Affiliated with McGill University and the Montreal West Island IUHSSC
Congratulations to Cecilia Flores who was awarded the “Innovations in Neuropsychopharmacology Award” from the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CCNP). This award recognizes the outstanding innovative nature of the work by Dr. Flores to a single piece of research contributed over a number of years. Dr. Flores will present the results of this research at the 42nd annual CCNP … Read more
Congratulations to the following researchers, who were recently awarded prizes Natasha Rajah – Haile T Debas prize – Faculty of Medicine, McGill, for outstanding work to promote diversity and inclusion Cecilia Flores – 2019 CCNP Innovations in Neuropsychopharmacology Award (ccnp.ca) Lalit Srivastava – 2019 CCNP Medal Congratulations to four researchers who received Chercheur Boursier FRQ-S grants: Mallar Chakravarty – Investigation … Read more
Read an article (in French) which explains recent results obtained in Cecilia Flores’s lab, which sheds some light on the role of a gene called DCC during the development of the brain of teenagers: Le gène qui gouverne le cerveau des ados – La Presse +
A paper published by the Flores laboratory sheds some light on the role of gene, called DCC, which controls dopamine connectivity in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence, and show that dysfunction of the gene — through stress and drug abuse, for example — can lead to long-term mental health consequences. View the original research article: … Read more