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Meet Alison Jacobson Physiotherapist, Stroke Team, ICU I absolutely love working in the ICU. I love getting people up and moving after they've had a stroke a...nd getting them back on their feet. Physiotherapists are an integral part of The Neuro ICU multi-disciplinary team, working alongside nurses and doctors to treat and care for patients. Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre

Le 24 octobre est la journée de sensibilisation au cancer du cerveau au Canada, où 27 personnes se voient diagnostiquer une tumeur chaque jour. Le glioblastome ...(GBM) est la tumeur cérébrale maligne primaire la plus fréquente, représentant 15 % des cas. Il s'agit d'un cancer agressif qui se développe dans le cerveau ou la moelle épinière. La durée médiane de survie (c'est-à-dire pour la moitié des patients atteints) n'est que de 18 mois, même avec un traitement agressif. L'unité de recherche clinique du Neuro est ravie de participer à un nouvel essai clinique sur le glioblastome. L'essai multimodal est inhabituel dans la recherche sur les tumeurs cérébrales : il est conçu de manière unique comme une plateforme de longue durée ayant la capacité de tester plusieurs thérapies en même temps par rapport à un groupe de contrôle commun qui recevra le traitement qui est actuellement le standard de soins. Il s'agit également de l'un des rares essais ouverts aux patients présentant une récidive de glioblastome. Le Neuro est toujours à la recherche de patients pour l'essai AGILE. Pour plus de détails, visitez cru.mcgill.ca/bt ou contactez l'équipe des tumeurs cérébrales au (514) 398-6907 ou (514) 398-2801. Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre Clinical Research Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital

October 24th is Brain Cancer Awareness Day in Canada, where 27 people are diagnosed with a tumour every day. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary mali...gnant brain tumour, accounting for 15 per cent of cases. It is an aggressive cancer that occurs on the brain or spinal cord; the median survival time (that is, for half of the patients affected), is only 18 months even with aggressive treatment. The Clinical Research Unit at The Neuro is excited to be taking part in a new clinical trial for glioblastoma. The multi-modal trial is unusual in brain tumour research: it is uniquely designed as a long-standing platform with the ability to test multiple therapies at the same time against a common control group which will receive the treatment that is currently the standard of care. It is also one of the rare trials open to patients with a recurrence of glioblastoma. The Neuro is still seeking patients for the AGILE trial. For more details visit cru.mcgill.ca/bt or contact the Brain Tumour Team at (514) 398-6907 or (514) 398-2801. Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre Clinical Research Unit at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital

Un laboratoire, c’est un peu comme une cuisine où divers plats mijotent en même temps, explique Mayada Elsabbagh. Apprenez-en plus sur la co-directrice d...e la recherche clinique du Centre Azrieli de recherche sur l’#autisme (CARA) - situé au Neuro - en lisant cet article initialement publié dans Spectrum : https://at.theneuro.ca/recettes See more

Meet Filippo Olivero Iacono Technical assistant, Medical Imaging The challenging part of the position is a lot of the physical labour. The enjoyable part is ...that I get to help people. That feels good! Technical assistants are invaluable. They help with the handling of machines and equipment, provide assistance and accompany patients, as well as clean and prep rooms. Centre universitaire de santé McGill - McGill University Health Centre

Join our Global Neuroscience Virtual Symposium, Nov 26, as we bring the global community together to uncover the brain’s cellular and structural complexity all... at once. Hear from leading researchers using single cell and spatial multiomics to decipher the complex biology underlying neurodegenerative disease and psychiatric disorders. See more

This image comes from the lab of Jo Anne Stratton at The Neuro. It is of the ventricular lining in a healthy brain showing ependymal cells (red), microglia (gre...en) and nuclei (blue). The image was produced by immunohistochemistry and seen through a microscope. Stratton is studying how the ependymal cell, which belongs to the glial family of cells, supports brain health and how they might become damaged in people with MS. To learn more about her work: https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/jo-anne-stratton-phd #neuromicro

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The olfactory bulb is a part of the brain that receives scent signals from our nose and sends them to the amygdala for further processing. In most vertebrates, ...the olfactory bulb is in the front of the brain but in humans it is on the inferior or bottom. The size of this structure generally corresponds to smell sensitivity. This is a tissue section of a mouse olfactory bulb showing two populations of olfactory receptor neuron axons (red and green) innervating different regions of the olfactory bulb. Photo by Jin Cho from the lab of JF Cloutier, where researchers study how neurons are born, project axonal processes, and form synaptic connections during neurodevelopment. To learn more about their work: https://www.mcgill.ca/anatomy/jean-francois-cloutier #neuromicro

I thought I would share! I cry every time I hear or sing Ode to Joy!! Beethoven himself would also cry with happiness if he could see it! : Music Busted #germany

Brain surgery changes patients’ lives and can have devastating side effects. Steven’s was no different. We invite you to join us on an intimate journey as we fo...llow a family stricken by brain cancer. This series is a part of our annual brain cancer fundraiser, A Brilliant Night / Une Brillante Soirée https://vimeo.com/465114537 #StevensStory -------------- Les interventions chirurgicales au cerveau changent la vie des patients et peuvent avoir des effets secondaires dévastateurs. L’intervention de Steven n’a pas fait exception. Nous vous invitons à vous joindre à nous pour un voyage intime alors que nous suivons une famille touchée par le cancer au cerveau. https://vimeo.com/465114537 #LHistoiredeSteven

If you’ve been following this series then by now you know the basic parts of the neuron: the dendrites, axon, nucleus and synapses. The neuron is microscopicyo...u can’t see it with the naked eye. But neuroscientists study structures even smaller than the neuron. They use tools like electron microscopes to take images of the building blocks of neurons, such as the organelles. Organelles are structures that perform specific tasks within a cell, like how our organs perform certain functions to keep us alive and healthy. This image shows organelle components of synapses. They help carry neurotransmitters to the synaptic gap, which they cross to reach receptors on the other side. Understanding their mechanism will help us develop therapies for conditions where there is synaptic misfiring. Electron microscopes make studying these tiny organelles possible. They use elections as a source of illumination, which have much smaller wavelengths than photons and so can produce images of small objects at higher resolution than a traditional light microscope. This image was taken by Alexandra Brignall at the lab of JF Cloutier of The Neuro. #neuromicro