Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) announce the formation of American Board of Brain Mapping, its 2013 award recipients and its Brain Mapping Day at the US Congress
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — President Obama said in his April 2nd speech “We have been a nation of dreamers and risk-takers; people who see what nobody else sees sooner than anybody else sees it. We do innovation better than anybody else — and that makes our economy stronger. When we invest in the best ideas before anybody else […]
Brain Activity Map Project in Planning Stages
The US government is in the planning stages of a massive project to map the activity of the human brain, Story C. Landis, PhD, director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, confirmed in an interview with Medscape Medical News this week. President Barack Obama alluded to investing in the “Brain Activity Map” project in […]
Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics endorse President Obama’s support for Human Brain Mapping research; nominating him for prestigious Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Last Tuesday, in his State of the Union address, President Obama said,”If we want to make the best products, we also have to invest in the best ideas. Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy. Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the […]
The world’s largest Open Access Journal, PLoS ONE, has teamed up with one of the fastest growing multidisciplinary medical associations, SBMT, in order to better educate physicians, scientists, engineers and policy makers on key cross-disciplinary scientific advances
“The Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics (SBMT) will launch a new Collection with PLoS ONE called: The NeuroMapping & Therapeutics Collection,” announced Dr. Antonio A. F. Desalles, Spokesperson for SBMT and Professor of Neurosurgery at UCLA. LOS ANGELES, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Imagine surgeons being trained in simulation rooms like pilots, or a robotic arm, which could […]
The Brain Mapping Foundation Awards a US Army colonel and 3 Distinguished U.S. and Canadian Scientists at its Gala in Toronto
The 2012 Humanitarian Award of the Foundation goes to Colonel Geoffrey S.F. Ling (United States Army/DARPA) and the Golden Axon Leadership Award will be shared by Drs. Mike Y. Chen (USA), Michael Fehlings (Canada) and Cheryl Rogers (Canada) WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Brain Mapping Foundation is one of the world’s leading cutting-edge scientific organizations, focused on pushing the boundaries of […]
Top Scientists from US, Canada, and Australia, Member of the Canadian Parliament and Stryker Executive to be Honored by the Society of Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT)
WEST HOLLYWWOOD, Calif., March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics announced the 2012 recipients of the organization’s prestigious Pioneers in Medicine, Technology, and Healthcare Policy Awards. The Society will honor each recipient at the Brain Mapping Foundation’s Gala on June 1, 2012 as part of their 9th Annual World Congress in Toronto, Canada. This […]
Surgery for spinal cord injury within 24 hours improves outcomes
Surgery for spinal cord injury within 24 hours improves outcomes Toronto (Feb. 22, 2012) – People who suffer a spinal cord injury should be getting surgery within the first 24 hours, according to a new multi-centre clinical trial, which shows the timing of surgery can reduce the likelihood of paralysis. The study, “Early versus Delayed Decompression […]
U.S. and Canadian Scientists Form a Global Alliance for Nano-Bio-Electronics in Order to Rapidly Find Solutions for Neurological Disorders Such as Traumatic Brain Injury
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) announced today that the organization will hold its 9th Annual World Congress on Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping, and Image Guided Therapy from June 2-4, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. The world’s top brain and spinal cord scientists and surgeons will converge on the Toronto Metro Convention Center to find […]
Timing for clinical trials for stem cell therapy in spinal cord injuries is right
OCTOBER 18, 2011 Timing for clinical trials for stem cell therapy in spinal cord injuries is right by Springer Regenerative medicine in spinal cord injuries (SCI) is proving to help the human body create new cell and nerve connections that are severed during this type of injury. In a review of current scientific research for […]
Researchers Rescue Nerve Cells in Spinal Cord Dysfunction
Newswise — Toronto, April 13, 2011 – Researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Toronto Western Hospital have identified a cell receptor, which is responsible for cell death in the spinal cord in a condition called Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM). The findings, published today online in the journal Brain, show that when the cell receptor was blocked, […]
