GRANTS 2010 - 2011

 

"Publication of the 4th Edition of Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies"

Prof. Massimo Avoli
 
Montreal Neurological Institute,
McGill University
3 000 $
 
 

"A new experimental model of Rasmussen's encephalopathy: understanding its pathophysiology"

Dr. Lionel Carmant &
Dr. Elie Haddad
Université de Montréal
 
 20 000 $
 
 

Symposium to honour Marily Jones-Gotman

Prof. Jelena Djordjevic
 
Montreal Neurological Institute,
McGill University
3 000 $
 
 

"Role of TRPC channels in the pilocarpine model of temporal lobe epilepsy"

Dr. Philippe Seguela
 
Montreal Neurological Institute,
McGill University
20 000 $
 
 

"CLAE-LCCE 2010 Meeting"

Drs. Richard Tang-Wai, 
Sharon Whiting & Michael Owen Poulter
  3 000 $
 
 

EAEEG 2010

«Travel award for best scientific communication»   U.S.  1 000 $
 

 

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2010 – 2011

 

"Tonic GABAergic inhibition of subicular neurons during epileptogenesis in a rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy"

Dr. Gabriella Panuccio  McGill University 
30 000 $
 

"Functional presynaptic reorganization at exitatory synapses of CA1 hippocampal interneuron-specific interneurons in TLE"

Dr. Courtney Pinard
Université de Laval 30 000 $ 
 

"Long-term effects of early-life immune system activation on hippocampal synaptic transmission"

Dr. Kiarash Riazi
Recipient – Steriade/Savoy award  
University of Calgary
 
31 500 $
 
 

STUDENTSHIP 2010 - 2011

 

"Role of KCC2 cotransporter in epileptogenesis in a rat model of atypical febrile seizure"

Ms. Patricia Awad
 
CHU Sainte-Justine
Laboratory
15 000 $
1 000 $
 

"Cortical thinning and connectivity in temporal lobe epilepsy"

Mr. Boris Bernhardt
 
Montreal Neurological Institute
Laboratory
15 000 $
1 000 $
 

"The role of mutated GABAA receptors in the pathogenesis of idiopathic generalized epilepsy"

Mme Pamela Lachance Touchette
 
CHUM Notre-Dâme
Laboratory
15 000 $
1 000 $
 

"Épileptogénèse: Identification de molécules-cibles par approche génomique"

Mme Caroline Martin
 
CHUM Notre-Dâme
Laboratory
15 000 $
1 000 $
 

"The relationship between complexity, perceptual vividness and autobiographical memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or excisions"

Ms. Marie St-Laurent
Recipient – Van Gelder/Savoy award 
University of Toronto 
Laboratory
16 500 $
1 000 $
 

"The role of a novel fast-response gene, Krupple-like factor 4, in status epilepticus-induced neuronal death: an in vivo study using a lentiviral delivery system"

Ms. Shanshan Zhu
 
University of British Columbia
Laboratory
15 000 $
1 000 $
 

Prevention of memory deficits in a model of temporal lobe epilepsy

Ms. Agnieszka Zurek
 
University of Toronto
Laboratory 
15 000 $
1 000 $