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Research suggests that exercise can help improve brain health and decrease the risk of dementia, but there is variation in the benefit of different exercise interventions. Project Overview Research suggests that exercise can help improve brain health and decrease the risk of dementia, but there is...

Anxiety disorders disproportionately affect women: their chances of developing an anxiety disorder are twice as high than for men. Project Overview Anxiety disorders disproportionately affect women: their chances of developing an anxiety disorder are twice as high than for men. Fundamental research...

Age is the most important risk factor for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), followed by sex, with a higher risk in males. Project Overview Age is the most important risk factor for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), followed by sex, with a higher risk in males. Studies show that brain inflammation occurs early in...

In 2012, Dr. Jeffrey Mogil piqued the science community’s interest in an issue of Nature Reviews Neuroscience. He observed that most patients with chronic pain are women. However, it is difficult to determine whether this sex difference corresponds to differences in pain sensitivity. Fast forward a...

The proposed research project aims to study the differences in brain function behaviour between male and female university athletes who have experienced a concussion. Project Overview The proposed research project aims to study the differences in brain function behaviour between male and female...

The microbes living in our gut have recently been found to affect important developmental processes such as brain development and hormonal regulation during puberty. Project Overview The microbes living in our gut have recently been found to affect important developmental processes such as brain...

Brain Canada is committed to supporting a more inclusive way of designing and conducting research. Research approaches that consistently account for differences drive innovation and scientific rigour and reduce gender-based and ethnicity-based health inequities for previously silenced voices. Brain...

When Dr. Monica Seger and her family first partnered with Brain Canada in 2012 to establish the Dr. Hubert van Tol Travel Fellowship, they planted the seed for a legacy that continues to strengthen Canada’s neuroscience community. From left to right: Dr. Naomi Visanji, Dr. Monica Seger and Sofia...

By funding researchers at different stages of their careers, the Alzheimer's Society Research Program helps support new ideas and advance promising areas of dementia research.  The Alzheimer’s Society Research Program That’s For more than 35 years, the Alzheimer Society Research Program (ASRP)...

Dr. Sara Tremblay using repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. Have you or has someone you know been touched by a brain disease, disorder or condition? Tell us about your experience and enter for a chance to be featured across Brain Canada...