Tanz Centre

Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Graham Collingridge

Welcome

The Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases at the University of Toronto is a world leader in scientific research on Alzheimer’s and other dementias, ALS, and Parkinson’s.

Our highly productive researchers and trainees are advancing knowledge of these debilitating brain disorders, from genetics and molecular mechanisms of disease through to translational research driving for better treatments and strategies for prevention.

Dec 19, 2023
Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases have uncovered a link between neuronal receptor proteins and brain immune cells that may help explain damage to the brain in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Dec 1, 2023
Le yao (Leo) Li’s doctoral studies at the University of Toronto could lead to better research models of how neurodegenerative diseases spread in the brain.
Nov 22, 2023
Cherrie Chiu talks about her late brother's experience with ALS, the foundation they launched together and the important research that it is helping to fund at U of T.

With Your Support

With our new leadership and your investment, we will stimulate new research pathways towards understanding neurodegenerative diseases.
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