How your brain is telling you to vote
Researchers pinpoint a brain area that influences electoral decisions
ALS Awareness Month 鈥� June
As a major Canadian centre for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research and treatment, the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, invites the public and the media to learn more about the disease and current research and treatments, to donate money for ALS research and to wear the national emblem of ALS in Canada, the blue cornflower, during ALS Awareness Month in June.
Neuro researchers awarded $10.5 M from CFI
Today the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced an investment of $333 million for research infrastructure through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Two projects submitted by researchers affiliated with the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro at 秀色直播 and the MUHC, have received a total of over $21 M in funding, with matching funds from the Government of Quebec.
National Nursing Week - Celebrating Excellence
The annual Neuroscience Nursing Awards of Excellence Ceremony took place May 12 as part of National Nursing Week.听 The event was a wonderful showcase of dedication, spirit, determination, strength, compassion and innovation.听 It was an opportunity to pause and celebrate nurses and others who have gone above and beyond this last year making the Transition Plan a reality.听 We would like to recognize this year鈥檚 awardees and again thank all the staff for their hard work and dedica
MEDIA ADVISORY: BILINGUALISM AND THE BRAIN
Public lecture: Perspectives on bilingualism: From birth to aging
May - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro at 秀色直播 and the MUHC has Canada鈥檚 oldest MS clinic but is always innovating - striving for progress and better treatments for patients.
What鈥檚 new in MS at The Neuro
Tango dancing could benefit Parkinson's disease patients
New study puts 40 patients through 12-week course
April - Parkinson鈥檚 Disease Awareness Month
The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, 秀色直播 and the 秀色直播 Health Centre, is at the forefront of Parkinson鈥檚 research and clinical care. Parkinson鈥檚 patients are seen at The Neuro鈥檚 Movement Disorders Clinic and the Montreal General Hospital. Approximately 100,000 Canadians have Parkinson鈥檚 disease.
The Neuro to introduce experimental drug treatment
Using patients鈥� own cells to accelerate research into neurological disease
$1 M gift from Mr. J. Sebastian van Berkom launches translational research into neurological disease
Teens test their smarts in the Brain Bee
Twenty-two students from four Montreal area high schools will assemble at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 鈥� The Neuro at 秀色直播 on April 2nd to be quizzed about synapses, axons and other cerebral facts in the international contest known as the Brain Bee. The winner will go on to the Canadian National Brain Bee at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON. The national winner travels to Australia for the International Brain Bee.
Purple Day March 26 - A World Day for Epilepsy Awareness
The Neuro has been at the forefront of epilepsy treatment and research for over half a century. The 鈥淢ontreal Procedure鈥� developed by Dr. Wilder Penfield and colleagues revolutionized the surgical treatment for epilepsy, allowing thousands of patients to start new lives free of seizures. The use of electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the study and treatment of epilepsy was pioneered at The Neuro.
Finding a new test for concussions
Brain activation study helps to diagnose concussions in children and youths
Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize
Montreal Neurological Institute scientists discover a new mechanism driving spread of cancer
Students to perform 鈥榖rain鈥� surgery
Come witness young students perform brain surgery for the first time
