“Music imprints itself on the brain deeper than any other human experience. Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring memory. Music brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can” - Dr. Oliver Sacks 🧠 ✨ 🎼 🎹 🎶 #neuroscience #music #piano #brainhealth #oliversacks

Ramón y Cajal Neuron 🧠🔬✨

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. @canacn.bsky.social

Congrats to all those who are graduating! 🎓🎊🧠✨

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 - www.eventbrite.ca/e/je-me-souv...

May the Force (4th) be with you ✨

"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. #nobelprize #nobellaureate #inspirationalquotes @nobelprize.org

🧠 ✨ 🎼 🎹 🎶 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 #piano #brain #brainhealth #oliversacks

Happy Brain Awareness Week! 🧠🎉 #BrainAwarenessWeek

Happy #WorldSleepDay Wishing you all 7-9 hours of sleep nightly! 🧠 💤

New event posted: CANGlia 2026 meeting in Montreal www.canglia.ca/2026meeting registration and abstract submission are now open!

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕 Looking for a nerdy valentine to print? We’ve got you covered! thebraincolouringbook.com/printables

The International Day for Women and Girls in Science is coming up this week on Wednesday February 11th! 🧫 🔬 To celebrate we created a new colouring page! 🧪✍️🎨 Please share this post with any educators or teachers you know! www.thebraincolouringbook.com/printables

Wishing you a restful weekend - from Sleepy Neuron 🧠 💤 😴 #neuroscience

"The most important tool you have is your brain" - May-Britt Moser, PhD 🧠🔍 Dr. May-Britt Moser is a Nobel prize winner - in Physiology or Medicine. Her research focused on grid cells, which are neurons that are active when you are in specific locations and help you navigate the visual world.

Valentine's day is coming! 💕 Looking for a nerdy valentine to print? We've got you covered! www.thebraincolouringbook.com/printables “Will you be my synaptic partner?” 💌🧠 #valentinesday #valentinesdaycards

"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous." - Carl Sagan ✨ 🌙 🔭 What do you like to learn about? #carlsagan #inspirationalquote #brainhealth #learningisfun

“Music imprints itself on the brain deeper than any other human experience. Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring memory. Music brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can” - Dr. Oliver Sacks 🧠✨🎹🎼✍️

Happy New Year! 🥳❄️ What kind of snow pants do neurons wear? Myelinated ones! 😄

Happy Holidays! from our neurons to yours! ✨🎁 Did you know that neurons and snowflakes both have branches called dendrites?! ❄️

For every 3 books purchased online in December we will donate one to the Neuro Patient Resource Centre Library! 🧠📚 Please spread the word! ✨🎁 Last year we donated just over 40 books and pencils for patients and their families! thebraincolouringbook.com/order

Financial Aid opportunities are now available to support attendance at the 2026 World Congress on Pain. Members from developing countries and trainees worldwide are invited to apply. Deadline: 28 February bit.ly/4oTk5r7 #IASP2026 #WorldCongressonPain

"The cure to boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker was an american writer of poems, fiction, and plays and screenplays in New York. Curiosity is created by the brain and drives us to seek information! 🧠🔎🦋

We are excited to announce that we have started a non-profit organization called the Neuroscience Learning Centre! 🧠✨📣 neurosciencelearningcentre.org We will be looking for volunteers, translators, and testers ✏️🎨 - join our newsletter for updates! go.thebraincolouringbook.com/vkYLZ

We are excited to announce that we have started a non-profit organization called the Neuroscience Learning Centre! 🧠✨📣 neurosciencelearningcentre.org We will be looking for volunteers, translators, and testers ✏️🎨 - join our newsletter for updates! go.thebraincolouringbook.com/vkYLZ

"Any man can, if he so desires, become the sculptor of his own brain" - Ramón y Cajal 🧠✨

We are so happy to have had our book launch at the vision sciences research day in Montreal! 👀 🧠 😄 📚 Photo 📸 by Katapub Thank you! ✨ @reseauvision.bsky.social @michelcayouette.bsky.social

We are ready to see you tomorrow at #SfN25 at the #ArtofNeuroscience exhibit! Meet the crew: Danny, @isabel-luna.bsky.social, Tera, @ellieho21.bsky.social and me!! We have lots of new stuff for you this year!

