Scientists identify key gene associated with addiction

Published: 4 August 2015

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 University Institute (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de...

Want to rewire a neuron? You’ve got to take it slow

Published: 28 January 2016

By Katherine Gombay, McGill Newsroom New technique offers potential to reconnect neurons of people with central nervous system damage

The brain gives up more secrets

Published: 18 February 2016

By Julie Robert, McGill University Health Centre...

Everything in moderation: excessive nerve cell pruning leads to disease

Published: 8 October 2013

Mechanism meant to maintain efficiency of brain network involved in neurodegenerative disease

Blame it on your brain: salt and hypertension

Published: 22 January 2015

An international research team led by scientists at McGill University has found that excessive salt intake “reprograms” the brain, interfering with a natural safety mechanism that normally prevents...

Keeping our balance - a tale of two systems

Published: 11 November 2016

The transition from being sea creatures to living on land, even if it happened over 300 million years ago, seems to have left its traces on the way we keep our balance today....

New hope in the fight against pain

Published: 17 February 2015

An international study led by scientists at McGill University reports, for the first time, that drugs that selectively target the melatonin MT2 receptor represent a novel class of analgesic drugs...

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