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.
This year, NeurAL, Paris Brain Institute’s start-up studio, has selected a project by the researcher Brahim Nait Oumesmar that seeks to develop a remyelinating treatment for multiple sclerosis. The winner will benefit from personalized support and...
The Brain Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Impact Partners, aims to provide Paris Brain Institute with permanent financial resources to support the projects of research teams.
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...
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...
A Franco-German international research team has identified two new genes that play a role in the onset of intellectual development disorders (IDD), also known as intellectual disabilities. Researchers have successfully developed two new types of test...
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...
On the occasion of the Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which took place on 10 and 11 February 2025 in Paris, France welcomed representatives of some 100 countries, including many heads of state, business leaders, researchers and...
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...
Could exploring the relationships between different brain networks help us understand frontotemporal dementia (FTD)? This neurodegenerative disease, which progresses at varying rates, is often diagnosed late—when clinical signs are already severe. At...
Appointed Executive Director of Paris Brain Institute for a five-year term, Professor Stéphanie Debette took up her new position on January 1, 2025. She succeeds Professor Alexis Brice, who has served as Executive Director since 2012.
Paris, December 11, 2024. Identifying and supporting innovative neuroscience projects up to the creation of viable startups: this is the mission of iPEPS, Paris Brain Institute's startup studio. Through the NeurAL program, launched in 2023 and...
