/newsroom/taxonomy/term/134/all en /newsroom/channels/news/mit-ai-can-spot-signs-alzheimers-your-family-does-285990 <p>[…] AI is also finding use in helping physicians detect early signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain and understand how those physical changes unfold in different people. “When a radiologist reads a scan, it’s impossible to tell whether a person will progress to Alzheimer’s disease,” says Pedro Rosa-Neto, a neurologist at �㽶��Ƶ in Montreal.</p> <p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609236/ai-can-spot-signs-of-alzheimers-before-your-family-does/">MIT Tech Review</a></p> Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:30:14 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 34839 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/24-matins-et-si-alzheimer-netait-pas-une-maladie-completement-neurodegenerative-284611 <p>Pour le professeur <strong>Salah El Mestikawy</strong> de l’université McGill à Montréal, “La plupart de ces baisses n’apparaissent qu’aux stades les plus tardifs de la maladie, à tel point que cette perte pourrait aussi bien être une conséquence de la maladie plutôt que sa cause”.</p> <p><a href="https://www.24matins.fr/alzheimer-netait-maladie-completement-neurodegenerative-703853">24 MATINS</a></p> Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:44:51 +0000 nathan.menezes@mail.mcgill.ca 32942 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/what-makes-brain-tick-so-fast-259264 <p><em><strong>By Chris Chipello, <a href="/newsroom">McGill Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p>Surprisingly complex interactions between neurotransmitter receptors and other key proteins help explain the brain’s ability to process information with lightning speed, according to a new study.</p> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:39:34 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25389 at /newsroom /newsroom/judes-poirier Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22898 at /newsroom /newsroom/siegfried-hekimi Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23856 at /newsroom