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Something remarkable happens when a 22-year-old and a 75-year-old stand side by side rolling dough or tossing a Thai-inspired salad. Conversation flows. Memories surface. Skills are exchanged. That, in essence, is the premise and growing proof behind Cooking Together, an innovative multi-week...

The brain influences the heart; emotional states like sadness and joy can influence heart rhythms and blood pressure. And the heart sends signals back to the brain through nerves and hormones, affecting things like mood, attention, and stress levels. Funding the Future of Prevention and Care By...

Canada has always invested in brain science, even during fiscal challenges. While others pursue AI dominance through speed and scale, we could lead by putting human cognition at the centre. Canada ranks among the top five countries in brain research, publishing 6.4 per cent of global neuroscience...

For millions of Canadians impacted by brain disorders, answers aren’t coming fast enough. That’s why Brain Canada believes it is imperative to bring researchers together to share their knowledge. “What we want is the right answer, not the first answer,” says Dr. Alan Evans, scientific director of...

Face drooping – Arm weakness – Speech difficulty – Time to call for help! The acronym FAST (Face-Arms-Speech-Time) is both a reminder of the early symptoms of stroke and the urgent action necessary. Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) – the most common form of stroke – occurs when a blood vessel to the...

The main goal of my project is to further characterize the role of Wnt signalling in glioma progression. Project Overview The main goal of my project is to further characterize the role of Wnt signalling in glioma progression. One objective will be to delineate the Wnt receptor complex important in...

Medical science has a deadly historical bias problem: until very recently, most studies only included males. The article features Dr. Jeffrey Mogil, and mentions research supported by the 2014 Brain Canada Team Grant he received. Medical science has a deadly historical bias problem: until very...

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Dans la photo : Mark Bayley, Janelle Drouin-Ouellet, Jodi Edwards, Gillian Einstein, Jonathan Epp, Christian Ethier Six Canadian research teams have been awarded funding for the implementation and/or continuation of sex and gender considerations in research on aging, neurodegeneration, and...

TORONTO, March 20, 2019 /CNW/ – The national charity Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI) believes that the announcement in the Federal Budget of $50 Million in funding for a National Dementia Strategy is a crucial and welcome step in Canada’s response to a pressing public health challenge. Read...