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Brain Canada and Heart & Stroke are pleased to officially launch the Heart-Brain Connection IMPACT Award, a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, integrative research competition that will investigate the complex interactions between the heart and the brain by leveraging the power of...

Brain Canada and JDRF are pleased to officially launch the JDRF Canada – Brain Canada Addressing Mental Health in Type 1 Diabetes Team Grants, a program to support research on the development, validation, or implementation of interventions that address mental health concerns in people with type 1...

Source: The Neuro An innovative new program based at The Neuro has received $2.6 million from Brain Canada and CQDM. Led by neuroscientist Thomas Durcan, PhD, in collaboration with scientists from Merck pharmaceutical company, the project will dissect the role of microglia in degenerative...

A Canadian research team, based in Montreal and Halifax, is using sophisticated stem cell technology to uncover the causes of bipolar disorder, develop new ways to screen for it, determine who will respond to treatment, and begin to identify new drug therapies. Brain Canada/Bell Let’s Talk study...

Research studies help us understand neurological health and develop better treatments; however, traditional research is often too slow, too expensive, and excludes people who live far from cities or face systemic barriers. ResearchAlly is changing that. Project Overview Research studies help us...

Early detection critical to early interventions and improved outcomes, U of A researchers say. By Gillian Rutherford Read the full article here.

TORONTO – A team of researchers led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the University of Toronto (U of T) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a protein that is responsible for shaping the nervous system. This research was made possible with the support of a $1.5-million...

Nutrition and diet are factors in life that contribute drastically to a person’s brain health, and overall quality of life, and high-fat diets can be considered a cause of many harmful physical and cognitive conditions. Project Overview Nutrition and diet are factors in life that contribute...

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. Project Overview Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. This movement disorder is thought to be due to the loss of a specific population of...

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. Project Overview Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. The cardinal motor symptoms of PD are caused by the massive loss of neurons in a region...