Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal)

🧠 Wrapping up a great celebration of The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize Ceremony 2025.
👏 Congratulations to all our winners — Ju-Chi Yu, Raymond Confidence and the BrainGlobe Initiative, based at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL and represented by Igor Tatarnikov.

Les essais cliniques changent des vies. Sans eux, aucun traitement novateur ne pourrait passer du laboratoire jusqu’au bureau du médecin. Mais, savez-vous vraiment ce qu’est un essai clinique?
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Patients, caregivers, clinicians and researchers are coming together to shape the future of patient-oriented neuroscience at Bridging Gaps: A Patient-Oriented Neuroscience Research Symposium.

📅 November 22, 2025
📍 RI-MUHC
🕚 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/bridging-g...

Can a phone help detect early signs of Parkinson’s? 🧠📱Louis is taking part in a clinical trial at The Neuro testing an app that detects movement changes too subtle for the human eye. The study is recruiting healthy adults 55+ (until Nov 21).
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Le Neuro a pu amasser plus de 200 M$ grâce à la générosité de milliers de donateurs.

Cette solidarité témoigne d’une vérité simple : personne n’est à l’abri d’un trouble neurologique, mais chacun peut contribuer à faire avancer la recherche.

Lire l'article dans @ledevoir.com : tr.ee/Uzt8HqUc3t

Could neural stem cells be driving brain tumour recurrence? - Neuro CRU Could stem cells be boosting brain tumour recurrence? After a decade of research, a leading clinician-scientist at The Neuro hopes that tamping down stem cell activity in the brain can help treat…

A potentially transformative approach to treating glioblastoma is emerging from research at The Neuro. Neurosurgeon Dr. Kevin Petrecca and his team have discovered that stem cells within brain tumours have been driving the recurrence of glioblastoma.
🧠 Learn more : cru.mcgill.ca/gbm-stem-cel...

Visual with photos of two professors Title: Neurogenesis Speaker Series Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 4:30-6:30 p.m., The Neuro with Delphine Raucher-Chene, MD, PhD, and Tasmia Hai, PhD

How can digital tools transform mental health research? Can brain anatomy show us how parents and children share attention? 🧠

Find out at the next Neurogenesis Faculty Lecture on Nov. 26 at @theneuro.bsky.social w/ Delphine Raucher-Chéné & @tasmiahai.bsky.social!

👉 Register here: mcgill.ca/x/iHe

Bataclan memorial

Les attaques terroristes coordonnées du 13 novembre 2015 à Paris ont coûté la vie à 133 personnes. Le Dr Etienne de Villers-Sidani explique comment le cerveau humain pourrait surmonter le traumatisme lié au fait d'avoir été témoin d'une telle tragédie.

En savoir plus : tr.ee/cMVQ_h4I3v

🧬 Professor Carl Ernst and his team are leading a groundbreaking RNA therapy project aimed at treating Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome supported by D2R’s Translational Impact Research program.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/0X51szG

#RareDisease #RNAtherapy
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Advances in MS research that you should know about - Neuro CRU A new focus of research hopes to completely transform the course of MS. There is an increasing emphasis on identifying MS early, potentially before the first symptoms. New research aims to identify…

Promising treatments for #multiplesclerosis are on the horizon. The Neuro’s Clinical Research Unit is running innovative clinical trials: one testing an eye-tracking app to detect changes in brain function, and another investigating a novel therapy to ease spasticity.

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Ready to see how open-source tools are revolutionizing neuroscience?

Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy.

Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4

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The Neuro is testing a new app that detects movement changes too subtle for the human eye - helping researchers track Parkinson’s symptoms more precisely and speed up the search for better treatments. Dr. Ron Postuma, director of The Neuro’s Movement Disorders Clinic, is leading the clinical trial.

Chaque traitement commence par un essai clinique. Au Neuro, plus de 100 études par an font progresser les soins du cerveau. En savoir plus 👉 cru.mcgill.ca/fr/patients-2/
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Join us at The Neuro’s Open Science Prizes Ceremony for a special lecture by Igor Tatarnikov, Senior Research Software Engineer at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London.

🔗 Come be part of the future of open science. buff.ly/p6l83E4

#Neuroscience #Neuroanatomy #OpenScience

Neurochirurgie

Des chercheurs montréalais, dont le Dr Kevin Petrecca du Neuro et CUSM, ont développé un nouvel outil pour affronter le glioblastome, un cancer du cerveau si impitoyable que certains le surnomment le « Terminator ».

