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Products derived from the intestinal microbiota enter the bloodstream and modulate the host's physiological processes, such as immunity, metabolism, and brain function. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur (a research partner of Université Paris Cité...

On the occasion of World Parkinson's Day, which will be held on 11 April 2022, the Paris Brain Institute takes stock of the latest advances in research and the challenges that remain in the fight against the second most common neurodegenerative...

An unprecedentedly precise exploration of the molecular and electrophysiological basis of a form of autoimmune encephalitis, conducted by the " Cellular Excitability and Neuronal Network Dynamics" team at the Paris Brain Institute, elucidates for the...

Although Alzheimer's disease is not hereditary in 99% of cases, genetic factors can increase the risk of developing it. The "Alzheimer's disease, prion diseases" team, co-directed by Marie-Claude Potier (CNRS) at the Paris Brain Institute, has...

Within the walls of the Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP hospital, where Charcot explored hypnosis at the end of the 19th century, the research team led by Professor Lionel Naccache at the Paris Brain Institute (Inserm/CNRS/Sorbonne University), has just...

A research team involving neuroscience researchers and clinicians from the CEA, the Foch Hospital, the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Inserm, the Collège de France and the Paris Brain Institute, has provided proof that deep brain...

In an article recently published in the European Journal of Neurology, Vito Ricigliano (AP-HP), Benedetta Bodini (AP-HP/Sorbonne University) and their collaborators at the Paris Brain Institute, demonstrate the protective effect of myelin repair on...

What risk factors are associated with Alzheimer's up to 15 years before the onset of the first symptoms? This is a vital question for specialists of this neurodegenerative disease – which develops over many years before becoming clinically visible –...

More than 50,000 bone marrow-derived stem cell transplants are performed worldwide each year to treat a wide range of conditions, including brain diseases. Before the cells are transplanted, the patients are given chemotherapy to destroy the immune...

Rahul Gaurav, a research Engineer in the MOV’IT team led by Pr. Stéphane Lehéricy and Pr. Marie Vidailhet, at the Paris Brain Institute, developed an artificial intelligence framework to investigate fully automatic neurodegeneration in the substantia...

Dream or nightmare, our sleep is often rich in emotions. A study conducted by Jean-Baptiste Maranci (Sorbonne University), Isabelle Arnulf (AP-HP/Sorbonne University) and their collaborators at Paris Brain Institute and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital...

The group of Emmanuelle Volle at Paris Brain Institute and their international collaborators established for the first time a link between real-life creativity, semantic memory structure, and brain functional connectivity. The results, published in...