Promising advance in depression research

Published: 8 April 2020

Depression is a common psychiatric disorder and one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. Antidepressants are the first-line treatment for moderate to severe major depressive episodes....

Towards a new era of small animal imaging research

Published: 30 May 2019

Have you ever spent half an hour trying to take the best photo of your pets but they won't stay still in the perfect angle? This is also true for small animal imaging research using positron...

Québec siblings with rare orphan disease lead to discovery of rare genetic diseases

Published: 25 April 2019

Mutations in a gene involved in brain development have led to the discovery of two new neurodevelopmental diseases by an international team led by researchers at McGill University and CHU Sainte...

Alzheimer’s disease: neuronal loss very limited

Published: 17 January 2018

Frequently encountered in the elderly, Alzheimer’s is considered a neurodegenerative disease, which means that it is accompanied by a significant, progressive loss of neurons and their nerve...

Analyzing the psyche of risky drivers

Published: 28 April 2016

By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom...

Playing action video games may be bad for your brain, study finds

Published: 9 August 2017

The study by Canadian researchers Dr. Véronique Bohbot of Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal and Dr. Greg West, an associate professor at the French-language Université de...

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