Vanessa BATISTA BROCHARD: the arc, an essential link in clinical research
Vanessa Batista Brochard is CRA coordinator at the Neuroscience Clinical Investigation Center (Neuroscience CIC) at the Pitié- Salpêtrière Hospital headed by Dr Céline LOUAPRE and located within Paris Brain Institute.
04.05.2023
Portraits
Status epilepticus: new inflammatory markers to improve patient care
Unlike classic epileptic seizures that last only a few seconds or minutes, " status epilepticus" refers to a state of neuronal hyperactivity in the cerebral cortex that persists for several hours or days. When this condition occurs without a readily...
03.31.2023
Research, science & health
iMIND 2023: registrations are open
The application campaign for the iMIND - International Master in Neurodegenerative Diseases - Master 2 programme, will be open from March 28th to June 1st!
03.30.2023
Teaching & training
Multiple sclerosis: a new tool to reduce clinical failure
No treatment currently exists that can stop the silent progression of multiple sclerosis, and many promising drugs have proved ineffective in clinical trials. To reduce this failure rate and better predict the potential of candidate molecules...
03.03.2023
Research, science & health
Cellular senescence plays a significant role in cerebral tumors
Glioblastomas are the most common malignant tumors of the adult brain. They resist conventional treatment, including surgery, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Despite thisarmamentarium, glioblastomas inexorably recur. In a new study...
02.24.2023
Research, science & health
Enjoying now or saving for later: are we predisposed to choose?
Léonie KOBAN and Hilke PLASMANN, researchers in the team "CIA: cognitive control - interoception - attention", have identified a novel brain marker using functional imaging that predicts our preference for immediate rewards over larger later rewards...
02.23.2023
Research, science & health
Oxygen therapy subsides abnormal movements in a rare childhood disease
Researchers led by Emmanuel Flamand-Roze, at Paris Brain Institute, have shown that a simple administration of oxygen can alleviate abnormal movement attacks in an orphan disease – alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC). These encouraging...
02.21.2023
Research, science & health
Sensory cells taste the cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections
Sensory neurons pick up information from our senses and relay it to the rest of the nervous system. But this is not their only mission. In a new study published in the journal Current Biology, Claire Wyart at Paris Brain Institute, and Christina...
02.20.2023
Research, science & health
Neurodegenerative diseases: a dedicated workshop at the Paris Brain Institute
On February 2 and 3, Paris Brain Institute hosted a clinical workshop dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases, as part of the CURE-ND Alliance. The topics covered included: clinical trial platforms, digital assessments and biomarkers, and preventive...
02.09.2023
Teaching & training
Two researchers from the Paris Brain Institute rewarded by the 2022 ERC
The European Research Council (ERC) has just published the list of the winners of the grants it is about to distribute. This year, two researchers from at the Paris Brain Institute have been distinguished.
02.07.2023
Research, science & health
Visit of the Scientific Advisory Board in the context of the renewal of the research unit
As part of the renewal of its research unit, which takes place every 5 years, the Brain Institute received last week the members of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). This is a first decisive step in this strategic evaluation for the Institute.
02.06.2023
Institutional
A subtitled world: uncovering tickertape synesthesia
The acquisition of reading and writing are complex mechanisms whose subtleties we do not yet understand. Fabien Hauw and Laurent Cohen (Inserm, CNRS, Sorbonne University, AP-HP), neurologists at Paris Brain Institute, hope to uncover how we connect...
02.03.2023
Research, science & health