| | Print | Email

News & Media


Indigo's "Chief Booklover" Heather Reisman interviews best-selling author at Baycrest

Heather Reisman hosted an "in conversation" event at Baycrest on May 5 with Dr. John Ratey, Harvard doctor and author of the acclaimed book, Spark -- The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain.
Read more

 

Frontal lobe damage can be risky business

Baycrest study has important implications for treating behavioural problems
It is not unusual for individuals who have suffered a frontal lobe brain injury, as a result of stroke, tumor or severe head injury, to exhibit changes in personality and behaviour. Now scientists have pinpointed two specific areas in the frontal lobes that, when injured, can shift one’s level of comfort with risk.
Read more

 

Baycrest creates Centre for Brain Fitness with $10-million investment from Ontario Government

As Ontario braces for a doubling of its senior population over the next 20 years, it is turning to Baycrest to develop and commercialize a range of innovative products aimed at improving the brain health of aging adults. Today the Ontario Government took a large step in this direction by announcing it is investing $10 million dollars to create the Centre for Brain Fitness at Baycrest.
Read more

 

New Centre for Brain Fitness at Baycrest

Ontario government invests $10 million
Baycrest has been awarded $10 million from the Ontario Government to create the Centre for Brain Fitness – a commercialized science enterprise to tackle the rising prevalence of cognitive decline in an aging population.
Read more

 

Powerful imaging tools shed new light on how aging brain is assaulted by disease – and its remarkable capacity for repair

International leaders in brain imaging are meeting at The Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, March 24-26 to exchange ideas and advances in “Neuroimaging in Dementia”. The 18th Annual Rotman Research Institute Conference will focus on the uses of neuroimaging for dementia and cognitive rehabilitation.
Read more

 


Previous News

For information on Baycrest news releases, please contact:

Kelly Connelly
Media Relations
Baycrest
(416) 785-2432
kconnelly@baycrest.org