Pour en savoir plus, consultez cet article de La Presse : tr.ee/D1538YStb_

Depuis près de 40 ans, l’Unité de recherche clinique du Neuro joue un rôle essentiel dans l’avancement des traitements contre les maladies neurologiques. For nearly 40 years, the CRU has played an essential role in advancing treatments for neurological diseases.
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Older people exercising

A new study led by Dr. Maiya Geddes and PhD candidate Naga Thovinakere at The Neuro sheds light on the factors influencing whether people change their exercise habits after a cardiovasular diagnosis.

Learn more: www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

Killam Seminar Series: Corticospinal circuits and neuropathic pain in chronic CNS injury Supported by the generosity of the Killam Trusts, The Neuro's Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding guest speakers whose research is of interest to the scientific community at The Neuro and McGill...

Oct 21 Killam Seminar Series: Corticospinal circuits and neuropathic pain in chronic CNS injury with Dr. Edmund Hollis, Director, Circuit Repair Lab, Burke Neurological Institute / Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine bit.ly/47iliAI
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YouTube video by MontrealNeuro "A Local Platform with a Global Outreach": A talk with the Neuro's EDDU's Director, Tom Durcan

We are looking forward to welcoming our esteemed project colleagues, led by @tedfon.bsky.social and Dr. Tom Durcan at @theneuro.bsky.social EDDU (Early Drug Discovery Unit) as part of our Annual General Meeting in 2 weeks! Check out the spotlight on this amazing team, below! 👇 🔬
youtu.be/z5u3WWVOQoQ

SENTRY device

A made-in-Montreal neurosurgical tool co-developed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca at The Neuro is helping doctors extend the lives of people with #braincancer.

Learn more in this report from CTV News.

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Adrián Noriega de la Colina

Dr. Adrián Noriega de la Colina recently joined Kelly Alexander on CJAD 800 Montreal’s “Ask the Experts” to discuss modifiable risk factors of dementia, and what we can all do to protect brain health across the lifespan.

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Etienne de Villers-Sidani

A study led by Dr. Etienne de Villers-Sidani is the first in humans to show online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory.

Learn more in this report from CNN: tr.ee/cyH4b7rz0T

Heidi McBride

A research team led by neuroscientist Heidi McBride has discovered a new pathway that links five different proteins mutated in familial #Parkinson’s disease along a common immune pathway.

Learn more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Online brain training exercise

A study by Dr. Etienne de Villers Sidani is the first in humans to show that online brain training exercises can improve brain networks affecting learning and memory. The study found that a game-like app called BrainHQ enhanced cholinergic function.

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Nous avons eu le privilège d’accueillir Christian Dubé, ministre de la Santé du Québec, pour assister à une chirurgie cérébrale guidée en temps réel par l’intelligence artificielle et qui permet aux neurochirurgiens de distinguer les tissus cancéreux des tissus sains pendant une opération.

The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes: Meet the winners of an exceptional edition This year’s edition of the Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes at The Neuro, organised by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute, was exceptional in every way. With a record number of ap...

🏆Announcing the laureates of the Neuro - Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes 2025!

🎉 Join us in celebrating the laureates at the award ceremony, featuring a special lecture from International Prize laureate representative from the BrainGlobe initiative.

#OpenScience #Neuroscience

Kris Noakes—Anishinaabe mother and community leader—diagnosed with ALS, is donating her biological samples and clinical data to The Neuro’s Open Biobank. Helping researchers around the world speed up the search for treatments and cures for neurological diseases. @cusm-muhc.bsky.social @mcgill.ca

“Open Science gives patients back control” Living with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia for 20+ years, Linda Lafontaine chose to act—by contributing her data and samples to The Neuro’s Open Biobank. Fueling research into HSP, ALS, Parkinson’s, ataxia, and more—helping scientists accelerate discovery.

Le directeur du Neuro, le Dr Guy Rouleau, propose de relocaliser Le Neuro sur le site Glen du CUSM.

«Les bâtiments vétustes du Neuro, situés rue University, ne répondent plus aux besoins d’aujourd’hui, et posent des risques réels de bris de service».

En savoir plus : tr.ee/sFCx7wqxer

Join us online this Friday Oct.3 for pre-conference talks from the inaugural Canadian Conference on #OpenScience & #OpenScholarship
Free registration and program details at oscanada.github.io
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