/channels/taxonomy/term/9348/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">黑料不打烊 Cares</a></strong>, designed to support informal care</p> Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:54:48 +0000 webfull 164241 at /channels /channels/channels/news/unexpected-creates-reward-when-listening-music-294585 <p><strong>Scientists prove difference between expected/actual outcomes cause reward response</strong></p> <p>If you love it when a musician strikes that unexpected but perfect chord, you are not alone. New research shows the musically unexpected activates the reward centre of our brains, and makes us learn about the music as we listen.</p> Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:05:03 +0000 webfull 146303 at /channels /channels/channels/news/neuro-gets-canadas-first-whole-body-7t-mri-294374 <p><strong>Scanner will deliver clear images of the nervous system in exceptional detail</strong></p> <p>Scientists will see the human nervous system in microscopic detail thanks to the installation of Canada鈥檚 first 7-Tesla whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner on Feb. 5.</p> Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:36:04 +0000 webfull 146087 at /channels /channels/channels/news/link-between-obesity-brain-and-genetics-289083 <p><strong>When it comes to weight gain, the problem may be mostly in our heads, and our genes</strong></p> <p>Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance, according to new research.</p> Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:22:01 +0000 webfull 140284 at /channels /channels/channels/news/early-hiv-treatment-key-avoiding-brain-atrophy-287004 <h2>New study underlines importance of early screening and antiretroviral therapy</h2> <p>While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has largely dropped from news headlines since the 1990s, at the end of 2016 there were 36.7 million people living with the infection, and of those only 53 per cent had access to treatment. A new study underscores the neurological consequences of exposure to HIV without antiretroviral therapy.</p> Thu, 03 May 2018 13:36:16 +0000 webfull 137776 at /channels /channels/channels/news/non-invasive-method-detect-alzheimers-disease-283458 <h2>Volume in brain region linked to physiological changes characteristic of AD</h2> <p>New research has drawn a link between changes in the brain鈥檚 anatomy and biomarkers that are known to appear at the earliest stages of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD), findings that could one day provide a sensitive but non-invasive test for AD before cognitive symptoms appear.</p> Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:03:56 +0000 webfull 133654 at /channels /channels/channels/news/detecting-long-term-concussion-athletes-268931 <p>Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain trauma years after it has occurred.聽</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:43:41 +0000 webfull 129230 at /channels /channels/channels/news/detecting-long-term-concussion-athletes-268926 <h2>Researchers develop method that could one day be used in brain trauma lawsuits</h2> <p>聽</p> <p>Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain trauma years after it has occurred.聽</p> Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:18:36 +0000 webfull 129223 at /channels /channels/news/%E2%80%9Cbig-data%E2%80%9D-study-discovers-earliest-sign-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-261667 <p><a href="/newsroom"><em><strong>黑料不打烊 Newsroom</strong></em></a></p> <p><em>Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough</em></p> <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have used a powerful tool to better understand the progression of late-onset Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (LOAD), identifying its first physiological signs.</p> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:12:59 +0000 webfull 119815 at /channels /channels/news/don%E2%80%99t-scan-so-close-me-262057 <p><span>What does the 1960s Beatles hit 鈥淕irl鈥� have in common with Astor Piazzolla鈥檚 evocative tango composition 鈥淟ibertango鈥�?</span></p> <p><span>Probably not much, to the casual listener. But in the mind of one famously eclectic singer-songwriter, the two songs are highly similar. That鈥檚 one of the surprising findings of an unusual neuroscience study based on brain scans of the musician <strong>Sting</strong>.</span></p> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:01:48 +0000 webfull 120339 at /channels