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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.

Many nerve cells in the body are covered with a protective sheath known as myelin, which allows fast conduction of nerve impulses, and which is produced by two different types of cells called oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells.

Patients with epilepsy have recurrent seizures that lead to injuries, social issues, job and driving restrictions and even death.

Research in the mental health of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is growing, but gaps in our understanding remain.

Reserve is someone’s ability to tolerate age-related changes and disease-related insults to their brain without developing symptoms.

The central nervous system controls numerous processes, including appetite and body weight regulation.