December 2017
Sugar cravings may be due to dopamine dysfunction (Patricia P Silveira)
20 December (Med e-News)
A non-invasive method to detect Alzheimer’s disease
19 December (Neuro News)
Religion and Mental Health: What is the Link? (Rob Whitley)
18 December (Psychology Today)
Being a musician can help you decipher language in loud environments (Yi Du and Robert Zatorre)
14 December (Med e-News)
What happens in the womb matters to your child’s mental health (Patricia P Silveira)
14 December (Ludmer Center News)
Guy Rouleau reappointed MNI director
13 December (McGill Reporter)
Faces of the opioid crisis: Pain expert on the puzzle of what to prescribe (Yoram Shir)
13 December (McGill Gazette)
Montreal Artificial Intelligence Start-Up Ranked in Top 10 of International $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition
8 December (Med e-News)
New Open Science partnership will pave way for better treatments, faster
7 December (Med e-News)
$9 Million for McGill research through CRC Program
6 December (McGill Reporter)
Legalizing cannabis in Canada: What next? (Marco Leyton)
5 December (McGill Reporter)
The MNI forms promising Open Science partnership with Takeda
4 December (Neuro News)
Stimulating neural pathways can influence how much you enjoy music (Alain Dagher)
3 December (CBC News)
Analysis: Psychiatrist researches pot use by teens (Gabriella Gobbi)
1 December (CTV News)
November 2017
Celebrating Faculty of Medicine award winners (Srividya Iyer)
29 November (Med e-News)
Caroline Palmer receives 2017 NSERC CREATE program funding
27 November (McGill Reporter)
Three McGill professors awarded Senate of Canada 150 medals (Alan Evans, Andrea C. LeBlanc and Bernard J. Lapointe)
24 November (Med e-News)
Canadian Medical Schools Address the Opioid Crisis
24 November (Med e-News)
Gay Men's Unique Mental Health Issues Need Unique Solutions (Robert Whitley)
24 November (Huffington Post)
Now you like it, now you don’t (Robert Zatorre)
22 November (Med e-News)
Brain stimulation can change how much we enjoy and value music (Ernest Mas Herrero)
20 November (Neuro News)
A microdose of LSD before going to work (Gabriella Gobbi)
20 November (La Presse)
No doubt: Study finds confident tone elicits trust (Xiaoming Jiang)
2 November (Med e-News)
Study Raises Questions About Brain Stimulation Boosting Memory (Matthew Krause)
1 November (The Scientist)
October 2017
Third annual A Brilliant Night raises largest amount yet
30 October (Med e-News)
1.2 million for brain cancer
26 October (La Presse)
Transformative donation of $16 million establishes new autism research centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute
24 October (Med e-News)
Trottier Symposium speaker Dr. Amir Raz on hypnosis, magic and placebos in medicine
16 October (McGill Reporter)
New mechanism detected in Alzheimer’s disease (Hamed S. Najafabadi)
13 October (Med e-News)
The Neuro’s top brain cancer fundraiser returns
10 October (Neuro News)
Speed, risk-taking to blame in many accidents involving young drivers (Cecilia Flores)
10 October (CBC.ca)
Predicting when a sound will occur relies on the brain’s motor system (Benjamin Morillon)
5 October (Neuro News)
Media Coverage of Mental Illness (Rob Whitley)
5 October (Med e-News)
New research could impact Alzheimer’s disease prevention (Gerd Multhaup)
4 October (Med e-News)
That cup of coffee may not relieve Parkinson’s symptoms (Ronald Postuma)
2 October (Med e-News)
September 2017
Child abuse affects brain wiring
25 September (Med e-News)
Is the multitasking brain a myth? (Sylvain Baillet)
21 September (Journal de Montreal)
Opinion: Quebec pilot project showed teamwork is key in Alzheimer's care
21 September (Montreal Gazette)
Alzheimer’s caregiver workshops at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning
17 September (CTV News Video)
Royal Society of Canada elects seven McGill scholars to The College (Martin Drapeau, Srividya Iyer, Victoria Talwar)
12 September (McGill Reporter)
Meeting a microbe in the morning or in the evening: is it all the same? (Nicolas Cermakian)
8 September (Med e-News)
Nine researchers named Fellows of the RSC (Edith Hamel, Caroline Palmer, Robert Zatorre)
7 September (McGill Reporter)
Edith Hamel and Robert Zatorre elected to Royal Society of Canada
7 September (Neuro News)
Making Time for Nothing: Teens and the Art of Zoning Out (Daniel Levitin)
7 September (Huffington Post)
August 2017
Onward to open science
31 August (Reporter)
Pinpointing the origins of autism (John Lewis)
29 August (Neuro News)
August winner of the Étudiants-chercheurs étoiles award (Claire Gizowski, a PhD student in Neurology and Neurosurgery)
29 August (Med e-News)
Moshe Szyf: How Do Our Experiences Rewire Our Brains And Bodies?
