Funded Grants

The proposed research in this application will significantly broaden our understanding of the molecular basis for how stress leads to anxiety and depression.

The key neuropathology underlying ASDs is abnormal neuronal communication as a result of altered synapse formation, function and plasticity.

Schizophrenia is a common and serious mental illness characterized by psychotic symptoms, social withdrawal and functional disabilities that are generally lifelong.

In Canada, over 140,000 children and teenagers suffer a brain injury each year due to trauma, stroke, cerebral palsy, and brain cancer.

Dr. Jean-François Trempe, is a post-doctoral student at McGill University.

Dr. Scott and his research team focus on how feedback to the primary motor cortex, which is a key region in the brain for voluntary control, interacts with spinal activity.

Converging research efforts have recently identified five genes that are associated with familial Parkinson’s Disease (PD), a condition associated with severe motor dysfunction and loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain.

Communication between brain cells is essential for normal brain function.

This research project, led by Dr. V. Wee Yong from the University of Calgary, focused on the immune system, which is comprised of two major components, the innate and adaptive systems. Innate immunity is the first immune component to sense and respond to an injury.

Pain affects millions of people worldwide and has a profound negative effect on quality of life.