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Characterizing functional brain connectivity in critically ill children at-risk for delirium

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Mental Health

  • Disease Area

    Mental illness

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

A significant proportion of critically ill children experience delirium, a form of brain dysfunction associated with adverse outcomes. In children, delirium manifests with disorientation, restlessness, and agitation (hyperactive) or with unresponsiveness and excessive drowsiness (hypoactive). Children who develop delirium stay in the hospital longer and do worse after discharge compared…

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Uncover regulators of key glioblastoma cell states and test their therapeutic potential

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Cancer

  • Disease Area

    Brain Cancer

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Tumors continuously change towards more aggressive and resistant forms. Brain tumors illustrate the quandary of cancer evolution: despite standard-of-care treatment, the disease invariably progress and returns. Nearly 3,000 Canadians are diagnosed with brain tumor each year. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and common type of primary malignant brain tumor,…

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An identity crisis of satiety neurons: how prolonged metabolic stress can reprogram the hypothalamus

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Other

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

The prevalence of obesity has reached pandemic levels and represents a massive societal and economic burden. Findings of the last decades on how the brain controls what is known as energy balance, or the “Energy In, Energy out”, have pushed scientists to consider obesity as a disease of the nervous…

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Antenatal prediction of preterm birth: placental function, fetal and neonatal brain development

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Neurodevelopment

  • Disease Area

    Other

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Fetal growth restriction is associated with pregnancy complications, as well as high rates of preterm birth and childhood disabilities. This is a complex disorder that impacts the development of the placenta and limits blood flow to the fetal brain, depriving the fetus of oxygen and nutrients needed to grow. What’s…

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Modulating consciousness during anesthesia through a non-pharmacological approach

  • Program Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Sensory system

  • Competition

    Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

  • Province

    Québec

  • Start Date

    2022

  • Total Grant Amount

    $100,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $50,000

Project Overview

Slow oscillations (SOs) measured using electroencephalography (EEG) are a common feature of states with little to no conscious experience, such as coma, sleep, and anesthesia. A novel neuromodulation technique has recently been shown to amplify SOs during sleep, through the administration of auditory stimuli in synchrony with the peak of…

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