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Electroconvulsive therapy reboots certain brain networks to help depressed individuals, suggest recent findings

May 3, 2019

Baycrest researchers found that electroconvulsive therapy corrects brain networks associated with learning and thinking impairments. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) helps people with severe depression by “pushing the reset button” on brain networks...

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Absentmindedness and becoming easily distracted point to earlier warning signs of silent strokes among people at higher risk

February 6, 2019

Adults who notice that they frequently lose their train of thought or often become sidetracked may in fact be displaying earlier symptoms of cerebral small vessel disease, otherwise known as...

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Is the new Canada Food Guide good for our brain health?

January 29, 2019

Eating healthy has been shown to help people reduce their dementia risk and retain their thinking and memory skills as they age. With January being Alzheimer’s Awareness month, how do...

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A scientist’s personal journey to prevent dementia

January 3, 2019

By: Nicole Anderson, Director of The Ben & Hilda Katz Inter-Professional Research Program in Geriatric and Dementia Care; Senior Scientist, Rotman Research Institute During an annual visit to Minnesota about...

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Volunteering is part of Baycrest’s legacy

January 3, 2019

They say tikkun olam starts at home. Toronto’s Jewish Community demonstrated that when volunteers founded the Jewish Old Folks Home, the precursor to Baycrest, in 1918. Through their efforts money...

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Baycrest announces plans for first-of-its-kind brain health facility in Canada

January 2, 2019

Healthcare researchers are in a race against time. As the world’s population ages, a new case of dementia is diagnosed every four seconds with 7.7 million new cases per year...

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Baycrest’s Research Training Centre develops new ways to teach high school students about neuroscience

December 13, 2018

Nathan Kalfon has always been interested in computers and science. As he prepares to pursue post-secondary education, the Grade 12 student finally had a chance to see a real-world example...

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Slowed brainwaves linked to early signs of brain cells going haywire due to dementia, suggests new Baycrest study

November 21, 2018

To turn back the clock on Alzheimer’s disease, many researchers are seeking ways to effectively diagnose the neurodegenerative disorder earlier. One potential way to do this is by tracking a...

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Baycrest once again among the Top 10 research-intensive hospitals in Canada

November 8, 2018

Baycrest is proud to be named among the country’s top research-intensive hospitals in the recent Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals rankings. Across Canada, Baycrest ranked eighth for researcher intensity (the...

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Inspiring the next generation of cognitive neuroscientists

October 31, 2018

Toronto high school students have a chance to explore the mysteries of the brain and aging through Baycrest’s new neuroBRITE program. Run by the Research Training Centre of Baycrest’s Rotman...