Sleep-wake cycles and mental health across the lifespan
March 14, 2025 – World Sleep Day We spend around a third of our lives asleep. The quantity of sleep, its quality, and the timing of our sleep-wake cycles change … Read more
Thematic group: Sleep and Biological Rhythms
How daylight saving time affects your health – Danae Penichet
In this interview with CBC, Danae Penichet, a student at the Douglas Research Centre, explains how the time change affects your mind and body. She also shares tips on how … Read more
Poor sleep increases risk of developing Alzheimer’s – Dr Villeneuve
An article published in Le Devoir highlights the work of Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, on the link between sleep quality and the accumulation of proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Her study, … Read more
The future, early birds and us – Dr. Diane Boivin
Sleep, essential to our well-being, continues to fuel debate. Do we really need to get up at the crack of dawn to be healthier and more productive? Or is it … Read more
Storch Lab: Understanding mood-switching in bipolar disorder – a role for dopamine
January 8, 2025 Why is bipolar disorder cyclic? New research in mice argues that the cycling between mania and depression in bipolar disorders is driven by an arousal rhythm generator … Read more
Congratulations to the VIVA Award winners!
September 26, 2024 Congratulations to the VIVA Award winners! On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the Douglas was pleased to present its second edition of the VIVA Awards. The VIVA Awards … Read more
Dr. Cermakian: Timing of mosquito bites and malaria risk (La Presse)
Dr. Nicolas Cermakian was recently interviewed about his work on malaria risk and timing of bites from infected mosquitoes: “We’ve been working on the chronobiology of parasitic infections for around … Read more
Douglas research teams secure over $3M in CIHR funding
July 17, 2024 Congratulations to our CIHR Project Grant Recipients! CIHR results for the last project grant competition were published today. We are pleased to report that in this latest competition, Douglas researchers … Read more
Trainee award winners at Research Day 2024
The Douglas Research Centre and the Department of Psychiatry of McGill University held their annual Research Day on Friday, June 14, 2024. As every year, the participation and contribution of … Read more
Three Douglas researchers and several students awarded FRQS funding
April 30, 2024 Congratulations to our researchers and students who have received FRQS funding! The Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQS) today announced the results of its funding applications for … Read more