November 12, 2019
News and Media
Updates from Brain Canada and from the global brain community
Brain Canada-funded Researchers in the News
November 06, 2019
Addressing housing before mental health needs could help long-term homelessness: study
A recent Canadian study is showing that addressing housing needs for people who are living on the streets and struggling with mental illness could reduce homelessness in the long term. Brain Canada provided $100,000 to support the initial two-city pilot study in 2008.
November 06, 2019
Autism gene’s loss hampers neurons’ trek through developing brain
Deleting an autism gene called TRIO derails neurons’ journey to their destination. Lara Eid received a 2018 Brain Canada - Kids Brain Health Network Training Award.
November 06, 2019
New study advances quest to better understand consciousness
In a new study published today by Nature Communications, Adrian Owen and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge compared brain of patients in a vegetative state with those of healthy participants who were anaesthetized. Adrian Owen is the co-Director of CIFAR's Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness, which receives support from Brain Canada.