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The neonatal brain is exquisitely vulnerable to the biological consequences of prematurity, birth asphyxia and congenital heart defects.

Neurological diseases including neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric disorders are collectively one of the leading causes of disability to the Canadian population.

In childhood, medulloblastoma (a form of brain cancer) and neuroblastoma (a cancer that starts in the nerve cells) can be aggressive and hard to treat.

Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects 1-2% of the population.

Le Consortium d’Imagerie en Neurosciences et santé mentale de Québec (CINQ) est un regroupement de chercheurs pluridisciplinaires ayant pour but le développement de la neuroimagerie dans la région de Québec. Depuis sa création en 2009, le CINQ a connu un taux de croissance fulgurant, passant de quatre à 138 chercheurs et étudiants en seulement cinq ans.

Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults in Canada.

Prenatal alcohol exposure can result in abnormal brain development, causing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), which is linked to a number of cognitive, behavioural, and immune deficits that last across the lifetime.

One of the major challenges facing the BRAIN initiative is the development of technologies that will enable the recording of neural activity throughout the entire volume of a rodent brain.

Stroke is the leading cause of disability among adults and one of the three leading causes of death in North America.

Stroke is the sudden death of brain cells caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain. Parts of the brain that enable us to walk and talk are often damaged most by a stroke.