Canadian Neuroscience News

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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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  Brain Star Award Feature: Andrew Mocle, University of Toronto2025/07/10
  Better understanding how ensembles of neurons are recruited in memory formation. The hippocampus is a critical brain region for encoding and recall of episodic memories. The physical trace left in the brain by memory formation is called an ‘engram’, and the process by which new engrams are formed is still unclear. In this work, Andrew… Read more: Brain Star Award Feature: Andrew Mocle, University of Toronto
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  Brain Star Award Feature: Niklas Brake, McGill University2025/07/08
  Better understanding the non-rhythmic components of Electroencephalography (EEG) can lead to better interpretation of brain activity Article citation Brake, N., Duc, F., Rokos, A., Arseneau, F., Shahiri, S., Khadra, A., and Plourde, G. (2024) A neurophysiological basis for aperiodic EEG and the background spectral trend. Nature Communications 15(1514). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45922-8 Electroencephalography (EEG) has been in use… Read more: Brain Star Award Feature: Niklas Brake, McGill University
• Remembering Leo P. Renaud2025/07/08
  It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr. Leo P. Renaud (1941-2025), distinguished Canadian neuroscientist and Past President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience on 6th July, 2025. Leo had an iconic status in the field of Neuroendocrinology and indeed Canadian Neuroscience that was founded on his outstanding scientific contributions… Read more: Remembering Leo P. Renaud
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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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