Chemicals shown to improve low-light vision of tadpoles by sensitizing retinal cells

A multidisciplinary team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute has improved our understanding of how cannabinoids, the active agent in marijuana, affect vision in vertebrates.

Classified as: vision, Ruthazer, cannabinoids, retina
Published on: 25 Aug 2016

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

Four innovative projects led by McGill University researchers have been selected to receive major grants under the Canada Brain Research Fund.

Classified as: brain, neurological, Montreal Neurological Institute, The Neuro, MNI, Alan Evans, Mogil, Brain Canada, Ruthazer, brain diseases, Paul W. Wiseman, Ptito, Shmuel, Turecki
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Published on: 12 Sep 2014

In a new study, published in this week’s issue of the journal Science, researchers show for the first time how the brain re-wires and fine-tunes its connections differently depending on the relative timing of sensory stimuli. In most neuroscience textbooks today, there is a widely held model that explains how nerve circuits might refine their connectivity based on patterned firing of brain cells, but it has not previously been directly observed in real time.

Classified as: neuroscience, brain, schizophrenia, autism, Neurology, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, mcgill faculty of medicine research, Ruthazer
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Published on: 27 May 2014
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