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...

June is ALS Awareness Month

Published: 13 June 2013

What is ALS?Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative disease in which progressive muscle weakness leads to paralysis. ALS is a result of the...

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...

Why we buy music

Published: 11 April 2013

New study shows what happens in the brain to make music rewarding...

Quality control of mitochondria as a defense against disease

Published: 21 January 2014

Scientists from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Canada have discovered that two genes linked to hereditary Parkinson’s disease are involved in the early-stage quality control of...

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