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Remembering past events in minute detail, revisiting them methodically, and reliving past emotions—this is the peculiarity of people with an exceptional memory of their own lives, known as autobiographical hypermnesia, or hyperthymesia. This...

In an article published in Nature Communications, researchers from 37 scientific institutions—including Paris Brain Institute—unveil the DREAM database: an ambitious project designed to centralize, share, and standardize data from research on sleep...

Are you developing a deep tech project in brain or mental health and looking for support to rapidly turn your scientific results into concrete solutions for patients? Apply now to the 3rd Call for Projects from Paris Brain Institute’s Start-up Studio...

First described 60 years ago, chronic myoclonus following cerebral anoxia is now known as Lance-Adams syndrome. This is a severe disorder whose mechanisms were, until now, poorly understood. Geoffroy Vellieux, Vincent Navarro, and their colleagues at...

Thanks to 7T fMRI, researchers from Paris Brain Institute and NeuroSpin, the CEA's neuroimaging centre, are exploring the neural substrate of visual imagery at very high resolution for the first time. Their results, publiés [i] in Cortex, pave the...

The ICEBERG cohort, initiated 10 years ago, is interested in studying factors predictive of the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease.

Although every person’s personality is the result of genetic and environmental factors, these are not the only factors at play. Bassem Hassan and his team at Paris Brain Institute have discovered that, in fruit flies (drosophila), individuality also...

A study by Stéphanie Baulac’s team has revealed somatic mutations in different cell types in patients with type 2 focal cortical dysplasia. This disease causes drug-resistant epileptic seizures, for which the main treatment option is currently...

Paris Brain Institute is pleased to announce the opening of applications for the 2025-2026 academic year to the iMIND International Master Program - International Master In Neurodegenerative Diseases, a high-level training program run by Sorbonne...

Hélène Cheval is a lecturer at Sorbonne University – Paris Brain Institute and director of the iMIND Master 2 program.

Huntington's disease, a rare hereditary neurological disorder, is associated with an energy deficit that precedes the onset of symptoms and is closely linked to their progression. At Paris Brain Institute, Fanny Mochel and her colleagues are testing...

On the occasion of European Data Protection Day, this January 28, 2025, the Paris Brain Institute is highlighting personal data protection through its Data Protection Officer (DPO). In this profile, Frédérique Lesaulnier, who is also a member of the...