Neuroscience

The different scales of study

The different scales of study give rise to different fields of research, such as molecular and cellular neuroscience, neurophysiology and cognitive neuroscience. Research at the Paris Brain Institute is organised into five major interconnected areas.

Neuroscience researchers

Researchers, doctors, biologists, pharmacologists, mathematicians, engineers, physicists, computer scientists, technicians, paramedical professionals, support functions... the Institut du Cerveau brings together multidisciplinary profiles who work hand in hand. Thanks to the collaboration between researchers and doctors, patients can benefit more quickly from diagnostic and therapeutic innovations. The strength of the Institut du Cerveau lies in the exchanges between these experts from different backgrounds and the pooling of their skills to find treatments as quickly as possible.

Our brains make us what we are! Each of us is a unique individual because each of us has a unique brain. Researchers and clinicians at the Institut du Cerveau are tackling challenges ranging from how the brain develops, how its cells function, how its networks create behaviour and emotions, and how diseases such as brain tumours, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy and depression start, develop and can be stopped. They benefit from the latest techniques and equipment in neuroscience, from molecular exploration to cerebral imaging, to understand in detail how the brain works and how it malfunctions in the case of cerebral pathologies.

Scientific research is a long-term process, requiring financial, human, technological and environmental resources. Some work that may go relatively unnoticed will only reveal its full potential in the medium or long term.