/channels/news_feeds/all/term/blood-brain%20barrier/rss en /channels/channels/news/neuro-researchers-awarded-over-45-m-cqdm-brain-canada-and-ontario-brain-institute-253469 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the MUHC, have received a total of over $4.5 M in funding, for innovative projects to accelerate diagnosis and drug discovery for diseases of the brain, including Alzheimer’s.</p> <p>CQDM, Brain Canada Foundation and the Ontario Brain Institute made the announcement at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience in Vancouver. Six Canadian research teams share a total investment of $ 10 million, through the strategic "Focus on Brain" initiative.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 10 Jun 2015 14:22:01 +0000 webfull 110627 at /channels /channels/news/how-blood-brain-barrier-maintained-247704 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The brain is a privileged organ in the body. So vital to life, the brain is protected from alterations elsewhere in the body by a highly regulated gateway known as the blood-brain barrier, which allows only selected molecules to pass through.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/bloodbrainbarrierupen.jpg?itok=eTGqOrWZ" width="160" height="102" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:00:25 +0000 webfull 109557 at /channels