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• CBC Fresh Air: New study links cannabis use to changes in the brain

  April 29, 2025
  A new study led by Schulich Medicine & Dentistry adjunct professor Dr. Lena Palaniyappan reveals a biological link between heavy cannabis use and psychosis.
  

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• CBC Science: Could your microphone be affecting your job prospects?

  April 29, 2025
  Psychology professor Jessica Grahn provides expert insight in an article exploring how microphone quality affects the perception of the speaker during virtual job interviews.

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• Cannabis may increase psychosis risk

  April 11, 2025
  A new study led by researchers from Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute reveals a potential biological link between long-term cannabis use and increased dopamine levels in the brain, which may elevate the risk of psychosis.

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• Western researchers find exercise provides brain boost after sports-related concussions

  February 21, 2025
  New research shows aerobic exercise enhances executive function during early concussion recovery

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• Inspiring Minds: Can we improve walking abilities with music and brain stimulation?

  February 07, 2025
  PhD candidate Marina Emerick is exploring non-invasive brain stimulation to target brain regions involved in rhythm perception and the use of music as an auditory cue during walking.

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• Researchers uncover new approach to predict pain sensitivity

  February 06, 2025
  A team of researchers led by David Seminowicz, PhD, found two biomarkers that could transform the way chronic pain is understood and managed

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• Study shows promise for treating core symptom of frontotemporal dementia

  January 23, 2025
  Largest trial in FTD, led by Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Elizabeth Finger, finds oxytocin can improve apathy symptoms

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• Western researchers use math to decipher how machine learning works

  January 17, 2025
  Led by mathematics professor and Fields Lab for Network Science director Lyle Muller, researchers have developed a new math-based technique to understand how computer models perform brain-like activities, revealing new insights into AI.

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• Brain Gain: One year, many discoveries

  January 17, 2025
  Although it weighs just three pounds, the brain plays a vital role in health and disease. Schulich Medicine & Dentistry researchers are helping unravel some of the brain’s mysteries to prevent, diagnose and treat the most enduring and challenging brain-related conditions.

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• Western researchers use math to decipher how machine learning works

  January 17, 2025
  Led by mathematics professor and Fields Lab for Network Science director Lyle Muller, researchers have developed a new math-based technique to understand how computer models perform brain-like activities, revealing new insights into AI.

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• Modelling the human brain

  January 06, 2025
  Professor Steven Laviolette, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Department of Psychiatry, uses human brain organoids in his research to examine the neurobiological and molecular mechanisms underlying various psychiatric disorders, such as addiction and schizophrenia.

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• Announcement: Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo re-appointed Provincial Endowed Academic Chair in Autism

  January 01, 2025
  Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo has been re-appointed as the Provincial Endowed Academic Chair in Autism at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. His renewed term will be effective January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2029.

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