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In Multiple Sclerosis (MS), new brain lesions appear because of inflammation and loss of myelin (the structure covering nerves).

Despite the recent advances in our understanding between the connection between the microbes living in the gut and our mental health, there remains a wide knowledge gap in understanding how the brain is negatively impacted in disorders with inflammation of the gut.

The emerging consensus that the brain functions as a single, complex system has led to the popularity of a network approach to studying brain function.

Slow oscillations (SOs) measured using electroencephalography (EEG) are a common feature of states with little to no conscious experience, such as coma, sleep, and anesthesia.

Huntington disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes brain cells to die and impacts approximately 1 in 7000 Canadians.

Our ability to learn is directly proportional to our ability to detect the difference between a prediction and its outcome.

Epilepsy is a debilitating disease affecting 1% of the world’s population.

Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions that usually begin during adolescence.

Working memory is our ability “keep in mind” information and manipulate it when it is not present in the environment.

Courtney Bannerman is a doctoral candidate at Queen's University who is conducting research to better understand how the nervous system interacts with the immune system during spinal cord injury pain and  those interactions can be changed to offer patients pain relief.