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Yves De Koninck presents at Bar des sciences : Can we live without pain?
Radio-Canada recently organized a Bar des sciences on the theme of pain, hosted by Sophie-Andrée Blondin in partnership with UQAM’s Coeur des sciences. On Thursday November 26, the host of ICI PREMIÈRE’s Les années Lumière recorded the program in the Agora of UQAM’s Coeur des sciences pavilion. It can be transient or chronic, acute or…
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Interview with Yves De Koninck on Radio-Canada: Shingles vaccine may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease
The new shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of developing dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease. At least, that’s what a study by British researchers published in the journal Nature Medicine suggests. In fact, simply receiving a vaccine may reduce the inflammation caused by a virus, which could limit the neurological consequences that can result. We…
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Mal invisible, a series about chronic pain to view on Savoir média
Laval University pain specialists Anne Marie Pinard and Yves De Koninck lend their expertise to the series By: Jean Hamann – ULaval News Between 20% and 25% of the population will suffer from chronic pain in their lifetime. If you’re one of the unfortunate people who have to deal with this debilitating disease on a…
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The biological memory of a stressful event can be passed on to offspring
Postnatal stress causes molecular changes in the brains of mice exposed to this stress, and these changes can be passed on to their offspring. A research team has just demonstrated that molecular changes that occur in the brain following postnatal stress have lasting effects on the propensity to anxiety and sensitivity to pain in mice…
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Article in Québec Science about Chronic Pain with Yves De Koninck
Read the article “Chronic pain: better understood, better treated”, published today in Québec Science. Many Quebec specialists are quoted, including Professor Yves De Koninck, who explains the major advances in our understanding of chronic pain over the last few decades: And our conception of chronic pain has changed completely. “For a long time, we saw…
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Article in Le Soleil about a new therapeutic approach to Alzheimer’s disease
Certaines capacités cognitives ont été rétablies chez des souris atteintes de l’Alzheimer grâce à la molécule créée par des scientifiques de l’Université Laval et de l’Université de Lethbridge. “Although this has yet to be demonstrated in humans, we believe that the mechanism we have identified constitutes a very interesting therapeutic target because it is not…
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Using light, proteins and viruses to treat neural diseases
Read a recent article by Jean Hamann on the ULaval Nouvelles website about a new Brain Canada Platform grant obtained by a team including three members of the CERVO Brain Research Centre: Marie-Ève Paquet, Paul De Koninck et Yves De Koninck. A team of 14 researchers from 6 Canadian universities has been awarded $4.3M to develop genetic,…
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Robert Bonin – Jeune chercheur étoile FRQ-S in Curium
A report about Robert Bonin was published in Curium, a scientific magazine targeting youth. In the article, professor Bonin explains what is chronic pain, and results of his research to better understand it, and to improve its treatment. Read the article here (in French only): Robert Bonin – Jeune chercheur étoiles des Fonds de recherche…
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New publication in Nature Medicine shows existing drugs can alleviate morphine withdrawal
A recent publication in Nature Medicine co-authored by Robert Bonin and Yves De Koninck offers new hope for people addicted to morphine and fentanyl. By investigating the underlying causes of withdrawal symptoms, the researchers identified a protein located in immune cells of the spinal cord called pannexin-1 as a major player, which lead them to look…
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Scientists develop protein with potential to modify brain function, memory in mice and fish
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/660657