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Prix du Québec: Charles Morin and Caroline Ménard honored

Congratulations to Mr. Charles Morin, winner of the Léon-Gérin Prize - Humanities and Social Sciences - and to Caroline Ménard, finalist for the Emerging Scientist Award.

Marc-André Roy receives the Heinz E. Lehmann Excellence in Psychiatry prize

The Association des médecins psychiatres du Québec gave Dr. Marc-André Roy the Heinz E Lehmann excellence in Psychiatry award on October 29.

The Heinz E. Lehmann Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry is awarded to a psychiatrist who, through the quality of his or her various activities, has made great contribution in his or her career to the advancement and influence of the profession. The announcement highlighted Marc-André's unwavering commitment to the practice of clinical, research and teaching psychiatry throughout his career. Congratulations to Dr. Roy!

Yves De Koninck wins an Education Award from the Society for Neuroscience

Congratulation to Yves De Koninck, winner of an "Award for Education" from the Society for Neuroscience, the world's largest association of neuroscientists, which bring together 36 000 brain researchers and clinicians. This award recognizes his achievements in training the next generation of neuroscientists.

About these awards, SfN President Barry Everitt, PhD said

Dr Michel Maziade - Grand Québécois - Health

This year, the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec named the founder of our research center, Dr. Michel Maziade, as a Grand Québécois in the health sector, underscoring the exceptional merit of people who have distinguished themselves brilliantly throughout their careers and who contribute to the dynamism of our region.

We invite you to listen to a special report (in French) on ICI Radio-Canada sur TOU.TV : https://ici.tou.tv/les-grands-quebecois-2020/S01E01

Overview

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Publications

Bumber JRajič, Pilipović K, Janković T, Dolenec P, Gržeta N, Kriz J, et al.. Repetitive Traumatic Brain Injury Is Associated With TDP-43 Alterations, Neurodegeneration, and Glial Activation in Mice. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2020;.

Nugent S, Potvin O, Cunnane SC, Ting-Huei Chen, Duchesne S. Associating Type 2 Diabetes Risk Factor Genes and FDG-PET Brain Metabolism in Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease. Front Aging Neurosci. 2020;12:580633.

Amissah RQuansah, Chometton S, Calvez J, Guèvremont G, Timofeeva E, Timofeev I. Differential Expression of DeltaFosB in Reward Processing Regions Between Binge Eating Prone and Resistant Female Rats. Front Syst Neurosci. 2020;14:562154.

Béland L-C, Markovinovic A, Jakovac H, De Marchi F, Bilic E, Mazzini L, et al.. Immunity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: blurred lines between excessive inflammation and inefficient immune responses. Brain Commun. 2020;2(2):fcaa124.

Chometton S, Guèvremont G, Seigneur J, Timofeeva E, Timofeev I. Projections from the nucleus accumbens shell to the ventral pallidum are involved in the control of sucrose intake in adult female rats. Brain Struct Funct. 2020;225(9):2815-2839.

Pothier W, Roy M-A, Corbière M, Thibaudeau É, Achim A, Wykes T, et al.. Personalized cognitive remediation therapy to facilitate return to work or to school in recent-onset psychosis. Neurocase. 2020;:1-13.

Joyal M, Groleau C, Bouchard C, Wilson MA, Fecteau S. Semantic Processing in Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of the N400 Differences. Brain Sci. 2020;10(11).

Castonguay A-M, Gravel C, Lévesque M. Treating Parkinson's Disease with Antibodies: Previous Studies and Future Directions. J Parkinsons Dis. 2020;.

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CERVOTube: Andrée-Anne Lavigne

December 4^th is international miner’s day!

We invite you to view the CERVOTube video of the week, featuring Andrée-Anne Lavigne, who works with Marc Hébert. In this video, she explores how underground mine workers adapt to night work.