Study linking depression to specific altered brain cells opens door to new treatments

Published: 28 August 2025

Researchers at McGill University and the Douglas Institute have identified two specific types of brain cells that are altered in people with depression....

McGill Cares webcast: Understanding and Caring for a Person with Depression

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:00to12:30

Join us on January 13, 2021 at noon for the next webcast in our biweekly series, McGill Cares, designed to supp/medsimcentreCategory: Medicine and Health Sciences Medical Simulation Centre

McGill study identifies new role of major genetic risk factor in Alzheimer’s disease

Published: 20 December 2019

For years, physicians have been aware that patients carrying the apolipoprotein ꜫ4 (APOE ꜫ4) gene are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. New research from McGill University has...

A non-invasive method to detect Alzheimer’s disease

Published: 19 December 2017

Volume in brain region linked to physiological changes characteristic of AD...

Expert: male eating disorder on the rise

Published: 2 August 2017

In the United Kingdom, "the number of adult men being admitted to hospital with an eating disorder has risen by 70% over the past six years – the same rate of increase as among women," reports The...

Douglas-Based Research Team Obtains $1.5 Million to Study a New Method of Neuronal Communication

Published: 27 November 2013

Salah El Mestikawy, PhD, a researcher at The Douglas Institute, along with his research team, have received $1.5 million to explore the dual signalling capacity of neurons. This research grant is...

Douglas Institute Research Centre and McGill Department of Psychiatry Research Day

Friday, June 10, 2016 08:30to19:00

Bonjour à tous,6875, boulevard LaSalle, Verdun, QC, H4H 1R3, CA/psychiatryCategory: Dept. of Psychiatry

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