Event World Brain Health Forum 2026
Two days to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Paris Brain Institute and to encourage international mobilization for brain health.
Video NeuroFocus: the CREANET project on creativity.
Discover the CREANET project, which has highlighted the link between the reorganization of semantic memory - our knowledge of the world - and creativity. The researchers also identified the brain networks involved in creative processes and demonstrated the beneficial effects of sleep on this ability.
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More than one in three people will experience a brain disorder at some point in their lives. This reality, identified by the World Health Organization as a major public health priority, calls for unprecedented international mobilization. It is...
01.12.2026
Events
In intensive care units, some patients who appear unconscious occupy a gray zone in their relationship to the world. To better diagnose them and predict their recovery potential, Dragana Manasova, Jacobo Sitt, and their colleagues have developed an...
01.08.2026
Research, science & health
Paris Brain Institute Executive Director, Pr. Stéphanie Debette and President Serge Weinberg extend their warmest wishes to everyone who supports the Paris Brain Institute in advancing research into brain diseases. Through their commitment, they help...
01.07.2026
Institutional
What if the flow of our thoughts occasionally just stopped? Esteban Munoz-Musat, Lionel Naccache, Thomas Andrillon, and their colleagues at Paris Brain Institute and Monash University in Melbourne show that the sensation of “thinking about nothing”...
12.26.2025
Research, science & health
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
12.03.2025
Teaching & training
From 24 to 26 October 2025, Paris Brain Institute hosted the fifth edition of Interglitches, the charity speedrun marathon organised by the association Le French Restream.
11.17.2025
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Research at Paris Brain Institute
Since its creation, Paris Brain Institute has placed patients at the heart of its scientific and medical strategy.
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878 Staff including 84% scientific, medical and paramedical staff (as at September 30, 2024)
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29 Research teams selected by a Scientific Advisory Board
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51 Nationalities (as at September 30, 2024)
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12 Technical facilities and biobank
Understanding the brain
Every day, scientific research tells us a little more about the brain, the body’s control room for all cognition, memory and emotions. From the anatomy of the brain to the latest knowledge about consciousness and the different neurological diseases...
With longer life expectancies and the biological mechanisms at the origin of neurodegenerative diseases becoming increasingly complex, it is now estimated that, in France in 2020, 1.3 million people were affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Today, more...
Parkinson’s disease is the second-most common neurodegenerative condition after Alzheimer’s disease, and the main cause of Parkinsonian syndrome.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or ‘Lou Gerhig’s disease’, is a progressive and fatal neuromuscular condition involving the gradual death of motor neurons, the neurons that control walking, speech, swallowing and breathing. This loss of motor...
The word ‘epilepsy’ originates from a Greek word meaning ‘to seize’, reflecting the sudden and unpredictable onset of seizures. In France, 600,000 people are affected by this chronic neurological disease, which can present with different symptoms...
Mental health, an essential component of our overall health, is a state of well-being, and an ability of the mind to function normally and respond appropriately to environmental stimuli. Mental disorders occur when this state of well-being is...
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