25 August (NPR)
Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms (Pedro Rosa-Neto)
22 August (McGill News)
Miltown: A game-changing drug you’ve probably never heard of (Andrea Tone)
17 August (Med e-News)
Could olfactory loss point to Alzheimer’s disease? (John Breitner)
16 August (Med e-News)
SCSD student Adriel John (AJ) Orena wins Raymond H. Stetson Scholarship in Phonetics and Speech Science
16 August (Med e-News)
Tackling the big issues of the day (Cécile Rousseau)
16 August (McGill News)
Newly discovered pathway for pain processing could lead to new treatments (Luda Diatchenko)
9 August (Med e-News)
Costs associated with homelessness are high, suggesting need for shift to programs to end homelessness (Eric Latimer)
8 August (Med e-News)
Playing with your brain (Véronique Bohbot)
8 August (Med e-News)
New research offers hope for faster acting antidepressants (Adrien Peyrache)
3 August (Neuro News)
McGill’s Leila Zahabi on new dementia-related pilot project
2 August (Med e-News)
The gene that controls the adolescent brain (Cecilia Flores)
1 August (La Presse)
July 2017
Is an increase in individualism damaging our mental health? (Robert Whitley)
28 July (Psychology Today)
Brains are more plastic than we thought (Dave Liu and Christopher Pack)
19 July (Neuro News)
Detecting long-term concussion in athletes
12 July (Neuro News)
Stefanie Blain-Moraes named among the world's top young scientists by the World Economic Forum
11 July (McGill Reporter)
How to tell if your child has suffered a concussion (Isabelle Gagnon)
11 July (Global News)
An infallible hand-held probe to aid cancer surgery
3 July (Med e-News)
Rachel Harding on demolishing barriers to medical breakthrough
3 July (Med e-News)
The Neuro to create world’s first ALS Phase 1 clinical trial unit
3 July (Neuro News)
June 2017
Erasure of negative memories one step closer to reality (Wayne Sossin)
27 June (Neuro News)
Gustavo Turecki, suicide biologist
27 June (Le Monde)
Soul music: how ‘unresponsive’ patients learned to communicate (Stefanie Blain-Moraes)
25 June (Medium)
Why sad songs say so much (Robert Zatorre)
25 June (Boston Globe)
Stressed child, depressed adult? (Rosemary Bagot)
19 June (La Presse)
Improving concussion diagnosis and treatment (Alain Ptito)
13 June (McGill Reporter)
Better treatment for brain injury patients
13 June (Neuro News)
Hypnosis, grounded in science (Amir Raz)
12 June (The Globe and Mail)
Leading-edge neuroscience network renews agreement
9 June (Med e-News)
Dr. Arkady Khoutorsky awarded the 2017 Award in Pain
9 June (Med e-News)
We can’t ignore this silent crisis in men’s mental health (Roebrt Whitley)
8 June (Huffington Post)
June is Brain Injury Awareness Month
8 June (Med e-News)
ALS - Fostering awareness of a devastating disease
2 June (Neuro News)
June is Stroke Month
1 June (Neuro News)
Brenda Milner receives McGill Medal in honour of ground-breaking career
1 June (Med e-News)
May 2017
Brain area involved in addiction activated earlier than previously thought in recreational cocaine users (Marco Leyton)
26 May (Med e-News)
Opening a Window of Understanding on Language (Elin Thordardottir)
25 May (Med e-News)
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi receives the 2017 Dr. Samarthji Lal Award for Mental Health Research
25 May (Med e-News)
Dr. Kevin Petrecca’s brilliant hopes for brain cancer
25 May (Med e-News)
Brigitte Kieffer appointed to French National Order of Merit
20 May (Med e-News)
Diabetes drug may help symptoms of autism-associated condition (Nahum Sonenberg)
16 May (Med e-News)
Turning skin cells into brain cells
16 May (Neuro News)
Brenda Milner, Eminent Brain Scientist, Is ‘Still Nosy’ at 98
15 May (New York Times)
MS Awareness Month 2017
11 May (Med e-News)
BrainReach North Visits Odanak Science Fair
1 May (McGill Reporter)
April 2017
Rendezvous Art & Science: Mental Health in the community (Robert Whitley)
30 April (CBC)
