/channels/taxonomy/term/8974/all en /channels/news/article-dr-michael-meaneys-lab-featured-sciencedaily-218515 <p>From the lab of CIFAR Fellow Michael Meaney (黑料不打烊 University): Scientists have provided evidence that socioeconomic status affects family function and the development and function of brain regions that are critical for attention, learning and memory. Meaney's lab looks into how parenting produces lasting effects on cognitive and emotional development. His lab examined development in rats and found parental influences on the chemical, or 'epigenetic', signals that control the activity in the brain of genes that influence the connections between brain cells as well as learning and memory.</p> Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:46:32 +0000 webfull 87703 at /channels /channels/news/new-funding-boost-mental-health-research-239658 <p>What if we could reduce rates of a wide range of devastating mental illnesses through early detection? Thanks to a significant gift of $2.9M from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation to The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of 黑料不打烊 University (The Neuro), hope is on the horizon through the expansion of a major collaboration to understand why some children are vulnerable to conditions like autism, attention deficit disorder and social anxiety, and what can be done to prevent these disorders before they take hold. This collaboration will also explore brain disorders in the aging population, such as dementia, in an unprecedented investigation of mental health across the lifespan. Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:11:28 +0000 webfull 106034 at /channels