McGill Translational Platform in Autism Research will help uncover the disorders’ neural foundations

 

A new project at The Neuro, McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has been awarded $10.6M in financial support as part of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Innovation Fund.

Classified as: autism, Guy Rouleau, Neuro, Keith Murai, Canada Foundation for Innovation
Published on: 8 Apr 2024

Together with Dr. Birgit Frauscher, Bernhardt co-directs The Neuro’s new Centre of Excellence in Epilepsy

Since joining The Neuro in 2016, Boris Bernhardt, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, has published pioneering research on the organization and development of the healthy brain. His achievements have been recognized this week by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, who have awarded him the 2022 New Investigator Award.

Classified as: Boris Bernhardt, epilepsy, autism, Neuro
Published on: 12 Apr 2022

To make sense of complex environments, brain waves constantly adapt, compensating for drastically different sound and vision processing speeds

 

Every high-school physics student learns that sound and light travel at very different speeds. If the brain did not account for this difference, it would be much harder for us to tell where sounds came from, and how they are related to what we see.

Classified as: Sylvain Baillet, MEG, magnetoencephalography, autism, schizophrenia, Neuro
Published on: 11 May 2021

TORONTO, Feb. 4, 2021 /CNW/ - Diamond Therapeutics Inc. ("Diamond"), a leading psychedelic drug development company focused on low-dose therapies for mental health, has entered into an agreement with McGill University for the exclusive use of Dr. Gabriella Gobbi's groundbreaking studies with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), its mechanism of action on the brain, and its potential for use at low doses in the treatment of mental health disorders. 

Classified as: anxiety, autism, mental health, LSD
Published on: 4 Feb 2021

Q1K: A collaborative undertaking involving 1,000 families to transform autism care

Classified as: autism, Coutu Foundation, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, TACC- Transforming Autism Care Consortium, Guy Rouleau, Neuro
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Published on: 13 Nov 2019

Engaging in musical activities such as singing and playing instruments in one-on-one therapy can improve autistic children’s social communication skills, improve their family’s quality of life, as well as increased brain connectivity in key networks, according to researchers at Université de Montréal and McGill University.

Classified as: autism, music, Aparna Nadig, Krista Hyde, Megha Sharda, communication skills, health and lifestyle
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Published on: 5 Nov 2018

In a study published in Stem Cell Reports, a McGill University team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, revealed a molecular mechanism that may play a role in the development of autism.

By taking skin cells from patients and reprogramming those cells to become brain cells through genetic engineering, Dr. Ernst, graduate student Scott Bell, and Edward A. Fon and Thomas M. Durcan, colleagues at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, tracked how a brain cell with the patient’s own mutation develops improperly.

Classified as: GRIN2B, autism, Carl Ernst, health and lifestyle
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Published on: 26 Jun 2018

Montreal — In a study published in Stem Cell Reports, a McGill team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, revealed a molecular mechanism that may play a role in the development of autism.

Classified as: MNI, Douglas Research Institute, autism
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Published on: 26 Jun 2018

Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation shares The Neuro’s open science vision to accelerate drug discovery and find new and effective treatments for autism spectrum disorders

Classified as: Montreal Neurological Institute, The Neuro, open science, Open Drug Discovery Platform, autism, ASD, Guy Rouleau
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Published on: 29 May 2018

The Azrieli Centre for Autism Research will foster innovations in therapy and a better understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.

Classified as: autism, Azrieli Centre for Autism Research, Azrieli Foundation, Guy Rouleau, ACAR Stories
Published on: 23 Oct 2017

A new research centre in Montreal will help lift the shroud of mystery surrounding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and lead to the development of better diagnostic tools and more effective therapies for people with autism.

Classified as: Azrieli Foundation, Montreal Neurological Institute, donation, autism
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Published on: 23 Oct 2017
The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the first signs appear? New findings published in Biological Psychiatry bring us closer to understanding the pathology of autism, and the point at which it begins to take shape in the human brain. Such knowledge will allow earlier interventions in the future and better outcomes for autistic children.
 
Classified as: autism, Ludmer Centre, montreal neurological centre, The Neuro, Research
Published on: 29 Aug 2017

Abnormalities shown to first appear in brain networks involved in sensory processing

The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the first signs appear? New findings published in Biological Psychiatry brings us closer to understanding the pathology of autism, and the point at which it begins to take shape in the human brain. Such knowledge will allow earlier interventions in the future and better outcomes for autistic children.

Classified as: autism, IBIS, Alan Evans, John Lewis, Ludmer Centre, ASD
Published on: 29 Aug 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 forms of autism.

A new study led by researchers at McGill University, the University of Edinburgh and Université de Montréal has found that metformin improves social, behavioural and morphological defects in Fragile X mice.

Classified as: Metformin, autism, Fragile-X Syndrome, Sonenberg, health and lifestyle
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Published on: 15 May 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 of Canada recognizes the significant impact on the health of Canadians, and supports Canadian research on the brain and related diseases and disorders

Classified as: Alan Evans, Sylvain Baillet, autism, McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Canada Brain Research Fund, Brain Canada
Published on: 27 Apr 2017

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