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Investigating the role of EPG5 in Parkinson’s Disease pathogenesis Project Overview Investigating the role of EPG5 in Parkinson’s Disease pathogenesis Parkinson’s disease (PD) causes both motor symptoms, like tremors and stiffness, and non-motor issues such as cognitive decline, but its underlying...

These outstanding doctoral and master’s students are engaged in important heart and/or brain research. Heart & Stroke, along with Brain Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), are thrilled to announce the recipients of the...

Caring for a family member with a neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) can be challenging, often leading to high levels of anxiety and depression. Project Overview Caring for a family member with a neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) can be challenging, often leading to high levels of anxiety and...

Dr. Talbot studies the dialogue between the nervous and immune systems. Project Overview Dr. Talbot studies the dialogue between the nervous and immune systems. It is well demonstrated that pain and itch are common features of various cancers, and that cancer cells actively secrete factors...

This project focuses on how inflammation, without an infection, can alter brain development when a baby was exposed during pregnancy. Project Overview This project focuses on how inflammation, without an infection, can alter brain development when a baby was exposed during pregnancy. Marie-Eve...

For years, interior designer Raija Hilska felt like she was “always dragging something along”. Deep melancholy, profound sadness, raw emotions and, sometimes, thoughts of suicide. Raija Hilska is undergoing regular non-invasive brain stimulation treatments at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health...

A major clinical trial of accelerated theta-burst brain stimulation, funded by Brain Canada and Bell Let’s Talk, holds the promise of potentially easing the debilitating symptoms of treatment-resistant depression within a week. Clinical trial probes accelerated delivery of non-invasive brain...

Currently, AD diagnosis can only be confirmed post-mortem by observing two AD hallmarks in the brain, β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and tau strands. Project Overview Currently, AD diagnosis can only be confirmed post-mortem by observing two AD hallmarks in the brain, β-amyloid (Aβ) plaques and tau...

Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez runs the NINET (Non-Invasive Neurostimulation Therapies) Laboratory at the University of British Columbia. His promising research looks at how Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive therapy, can relieve symptoms of major depression, obsessive-compulsive...

Neuroscientists and engineers at the University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children, and University Health Network and Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute have joined together to develop a novel next generation non-invasive treatment technique, MR guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS), for two...