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What is the role of apolipoprotein receptor 2, a protein found in the brain vessels, in Alzheimer’s disease ? Project Overview What is the role of apolipoprotein receptor 2, a protein found in the brain vessels, in Alzheimer’s disease ? The brain vascular system is critical to supply the necessary...

Infections like pneumonia can speed up dementia. Vaccinations can prevent infections but don’t always work in older adults. Project Overview Infections like pneumonia can speed up dementia. Vaccinations can prevent infections but don’t always work in older adults. We need new drugs to keep aging...

Maintaining the ability to prepare meals independently in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is of paramount importance to the individuals themselves and to their caregivers. Project Overview Maintaining the ability to prepare meals independently in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is of paramount importance to the...

The diversity of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disease can be commonly unified by fundamental deficits in neuronal communication, particularly at the interface between neurons known as the synapse. Project Overview The diversity of neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disease can be...

Autism BrainNet, a program funded by the New York-based Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), announces a new collaboration with the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB). This alliance will allow Canadian individuals and families the opportunity to consider making a postmortem...

Deleting an autism gene called TRIO derails neurons’ journey to their destination. By Nicholette Zeliadt Read the full article here.

One of the neuron’s most impressive morphological features is their long axonal projections, which are the basis of the complex, precise, and fast-firing neuronal network. Project Overview One of the neuron’s most impressive morphological features is their long axonal projections, which are the...

For Immediate Release February 14, 2018 Montreal, QC Today, the Azrieli Foundation in partnership with Brain Canada launched a program designed to accelerate novel and transformative research that will fundamentally change the understanding of the brain, in illness or health.  The goal is to...

Montreal, March 11, 2019. The Azrieli Foundation in partnership with the Brain Canada Foundation are pleased to mark Brain Awareness Week with the announcement of the 10 recipients of the Early-Career Capacity Building Grants competition. The grants support early-career investigators who are...