Canadian Neuroscience News

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  Brain Star Award Feature: Caroline Nettekoven, Western University2025/06/25
  Development of a functional atlas of the human cerebellum The human cerebellum is a brain region that is activated during many behaviours, including movement, language and cognitive tasks. However, the cerebellum’s contribution to these processes remained poorly understood because of a lack of a comprehensive functional map of this brain region. To address this, Caroline… Read more: Brain Star Award Feature: Caroline Nettekoven, Western University
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  CAN Connection – Summer 20252025/06/23
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  Brain Star Award feature: Lizheng Wang, University of Calgary2025/06/20
  Uncovering the role of cilia in astrocyte development and function Astrocytes are a type of cells that act as crucial regulators of nearly all aspects of the brain. Different types of astrocytes exist; however, little is known about how different subtypes of astrocytes are created during development to differentially support their local neural circuits. Lizheng… Read more: Brain Star Award feature: Lizheng Wang, University of Calgary
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  Brain Star Award feature: Hayley Renee Christine Shanks, Western University2025/06/10
  Phase 2a clinical trial reveals a small molecule called LM11A-31 is safe and slows progression of many features of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no cure. Therapeutics available to the approximately 734,000 Canadians living with AD provide symptom management without slowing disease progression. Hayley Renee Christine… Read more: Brain Star Award feature: Hayley Renee Christine Shanks, Western University
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  Brain Star Award feature: Andrea Luppi, McGill University2025/06/03
  Understanding how the brain’s network architecture shapes its capacity to transition between different states To support the diversity of human cognitive functions, such as learning, thinking, reasoning, remembering, problem solving, decision making, and attention, brain regions flexibly form and dissolve connections on the fly. How is the brain’s capacity to transition between different functional configurations… Read more: Brain Star Award feature: Andrea Luppi, McGill University

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