Government of Canada and Brain Canada Foundation announce 18 new brain research projects
25 April (Government of Canada)
Daniel J. Levitin wins $30K National Business Book Award
24 April (CBC)
The Neuro at the cutting-edge
22 April (Le Devoir)
McGill Institute takes open science to a new level (Guy Rouleau)
19 April (University Affairs)
Getting Parkin going again (Matthew Tang)
13 April (Med e-News)
When neuroscience meets the world of art
11 April (McGill Alumni Magazine)
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
6 April (Med e-News)
Stirring the pot - a profile of McGill's Mark Ware
3 April (Pain Pathways Magazine)
Opinion: Researchers can help boost autism services in Quebec (Mayada Elsabbagh)
2 April (Montreal Gazette)
Jill Barker: Exercise or rest after a concussion? (Scott Delaney)
2 April (Montreal Gazette)
March 2017
How Tetris therapy could help patients (Robert Hess)
28 March (BBC)
Improving memory with magnets
27 March (Neuro News)
When neuroscience meets the world of art
26 March (McGill News)
Encouraging results for patients with aggressive brain cancer
23 March (Med e-News)
McGill researchers receive over $7M to fight brain diseases of aging
23 March (McGill Reporter)
Dr. Computer - Deep learning transforming neuroscience research
23 March (Med e-News)
Reaching out to instill a love of science
22 March (McGill Reporter)
Health Science Leaders Join Forces to Accelerate Development of Treatments for Neurological Diseases
17 March (Med e-News)
Molecule shown to repair damaged axons (Alyson Fournier)
8 March (Neuro News)
Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder (Mayada Elsabbagh)
6 March (Nature)
Nature Neuroscience Tackles Brain Mapping (Sylvain Baillet)
March 2017 Issue of Nature
February 2017
Recognizing rare diseases (Bernard Brais)
28 February (Neuro News)
Rebooting brain science
24 February (McGill Alumni News)
Targeting biological clock could slow progression of cancer (Nicolas Cermakian)
21 February (McGill Reporter)
Enigma Biomedical Group Signs Research Agreement with McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging
20 February (Business Wire)
Researchers Brief Parliamentarians on Neurological Conditions that Cause Significant Economic Burden
17 February (Med e-News)
Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital awarded Stroke Distinction by Accreditation Canada
17 February (Med e-News)
Is The Media Getting Better At Portraying Mental Illness? (Robert Whitley)
17 February (Huffington Post)
America's most promising Alzheimer's drug trial is halted because it has 'virtually no chance of working (John Breitner)
15 February (Daily Mail)
An exploration of the human brain (Micheal Meaney on Charlie Rose)
13 February (Bloomberg.com)
Sex, drugs, and rock & roll chemistry in the brain (Daniel Levitin)
9 February (Med e-News)
Montréal: City of Neuroscience
9 February (Tourism Montreal)
MNI scientist recieves $1.5M grant for Parkinson's/ALS research (Edward Fon)
2 February (Neuro News)
January 2017
Study concludes that androgen deprivation therapy is not associated with increased risk of Alzheimer disease in patients with prostate cancer (Laurent Azoulay)
27 January (Med e-News)
We need to talk about school start times (Geneviève Gariépy, Frank Elgar)
26 January (Med e-News)
CFL and NFL players raising funds for concussion research (Alain Ptito)
24 January (CTV News)
PTSD: Beyond Trauma
CBC's "The nature of Things" focuses on PTSD (Alain Brunet)
19 January (CBC)
Bell Let’s Talk supports mental health with The Neuro
18 January (Neuro News)
AmorChem spins out its USP15 Drug Discovery Platform into Corbin Therapeutics, with an initial seed investment of $1M
12 January (Med e-News)
Breakthrough in MS treatment (Amit Bar-Or and Douglas Arnold)
11 January (Med e-News)
What Is The Link Between Tinder And Mental Health? (Robert Whitley)
5 January (Huffington Post)
Lack of joy from music linked to brain disconnection
2 January (Neuro News)