/channels/taxonomy/term/5285/all en /channels/channels/event/mcgill-cares-webcast-relationship-between-concussions-and-neurocognitive-disorders-325333 <p>Join us on <strong>October 21 at noon</strong> for the next webcast in our weekly series, <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/medsimcentre/community-outreach/dementia/mcgill-cares-webcasts">ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Cares</a></strong>, designed to support informal care</p> Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:54:48 +0000 webfull 164241 at /channels /channels/channels/news/gut-hormone-increases-response-food-292422 <p><strong>Ghrelin promotes conditioning to food-related odours</strong></p> <p>The holiday season is a hard one for anyone watching their weight. The sights and smells of food are hard to resist. One factor in this hunger response is a hormone found in the stomach that makes us more vulnerable to tasty food smells, encouraging overeating and obesity. New research on the hormone ghrelin was published on Dec. 4, 2018, led by Dr. Alain Dagher’s lab at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University.</p> Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:34:55 +0000 webfull 144096 at /channels /channels/channels/event/sixth-biennial-conference-resting-state-and-brain-connectivity-285983 <p><strong>Conference – September 26 - 28, 2018</strong><br /> Centre Mont-Royal<br /> 2200 Rue Mansfield, Montreal, H3A 3R8</p> Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:31:25 +0000 webfull 136550 at /channels /channels/channels/news/lack-joy-music-linked-brain-disconnection-264862 <p>Have you ever met someone who just wasn’t into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which affects three-to-five per cent of the population.</p> <p>Researchers at the University of Barcelona and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University have discovered that people with this condition showed reduced functional connectivity between cortical regions responsible for processing sound and subcortical regions related to reward.</p> Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:02:55 +0000 webfull 123861 at /channels