Share your research at the next Canadian Neuroscience Meeting May 18-21, 2026 in Montreal! Calls for Parallel Symposia, Satellite Meetings, Poster Abstract and Travel & Professional Awards are now open - Don't miss these opportunities! can-acn.org/meeting-2026/

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. #NobelPrize

From November 2 to 8, it’s National Pain Awareness Week. A week to shed light on the reality of chronic pain and the people dedicated to understanding and addressing it. Follow #NPAW2025 to stay tuned! #PrioritizePain @paincanada.bsky.social @painbc.bsky.social

Is it too niche to quilt a pyramidal neuron onto a quilt?

One of the glial cells - Astrocyte ✨🧠 Which is your favourite glial cell?

Check this out! So nice!

We attended the 28th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Research Network 👀 📘 and we launched our new book! A special thank you to @michelcayouette.bsky.social for supporting the creation of this book!! ✨ 🚀 www.thebraincolouringbook.com

Happy World Vision Day! Our book "How We See" is now available! 🧠 👀 ✨ 🚀 thebraincolouringbook.com/order @reseauvision.bsky.social @michelcayouette.bsky.social

Happy Vision Awareness Month! 👀🧠✨ We will be launching our next book "How We See" on October 9th! Made in collaboration with the Vision Sciences Research Network @reseauvision.bsky.social Sign up to our newsletter for updates and free colouring pages! 💌 go.theneuronfamily.com/98aGI

Loving these coloured mugs printed by Claudia Belliveau Science 🧠😄✨☕️ Anyone need a new mug? Check out the link for more neuron designs! cbelliveauscience.com/collections/...

Hello from lady GABA 🧠 😄

We are currently working on the last edits of our third volume - all about the visual system! English and French editions coming soon! 👀🧠☀️

The @cbmncbs.bsky.social stall @ncbsbangalore.bsky.social the Open Day today saw steady stream of curious 'minds' of all ages. Thank you, one and all ! @theneuronfamily.bsky.social , the brain hat was a hit. #brain #neuroscience

We are currently working on the last edits of our third volume - all about the visual system! English and French editions coming soon! 👀🧠☀️

Découvrir le toucher et la #douleur en coloriant! 🖍️ Le #RQRD a financé le vol. 2 des livres de @theneuronfamily.bsky.social, créé par les neuroscientifiques Maria Zamfir et Marion Van Horn (@mcgill.ca). Le livre présenté à CTV News 👉 www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video... #VulgarisationScientifique

Discover touch and #pain through coloring! 🖍️ The #QPRN funded volume 2 of the books by @theneuronfamily.bsky.social, created by neuroscientists Maria Zamfir and Marion Van Horn (@mcgill.ca). The book featured on CTV News 👉 www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video... #PopularizedScience

Had a great time talking about the brain today at CTV Ottawa Morning Live ☀️🧠 Thank you Melissa Lamb & Derick Fage So happy to share our brain colouring and learning book project! By Dr. Maria Zamfir & Dr. Marion Van Horn. Link to watch - www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video...

Exciting news! We are translating our brain colouring book to Spanish. 📚 ✨ Tag a friend that speaks Spanish! Comment below or send us a private message/ email if you’d like to help edit and test out our book. ✏️ 🧠 📖

Looking for a neuroscience community here! 🦋 comment below if you are interested in the brain / neuroscience / research 🧠

“Neurons that FIRE together, WIRE together!” 🔥 This quote was coined by neuroscientist Carla Shatz, PhD and is based on a theory originally proposed by Donald Hebb, PhD - a psychologist who helped shape our understanding of how learning and memory work in the brain. 🧠 ⚡️

Yoga Neuron - inspired by Purkinje cells of the cerebellum! 🧠😄✨🌿🍃🌱

Our Dopamine Neuron 🎊 mug just dropped! Check out the collection available in Claudia's shop! 🧠 🍵 ✨😄 Please share - every purchase helps us create more neuroscience themed educational materials cbelliveauscience.com/collections/...