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Your brain on hormones: understanding the effects of hormone …

WebAdolescence is a time of profound change – a time of self-discovery and transition that is both exciting and challenging. These changes can be attributed in part to the hormones that start circulating at this age, which, in addition to leading to the expression of secondary sex characteristics, trigger a shift in brain development.

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Brain Canada Foundation

WebThe Power of Diverse Partnerships. Brain Canada is the leading foundation dedicated to advancing neuroscience in this country. We drive tangible, actionable change through our unique and holistic approach which aims to understand all aspects of the brain in health and disease, as well as our funding initiatives which encourage interdisciplinarity and …

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Mental Health Week

WebOnly 42 percent of youth in Canada aged 15 to 24 years old reported having excellent or very good mental health in the spring of 2020, compared to 62 percent in …

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Program to transform low-survival cancers

WebNew research grants announced today by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in partnership with Brain Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research …

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Dr. Alex Parker: Not giving up on the “hard problem” of ALS

WebDr. Parker began this project by cataloging more than 100 of these genes – which either promote axonal regrowth or slow further damage – as potential targets for study in ALS models. “We tested them all. And lo and behold, some of them actually stopped further neurodegeneration in an ALS model,” he says. He then tested his “short list

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Clues for stress resilience found at the blood-brain barrier

WebWhat factors promote resilience to stress? Researchers have investigated this question at the level of neurons for decades, but Dr. Caroline Ménard found an answer where the blood system and the nervous system interact, the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Her work shows that social stress alters the BBB and that non-neuronal cells are involved.

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Future ALS Therapies and The Brain-Gut Connection

WebWith a $125,000 Discovery Grant, from the ALS Canada Research Program in partnership with Brain Canada, Drs. Parker and Ruiz are empowered to take the next step. The Discovery Grant competition has been made possible by matched funds contributed by the Canada Brain Research Fund, an innovative partnership between the Government of …

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What are Memories

WebThrough Dr. Cembrowski’s research, he is exploring how we form and store memories and how our memory relates to a variety of brain diseases and disorders. The …

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Significant funding boost for research on Alzheimer’s and ALS

WebThe CBRF increases Canadians’ support for brain research and expands the philanthropic space for funding brain research to achieve maximum impact. To date, Health Canada has invested more than $145 million in brain research through the CBRF which has been matched by Brain Canada Foundation and its donors and partners.

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CAMH Clinician Scientist explores non-invasive brain stimulation

Web“I’ve always been interested in how the brain works in general,” says Dr. Christoph Zrenner, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and Clinician and …

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Canadian brain research receives $4 million boost from Bell Let’s …

WebPartnership enables new Brain Canada initiative addressing research and care gaps highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis. January 26, 2021 – Brain Canada and Bell …

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Women’s Brain Health Initiative and Brain Canada join forces to …

WebSix Canadian research teams have been awarded funding for the implementation and/or continuation of sex and gender considerations in research on …

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Easing the healthcare burden – one protocol at a time

WebResearchers and clinicians from Blantyre Malawi, one of the pioneering sites operating a Hyperfine Inc. scanner as part of the UNITY project, with visiting researchers …

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Neurodiversity : Lived Experiences- Brain Canada Foundation

WebAs a national convenor and enabler of the Canadian brain research community, Brain Canada supports efforts to reduce health inequities. This includes …

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Careers & Opportunities

WebWe offer: • A competitive compensation package including a complete benefits plan. • A flexibility to work from home, in accordance with our Work-from-Home Policy. • A healthy, flexible, and dynamic work environment that values teamwork, creativity, innovation and work-life balance. • Access to professional development and training as

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