Experimental Neurosciences

The Division of Experimental Neuroscience (DEN) is the newest division of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences.

The goal of establishing this new division is twofold:

1) To strengthen the partnership between DCN and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) by creating an environment that champions academic medicine and translational research.
2) To provide an administrative structure by which scientists and their contributions to the Department can be properly recognized and issues of their career development properly addressed.

DEN currently consists of seven primary and eight secondary members. All active members of DEN are also members of Hotchkiss Brain Institute. Their academic ranks range from full professors to assistant professors. They work in diverse fields such as imaging, cell biology, neurophysiology and molecular biology. A common feature of DEN members' research is that they almost all have established collaborations with the clinicians in the department. DEN members play an important role in many aspects of academic life in the department and HBI. These included the mentorship for junior faculties and clinician scientists; development and expansion of research programs; launching new research initiatives; recruitment; and graduate student education. For the year of 2005 to 2007, the combined external funds obtained by members of DEN approximated $4 million.

Music therapy in Parkinson's Disease treatment

By Tara Narwana - AI-HS

A researcher in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, UCalgary, is trying to understand if listening to music will help improve walking for patients with Parkinson's. Read more...

 Dr. Bin Hu adjusts the earphones on Constance Pflanz' head - one of the many patients participating in the Parkinson's study.

 

Date Updated: 2011-10-24