Pictured: Leili Mortazavi (left) and Sukhbir Kaur (right), research technician in Dr. Catharine Winstanley's lab.
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Pictured (left to right): Dr. Brian MacVicar, Dr. Vesna Sossi, and Dr. Alex Mackay stand outside the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health as the new PET/MRI is delivered on October 30, 2018. Shortly after this photo, the equipment was loaded by crane into the imaging suite under construction in the Centre's lower level.
For Dr. Anthony Traboulsee (pictured above), Director of the UBC MS & NMO Research Program at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and lead investigator on two Canada-wide clinical trials to determine the efficacy of liberation therapy in MS, it was an opportunity to listen to the community.
Are the blinking lights and exciting jingles ubiquitous on the casino floor just a little bit of harmless ambience-building razzle dazzle, or could they affect your choices and actions when you gamble with slot machines? New research demonstrates that the sights and sounds of the casino may directly influence decision-making and behaviour, encouraging riskier choices.
Understanding and Managing Somatoform Disorders - A Guide For Clinicians is a new book by Drs. Anton Scamvougeras and Andrew Howard, Clinical Associate Professors in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC and clinicians in the BC Neuropsychiatry Program.
When we think of concussion, it’s easy to imagine that traumatic brain injury occurs most often in ice rinks and on playing fields, or that it’s an issue that disproportionately affects professional athletes or rambunctious children. In fact, 25 per cent of traumatic brain injuries occur in women, and intimate partner violence may be one of the leading causes of concussion for women in Canada.
Researchers have established that the foggy feeling and forgetfulness that many new mothers report during and after pregnancy—known as “mom brain”—is real. But new findings from Dr. Liisa Galea and her team at the University of British Columbia suggest that the effect of motherhood on the brain appears to last much longer after childbirth than previously believed.
A team led by Neuroethics Canada's Dr. Judy Illes (pictured) and Dr. Patrick McDonald will explore ethical issues confronting families and clinicians when considering new treatment options for drug-resistant epilepsy in children.
Pictured: Dr. Brianne Kent. Image credit: Paul Joseph/UBC.
As anyone who has ever lain awake in the dark hours after going to bed will attest, sleep is complicated and a lack of it can be disruptive to every aspect of one’s life. Deep sleep is important for a number of brain functions, and essential in clearing the brain of toxic proteins such as beta-amyloid, which can accumulate in the brain over the course of the day. Beta-amyloid proteins contribute to the plaques that form in the brain in disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Pictured: Renée Fleming (left), American opera singer and soprano, visited the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health on September 19; she enjoyed meeting several members of our research community, including Dr. Jon Stoessl (centre) and Dr. Vesna Sossi (right). For information on Ms. Fleming's interest in brain research, visit her website.
