neurons /channels/taxonomy/term/9747/all en Child abuse affects brain wiring /channels/channels/news/child-abuse-affects-brain-wiring-270024 <p><em>By Katherine Gombay</em></p> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:49:00 +0000 webfull 131401 at /channels Keeping our balance - a tale of two systems /channels/news/keeping-our-balance-tale-two-systems-264108 <p>The transition from being sea creatures to living on land, even if it happened over 300 million years ago, seems to have left its traces on the way we keep our balance today.</p> <p>“It’s a discovery that is likely to be controversial,” says Kathy Cullen, the senior researcher on a paper on the subject that was published recently in <em><a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13229">Nature Communications</a>.</em> She has been working on this problem for over a decade with her colleague Maurice Chacron who also teaches in ϲ’s Department of Physiology.</p> Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:04:24 +0000 webfull 122949 at /channels New hope in the fight against pain /channels/news/new-hope-fight-against-pain-242448 <p>An international study led by scientists at ϲ University reports, for the first time, that drugs that selectively target the melatonin MT2 receptor represent a novel class of analgesic drugs that could be used to treat patients with neuropathic pain. Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:19:54 +0000 webfull 108187 at /channels Scientists identify key gene associated with addiction /channels/news/scientists-identify-key-gene-associated-addiction-254372 <p>A new study published in the journal <em>Molecular Psychiatry</em> by a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal), professor at ϲ University and head of research at CNRS INSERM UPMC in Paris, opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans. Tue, 04 Aug 2015 14:16:37 +0000 webfull 111543 at /channels Want to rewire a neuron? You’ve got to take it slow /channels/news/want-rewire-neuron-you%E2%80%99ve-got-take-it-slow-258183 <p><em><strong>By Katherine Gombay, </strong></em><em><strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/">ϲ Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>New technique offers potential to reconnect neurons of people with central nervous system damage</em></p> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 15:02:14 +0000 webfull 115590 at /channels The brain gives up more secrets /channels/news/brain-gives-more-secrets-259151 <p><em><b>By Julie Robert, <a href="https://muhc.ca/">ϲ University Health Centre</a></b></em></p> <p>A research team, led by the Research Institute of the ϲ University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal, has broken new ground in our understanding of the complex functioning of the brain.</p> Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:00:45 +0000 webfull 116812 at /channels Everything in moderation: excessive nerve cell pruning leads to disease /channels/news/everything-moderation-excessive-nerve-cell-pruning-leads-disease-230995 <p><i>Mechanism meant to maintain efficiency of brain network involved in neurodegenerative disease</i></p> Tue, 08 Oct 2013 13:59:41 +0000 webfull 99233 at /channels New path of discovery in Parkinson’s disease /channels/news/new-path-discovery-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease-261519 <p><em><b>ϲ Newsroom</b></em></p> <p><em>Neuron cell death may be caused by overactive immune system </em></p> <p>A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at ϲ University have discovered that two genes associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are key regulators of the immune system, providing direct evidence linking Parkinson's to autoimmune disease.</p> Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:01:51 +0000 webfull 119633 at /channels Blame it on your brain: salt and hypertension /channels/news/blame-it-your-brain-salt-and-hypertension-241270 <p>An international research team led by scientists at ϲ University has found that excessive salt intake “reprograms” the brain, interfering with a natural safety mechanism that normally prevents the body’s arterial blood pressure from rising. Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:00:16 +0000 webfull 107708 at /channels