Health committee  In terms of impact, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research spend about $120 million a year on brain research. The charities spend another $20 million to $25 million. The investment here, including the investment from the government as well as our partners, is potentially $4

Health committee  The beginning is to look at what are the causes, and how they are different from or similar to Parkinson's.

Health committee  The research is on what the toxic compounds in the environment are that cause Parkinson's. Some of them that we use in Parkinson's models are ones that are traditionally used by farmers, for example, to clear fishing ponds. We have had hints all along that it could be very toxic

Health committee  The only things that have been proposed are brain surgery and deep-brain stimulation, as two possibilities. As we're learning more about Parkinson's, we now have to start learning more about essential tremors. With Parkinson's, we felt, in the research community, that there was g

Health committee  I would absolutely agree. I think it's necessary. You've made a very astute observation and comment. There are a thousand neurological and psychiatric conditions, but there's one healthy brain. You mentioned the healthy brain a lot. What we have to be concerned about, and I think

Health committee  I have funding from CIHR and I've also had funding from Brain Canada. I do work on Alzheimer's disease, and I've had major findings in the field. Our approach is quite different from CIHR's in that we don't target a particular disease. We have chosen not to target. If we're targe

Health committee  Sure. We have another model that will fund Canadian teams to work with international teams, and the member countries will fund their scientists to work with our scientists. This is a model that we're developing and that we think will be very valuable—to not just have a made-in-Ca

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and committee. I am the chair of research for Brain Canada, but I am also a laboratory researcher working on neurological and psychiatric diseases. As a scientist, I can say the reality is that there are no cures for neurological diseases. My feeling is th