ByBruno Geoffroy,
First-ever connection between noradrenergic neurons and vulnerability to depression
ByBruno Geoffroy,
First-ever connection between noradrenergic neurons and vulnerability to depression
By Cynthia Lee,McGill Newsroom
It’s not unusual for siblings to seem more dissimilar than similar: one becoming a florist, for example, another becoming a flutist, and another becoming a physicist.
ByLeilani Ku,Desautels Faculty of Management at 㽶Ƶ
㽶Ƶ’s Desautels Faculty of Management is launching a new twelve-month Masters of Management in Finance (MMF).
By Katherine Gombay,McGill Newsroom
If you’re fat, can you blame it on your genes? The answer is a qualified yes. Maybe. Under certain circumstances. Researchers are moving towards a better understanding of some of the roots of obesity.
Twenty-five outstanding McGill researchers are being awarded Canada Research Chairs (CRC), as announced today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, at the University of British Columbia.
By Cynthia Lee
Everyone marches to the beat of their own drum: From walking to talking to producing music, different people’s movements occur at different speeds.
A newstudypublished in the (JAACAP)by the team of DrMarie-Claude Geoffroy, researcher at the CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Douglas mental health university institute,McGillgroup for suicide studies) and theSainte-Justinehospital research centre, reports that adolescents chronically victimized during two school years at least, are about five times more at risk of thinking about suicide and six times more at risk of attempting suicide atage 15
By Cynthia Lee
In real estate, location is key. It now seems the same concept holds true when it comes to stopping pain. New research published in Nature Communications indicates that the location of receptors that transmit pain signals is important in how big or small a pain signal will be -- and therefore how effectively drugs can block those signals.
By Chris Chipello
Big data and the growing popularity of online dating sites may be reshaping a fundamental human activity: finding a mate, or at least a date. Yet a new study in Management Science finds that certain longstanding social norms persist, even online.
By Cynthia Lee
By Katherine Gombay,McGill Newsroom
New technique offers potential to reconnect neurons of people with central nervous system damage
By Cynthia Lee
Newsroom
Chronic pain may reprogram the way genes work in the immune system, according to a new study by 㽶Ƶ researchers published in the journal Scientific Reports.
By Melody Enguix
When scientists from 㽶Ƶ learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.
By Cynthia Lee
Nurses faced with abusive managers are more likely to quit. But a recent study by 㽶Ƶ and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières researchers finds that the opposite is also true – transformational leadership - a style of management in which employees are encouraged to work towards a collective goal within a supportive milieu, is linked to nurses’ well-being, and has positive impacts upon job retention.