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Prof. Cori Bargmann from Rockefeller University was at the Brain and Spine Institute – Institut du Cerveau - ICM on June 6th 2017 to give a conference on « Neuromodulatory regulation through timescales in C. Elegans nematodes ».

Restlessness in sleep is common, however it may be a symptom of two illnesses that seem to be complete opposites: sleepwalking and behavioral disorders in REM sleep. The first affects a younger population and takes place during deep sleep, whereas...

NeoNeuro SAS and the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL) group are pleased to announce that they have entered into a collaboration to validate the performance of the Aptamarker platform for Alzheimer's disease...

The first WIRED (Workshop on Intracranial Recordings in humans : Epilepsy, DBS) will be held at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM on October 3 and 4. Conferences, technical discussions, poster session, commercial solutions, wine and cheese… all...

A collaborative study between Philippe Fossati’s team at Paris Brain Institute, a team from KU Leuven and a team from the University of Maastricht, shows for the first time that the brain bases of emotions vary with time.

Teams from AP-HP in collaboration with Paris Brain Institute researchers (Inserm/CNRS/UPMC) and CNRS-derived startup Metafora Biosystems have developed a diagnostic blood test for De Vivo disease, a rare yet treatable neurological illness.

Prof. Eva Maria Kramer Albers from Johannes Gutenberg University, visited the Brain and Spine Institute - Institut du Cerveau - ICM on April 24, 2017 to give a talk on exosomes, biomolecular sacs that may play a part in maintaining neural axon...

24Chronic social defeat stress is a cause in many cases of depression. In humans, chronic social stress is built over time based on our past social interaction, with numerous consequences on both a psychological and neurological level.

A recent study directed by Professor Harald Hampel, researcher at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM, highlights the predictive potential for Alzheimer’s disease of a serological biomarker.

The neuromuscular junction is the area that enables transfer of information from the nervous system to muscles. It is composed of a motor neuron that transfers information to a muscle thanks to a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. The contact...

It’s all about motivation: sports feats, high-risk professions, even going to the museum. How can we define motivation and which molecules are involved ? Mathias Pessiglione and Sébastien Bouret, co-managers of the « Motivation, Brain and Behavior »...

A recent study carried out by Frédéric Darios in the team led by Alexis Brice at the Institut du Cerveau - ICM highlights the importance of spatacsin, a protein affected in pathologies such as hereditary spastic paraplegia.