/channels/taxonomy/term/9720/all en /channels/channels/news/study-finds-obesity-related-neurodegeneration-mimics-alzheimers-disease-345693 <h4><b>Thinning in the right temporo-parietal cortex and left prefrontal cortex were similar in both groups</b></h4> <p>A new study led by scientists at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û finds a correlation between neurodegeneration in obese people and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients.</p> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:00:06 +0000 webfull 186824 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-study-identifies-new-role-major-genetic-risk-factor-alzheimers-disease-303726 <p>For years, physicians have been aware that patients carrying the apolipoprotein ꜫ4 (APOE <i>ꜫ4</i>) gene are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. New research from ÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û has now found the gene plays an even greater role in dementia.<br /><br /></p> Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:04:26 +0000 webfull 156829 at /channels /channels/channels/news/alan-evans-honoured-his-lifetime-contribution-field-neuroimaging-297595 <p align="left"><strong>The Organization for Human Brain Mapping, the largest international scientific society for neuroimaging-based brain research, has honoured Prof. Alan C. Evans with its Glass Brain Award</strong></p> <p>The award, presented to Evans at the 2019 <strong><a href="https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3267&pageid=1">OHBM</a> </strong>congress in Rome, recognizes lifetime achievement in the use of brain mapping to make significant discoveries about the human brain.</p> Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:34:28 +0000 webfull 149794 at /channels /channels/event/simultaneous-petmr-imaging-brain-cardiac-and-cancer-research-257608 <p>The future of in vivo imaging is not only in new and improved scanner technology – with constantly augmenting sensitivity, spatial and temporal resolution – but also in our capacity, in health and disease, to target the largest choice of metabolic</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:31:55 +0000 webfull 114935 at /channels /channels/news/dr-computer-266572 <h2>Deep learning transforming neuroscience research</h2> <p>In an article published in Nature on Feb. 15, 2017, researchers, including principal investigators from the Montreal Neurological Institute’s McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC), used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the development of autism in babies.</p> Mon, 20 Mar 2017 20:48:38 +0000 webfull 126512 at /channels