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Alzheimer’s disease is a common form of memory loss and confusion affecting older adults. Despite many years of study, we still don’t have a cure for this disease.

Individuals with an incurable condition marked by decline and intolerable suffering and where death is reasonably foreseeable, as with dementia, now have access to medical assistance in dying (MAID).

Microglia are the brain’s immune cells.

Age-related dementias are reaching epidemic levels, affecting over 600,000 Canadians.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common form of motor neuron disease in humans.

We are studying a type of brain tumour called glioblastoma (GBM), which is often fatal despite current treatments.

We are looking at how a behaviour change program can help stroke survivors recover their ability to walk better.

In this study, we. aim to do two things: 1) monitor the distribution of a-Syn in Parkinson’s disease (PD) context to understand the factors that can cause a-Syn to build-up in certain cells of the brain, called microglia.