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The PR department responds to all media requests for information on scientific, medical, technological and entrepreneurial activities at Paris Brain Institute.
It disseminates new results from research teams and connects journalists to a relevant expert to comment on a current issue.
Feel free to contact our press officer to help you develop a topic that relies on state-of-the-art knowledge in neuroscience, neurology or psychiatry.
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Certain patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) can partially regenerate myelin—the protective sheath that surrounds nerve fibers—which is damaged during the evolution of the disease. In studying how immune cells influence this remyelination...
12.19.2024
Research, science & health
This week, Paris Brain Institute inaugurated an exceptional piece of equipment: the latest generation 7-Tesla MAGNETOM Terra.X MRI scanner from Siemens Healthineers. This acquisition, made possible thanks to the support of RICHARD MILLE and the...
11.28.2024
Institutional
What if we could resist compulsions? These irrational behaviours, particularly common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are hard to suppress. At Paris Brain Institute, Éric Burguière's team shows that we can anticipate them and block them...
09.10.2024
Research, science & health
Over the past fifteen years, neurosurgeons have been perfecting a fascinating technique: using ultrasound to temporarily open the blood-brain barrier to facilitate the action of therapeutic molecules in the central nervous system. At Paris Brain...
09.05.2024
Research, science & health
Gene therapy could be our best chance of treating Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes severe intellectual and motor impairments. At Paris Brain Institute, Françoise Piguet and her colleagues have looked closely at brain cholesterol...
07.16.2024
Research, science & health
When a patient is admitted to intensive care due to a disorder of consciousness—such as a coma—establishing their neurological prognosis is a crucial yet challenging task. To reduce the uncertainty that precedes the medical decision, a group of...
05.30.2024
Research, science & health
The way we make decisions in a social context can be explained by psychological, social, and political factors. But what if other forces were at work? Hilke Plassmann and her colleagues from the Paris Brain Institute and the University of Bonn show...
05.16.2024
Research, science & health
Metachromatic leukodystrophy is a rare genetic disorder that mainly affects young children and results in severe neurological symptoms accompanied by a loss of motor and intellectual capacities. At Paris Brain Institute, Françoise Piguet and her...
04.22.2024
Research, science & health
Multiple sclerosis is a heterogeneous disease whose manifestations vary considerably from patient to patient and whose course appears, on the surface, unpredictable. Hence, it is crucial to identify the factors that drive disability progression. In a...
04.02.2024
Research, science & health
A giant billboard flashes on the side of a country road. Why does it catch our attention more easily than other details in the landscape? At Paris Brain Institute, Tal Seidel Malkinson, Jacobo Sitt, Paolo Bartolomeo, and their colleagues show that...
03.26.2024
Research, science & health
Sometimes, in healthy tissues, mutated cells are seen that may or may not become malignant tumours. This phenomenon has already been described in the endometrium, oesophagus and epidermis. At Paris Brain Institute, Matthieu Peyre and his colleagues...
03.15.2024
Research, science & health
From the very first weeks of life, countless connections are forged between neurons to ensure the propagation of nerve signals. These connections gradually shape the final architecture of the brain, known as the connectome. Our ability to perform...
03.08.2024
Research, science & health
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This week, Paris Brain Institute inaugurated an exceptional piece of equipment: the latest generation 7-Tesla MAGNETOM Terra.X MRI scanner from Siemens Healthineers. This acquisition, made possible thanks to the support of RICHARD MILLE and the...
11.28.2024
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Certain patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) can partially regenerate myelin—the protective sheath that surrounds nerve fibers—which is damaged during the evolution of the disease. In studying how immune cells influence this remyelination...
12.19.2024
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On October 8, 2024, the French Consulate in New York hosted the annual dinner of Paris Brain Institute America (PBIA), gathering prominent philanthropists and influential figures from the scientific community for an evening dedicated to transatlantic...
10.15.2024
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The European Research Council's (ERC) Starting Grants are prestigious and highly competitive awards, designed to enable young scientists to build their research team, and to carry out ambitious and innovative projects addressing unexplored scientific...
09.16.2024
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What if we could resist compulsions? These irrational behaviours, particularly common in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), are hard to suppress. At Paris Brain Institute, Éric Burguière's team shows that we can anticipate them and block them...
09.10.2024
Research, science & health
On Wednesday July 31, the Institute had the pleasure of welcoming a special group of visitors: members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and their friends and families.
09.08.2024
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