2017
Post-concussion brain changes persist even after pre-teen hockey players return to play
October 26, 2017
Young hockey players who have suffered concussions may still show changes in the white matter of the brain months after being cleared to return to playResearch feature: Why you don't look at your feet when you walk
September 29, 2017
Stephen Lomber, PhD, and a team of researchers at Western’s renowned Brain & Mind Institute are learning from the walking habits of cats by pinpointing a part of the brain involved in acquiring and maintaining the memory of obstacles in our environment.High Stakes for Canada's Youth
September 22, 2017
With marijuana legalization looming in Canada, scientists like Steven Laviolette, PhD, fear that the psychiatric disorders associated with the use of the drug haven’t been adequately studied and leave adolescent populations at riskLisa Saksida named Canada Research Chair
September 11, 2017
Lisa Saksida, PhD, has been named as the Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience allowing her to advance her work improving treatment outcomes by identifying novel therapeutic targets for cognitive abnormalities in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disease.Menon tapped as BrainsCAN Co-Scientific Director
July 13, 2017
Ravi Menon knows he and his fellow BrainsCAN researchers are on the clock. “Seven years sounds like a long time. But it is not, in terms of impact,” the Western researcher stressed.Sleep study gives BBC reporter a ‘wakeup call’
June 27, 2017
Award-winning BBC medical reporter Fergus Walsh spends three days at Western volunteering himself as one of the first participants in Dr. Adrian Owen’s sleep study.Western neuroscientist’s book examines the borderlines of consciousness
June 23, 2017
With the release of Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen’s book about the borderlines of consciousness, that phrase may well enter the international lexicon as a shorthand offering hope to intact minds locked within unresponsive bodies.Feature Article: Celebrating the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Convocation with Lindsay Oliver
June 15, 2017
A newly minted PhD graduate of the Neuroscience program at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Oliver discusses her thesis research on empathic function, her experiences leading up to her doctoral studies and the lessons she has learned during her time on campus.Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Internal Graduate Award recipients
June 13, 2017
The Neuroscience Program would like to congratulate Benjamin Kolisnyk, PhD, on receiving the Collip Medal Award; as well as our other award recipients Chris Norris, Niveen Fulcher and Alex Major.Game study not playing around with PTSD relief
May 26, 2017
Research by Dr. Ruth Lanius may offer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients wrestling with one of its main symptoms long-term relief beyond medication.CFMM receives Canada Brain Research Fund Grant
April 26, 2017
Western’s Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping (CFMM) is the recipient of a $2.7 million Platform Support Grant from the Canada Brain Research Fund, as part of $29 million in funding announced today by Jane Philpott, Minister of Health.Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition
April 18, 2017
Tamara Tavares, a PhD Candidate at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, took the top spot in Western’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last week, tackling the complex world of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder.Dr. Lena Palaniyappan receives Young Investigator Award
April 10, 2017
Dr. Lena Palaniyappan, an associate professor with the Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Medical Biophysics and scientist at Robarts Research Institute, received the 2017 Young Investigator Award from the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP).London Health Research Day award winner
March 29, 2017
Congratulations to Julia Sunstrum, MSc candidate, as one of the first place winners of the Feature Platform Presentations.Brian Corneil named Faculty Scholar
March 27, 2017
Congratulations to Brian Corneil, a member of the Neuroscience program, on being named Faculty Scholar by Western University.Winners announced for the 2017 Proteus Innovation Competition
March 20, 2017
Congratulations to Team Apex and Alexander Moszczynski, PhD Candidate.Brain cells show teamwork in short-term memory, Western-led study shows
March 10, 2017
Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, and are not solo artists as was previously thought, Western-led brain research has determined.
