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Dr. Carlos Rodrigo Camara-Lemarroy is an early-career researcher and clinical neurologist based in Canada at the University of Calgary. He is a first-time recipient of an ALS Canada-Brain Canada research grant. Can this routine and inexpensive procedure have a neuroprotective effect in ALS? Award:...

Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) and Brain Canada make a two-year commitment to fund Saskatchewan Brain Health research through SHRF’s Solutions Program. Brain Health is essential for physical health and a fundamental pre-requisite for mental health and well-being throughout our lives....

Our project investigates how childhood stress may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) later in life. Project Overview Our project investigates how childhood stress may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) later in life. We know that stress during early...

At present, there is no effective treatment to arrest the progression of Alzheimer disease (AD) - the most common cause of dementia affecting the elderly. The disease is caused by accumulation of two distinct clumps of proteins in the brain called neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles formed...

Dr. Meaghan O'Reilly, Sunnybrook Research Institute and the University of Toronto (left), and Dr. Liang Li, University of Alberta. Scientists from University of Toronto and University of Alberta, and their multinational teams, receive funding support from Brain Canada and CIHR  Brain Canada and the...

Brain cancer is rarely curative and urgently needs novel transformative treatments. Project Overview Brain cancer is rarely curative and urgently needs novel transformative treatments. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults. It is also among the most...

Brain Canada program supports paradigm-shifting neuroscience that improves the lives of Canadians Read the full article here.

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

Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women and emerging evidence suggests there may be unique biological and lifestyle factors that underlie these differences. Project Overview Alzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects women and emerging evidence suggests there may be unique...

These images were created by Dr. RosaNeto’s Lab at Douglas Hospital, McGill University and show the fusion between brain anatomy and amyloid deposition in the living human brain (top row) and rat (bottom row). There is no disease modifying molecule for Alzheimer’s disease currently on the market or...