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Patients with epilepsy have recurrent seizures that lead to injuries, social issues, job and driving restrictions and even death.

Research in the mental health of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is growing, but gaps in our understanding remain.

Reserve is someone’s ability to tolerate age-related changes and disease-related insults to their brain without developing symptoms.

The central nervous system controls numerous processes, including appetite and body weight regulation.

Medulloblastoma (MB) is a brain cancer that affects children.

Medulloblastoma isthe most common brain cancer in children.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the brain, leading to difficulties with movement, thinking, and mood. While current treatments help reduce relapses, they often fail to prevent the steady worsening of disability that many people with MS experience over time.

Pain doesn’t feel the same at every hour of the day. Many people notice their pain is worse at night or first thing in the morning, but we don’t yet understand why.

The brain is one of the most energy-demanding organs in the body, yet it has no energy reserves. To function properly, it relies on a finely tuned process that increases local blood flow whenever neurons become active: a process known as neurovascular coupling (NVC). This link between brain activity and blood flow is what allows brain imaging techniques like functional MRI (fMRI) to visualize “brain activity.”

Brain disorders are among the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, affecting about 3.6 million Canadians. While we know that genetics play an important role, the specific genetic causes remain unknown for most people with the disorders.