Purple Day for Epilepsy, March 26
24 March (Neuro News)
The dark hemisphere of the mind, familiar territory for a neurologist (Dr. Liam Duncan publishes his third novel)
18 March (The Gazette)
The benefits of the bilingual brain (Karsten Steinhauer)
18 March (Ici Radio-Canada.ca)
The Neuro enrolls Canada’s first patient in a new clinical trial for the treatment of brain tumours
17 March (Med e-News)
The secrets of the wave pilots (Veronique Bohbot)
17 March (New York Times)
Evidence grows linking Zika, microcephaly and other nerve syndromes (Madhukar Pai)
9 March (Scientific American)
Teens test their smarts in the Brain Bee
9 March (Neuro News)
Neurobiology: Rise of Resilience (Sonia Lupien)
2 March (Nature)
The Brain Prize: Congratulations to McGill trained researcher Timothy Bliss
1 March (BBC)
February 2016
What makes the brain tick so fast? (Derek Bowie)
25 February (Med e-News)
The brain gives up more secrets (Keith Murai)
18 February (Med e-News)
The dangers of the GPS on the brain (Véronique Bohbot)
17 February (La Presse)
Vulnerability to depression linked to noradrenaline (Bruno Giros)
15 February (Med e-News)
MUHC researchers members of brain cancer Dream Team
11 February (Med e-News)
Understanding the silent stages of Alzheimer’s disease (Claudio Cuello)
4 February (Med e-News)
The Scientific Mystery of Why Humans Love music (Robert Zatorre)
4 February (Vox.com)
Location may be key to effectively controlling pain (Terence Coderre)
3 February (Med e-News)
January 2016
Want to rewire a neuron? You’ve got to take it slow (Peter Grutter)
28 January (McGill News)
Chronic pain changes our immune systems (Moshe Szyf)
28 January (Med e-News)
Montreal institute going ‘open’ to accelerate science (Guy Rouleau)
22 January (Sciencemag.com)
The Neuro receives support from Montreal-based Vigilant Global for the development of first chemical brain atlas
22 January (Med e-News)
Learning a Second Language May Depend on How your Brain Talks to Itself (Chai Xiaoqian & Denise Klein)
20 January (Neuro News)
The brain identifies more quickly emotions conveyed by sounds (Marc Pell)
18 January (TVA Nouvelles)
A neuroscientist on the calming powers of the to-do list (Daniel Levitin)
6 January (NY Mag)
A light that controls dreams (Sonia Jego)
6 January (Zone Vidéo Télé-Québec)