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The primary motor cortex in the brain is responsible for voluntary movement. It has also been proposed to be one of the sites for motor memory formation and storage.

The role of microglia in spinal cord injury (SCI) has remained obscure for decades.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal disease that paralyzes people because the brain is no longer able to communicate with the muscles that we are typically able to move at will.

EEG is a non-invasive, inexpensive, and efficient tool for measuring electrical signals in the brain.

The central nervous system (CNS, the brain and spinal cord together) is perhaps the most complex biological entity in the world.

More Canadians are surviving stroke today than in previous years, but improved survival also means that more individuals are living with a disability due to stroke.

The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB; douglasbrainbank.ca), based at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (McGill University affiliate), has become one of the most important brain banks in the world.

Thanks to the late Dr. William Feindel’s vision, who in the 1970’s believed that brain imaging was the “future for neurology and neurosurgery”, and to a generous donation, the Montreal Neurological Institute (The Neuro) inaugurated the McConnell Brain Imaging Center (BIC) in 1984.

Brain imaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an essential tool in modern neuroscience, with many uses for examining brain structure and function in health and disease.