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Longitudinal single-cell multiomic profiling toward elucidating the differential roles of sex and hormones on the molecular programming of the brain
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There are many neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases that affect men and women differently, and the reasons for this are not well understood. One factor that may be important is the influence of hormones during puberty, which can cause changes in gene expression that affect how the brain works. Our goal…
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See the project and researchersThe 5kEEG project: Large-scale Electrophysiological Investigation of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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The 5kEEG project is a pioneering study that aims to improve our understanding of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders by investigating brain activity. The diagnosis and treatment of these complex conditions are challenging due to limited knowledge of their root causes. The 5kEEG project will examine the brain activity of 5,000…
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See the project and researchersDeveloping a new model to study microglia and macrophage function in slowly expanding lesions of multiple sclerosis
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease in the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system (CNS). Canada has amongst the highest rate of MS in the world and Canadians living with MS have lifelong disease that progressively worsens and reduces their quality of life. Although there are…
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The diversity of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disease can be commonly unified by fundamental deficits in neuronal communication, particularly at the interface between neurons known as the synapse. Nevertheless, the molecular components facilitating these critical neuronal communication networks remain to be fully elucidated. Previously, we understood that neuronal communication mechanisms heavily…
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Our research program is centered on investigating the important contributions of metabolism to brain health. It is generally well-accepted that proper nutrition is a major “environmental factor” that is essential for good health, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms that contribute to health are poorly understood, particularly within the central nervous…