Axis 1 : neuroscience of aging

Mission

  • Understanding the aging of the brain and its functional repercussions, to promote the health and well-being of seniors.
  • Better prevent and fight the consequences of diseases on the brain and cognition.

Research projects

  • Early diagnosis and prediction of Alzheimer’s disease using biomarkers (neuroimaging and artificial intelligence);
  • Study of the protective role of brain plasticity in stroke and neurodegenerative diseases;
  • Non-pharmacological intervention to train memory, attention or language;
  • Understand the neurobiological mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer’s disease;
  • Mechanisms of expression of chronic pain;
  • Treatment of sleep disorders and anxiety;
  • Parkinson’s disease: study of movement and cognitive disorders.

In charge

Axis researchers

Badhwar Amanpreet
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine (UdeM)
Bellec Pierre
Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal

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