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Researchers at The Neuro are world leaders in cellular and molecular neuroscience, brain imaging, cognitive neuroscience and the study and treatment of neurological diseases and disorders. Here are their stories.

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In an age when electronic gadgets become outdated in only a few years, the performance of The Neuro’s cyclotron appears even more remarkable - 5000 production days as of Feb 6 and counting!

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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.

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A pioneer in MRI

15 Feb 2019

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

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Maryse Thomas is NeuroXXceptional

21 Dec 2018

Maryse Thomas is a PhD Student in Neuroscience in the de Villers-Sidani lab at The Neuro. She studies auditory neuroplasticity, which is how the sounds we hear shape our brains throughout our lives.

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Caves, space and neuroscience

19 Dec 2018

Spelunking could help us better understand long-term spaceflight, and our brains

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Key molecule responsible for learning and memory discovered

2 Nov 2018

Netrin makes stronger connections among brain cells

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Gary Armstrong: I choose The Neuro

1 Nov 2018

“I’m particularly interested in what’s going wrong at the cellular level in the spinal cord of patients with ALS. The better we can understand defects that arise there, the quicker we can advance...

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Boris Bernhardt: I choose The Neuro

1 Nov 2018

Bernhardt uses epilepsy as a model for studying aspects of cognition in the hope of improving diagnostics and treatment. He is excited to be among the wave of newly hired young scientists bringing...

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Christine Tardif: I choose The Neuro

31 Oct 2018

Tardif’s lab develops magnetic resonance imaging techniques to study the relationship between brain myelination and behaviour in health subjects and in various neurological disorders.

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The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) is a bilingual academic healthcare institution. We are a McGill research and teaching institute; delivering high-quality patient care, as part of the Neuroscience Mission of the McGill University Health Centre. We are proud to be a Killam Institution, supported by the Killam Trusts.