The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded Anthony Carlsen a 5-year discovery grant to support his program of research. The reshttps://neuromotor.ca/people/earch proposal, entitled “Examining the nature of distributed neural contributions to motor preparation and initiation,” aims to determine the brain regions involved in preparing for upcoming actions.…
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), toured the laboratory of Dr. Tony Carlsen in School of Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa. The visit was in conjunction with Industry Canada’s involvement in job creation, but was also timed to coincide with the 2012 Olympic games in…
Tony Carlsen’s research was the focus of an “Impact story” featured on the NSERC website: “In the tense moments before the start of a race, as runners prepare to explode from their blocks, there is a split-second difference between victory and elimination. If an athlete launches from the blocks before…
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded Anthony Carlsen a 5-year discovery grant to support his program of research. The research proposal, entitled “Investigation and modulation of neural structures underlying motor preparatory processes,” aims to determine the brain regions involved in preparing for upcoming actions. The grant,…
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded Anthony Carlsen along with Dr. Erin Cressman an infrastructure grant to cover the purchase and maintenance of several pieces of high-tech scientific equipment. The grant funds the purchase of a repetitive TMS (rTMS) unit, along with a brain-coil co-registration (neuronavigation) system. In addition, the grant funds the…