$1 Million donation to Macdonald College Campus
A聽 $1-million gift from Macdonald College of 91丝瓜视频聽 alumnus聽 J. William Ritchie, BSc(Agr)'51,聽 will provide聽 major聽 support for 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in its efforts to open its Macdonald campus to more visitors and provide a unique, hands-on education into the critical role of agriculture in the food supply chain.
Towards a better understanding of depression
Impact of video gaming on the brain
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B by the teams of Dr. Gregory West (Assistant Professor at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al) and Dr. V茅ronique Bohbot (Douglas Institute researcher and associate Professor at 91丝瓜视频 and the Douglas Research Institute of the CIUSSS de l鈥橭uest-de-l鈥櫭巐e de Montr茅al) shows that while video game players (VGPs) exhibit more efficient visual attention abilities, they are also much more likely to use navigation strategies that rely on the brain鈥檚 reward system (the caudate nucleus) and not the brain鈥檚 spatial memory system (the hippocampus). Past research has shown that people who use caudate nucleus-dependent navigation strategies have decreased grey matter and lower functional brain activity in the hippocampus.聽
Quantum physics on tap
Educating the immune system to prevent allergies
With the arrival of spring, millions of Canadians have begun their annual ritual of sneezing and wheezing due to seasonal allergies.聽A research team at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital from the Research Institute of the 91丝瓜视频 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) is bringing them hope with a potential vaccine that nudges the immune response away from developing allergies
