Dorothy J Killam Lecture

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 16:00to17:30

The Dorothy J.3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA/channels-contributeCategory: Medicine Research Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty of Science

Chronic pain alters DNA marking in the brain

Published: 14 February 2013

Injuries that result in chronic pain, such as limb injuries, and those unrelated to the brain are associated with epigenetic changes in the brain which persist months after the injury, according to...

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

How the brain recognizes familiar music

Published: 12 March 2014

Research from McGill University reveals that the brain’s motor network helps people remember and recognize music that they have performed in the past better than music they have only heard. A...

Alan Evans awarded major brain disorders prize

Published: 21 August 2014

Dr. Alan Evans, a pioneering scientist who has helped map the human brain, has been awarded the Margolese National Brain Disorders Prize by the University of British Columbia. Dr. Evans is a...

Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize

Published: 26 February 2015

Montreal Neurological Institute scientists discover a new mechanism driving spread of cancer ...

Waiting for pleasure

Published: 4 August 2015

Researchers at McGill have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification.

Thinking Outside the Brain: Innovations in Integrative Neuroscience

Thursday, November 17, 2016 09:30to12:00

We are entering a new era in our understanding of the brain and how we can prevent and treat brain disorders. How can we enhance our understanding in order to answer big questions about the brain...

Addiction: abnormal communication in the brain

Published: 29 January 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 frontal cortex...

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