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Les attaques terroristes coordonnées du 13 novembre 2015 à Paris ont coûté la vie à 133 personnes. Le Dr Etienne de Villers-Sidani explique comment le cerveau humain pourrait surmonter le traumatisme lié au fait d'avoir été témoin d'une telle tragédie.

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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🧬 Professor Carl Ernst and his team are leading a groundbreaking RNA therapy project aimed at treating Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome supported by D2R’s Translational Impact Research program.

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#RareDisease #RNAtherapy
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November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Promising treatments for #multiplesclerosis are on the horizon. The Neuro’s Clinical Research Unit is running innovative clinical trials: one testing an eye-tracking app to detect changes in brain function, and another investigating a novel therapy to ease spasticity.

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Advances in MS research that you should know about - Neuro CRU
A new focus of research hopes to completely transform the course of MS. There is an increasing emphasis on identifying MS early, potentially before the first symptoms. New research aims to identify…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ready to see how open-source tools are revolutionizing neuroscience?

Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy.

Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4

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November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Neuro is testing a new app that detects movement changes too subtle for the human eye - helping researchers track Parkinson’s symptoms more precisely and speed up the search for better treatments. Dr. Ron Postuma, director of The Neuro’s Movement Disorders Clinic, is leading the clinical trial.
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Chaque traitement commence par un essai clinique. Au Neuro, plus de 100 études par an font progresser les soins du cerveau. En savoir plus 👉 cru.mcgill.ca/fr/patients-2/
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Join us at The Neuro’s Open Science Prizes Ceremony for a special lecture by Igor Tatarnikov, Senior Research Software Engineer at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London.

🔗 Come be part of the future of open science. buff.ly/p6l83E4

#Neuroscience #Neuroanatomy #OpenScience
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Des chercheurs montréalais, dont le Dr Kevin Petrecca du Neuro et CUSM, ont développé un nouvel outil pour affronter le glioblastome, un cancer du cerveau si impitoyable que certains le surnomment le « Terminator ».

Pour en savoir plus, consultez cet article de La Presse : tr.ee/D1538YStb_
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Depuis près de 40 ans, l’Unité de recherche clinique du Neuro joue un rôle essentiel dans l’avancement des traitements contre les maladies neurologiques. For nearly 40 years, the CRU has played an essential role in advancing treatments for neurological diseases.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A new study led by Dr. Maiya Geddes and PhD candidate Naga Thovinakere at The Neuro sheds light on the factors influencing whether people change their exercise habits after a cardiovasular diagnosis.

Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Oct 21 Killam Seminar Series: Corticospinal circuits and neuropathic pain in chronic CNS injury with Dr. Edmund Hollis, Director, Circuit Repair Lab, Burke Neurological Institute / Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine bit.ly/47iliAI
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Killam Seminar Series: Corticospinal circuits and neuropathic pain in chronic CNS injury
Supported by the generosity of the Killam Trusts, The Neuro's Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding guest speakers whose research is of interest to the scientific community at The Neuro and McGill...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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We are looking forward to welcoming our esteemed project colleagues, led by @tedfon.bsky.social and Dr. Tom Durcan at @theneuro.bsky.social EDDU (Early Drug Discovery Unit) as part of our Annual General Meeting in 2 weeks! Check out the spotlight on this amazing team, below! 👇 🔬
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"A Local Platform with a Global Outreach": A talk with the Neuro's EDDU's Director, Tom Durcan
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October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A made-in-Montreal neurosurgical tool co-developed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca at The Neuro is helping doctors extend the lives of people with #braincancer.

Learn more in this report from CTV News.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dr. Adrián Noriega de la Colina recently joined Kelly Alexander on CJAD 800 Montreal’s “Ask the Experts” to discuss modifiable risk factors of dementia, and what we can all do to protect brain health across the lifespan.

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October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A study led by Dr. Etienne de Villers-Sidani is the first in humans to show online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory.

Learn more in this report from CNN: tr.ee/cyH4b7rz0T
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A research team led by neuroscientist Heidi McBride has discovered a new pathway that links five different proteins mutated in familial #Parkinson’s disease along a common immune pathway.

Learn more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A study by Dr. Etienne de Villers Sidani is the first in humans to show that online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory. The study found that a game-like app called BrainHQ enhanced cholinergic function.

🖥️ 🧠https://tr.ee/NvOm7-4587
October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Nous avons eu le privilège d’accueillir Christian Dubé, ministre de la Santé du Québec, pour assister à une chirurgie cérébrale guidée en temps réel par l’intelligence artificielle et qui permet aux neurochirurgiens de distinguer les tissus cancéreux des tissus sains pendant une opération.
October 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🏆Announcing the laureates of the Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025!

🎉 Join us in celebrating the laureates at the award ceremony, featuring a special lecture from International Prize laureate representative from the BrainGlobe initiative.

#OpenScience #Neuroscience
The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes: Meet the winners of an exceptional edition
This year’s edition of the Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes at The Neuro, organised by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute, was exceptional in every way. With a record number of ap...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Kris Noakes—Anishinaabe mother and community leader—diagnosed with ALS, is donating her biological samples and clinical data to The Neuro’s Open Biobank. Helping researchers around the world speed up the search for treatments and cures for neurological diseases. @cusm-muhc.bsky.social @mcgill.ca
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Open Science gives patients back control” Living with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia for 20+ years, Linda Lafontaine chose to act—by contributing her data and samples to The Neuro’s Open Biobank. Fueling research into HSP, ALS, Parkinson’s, ataxia, and more—helping scientists accelerate discovery.
October 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Le directeur du Neuro, le Dr Guy Rouleau, propose de relocaliser Le Neuro sur le site Glen du CUSM.

«Les bâtiments vétustes du Neuro, situés rue University, ne répondent plus aux besoins d’aujourd’hui, et posent des risques réels de bris de service».

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October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Join us online this Friday Oct.3 for pre-conference talks from the inaugural Canadian Conference on #OpenScience & #OpenScholarship
Free registration and program details at oscanada.github.io
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October 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today, a team of scientists led by Jordan DeKraker, Boris Bernhardt and Alan Evans published HippoMaps, an #openaccess toolbox and online data warehouse for the mapping and contextualization of subregional hippocampal data in the human brain.

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October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Congrats to Dr. Simon Thebault and Professor Jerome Fortin, two winners of the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada. They are among 22 successful applicants and will each receive $100,000 in research funding.

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McGill researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian
Jerome Fortin, Paul Masset and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM