Sex, drugs, and rock & roll chemistry in the brain

Published: 8 February 2017

The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing musical pleasure, according to a study by McGill University...

Addiction: abnormal communication in the brain

Published: 5 February 2013

January 29, 2013 - Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the...

A new role for sodium in the brain

Published: 20 August 2013

Researchers at McGill University have found that sodium – the main chemical component in table salt – is a unique “on/off” switch for a major neurotransmitter receptor in the brain. This receptor,...

April - Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month

Published: 31 March 2014

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, is at the forefront of Parkinson’s research and clinical care. Parkinson’s...

Peter McPherson inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

Published: 10 September 2014

Dr. Peter McPherson, James McGill Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University has been named a Fellow of the...

Finding a new test for concussions

Published: 17 March 2015

Brain activation study helps to diagnose concussions in children and youths

BRAMS: The Next Ten Years

Friday, October 23, 2015 09:00toSaturday, October 24, 2015 17:00

Tenth anniversary symposium of the international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA/channels-contributeCategory: Medicine Research...

Neuro Film Series

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 18:30to21:00

The Neuro Film Series is back! On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 we present the awarding winning film “Séraphine” (2008) which swept the César Awards in 2009 with no less than seven awards!Montreal...

Early life adversity affects broad regions of brain DNA

Published: 10 October 2012

Early life experience results in a broad change in the way our DNA is “epigenetically” chemically marked in the brain by a coat of small chemicals called methyl groups, according to researchers at...

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