Timing is everything: scientists control rapid re-wiring of brain circuits using patterned visual stimulation

Published: 27 May 2014

In a new study, published in this week’s issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how the brain re-wires and fine-tunes its connections differently depending on the...

Dr. Computer

Published: 20 March 2017

Deep learning transforming neuroscience research...

New hope for understanding autism spectrum disorders

Published: 21 November 2012

Researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal have identified a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which can bolster new therapeutic...

Neuro researchers receive grants from Canada Brain Research Fund

Published: 27 April 2017

Brain diseases and disorders are the leading cause of disability, directly affecting one in three Canadians as well as millions of family members, friends, colleagues and caregivers. The Government...

Fragile X study offers hope of new autism treatment

Published: 27 November 2014

People affected by a common inherited form of autism could be helped by a drug that is being tested as a treatment for cancer, according to researchers from the University of Edinburgh and McGill...

Diabetes drug may help symptoms of autism-associated condition

Published: 15 May 2017

Metformin, the most widely used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, could potentially be used to treat symptoms of Fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of intellectual disability and a cause of some...

World Autism Awareness Day is April 2

Published: 30 March 2015

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. Parents generally detect it in the child's first years.

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