Events
April 13, 2017
Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal to be shown at UBC
Pictured: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, injured Purkinje neurons, 1914, ink and pencil on paper. Courtesy...
Research
Researchers find more multiple sclerosis-causing mutations
Less than a year after publishing research identifying a single genetic mutation that caused...
Research
April 4, 2017
Is the media landscape changing faster than science communication can keep up?
As information-sharing has become decentralized in our digital age, are traditional approaches to science...
Research
April 3, 2017
Parkinson’s discovery at odds with prevalent hypothesis, finds serotonin increase in prodromal PD
By the time a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) receives a diagnosis, they have...
Community
March 29, 2017
Member news: March 2017
Links to stories about and by members of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain...
Research
March 21, 2017
Review of microbiome research in brain disease finds intriguing associations in an emerging field
Almost half the cells and just one per cent of the unique genes found...
Research
March 14, 2017
Neuroethics Q&A: Brain patterns cannot reveal end-of-life decisions for patients with severe brain injuries
A growing field of research is examining the brain patterns produced by people with...
Research
March 13, 2017
Radical approach limits disease progression in experimental models of MS
A simple compound is showing promise in limiting disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS),...
Research
March 9, 2017
CIHR statement on CCSVI research findings
The members of the Scientific Expert Working Group on Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Cerebrospinal...
Research
March 8, 2017
Controversial “liberation therapy” fails to treat multiple sclerosis: study
Pictured: The white areas represent MS scarring. MS causes extensive damage and scarring throughout...
Community
February 24, 2017
Member news: February 2017
Links to stories about and by members of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain...
Dr. Robin Hsiung awarded Alzheimer and dementia research professorship
The Alzheimer Society of B.C. and UBC celebrated a decade-long partnership in maintaining the...