/channels/news_feeds/all/term/brain%20plasticity/rss en /channels/channels/news/neurological-disease-and-brain-plasticity-research-gets-major-funding-boost-329746 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges</strong></p> <p>Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pjimage.jpg?itok=sLZO4nVK" width="160" height="67" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:54 +0000 webfull 169148 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-insight-aging-289791 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>Plasticity is enhanced but dysregulated in the aging brain</strong></p> <p>They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but new research shows you can teach an old rat new sounds, even if the lesson doesn’t stick very long.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/synaspse.jpeg?itok=ItIqve-L" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 13:53:34 +0000 webfull 141082 at /channels /channels/channels/news/brains-are-more-plastic-we-thought-268972 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Researchers train brains to use different regions for same task</h2> <p>Practice might not always make perfect, but it’s essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive therapy to overcome disabilities caused by neurological disease or trauma.</p> <p>Research at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital of º«¹úÂãÎè (The Neuro) has shown just how adaptive the brain can be, knowledge that could one day be applied to recovery from conditions such as stroke.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/cover1pr.jpg?itok=YEWIzSbZ" width="160" height="190" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:35:00 +0000 webfull 129317 at /channels