March is Epilepsy Awareness Month

Sophie Jodouin - Seizure free thanks to surgery

Using cutting edge surgical techniques, doctors at The Neuro were able to identify the source of Sophie’s seizures and stop them

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March is Epilepsy Awareness Month. It affects 1 in every 100 Canadians, with almost 1/3 of them being children.

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Tommy Hains - Overcoming Epilepsy

“Epilepsy is not always on my mind, but it’s at the back of my mind when I’m planning day-to-day things”

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Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide

Find out about the work done at The Neuro on epilepsy

Tanya Ladouceur - Stopping the seizures

"I was immediately impressed and amazed by their demeanour, care, compassion and most importantly, their knowledge."

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Soar, Adam, Soar

Father writes book about son with epilepsy who was treated at The Neuro

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Nicole Cresenzi: Overcoming Epilepsy

She married her fiancé five months after surgery, and invited her fellow patients to the wedding.

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Overcoming Epilepsy: Richard Nolet

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The Neuro is Brain Research, Patient Care and Training

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital — The Neuro, integrates patient care with Open Science research and training, key to advancing science and medicine.

Stories from The Neuro

Epilepsy Awareness Month 2019

25 Mar 2019

To mark Epilepsy Awareness Month in March and Purple Day, March 26, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital) is drawing attention to a disease that affects one in every 100...

5000 days of cyclotron production

1 Mar 2019

In an age when electronic gadgets become outdated in only a few years, the performance of The Neuro’s cyclotron appears even more remarkable - 5000 production days as of Feb 6 and counting!

Leaving none behind

28 Feb 2019

Over the last several years, The Neuro has focussed more attention on rare diseases, engaging more staff and resources to deal with an ever-increasing mass of genetic data and tests.

A pioneer in MRI

15 Feb 2019

Magnetic resonance imaging at The Neuro has a long history of research and clinical breakthrough

Maryse Thomas is NeuroXXceptional

21 Dec 2018

Video of Maryse Thomas – NeuroXXceptional...

Soar, Adam, Soar

20 Dec 2018

My son, Adam, was a patient at The Neuro for consultations, examination, preparation and two brain surgeries, in 2011 and 2015, to deal with his epilepsy.

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