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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 1d

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

Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 4d

“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.

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Christine Rogers @christinerogers.bsky.social · 7d

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
cc #oscanada2025
@theneuro.bsky.social

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 7d

Today, a team of scientists led by Jordan DeKraker, Boris Bernhardt and Alan Evans published HippoMaps, an #openaccess toolbox and online data warehouse for the mapping and contextualization of subregional hippocampal data in the human brain.

🧠 rdcu.be/eI1ye

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to Dr. Simon Thebault and Professor Jerome Fortin, two winners of the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada. They are among 22 successful applicants and will each receive $100,000 in research funding.

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McGill researchers win Brain Canada’s Future Leaders in Canadian

Jerome Fortin, Paul Masset and Simon Thebault have received the Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Award from Brain Canada for their research in brain cognition, brain cancer, and neurological...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 8d

Northern and Indigenous communities often face barriers to healthcare. Recently, Dr. Raluca Pana and EEG technician Chantal Lessard, along with senior neurology resident Dr. Aliya Szpindel, traveled to Kuujjuaq to offer consultations and EEG diagnostic services for people with epilepsy symptoms.

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Open Science Office Hours @osoh-neuro.bsky.social · 11d

🔬Are you doing research at The Neuro @theneuro.bsky.social?
🛠️Have you developed an Open Science tool?
✍️Then sign up today to showcase your tool at our next event!
🔗More details here: forms.gle/SaRJKK8QDCZL...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 12d

Demonstrated for the first time this week, the SENTRY™, developed by Dr. Kevin Petrecca, and Frédéric Leblond from Polytechnique Montreal, can tell cancer tissue from healthy tissue in real time, allowing surgeons to remove more cancer while avoiding healthy tissue.

💡 www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 14d

A groundbreaking project led by Dr. Pedro Rosa-Neto at The Neuro has received a major boost thanks to a $10-million grant from the Weston Family Foundation, with the acquisition of the first ultra-high-sensitivity whole body PET/CT scanner in Canada.

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

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 20d

Adrien Peyrache, neuroscientifique au Neuro, parle avec journaliste Jean-Benoit Legault d’une nouvelle étude qui a découvert que les objets visuels activent de manière préférentielle le système de navigation spatiale du cerveau.

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Une personne regardant une carte dans la forêt.

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CRBLM @crblm.bsky.social · 21d

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Day 2 of the MOTS Montreal Open Tools Symposium will include a morning talk by @memcauliffe.com Join us at the @theneuro.bsky.social
September 25th & 26th forms.gle/j2pRYkyoBwMS...

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CRBLM @crblm.bsky.social · 23d

The third speaker on day 1/2 of the MOTS Montreal Open Tools Symposium will be @mengsenz.bsky.social of Michigan State University. Join us at the @theneuro.bsky.social
September 25th & 26th forms.gle/rVSymg5sW3RZ...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 26d

A paper published in the journal Science today provides insight into how brains distinguish objects from background when finding direction. It was led by Stuart Trenholm and Adrien Peyrache at The Neuro and scientists from the University Medical Center Göttingen.

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https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channels/news/scientists-reveal-how-brain-uses-objects-find-direction-367562

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · 27d

🤔Ne vous êtes-vous pas déjà demandé d’où nos #émotions tirent leurs origines? C’est le sujet que nous avons abordé dans la récente parution du magazine @curiummag.com 📖.

Accèdez à la version PDF ici : www.mcgill.ca/neuro/files/...

@mcgill.ca @healthsciences.mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Félicitations au neuroscientifique Sylvain Baillet, qui a été intronisé à la Société royale du Canada, l'une des plus hautes distinctions universitaires du pays.

En savoir plus : www.mcgill.ca/neuro/fr/cha...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 29

A joint study from researchers at The Neuro and Concordia University examined how artificial neural networks learn sound systems of different languages, providing clues about why learning languages works well for bilingual children but is different in later life.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Efficient neural encoding as revealed by bilingualism | PNAS

The remarkable human capacity for bilingual and multilingual acquisition raises fundamental questions about how the brain develops efficient system...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 20

Le Dr Charles Couturier est clinicien-chercheur au Neuro. Son double rôle de neurochirurgien et de scientifique lui confère une vision unique des deux domaines.
Pour en savoir plus, regardez cette vidéo : 🎥https://youtu.be/IsIIt8lUwi8?si=jYwNJJETo39fdtfl

Comprendre le comportement des tumeurs cérébrales

Le Dr Charles Couturier est clinicien-chercheur au Neuro. Son double rôle de neurochirurgien et de scientifique lui confère une vision unique des deux domaines. Ses recherches dissèquent la dynamique…

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 19

Obesity increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, yet it remained unclear whether #obesity causes #neurodegeneration through the same mechanisms. A new study by Filip Morys in the lab of Alain Dagher used #OpenScience brain data to find the answer.

📑 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Dr. Charles Couturier is a clinician-researcher at The Neuro whose dual role as a neurosurgeon and scientist gives him unique insights into both fields.

Learn more in this video where we join him in the surgery room and the lab to see him in action. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCZO...

Charles Couturier - Understanding brain tumour behaviour

Dr. Charles Couturier is a clinician-researcher at The Neuro whose dual role as a neurosurgeon and scientist gives him unique insights into both fields. His research dissects brain tumor dynamics…

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congratulations to Sylvain Baillet, Boris Bernhardt, Alyson Fournier, Wayne Sossin, Madeleine Sharp, Alain Dagher, and Ronald Postuma, whose research projects were funded by CIHR through its Spring 2025 Project Grant.

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CIHR grants $48.4M to McGill health research

53 McGill research projects were awarded funding through CIHR’s Spring 2025 Project Grant competition, to support high-potential health research across all areas and career stages. The Canadian Institutes...

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dr. Ronaldo Del Maestro speaks with radio host Ben Mulroney about the latest study from his lab, which found #AI instruction of #neurosurgery students works best when paired with human instructors.

The interview begins at 31:20 (episode “Take a Walk in the Forest”)

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢 Good News !!! The application deadline for the Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes has been extended to August 22, 2025.

✨ This is your chance to be recognized for your contributions to #OpenScience !

👉 Submit your application : at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes

#Neuroscience

IHCF OS Prizes 2025 - past awardees testimonials

YouTube video by MontrealNeuro

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Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 7

Le Neuro est le seul établissement au Canada à proposer une formation bilingue de diagnostic et de prise en charge de l’autisme.

En savior plus : tr.ee/UIABqESFfV

Le Neuro (Institut-Hôpital neurologique de Montréal) @theneuro.bsky.social · Aug 6

A new study from The Neuro finds that #neurosurgery students receiving AI-augmented, personalized feedback from a human instructor outperform those who receive human-only instruction and those who get #AI-only instruction in surgical performance and skill transfer.

www.mcgill.ca/neuro/channe...