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Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is viewed as a precursor to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) for which there are no effective treatments. Project Overview Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is viewed as a precursor to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) for which there are no effective treatments....

Ms. Izadi-Najafabadi’s research focuses on the effect of Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance (CO-OP)—the current best-practiced intervention for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)—on their structural and functional brain connectivity. Project Overview Ms....

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a serious chronic neurological condition, particularly common among young adults in Canada. Project Overview Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a serious chronic neurological condition, particularly common among young adults in Canada. The exact cause of MS is unknown, but it...

Motivated, goal-directed behaviours exist to sustain life and permit both humans and animals to learn to navigate the world while pursuing rewards and avoiding threats and punishment. Project Overview Motivated, goal-directed behaviours exist to sustain life and permit both humans and animals to...

Strokes often cause brain damage that affects normal cognitive and sensorimotor functions. Project Overview Strokes often cause brain damage that affects normal cognitive and sensorimotor functions. The brain has the extraordinary ability to adapt by forming new circuits which can, to some extent,...

The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB) houses and manages over 3,000 brains, as well as a large relational database containing demographic, clinical and developmental histories from the donors. Project Overview The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB) houses and manages over 3,000 brains, as...

Le Dr Alex Parker, du Centre de recherche du CHUM, Université de Montréal, est l'un des deux premiers récipiendaires de la nouvelle subvention à la découverte SLA Canada-Cerveau Canada, d'une durée de trois ans et d'un montant de 300 000 $. La bourse du Dr Parker a été financée grâce à un généreux...

Le Dr Carlos Rodrigo Camara-Lemarroy est un chercheur en début de carrière et un neurologue clinicien basé au Canada, à l’Université de Calgary. Il est bénéficiaire pour la première fois de la bourse de recherche de la Société canadienne de la SLA et de la Fondation Brain Canada.  Cette procédure...

Gary Shaw est biochimiste à l'Université Western et l'un des neuf récipiendaires d'une subvention à la découverte de SLA Canada-Cerveau Canada pour 2022. "C'est toujours très excitant d'obtenir une subvention de recherche, parce qu'on utilise les idées qu'on a trouvées dans la littérature et autour...

Sofia Gentile, a Master’s Student at University of Toronto, is investigating the role of immune cell activation in a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease called progressive supranuclear palsy. Project Overview Sofia Gentile, a Master’s Student at University of Toronto, is investigating the role...