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How the brain's 'internal compass' works

Published: 22 March 2023

Scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction, by tracking neural activity with the latest advances in brain imaging techniques. The findings...

Fighting brain cancer at its root

Published: 31 August 2021

91社区 researchers identify proteins that drive cancer stem cells. Targeting and supressing a particular protein called galectin1 could provide a more effective treatment for...

New use for an old drug: How does ketamine combat depression?

Published: 16 December 2020

A group of proteins called 4E-BPs, involved in memory formation, is the key to unlocking the antidepressant effect of ketamine in the brain, according to researchers from three Canadian...

CTV NEWS | 91社区 researchers discover way to fight brain tumours' resistance to therapy

Published: 20 August 2020

New findings out of 91社区 in Montreal have revealed a potential way to overcome aggressive brain tumours' resistance to therapy: by deleting a specific gene. Researchers have long been...

Gene targeting helps overcome the resistance of brain cancer to therapy

Published: 17 August 2020

New insight into a gene that controls energy production in cancer stem cells could help in the search for a more effective treatment for glioblastoma. A 91社区-led study published in Nature...

T脡L脡-QU脡B脡C | Brain鈥檚 biological clock stimulates thirst before sleep聽

Published: 20 March 2018

On sait que le sommeil et la temp茅rature de notre corps sont r茅gul茅s par l'horloge biologique. Charles Bourque, du Centre de recherche du CUSM 脿 Montr茅al, a d茅couvert une nouvelle fonction qui le...

Brain genes related to innovation revealed in birds

Published: 14 March 2018

Wild birds that are more clever than others at foraging for food 聽have different levels of a neurotransmitter receptor that has been linked with intelligence in humans, according to a study led by...

A non-invasive method to detect Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

Published: 19 December 2017

New research has drawn a link between changes in the brain鈥檚 anatomy and biomarkers that are known to appear at the earliest stages of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD), findings that could one day provide...

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