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Welcome to the “news” section of our website, where you'll find all the latest publications on our advances in research (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Charcot's disease, etc.), our upcoming events, etc.

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F.P.Journe and Paris Brain Institute celebrate 20 years of partnership with a new collaboration: the RnD Unit F.P.Journe
Paris Brain Institute is proud to be celebrating 20 years of partnership with its first and longest-standing private funder: the watchmaking company F.P.Journe. This partnership, based on shared values of trust, loyalty and excellence, has seen F.P ...
09.17.2024 Support
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Nikolas Karalis, team leader at the Paris Brain Institute, is awarded the ERC Starting Grant 2024.
The European Research Council's (ERC) Starting Grants are prestigious and highly competitive awards, designed to enable young scientists to build their research team, and to carry out ambitious and innovative projects addressing unexplored scientific ...
09.16.2024 Institutional
Interneurones. Crédit : UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center.
Stimulating specific neurons in the striatum stops compulsive behaviour
What if we could resist compulsions? These irrational behaviours, particularly common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are hard to suppress. At Paris Brain Institute, Éric Burguière's team shows that we can anticipate them and block them ...
09.10.2024 Research, science & health
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A special international visit: members and friends of the International Olympic Committee discover Paris Brain Institute
On Wednesday July 31, the Institute had the pleasure of welcoming a special group of visitors: members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and their friends and families. ...
09.08.2024 Institutional
Les nerfs moteurs présents dans la moelle épinière se projettent vers la périphérie, où ils entrent en contact avec les muscles, formant des connexions appelées jonctions neuromusculaires. Crédit : James N. Sleigh.
Ultrasound show unexpected effects on motor neuron disease
Over the past fifteen years, neurosurgeons have been perfecting a fascinating technique: using ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier to facilitate the action of therapeutic molecules in the central nervous system. At Paris Brain ...
09.05.2024 Research, science & health
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A 7-Tesla MRI machine at Paris Brain Institute - behind the scenes of this incredible technology
It was a long-awaited event. On Sunday June 9, 2024, Paris Brain Institute welcomed an incredible piece of technology into its facilities: the latest generation MAGNETOM Terra X (Siemens Healthineers) 7T MRI. Teams have been doing a great deal of ...
08.14.2024 Institutional
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EPICA: An immersive training program to boost partnership innovation in health
As part of the Future Investment Program (PIA) and France 2030, the State and the Île-de-France region launched the IFPAI call for projects (Engineering of professional training and innovative support offers) in 2021. The EPICA project is a winner ...
07.29.2024 Teaching & training
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Rett syndrome: a new gene therapy on the way
Gene therapy could be our best chance of treating Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes severe intellectual and motor impairments. At Paris Brain Institute, Françoise Piguet and her colleagues have looked closely at brain cholesterol ...
07.16.2024 Research, science & health
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Paris Brain Institute launches the 2nd edition of NeurAL, its studio startup program dedicated to neuroscience
With support from the Anne and Claude Berda Foundation and from Indosuez Wealth Management, Paris Brain Institute is launching the second edition of NeurAL, its startup studio program. ...
07.01.2024 Research applications
Lésions d’un patient à l’inclusion dans le protocole (M0) disparues après 2 ans de traitement à la Leriglitazone (M24)
The dual effect of leriglitazone in X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD)
In 2023, the team led by Professor Fanny Mochel (AP-HP, Sorbonne University), a Paris brain Institute researcher, showed that daily dose of leriglitazone slow down the progression of myelopathy in patients with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, and ...
06.28.2024 Research, science & health
Des mains de chercheuse qui manipulent
New edition of the Big Brain Theory program for bold ideas (BBT4)
In 2024, Paris Brain Institute launched the 4th edition of the Big Brain Theory Program (BBT), designed to foster new and bold projects addressing the next challenges in neuroscience. For the first time, this call is open to our international ...
06.14.2024 Institutional
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A multimodal approach to better predict recovery in patients with disorders of consciousness
When a patient is admitted to intensive care due to a disorder of consciousness—such as a coma—establishing their neurological prognosis is a crucial yet challenging task. To reduce the uncertainty that precedes the medical decision, a group of ...
05.30.2024 Research, science & health