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The Canadian Open Parkinson Network is a national network that unites researchers, physicians and patients across Canada to study Parkinson’s disease (PD). This pan-Canadian initiative unites the resources of eight PD centres, including the Quebec Parkinson Network, which in under 4 years has...

Brain Canada and Parkinson Canada are pleased to announce the winners of the Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN) Data Challenge. This research grant opportunity, launched and funded in partnership between Parkinson Canada and Brain Canada, was designed to accelerate Parkinson’s research through...

More than 80 percent of people with Alzheimer’s disease experience agitation or show aggression. These common symptoms are the main reasons why people with Alzheimer’s disease end up in emergency rooms, are hospitalized and have to move from their homes to long-term care facilities. Read the full...

Late life is full of transitions, such as retirement and physical changes. For some people, these changes can cause stress that can lead to developing late-life depression. Finding effective ways to treat depression among older people is critical because depression may pose added risks at this stage...

Stem cell researcher Dr. Freda Miller and colleagues have made some very exciting progress, taking a novel concept from the laboratory to preclinical trials and, finally, to human trials. Photo credit: Nathan Chan In medicine, it’s a long path from scientific concept to promising treatment. As a...

Adolescent participating in intervention research focused on classical conditioning – a key element underlying the placebo effect – of thermal perception in youth. Differences in thermal ratings in response to conditioned cues are being assessed, and this indicates either attenuated or amplified...

Dr. Gary Armstrong (left) and Dr. Eric Shoubridge Investigating the role of mutations in CHCHD10 using ALS cell and zebrafish genetic models “The more we understand about all these different genes that we’re discovering in the clinic, we can ask new and better questions in our labs. Major...

Canada has launched its first brain tumour registry in its battle to better treat the disease and avoid reliance on foreign data. Read the full article here.

Brain Canada is pleased to share that in partnership with the Azrieli Foundation and its Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence and led by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) the Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Hub Funding Opportunity, has been awarded to the Brain Health Resources And...

Partnership enables new Brain Canada initiative addressing research and care gaps highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis January 26, 2021 – Brain Canada and Bell Let’s Talk today announced the new Bell Let’s Talk-Brain Canada Mental Health Research Program to accelerate Canadian brain research while...