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The Foulées du Cortex challenge returns for a 3rd edition. From 16 to 27 September 2026, you're all invited to register for the challenge that advances brain research. Registration is open!

Paris Brain Institute’s Open Brain School is opening registrations for the latest edition of its “Creativity & Neurosciences” Masterclass, which will take place on 25 and 26 June 2026 at Paris Brain Institute (Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris 13e)...

The number of patients living with neurodegenerative diseases that affect movement is rising steadily across Europe. Yet a large-scale study from the Paris Brain Institute and the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm shows that this is not an emerging...

The European CURE-ND alliance has announced the launch of CURE-ND4ALS, an ambitious, patient-focused initiative that seeks to tackle amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The program is supported by Fonds Invincible Été, a philanthropic fund...

For decades, cell biology has built its approach around the study of genes and molecules, pushing the physical forces that sculpt our tissues into the background. Today, an international consortium, coordinated by Fanny Mochel at the Paris Brain...

We tend to take for granted that the thoughts associated with sleep have a particular quality: we often describe them as elusive, abstract, or marked by a certain strangeness. Yet a study conducted by researchers from the DreamTeam at the Paris Brain...

Amina Mahi is a research engineer in the BrainDev: brain development team

The cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying creative thinking are still poorly understood. A new study from the FrontLab team at the Paris Brain Institute explores this question from an original angle by examining creativity where it sometimes...

In an Insight published this Friday, April 17 in The Lancet Neurology, the four partners of the European CURE-ND alliance, including the Institut du Cerveau, present a joint analysis highlighting their shared ambition: to structure an integrated...

Why does the same genetic mutation cause a severe brain malformation in some patients but not in others? Researchers from the MOSAIC team at the Paris Brain Institute have developed mosaic human cortical organoids carrying mutations in the DEPDC5...

Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute and Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal have, for the first time, revealed the key stages of vascular development in the brain, from birth through adulthood. Using a 3D digital atlas called...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) remains poorly understood from a biological perspective. An international study led by scientists from the Paris Brain Institute and Monash University in Australia suggests that some symptoms may be...