Research, science & health

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...

Nervous system development is very complex. In most animals, axon guidance processes (how axons reach the correct targets) are more complex in the brain compared to the spinal cord. Defects in brain wiring during embryo development can lead to...

The Paulo Gontijo Institute awarded the International Medicine PG Award to Edor Kabashi, team leader at the Brain and Spine Institute – Institut du Cerveau, for his research on the development of new models and new therapeutic avenues for Amyotrophic...

Methamphetamine is a highly addictive psychostimulant drug. Its effects depend on the dose and time of administration. Importantly, it is used in the United States to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ph.D. student Sofia Baptista...

Patients with pure alexia completely or partially lose the ability to read. Laurent Cohen, Paris Brain Institute neurologist and researcher, and his team, in collaboration with a London team, wanted to understand the brain mechanism at stake in this...

Rita Raisman-Vozari, and Patrick Michel, researchers from Etienne Hirsch's team at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM (CNRS, Inserm, UPMC), as well as other researchers from the Biomolecular, Conception, Isolation and Synthesis Lab (CNRS/ParisSud...

During generalized seizures, in which epileptic activities affect the entire cerebral cortex, patients undergo an interruption of their conscious processes and are unable to deal efficiently with sensory stimuli. Using a genetic model of absence...

The frontal lobe controls our more complex behaviours such as decision-making or creativity. In a new study published in Cerebral Cortex, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten's team, at Paris Brain Institute, has identified 12 areas of this part of the brain...

In a study published in the new international scientific journal Neuroscience of Consciousness, Benjamin Rohaut, Inserm researcher, and Lionel Naccache, team leader of the " Picnic lab : Physiological Investigation of Clinically Normal and Impaired...

Defending oneself against infections is crucial for health and survival. But detecting bacteria before they enter the body is even more advantageous! Our senses of smell and taste are particularly important for survival: they allow us to know if some...

William Richardson, Pr. at the University College of London (UCL), was at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM on June the 13st 2016. He talks about the important role of oligodendrocytes for learning in adult brain.