Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation

Prevention of perinatal neurological handicaps

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Our research aims to understand the impact of inflammation on the brain development.
Thanks to the support of funding agencies, we previously demonstrated that:
- Exposure to gestational inflammation increases the brain’s vulnerability towards stroke happening right after birth.
- Placental inflammation is associated to cerebral damage of the newborn.
- An anti-inflammatory molecule, which is already used to treat other diseases, could help to better protect the brain of children having suffered from a lack of oxygen or from a stroke at birth.
The aim of Dr Sébire’s laboratory’s research is to develop new anti-inflammatory neuro-protective treatments to prevent the neurological handicaps of children suffering from cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and behavioural disorders such as certain forms of autism.

Our laboratory members are working hard to protect the brain of your children, grand-children, cousins, brothers and sisters!

You can follow the progress of the research work you are encouraging on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sebirelab/

Many thanks!
Sébire’s lab team.

Dr Sebire's laboratory