Canadian Neuroscience News

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  Brain Star Award Feature: Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi, University of Alberta2025/08/05
  Identification of CD33m as a new protective factor in Alzheimer’s Disease development. Immune cells in the brain, called microglia, are thought to be critical in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) development through numerous functions, including their ability to remove amyloid beta (Aβ), which is protein that accumulates in the brains of AD patients. In this study, Ghazaleh… Read more: Brain Star Award Feature: Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi, University of Alberta
• Read CAN’s brief submitted to the 2025 FINA Pre-budget consultations2025/07/29
  We are happy to share with you CAN’s pre-budget brief submission for the Consultations launched by the Finance committee of the House of Commons. https://can-acn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CAN-FINA-Submission-July-2025_final-1.pdf Our two main recommendations are an effective doubling of tri-agency budget over the coming years, and increased investment in brain-related programs.  We believe if multiple organizations submit similar recommendations, including the… Read more: Read CAN’s brief submitted to the 2025 FINA Pre-budget consultations
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  Brain Star Award Feature: Jessie Muir and Eshaan Sriram Iyer, McGill University2025/07/29
  Discovery of differences in encoding threat discrimination in the brain of males and females Learning to predict threat is essential, but equally important—yet often overlooked—is learning about the absence of threat. This study by Drs. Jessie Muir and Eshaan Sriram Iyer, working in the laboratory of Dr. Rosemary Bagot at McGill University, looks at mechanisms… Read more: Brain Star Award Feature: Jessie Muir and Eshaan Sriram Iyer, McGill University
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  Brain Star Award Feature: Maira Belen Blasco, Douglas Research Institute, McGill University2025/07/22
  A reduction in the number of connexions between brain cells is seen in the early stages of psychosis and is associated with negative symptoms. Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder typically emerging in adolescence or early adulthood. It is thought to occur because of alteration in the maturation or pruning of connexions between neurons called… Read more: Brain Star Award Feature: Maira Belen Blasco, Douglas Research Institute, McGill University
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  Brain Star Award winner feature: Diego B. Piza, Western University2025/07/15
  Better understanding the role of vision in the brain’s representation of space by studying freely moving primates The hippocampus is a structure of the mammalian brain that has been implicated in spatial memory and navigation. Its role has been primarily studied in nocturnal mammals, such as rats, that lack many adaptations for daylight vision. Here,… Read more: Brain Star Award winner feature: Diego B. Piza, Western University

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