The Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada is a 50,000
square foot research facility constructed and opened
in October 2001. In July 2006 a 10,000 square foot
addition was added and the Centre now houses the
offices, laboratories, vivariums, and general equipment
installations for sixteen principal investigators,
their students, visiting scientists, technical staff,
and one private neuroscience research company. The
addition features two magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) units, one unit is used for small animal
neuroscience research, the other will be used for human subject
neuroscience research.
The facility is currently occupied by sixteen principal
investigators and an industrial partner  (NeuroInvestigations,
Inc.). This internationally-recognized group has
a broad range of neuroscience research interests, including the
neural mechanisms of learning, brain plasticity,
recovery of function, brain development and brain
disease. This work is funded by a variety of granting
agencies including, National Institutes of Health
(US), Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council,
and Canadian Institutes of Health Research and is
a major research node within the Canadian Stroke
Network. The building has become an integral part
of the undergraduate and graduate programs in Neuroscience
and Psychology at the University of Lethbridge and has attracted post-doctoral
fellows and visiting scientists from around the
world. The Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience represents a world-class research
facility designed to provide a highly interactive
and unique environment for behavioural neuroscience
research in Canada.
The CCBN conducts basic and applied research on
brain and behaviour. Most of the work is systems-level
neuroscience with rodents, but includes human neuropsychology,
cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging. The Centre
studies normal brain processes and processes affecting
recovery from brain disorders, disease, and injury.
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