The arrival of a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner marks an important step in the construction of the future Brain Imaging Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Evaluating mind and body: New training for nurses

The McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA) celebrates 25 years of existence.

The 2010 Douglas Institute research teams who were awarded grants from NSERC to pursue work in their respective fields of expertise.

On November 24, University of Montpellier I in France awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Judes Poirier, PhD, C.Q., professor and researcher in molecular neurobiology. This honorary title was conferred by the oldest faculty of medicine in the

Imagine a world where research was no longer a priority … We would be prisoners of the past. People suffering from mental illness would most likely still be housed in asylums, ostracized and marginalized. Internationally renowned Douglas scient Your Support Produces a Wealth of Discoveries.

425,000 Canadians suffer from memory problems. Do you remember your birthday? The day you turned 18? Your children’s name? Your first kiss? Your favorite dessert? The loss of memory is like losing your history, your past, your points

The 14th Annual Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) will open in Montreal on Sunday, August 30 with a lecture for the general public. Conference Co-Chair Serge Gauthier, MD, Director of the Alzheimer Disease Research Unit o

Early Diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be one step closer thanks to new research conducted at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The study, authored by Rémi Quirion PhD, scientific director of the D

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer?s disease - New criteria ready to be validated