�㽶��Ƶ News - Tim Kennedy

A sweet solution to hard brain implants

webfull — Tue, 04 May 2021 13:34:26 +0000

Study uses sugar to make and deliver pudding-like brain implants that reduce foreign body response

Brain implants are used to treat neurological dysfunction, and their use for enhancing cognitive abilities is a promising field of research. Implants can be used to monitor brain activity or stimulate parts of the brain using electrical pulses. In epilepsy, for example, brain implants can determine where in the brain seizures are happening.

Published: 4 May 2021

MS Month 2018: Care and research at The Neuro

webfull — Fri, 04 May 2018 20:49:03 +0000

May is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Month. Laboratory and clinical studies related to MS involve about 50 members of The Neuro’s staff. They study the disease in all its aspects and at every stage with the help of the most advanced brain imaging technology and the latest cell biology techniques.

Published: 4 May 2018

MS Awareness Month 2017

webfull — Mon, 01 May 2017 15:39:09 +0000

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) is home to Canada’s first multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic, and MS research and treatment has been a major focus at The Neuro for many years. The MS clinic employs a highly specialized staff who have access to the latest research data and methods of treatment. It is a clinic where innovation and progress are paramount.

Published: 1 May 2017

May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

webfull — Mon, 02 May 2016 14:01:42 +0000

May 2016 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

Multiple sclerosis treatment and research has long been a focus at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, known simply as The Neuro, an illustrious member of �㽶��Ƶ and the �㽶��Ƶ Health Centre. Indeed, The Neuro introduced Canada’s first MS clinic. The clinic’s highly specialized staff employs the latest research data and treatment methods in a clinical atmosphere of innovation and progress.

Published: 2 May 2016

Breakthrough in "marriage-broker" protein

webfull — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:58:55 +0000

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital -The Neuro, at �㽶��Ƶ and the �㽶��Ƶ Health Centre, have made a breakthrough in understanding an important protein that appears to act as a kind of cellular “marriage broker.” The protein called Netrin1 brings cells together and maintains their healthy relationships. Netrin1 plays an essential role in the growth of the human organism, directing cell migration and the formation of cell circuits both at the embryo stage and after birth.

Published: 12 August 2015

Breakthrough in "marriage-broker" protein

webfull — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:48:06 +0000

Discovery provides new tool for understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases

Published: 12 August 2015

May - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

webfull — Thu, 07 May 2015 13:58:37 +0000

The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro at �㽶��Ƶ and the MUHC has Canada’s oldest MS clinic but is always innovating - striving for progress and better treatments for patients.

What’s new in MS at The Neuro

Published: 7 May 2015

Finding the way to memory

webfull — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:14:44 +0000

Guidance proteins regulate brain plasticity

Published: 5 February 2013