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Scientists reveal how the brain uses objects to find direction

webfull — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 18:09:44 +0000

Study shows how visual landmarks tune the brain’s internal compass

We take our understanding of where we are for granted, until we lose it. When we get lost in nature or a new city, our eyes and brains kick into gear, seeking familiar objects that tell us where we are.

How our brains distinguish objects from background when finding direction, however, was largely a mystery. A new study provides valuable insight into this process, with possible implications for disorientation-causing conditions such as Alzheimer’s.

Published: 11 September 2025

Neurological disease and brain plasticity research gets major funding boost

webfull — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:42:54 +0000

The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges

Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Innovation Fund competition.

Published: 19 March 2021

Neuro researchers receive early-career grants

webfull — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:45:17 +0000

Adrien Peyrache and Stuart Trenholm will study epilepsy and vision

Two researchers from The Neuro are among just ten nationwide to receive Early-Career Capacity Building Grants this year from the Azrieli Foundation in partnership with the Brain Canada Foundation. Researchers Adrien Peyrache and Stuart Trenholm will study epilepsy and vision, respectively. The grants support early-career investigators who are conducting transformative research to advance understanding of the brain, in illness or health.

Published: 11 March 2019

Trenholm receives HFSPO career development award

webfull — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:35:34 +0000

Stuart Trenholm, who joined The Neuro in 2017 as an assistant professor, has received a Career Development Award from The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO), the only Canadian researcher to receive one this year.

The Human Frontier Science Program is an international program of research support implemented by the HFSPO based in Strasbourg, France. Its aims are to promote intercontinental collaboration and training in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research focused on the life sciences.

Published: 28 March 2018

Najafabadi, Trenholm named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows

webfull — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:02:43 +0000

Published: 15 February 2018