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MONTREAL
NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE AWARDED $9 MILLION GRANT BY US NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
- Results to Shed Light on Correlation Between Brain Development in Children
and Neurological Disorders
MONTREAL, Dec. 14 /CNW/ - Researchers at the Montreal Neurological
Institute (MNI), a teaching and research institute at McGill University, have
won a contract from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop the
world's first pediatric neuroanatomy atlas. MNI was chosen following a
competition with top neuroscience centres across the United States.
The MNI's neuropsychologists will use the data to correlate brain
development with behaviour. The data will also be used for tracing the
progress of neurological disorders from early onset to later stages.
``This contract is a recognition of MNI's worldwide leadership in the
neurosciences,'' says Dr. Alan Evans, the project's lead investigator and
researcher at the MNI's McConnell Brain Imaging Centre. ``The National
Institutes of Health determined that we have a unique means of analyzing data
on such a large scale.''
The MNI's scientists working with NeuroVision Sciences Corp., a joint
venture between Siemens Canada Limited and the MNI, will coordinate and
analyze regional quantitative data from seven American research centres,
including Children's Hospital in Boston, University of Texas Health Science
Centre in Houston, Washington University in St. Louis, University of
California in Los Angeles, University of California in Irvine, Children's
Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, and Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia. These locations will be conducting magnetic resonance imaging of
the brains of 500 children up to 18 years of age over a seven-year period. The
project, totaling $22 million, has the potential to be extended beyond seven
years to include brain development in young adults.
ABOUT THE MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
The Montreal Neurological Institute is a teaching and research institute
of McGill University. It is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the
world committed to understanding how the brain functions , and to alleviating
neurological disorders.
ABOUT NEUROVISION SCIENCES CORP.
The MNI and The Medical Systems Division of Siemens Canada Limited linked
their expertise in NeuroVision Science Inc. to refine methods of imaging the
brain to diagnose disease and to test drugs for treating neurological
diseases.
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For further information: Victor Swoboda, Director of Communications,
Montreal Neurological Institute, (514) 398-1902; Roch Landriault, National
Public Relations, (514) 843-2345