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A gene spanning cilia function is critical for vision Cilia are organelles present in most eukaryotic cells and are categorized into discrete groups: motile cilia (such as those found on spermatozoa) are required for locomotion and fluid dynamics whereas non-motile cilia (like those found in photoreceptors of the eye) are required for cell signalling. Paul […]

A study by a team of University of Lethbridge neuroscientists has shown that tactile stimulation shows much promise as a non-invasive method of slowing the onset of dementia in aging mice and could be an additional therapeutic intervention for people with Alzheimer’s disease. January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the Alzheimer Society encourages everyone to […]

UCalgary clinical trial maps how we learn motor skills, and the results could be a game-changer for stroke rehabilitation. This morning, you probably reached out of bed to turn off your alarm clock, and later brushed your teeth or buttoned a shirt. Those movements are routine; mundane, even. You are long past the point of […]

Sustaining a career that includes making two major scientific discoveries, winning a Gairdner Award, founding the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, and a foray into health policy requires fuel — lots of it — and Dr. Samuel Weiss, PhD’83, knows how to find it. From being dragged back to school by his mom for the third year of […]

New way to model neural disease could lead to better understanding Author: Shea Coburn, Hotchkiss Brain Institute A deep neural network is a computerized brain-inspired machine learning model, which uses many layers of simulated neurons to mimic the function of the cerebral cortex. Each layer in the network creates more complex activity, which simulates the […]