Category: News
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Researchers close in on root of slow motor learning in autism
Social deficits attract so much attention in the study of autism spectrum disorder, it’s easy to forget there are motor learning deficits during early childhood as well. For autistic kids hoping to throw a ball around the schoolyard and connect with classmates, these physical skill differences can isolate a child further. In a new study
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CAN Trainee research feature: Ewen Lavoie – University of Alberta
Ewen Lavoie presents work he has done in the laboratory of Dr. Craig Chapman at the University of Alberta, and published here: Lavoie, E., & Chapman, C. S. (2021). What’s limbs got to do with it? Real-world movement correlates with feelings of ownership over virtual arms during object interactions in virtual reality. Neuroscience of Consciousness.
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Pioneers in migraine research that has led to the development of new treatments awarded world’s top Brain Prize
A group of four neuroscientists from Denmark, Sweden, UK, and USA who discovered a key mechanism that causes migraine that led to revolutionary new treatments receive The Brain Prize, the world’s most valuable prize in neuroscience. Four decades of research paved the way for the development of entirely new classes of migraine-specific drugs which are
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CAN Connection – Winter 2021 Newsletter
Click here to read our latest newsletter: https://can-acn.org/can-connection-winter-2021/
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Launch of the 2020 Brain Star Award Competition
We are happy to announce the launch of the 2020 Brain Star Award Competition! Application deadline is January 31, 2021. View all the details here: Brain Star Awards
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Read the latest edition of CAN Connection – November 2020
Click here to read our latest newsletter
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CAN publishes an article in MacLean’s and Chatelaine magazine
The article was published in MacLean’s in October 2020, in a special section on “Understanding Neurological Conditions”, and re-published in the December 2020 edition of Chatelaine, in a special section on “Managing Chronic Conditions”. It was also published online on the healthinsight.ca website.
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CAN Trainee research feature: Claire Gizowski, McGill University
Watch this week’s CAN Trainee Research feature, with Claire Gizowski, who recently obtained her PhD at McGill University, working with Dr. Charles Bourque. She presents the publication: Gizowski C, Bourque CW. Sodium regulates clock time and output via an excitatory GABAergic pathway. Nature. 2020 Jul;583(7816):421-424. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2471-x. Dr. Gizowski is currently a postdoctoral scholar at
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CAN Trainee research feature: Nuria Daviu, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
CAN Trainee research features are a new opportunity for Canadian neuroscience trainees to showcase their research through short video features. We aim to make this a weekly feature and to share on our website and social media accounts, so please consider submitting a proposal to us! This week’s feature is Nuria Daviu, a researcher in the
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CAN Trainee Research Feature: Tasnia Rahman, McGill University
We are excited to launch a new opportunity for Canadian neuroscience trainees to showcase their research through short video features. We aim to make this a weekly feature and to share on our website and social media accounts, so please consider submitting a proposal to us. We would love to feature your research! This week’s