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Your brain on hormones: understanding the effects of hormone therapy on brain development
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/your-brain-on-hormones-understanding-the-effects-of-hormone-therapy-on-brain-developmentPhoto: Kristin Gamelin Adolescence is a time of profound change – a time of self-discovery and transition that is both exciting and challenging. These changes can be attributed in part to the hormones that start circulating at this age, which, in addition to leading to the expression of secondary...
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Your brain plays ‘tricks’ to sync sights and sounds
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/your-brain-plays-tricks-to-sync-sights-and-soundsTo make sense of complex environments, brain waves constantly adapt, compensating for drastically different sound and vision processing speeds, researchers report. Read the full story here.
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Youth Integration in Mental Health: From Symbol to Structure
https://braincanada.ca/about/news-updates/youth-integration-in-mental-health-from-symbol-to-structureAcross research, advocacy, and policy, young people are actively shaping the mental health systems we want to see. By Vidhi Desai When I attended the 2025 ECOSOC Youth Forum, I was struck by how often youth are framed as future leaders, when, in fact, we’re already leading. Across research,...
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Z-BRAIN: A Zebrafish Drug Screening Platform Targeting Brain Disorders
https://braincanada.ca/funded-grants/z-brain-a-zebrafish-drug-screening-platform-targeting-brain-disordersThe traditional target-based drug development strategy (in vitro screening) has had poor success in developing new drugs. Project Overview The traditional target-based drug development strategy (in vitro screening) has had poor success in developing new drugs. The vast majority of Investigational...
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Zebrafish as a novel animal model for the study of Zika virus neuropathogenesis in vivo
https://braincanada.ca/funded-grants/zebrafish-as-a-novel-animal-model-for-the-study-of-zika-virus-neuropathogenesis-in-vivoInfections with Zika virus (ZIKV) constitute a major global public health concern worldwide. Project Overview Infections with Zika virus (ZIKV) constitute a major global public health concern worldwide. Indeed, the recent ZIKV outbreak in the Americas revealed that infection of pregnant women can...
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Événements Millennial Minds et les revues Mind Over Matter
https://braincanada.ca/funded-grants/événements-millennial-minds-et-les-revues-mind-over-matterPartners and Donors Women's Brain Health Initiative