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Click here for the latest edition of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative’s Mind Over Matter magazine, with a foreword from our Board Chair and our President & CEO

Click here for the latest edition of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative’s Mind Over Matter magazine, with a foreword from our Board Chair and our President & CEO

Click here for the latest edition of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative’s Mind Over Matter magazine, with a foreword from Brain Canada

One of the most important questions of biomedical research is “why do we ail as we age?”. Project Overview One of the most important questions of biomedical research is “why do we ail as we age?”. This may be in part due to a breakdown of the body’s circadian rhythm – the physiological process that...

Challenge: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by a decline in cognitive function, yet it is now widely acknowledged that as the disease advances, dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain become particularly vulnerable, leading to non-cognitive symptoms such as motor dysfunction. Project...

Current preclinical models to address neurological disorders fail to accurately portray human physiology. Project Overview Current preclinical models to address neurological disorders fail to accurately portray human physiology. First, traditional tissue culture in which neuronal cells are grown in...

People with dementia are at a high risk for falls which are a leading cause of injury and can contribute to loss of independence and quality of life. Project Overview People with dementia are at a high risk for falls which are a leading cause of injury and can contribute to loss of independence and...

Dr. Gustavo Turecki Dr. Gustavo Turecki is the co-Director of the Douglas – Bell Canada Brain Bank based at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The Brain Bank, the recipient of a 2014 Platform Support Grant, is one of the few brain repositories in the world that actively recruits,...

Dr. Alex Parker (Left) and Dr. Matthieu Ruiz. Discovery Grant helps researchers explore the brain-gut connection and potential for future ALS therapies “I cannot emphasize how important this discovery support is to furthering ALS research in Canada,” says Parker. “It funds relevant ALS research...

The recent breakthrough technology of single-cell genomics has vastly improved our capacity to understand how the trillions of cells in our body develop and work together to make us human. Project Overview The recent breakthrough technology of single-cell genomics has vastly improved our capacity...