Category: News
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2023 Brain Star Awards. The CIHR-INMHA Brain Star awards, administered by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, are awarded to students and trainees who have published high impact…
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Caroline Ménard wins the 2024 CAN New Investigator Award for groundbreaking research on stress vulnerability and resilience.
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience is very proud to announce that Dr. Caroline Ménard from Université Laval is the winner of the 2024 CAN New Investigator Award. Her innovative research program is shedding light on the biological mechanisms underlying vulnerability and resilience to stress, with the help of state-of-the-art photonic technology and with the aim…
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Read our latest newsletter: CAN Connection – March 2024
We invite you to read our latest newsletter for an update on CAN activities from the past months, and to learn how you can participate and get involved with us! Message from the President Call for Nominations – Board of Directors CAN Meeting updates Early-bird registration deadline coming up March 15 Satellite meetings 9th Canadian…
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Read CAN Connection – the September 2023 edition!
Read our latest newsletter today! Table of content: Message from the President, Adriana Di Polo CAN2024 Meeting Dates: May 19-22, 2024 Location: Vancouver Westin Bayshore Hotel Organizers Plenary speakers and sessions Featured plenary lecturers Plenary symposia chairs Meeting key dates Advocacy news Double – double for science Next CAN Parliament Hill Day: November 7th, 2023…
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A Promising Non-Invasive Therapy to Promote Repair and Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis
Source of story: MS Canada website Summary: Researchers find that a non-drug based treatment approach called acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH), which consists of short periods of reduced oxygen, reduces inflammation, protects nerve fibres, and promotes repair in mice with multiple sclerosis-like disease. While the findings of this study are promising, further research will need to…
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Identification of a previously unknown mechanism controlling the interaction between astrocytes and blood vessels in the brain
Title of publication : Astroglial Hmgb1 regulates postnatal astrocyte morphogenesis and cerebrovascular maturation. First author : Dr. Moises Freitas-Andrade A new publication from Dr. Baptiste Lacoste’s laboratory at University of Ottawa identifies a previously unknown mechanism controlling the interaction between astrocytes and blood vessels in the brain. Serving as bridges between neurons and blood vessels in the brain, astrocytes (a…
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Life and Neurscience – Event at the CAN 2023 Meeting
Incorporating conversations about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in the CAN meeting program. Hosts The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience has a mandate to increase awareness of these issues among CAN membership, as well as proposing policy and practice recommendations to the CAN leadership on producing an equitable association,…
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Study first to examine how early memory changes as we age at a cellular level
SickKids researchers discover that a matrix called the perineuronal net may be responsible for why human memories become more specific throughout childhood. How do our brains become capable of creating specific memories? In one of the first preclinical studies to examine memory development in youth, a research team at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)…
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Mimicking brain plasticity in children to control post-traumatic stress
The CHU Sainte-Justine team, led by Graziella Di Cristo, has made an important breakthrough in the treatment of people suffering from symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress. Could we temporarily increase brain plasticity in adults to decrease fear and anxiety responses in people who have experienced trauma? CHU Sainte-Justine Neuroscientist Graziella Di Cristo and her team were determined to find…
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 CAN- CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Awards!
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) and the Canadian Institutes of Health’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA) are proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Brain Star Awards. The CIHR-INMHA Brain Star awards, administered by the Canadian Association for Neuroscience, are awarded to students and trainees who have published high impact discoveries in all fields…
