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Motor Control
Motor control: systematic regulation of movement in organisms that have a nervous system. Also includes movement functions which can be attributed to reflexes.
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FEB 08, 2024Cardiology
Exercise benefits the whole body, including the brain.Written By: Savannah LoganJAN 11, 2024Cannabis Sciences
People who take medical cannabis for chronic pain may be at a slightly higher risk of developing an abnormal heart rhyth ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 10, 2024Cannabis Sciences
A study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry used brain imaging to examine dopamine receptor D2 availability in cannabis ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 09, 2024Neuroscience
Bariatric surgery may mitigate the rapid cognitive decline associated with obesityWritten By: Amielle MorenoOCT 06, 2023Technology
A team of researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne are leveraging leading-edge imaging ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 06, 2023Health & Medicine
A study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that cannabis use alters the connectivity of a specific bra ...Written By: Kerry CharronAUG 29, 2023Neuroscience
Huntington's disease is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder that affects both motor and cognitive function and ...Written By: Greta AnneAUG 18, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Since 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge https://www.als.org/IBC has inspired more than 17 million people to raise $115 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2023Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced the four astronauts who will embark on a six-month stay to the International Space Station (ISS) ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 07, 2023Neuroscience
The judicial system assumes we process all information, past and present, to produce our actions. That assumption is dan ...Written By: Amielle MorenoMAY 27, 2023Neuroscience
Researchers enabled a paralyzed man to walk again via an implantable, wireless brain-spine interface. The corresponding ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 04, 2023Neuroscience
People with long COVID and persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms display abnormal brain activity during memory tests mont ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 01, 2023Cannabis Sciences
How much of an impact can cannabis exposure have on newborn babies? This is what a recent study published in the British ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 19, 2023Neuroscience
Newly discovered areas of the motor cortex will re-write researchWritten By: Amielle MorenoAPR 16, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
This work has also highlighted the importance of assessing a diverse group of patients when studying a disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2023Neuroscience
Astrocytes are a type of cell in the brain that were long known to provide crucial support to neurons. But we now know t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2023Genetics & Genomics
SMA is a leading cause of infant mortality. Most cases of the disease are caused by mutations in a gene called SMN1 that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that is also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 24, 2022Neuroscience
The microbes in our guts are closely connected to our brains, in a link known as the gut-brain axis. Scientists have now ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2022Neuroscience
We need to be aware of our body to move properly, and we have special neurons in our muscles that can tell our brain wha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers have found that blocking a certain enzyme halts the growth of a childhood brain cancer tumor. The cor ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 10, 2022Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2022Neuroscience
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a motor neuron disease, which gradually causes a loss of movement. Eventually, pa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2022Neuroscience
People usually only have to learn how to ride a bicycle once; and once a person learns how, they can get on and start ri ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Cardiology
Exercise benefits the whole body, including the brain.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JAN 11, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
People who take medical cannabis for chronic pain may be at a slightly higher risk of developing an abnormal heart rhyth
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 10, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
A study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry used brain imaging to examine dopamine receptor D2 availability in cannabis
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 09, 2024
Neuroscience
Bariatric surgery may mitigate the rapid cognitive decline associated with obesity
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
OCT 06, 2023
Technology
A team of researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne are leveraging leading-edge imaging
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 06, 2023
Health & Medicine
A study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology found that cannabis use alters the connectivity of a specific bra
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
AUG 29, 2023
Neuroscience
Huntington's disease is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder that affects both motor and cognitive function and
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
AUG 18, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge https://www.als.org/IBC has inspired more than 17 million people to raise $115
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2023
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced the four astronauts who will embark on a six-month stay to the International Space Station (ISS)
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 07, 2023
Neuroscience
The judicial system assumes we process all information, past and present, to produce our actions. That assumption is dan
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
MAY 27, 2023
Neuroscience
Researchers enabled a paralyzed man to walk again via an implantable, wireless brain-spine interface. The corresponding
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 04, 2023
Neuroscience
People with long COVID and persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms display abnormal brain activity during memory tests mont
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 01, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
How much of an impact can cannabis exposure have on newborn babies? This is what a recent study published in the British
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 19, 2023
Neuroscience
Newly discovered areas of the motor cortex will re-write research
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
APR 16, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work has also highlighted the importance of assessing a diverse group of patients when studying a disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Neuroscience
Astrocytes are a type of cell in the brain that were long known to provide crucial support to neurons. But we now know t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
SMA is a leading cause of infant mortality. Most cases of the disease are caused by mutations in a gene called SMN1 that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that is also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 24, 2022
Neuroscience
The microbes in our guts are closely connected to our brains, in a link known as the gut-brain axis. Scientists have now
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2022
Neuroscience
We need to be aware of our body to move properly, and we have special neurons in our muscles that can tell our brain wha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers have found that blocking a certain enzyme halts the growth of a childhood brain cancer tumor. The cor
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2022
Neuroscience
The HUSH (human silencing hub) protein complex is known to silence genes, and researchers have thought that it could be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2022
Neuroscience
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a motor neuron disease, which gradually causes a loss of movement. Eventually, pa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2022
Neuroscience
People usually only have to learn how to ride a bicycle once; and once a person learns how, they can get on and start ri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch