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The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre: a Hub of Scientific Excellence for Translational Neuroimaging
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The McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) is a major platform and research centre entirely dedicated to brain imaging. It features 7 multimodal imaging core units (MRI, PET, MEG, EEG for humans and disease models), comprehensive high-performance computing and data storage resources, and prominent expertise in biomedical image and signal analysis. Overall, the McConnell Centre is home to…
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The proposed initiative will make every brain tumour count! We will enhance the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) and brain tumour research capacity by providing data on an additional 40% of primary brain tumours diagnosed between 2010 and 2014 to the neurooncology community for the first time. The rationale for this…
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The overall goals of the Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery Clinical Trials Platform is to create a national network of stroke rehabilitation clinical trial sites, help train future researchers and test potential high impact new recovery approaches. Dr. Bayley and his team will do this by building upon their collective strengths including their strong, inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional research group, their standardized…
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See the project and researchersThe Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) Dementia Clinical Research Database: A Platform in Neurodegenerative Diseases
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The Toronto Dementia Research Alliance will establish a clinical research platform that will provide a consistent and efficient approach to managing research and clinical care in patients with neurodegenerative conditions. The platform will provide epidemiological data, track disease burden, fill gaps in medical evidence such as therapeutic effectiveness, performance measurement…
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The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) at Western’s Robarts Research Institute houses Canada’s only collection of high-field (3T human) and ultra-high field (7T human and 9.4T animal) MR systems. The Centre is dedicated to establishing the anatomical, metabolic and functional characteristics of normal brain development and healthy ageing…