Research, science & health

In a new study, Mariam Chammat, post-doctoral researcher (FRM) and Prof Lionel Naccache (AP-HP, UPMC), team leader at the Institut du Cerveau, found that the renowned psychological phenomenon known as cognitive dissonance is closely linked to...

Myelin, a protective sheath that covers various nerve fibers, is essential in the transmission of nerve signals and enables proper function of the nervous system. Myelin degeneration causes severe illnesses including multiple sclerosis. Lamia...

From the early stages of Parkinson’s disease onwards, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders are relatively frequent. The team led by Stéphane Lehéricy and Marie Vidailhet at the Institut du Cerveau – ICM highlighted, for the very first time, a...

Nicolas Renier, a new team leader at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM, joined the Institute on the 1st January 2017. His work focuses on changes of connections between neurons in adulthood, using a new technique: 3D brain imaging through light-sheet...

The publication of Benedetta Bodini and Bruno Stankoff, researchers at Paris Brain Institute, on the use of a new imaging technique in multiple sclerosis, was selected by Lancet Neurology among the top 5 of 2016 to improve the understanding and...

A stage 3 clinical trial has proven the efficacy of lacosamide alone to treat focal seizures, specifically as a first-line treatment for newly diagnosed epilepsy.

Researchers from the “Experimental therapeutics of neurodegeneration” team led by Etienne Hirsch at the Brain and Spine Institute – Institut du Cerveau - ICM, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière – and collaborators, have just published a...

Scientists from the French Blood Bank (Etablissement français du sang), in collaboration with several researchers including Stéphane Haïk, team leader at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM, have just developed a biological test capable of detecting the...

A new study suggests that Beta and Gamma brain waves, linked to inhibitory neurons, could play a role in memory consolidation during sleep.

Transcranial direct current stimulation could be beneficial in treating primary progressive aphasia. This is what a pre-therapeutic study recently showed, conducted by teams led by Dr. Marc Teichmann, from the Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP Hospital...

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the nervous central system leading to a progressive destruction of the myelin sheath surrounding the axons, essential for their protection and for the transmission of the nerve impulse. Bruno Stankoff...

Among the many different types of tumors developing from the brain, diffuse gliomas are the most frequent. Their characteristics make them very difficult to treat and relapses are frequent. Dr Frank Bielle from the Experimental Neuro-oncology team...