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A skin crawling treatment for acne?

Drawing inspiration from nature, a team of international scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle. This tool collects and monitors body fluids while sticking to the skin’s surface, paving the way for more accurate diagnostics and treatment for skin diseases and conditions like acne. The team includes Bo-yong Park, a former postdoctoral researcher at The Neuro at McGill University.

Q&A with Bo-yong Park

What problem did you set out to solve?

Classified as: skin care, device, diving beetle, Bo-yong Park, Sangyul Baik, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, The Neuro
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Published on: 31 Aug 2021

Using a cappella to explain speech and music specialization

Study suggests humans have developed complementary neural systems in each hemisphere for auditory stimuli

Speech and music are two fundamentally human activities that are decoded in different brain hemispheres. A new study used a unique approach to reveal why this specialization exists.

Classified as: music, Dr. Robert Zatorre, Research, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Neuro
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Published on: 27 Feb 2020

Progression of Parkinson’s disease follows brain connectivity

A study by a group of researchers including those from The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of McGill University has tested the theory that brain degeneration in Parkinson’s disease (PD) originates in subcortical regions and spreads along neural networks to the cerebral cortex. By analyzing data on PD patients and healthy controls collected over one year, the researchers found that brain regions closely connected to subcortical regions showed the most degeneration over the one-year period in PD patients, and that this happens earlier than previously thought.

Classified as: Parkinson's, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, MNI
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Published on: 11 Jan 2018

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month

Multidisciplinary care and cutting-edge research share space at The Neuro

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) is recognized worldwide for its research and clinical expertise in Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD is a motor neuron disease that is generally associated with old age, but people can also develop it in their thirties and forties. Characteristic symptoms include tremor, rigidity and gait dysfunction, mood and sleep disorders, and cognitive degeneration. About 100,000 Canadians have PD.

Classified as: medicine research, Neuro, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Edward Fon, Anne-Louise Lafontaine, Lesley Fellows, alain dagher, Louis Collins, Ron Postuma, Abbas Sadikot
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Published on: 1 Apr 2017

Epilepsy Day 2017

March 26 is Purple Day for Epilepsy, a day to support epilepsy awareness worldwide

The Neuro has been a world leader in epilepsy treatment and research for more than 60 years. Indeed, the “Montreal Procedure” developed by The Neuro’s founder, Dr. Wilder Penfield, and his colleagues has become the standard operating procedure for the surgical treatment of epilepsy. The Neuro was also a pioneering institute in exploiting electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study and treat epilepsy.

Classified as: Neuro, epilepsy, mcgill faculty of medicine research, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, neuroscience, Andrea Bernasconi, Eva Andermann, Neda Ladbon-Bernasconi, Boris Bernhardt, Francois Dubeau, Jean Gotman, Jeffrey Hall, Eliane Kobayashi
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Published on: 26 Mar 2017

Gaming camera could aid MS treatment

McGill Newsroom

3D depth-sensing camera shown to measure walking difficulties

A commonly used device found in living rooms around the world could be a cheap and effective means of evaluating the walking difficulties of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

The Microsoft Kinect is a 3D depth-sensing camera used in interactive video activities such as tennis and dancing. It can be hooked up to an Xbox gaming console or a Windows computer.

Classified as: Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Multiple Sclerosis, MS, Microsoft, health and lifestyle, kinect, xbox, Farnood Gholami, Jozsef Kövecses, gait characteristic
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Published on: 15 Aug 2016

New path of discovery in Parkinson’s disease

McGill Newsroom

Neuron cell death may be caused by overactive immune system 

A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at McGill University have discovered that two genes associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are key regulators of the immune system, providing direct evidence linking Parkinson's to autoimmune disease.

Classified as: neuroscience, MNI, lupus, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, neurons, diabetes, sclerosis, neuroproject, neuroprojects, autoimmune disease, PINK1, Parkin, Parkinson's diease, PD, autoimmune, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis
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Published on: 28 Jun 2016

Gene mutations shown to cause form of HSP

By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Discovery will aid development of treatments for this debilitating disease

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) have identified novel gene mutations that cause hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a step forward in efforts to treat this debilitating disease.

Classified as: Guy Rouleau, MNI, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, HSP, hereditary spastic paraplegia, gene mutation, debilitating disease, weakness, spasticity, CanHSP, Canadian Institutes for Health Research
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Published on: 10 May 2016

A new discovery in the human auditory system

By Shawn Hayward, Montreal Neurological Institute

Discovery will inform further research into hearing disorders and brain training

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University have made an important discovery about the human auditory system and how to study it, findings that could lead to better testing and diagnosis of hearing-related disorders.

Classified as: Robert Zatorre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, brain training, health and lifestyle, science and technology, Emily Coffey, hearing, hearing disorder, frequency-following responses, neuroplasticity, neuroproject
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Published on: 6 Apr 2016

Teens test their smarts in the Brain Bee

By Maya-Olivia Eyssen, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Montreal high school students to take part in brain quiz.

Classified as: Brain Bee, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, contest, synapses, axons, cerebral, Canadian National Brain Bee, Neuroscience: Science of the Brain
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Published on: 9 Mar 2016

50th anniversary of "Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory"

November 19 marks the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking paper, “Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory” co-authored by McGill’s Ronald Melzack, and the late Patrick Wall, which introduced gate-control theory.

Classified as: The Neuro, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Jeffrey Mogil, Jeff Mogil, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, philippe seguela, The Gate Control theory
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Published on: 17 Nov 2015

Breakthrough in "marriage-broker" protein

Discovery provides new tool for understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases

Classified as: neuroscience, Development, netrin, Tim Kennedy, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, mcgill faculty of medicine research, Jean-Francois Cloutier
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Published on: 12 Aug 2015

Neuro awarded over $15 M in CIHR funding

Researchers get inaugural Foundation grants for high-impact, long-term programs

Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University have been awarded over $15 million in grants in the latest round of funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The grants are part of over $600 million in national funding, announced July 28 by Minister of Health Rona Ambrose.

Classified as: neuroscience, Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, mcgill faculty of medicine research, alain dagher, Jean Gotman, Michael Petrides, Guy Rouleau, Ruthazer, Robert Zatorre
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Published on: 28 Jul 2015

Practice doesn’t always make perfect (depending on your brain)

Study fuels nature versus nurture debate

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? New research on the brain’s capacity to learn suggests there’s more to it than the adage that “practise makes perfect.” A music-training study by scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at McGill University and colleagues in Germany found evidence to distinguish the parts of the brain that account for individual talent from the parts that are activated through training.

Classified as: music, neuroscience, brain, training, Robert Zatorre, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, mcgill faculty of medicine research
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Published on: 28 Jul 2015

Stroke month - June

Time is brain: for every minute a stroke is left untreated, 2 million brain cells are destroyed. The sooner patients are treated, the higher the chances of survival with fewer disabilities.  Patients with acute strokes and transient ischemic attack (TIA) are assessed and treated at the right place, the right time and by the right professionals thanks to ultra-specialized stroke centres at the Montreal General Hospital  and The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital.

Classified as: stroke, neuroscience, Neurology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, mcgill faculty of medicine research, Mark Angle, edith hamel, Denis Sirhan, Robert Cote, David Stewart Sinclair, Jeanne Teitelbaum, Lucy M. Vieira
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Published on: 22 Jun 2015

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