The Neuron Family

Neuroscience concepts simplified! The Brain Colouring and Learning book project - @MariaZamfirPhD @MarionVanhorn 🎨🧠

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

Dr. Wilder Penfield was a Canadian Neurosurgeon 🧠🇨🇦

He specialized in brain surgery for patients with severe epilepsy. Dr. Penfield mapped the function of different regions of the brain and found a map of the body, called the sensory "homunculus"- little man.

@CAN_ACN

[Marion Van Horn, PhD @MarionVanhorn]

The thing that will set your child apart is teaching them what you already know. A parent is a child’s greatest teacher.

This week I brought back the neuroscience sticker sheet @theNeuronFamily designed with the Canadian Association for Neuroscience featuring famous Canadian neuroscientists.

For the past year, I’ve been casually teaching my daughter about Canadian neuroscientists during our car rides to school. She was thrilled to see them turned into adorable stickers.

[Marion Van Horn, PhD @MarionVanhorn]

Good morning Montreal. I’m sure I’m not the only one a bit tired this morning after staying up watching that stressful hockey game!! 🏒

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

Come by our table at @CAN_ACN and get a sticker based on our Brain Colouring and Learning about touch and pain!

@aecrpain

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We have a new series of neurons based on Famous Canadian Neuroscientists 🇨🇦 🧠

Created in collaboration with @CAN_ACN

[CAN ACN @CAN_ACN]

Stuart Trenholm introduces public lectures on memory research in Montreal #can2026

[CANGlia @CANGlia2024]

Terrific talk by @m_r_williamson this morning about CD51 astrocyte subpopulations! 🧠
#astroglia #CANGlia26

[CAN ACN @CAN_ACN]

Get your tickets for the CAN 2026 Public lectures - happening May 7 - 5-8PM Learn about past, current and future memory research in Montreal with engaging lecturers. Featuring Eric Andrew-Gee, Mihaela Iordanova and Blake Richards -
https://t.co/xJDzLGCf5N

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

May the Force (4th) be with you ✨ - Queen Amygdala

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

@NeuroWoodworks This is amazing! is this wood naturally purple?

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

@NeuroWoodworks Love it! 😍

[NeuroWoodworks @NeuroWoodworks]

A smaller version of the meditation neuron based on the design by @theneuronfamily!

[IJMSC @IJMSCtweets]

#NeuroArtFriday #BrainBreak #SelfCare #rest

[NeuroWoodworks @NeuroWoodworks]

3 f tall, this is the tallest motor Neuron I have ever made. It was cut and carved out of Walnut wood and will soon be complemented with a cherry wood muscle. #sciart

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

"The more we know, the more we realize there is to know" - Jennifer Doudna

Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry for their development of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique.

[Marion Van Horn, PhD @MarionVanhorn]

I love long form conversations! Today I has the chance to speak with Carine Bedran for her podcast Take the Lead.

We spoke about my career path as a neuroscientist, general principles of neuroplasticity that I try to apply to my own life, and what I’m learning in this season as a “homemaker”.

Luckily tech support was on site when I couldn’t figure out why my camera was out of focus 🤪

Episode coming soon.

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

🎹🎼🎶🧠✨
Dr. Oliver Sacks was a neurologist and author. He wrote many books about the brain including "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain".

#neuroscience
#music
#brainhealth

[NeuroWoodworks @NeuroWoodworks]

Creation of the day, an astrocyte cut out of Padauk wood. The red/orange is actually the natural color. #neurobiology

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

We're excited to share a new colouring page created in collaboration with the Virtual Brain Health Centre @VirtualBrainCtr 🧠😄📚🎨✍️

Link to download the PDF here: https://t.co/T2yHHusbWl

#NeuroX

[The Neuron Family @theNeuronFamily]

Happy Brain Awareness Week! 🧠🎉

#BrainAwarenessWeek
#NeuroX