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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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When brain oxygenation is cut off for a prolonged period, the electrical activity of the cerebral cortex is quickly reduced to zero. But that’s not the end of the story… Researchers at Paris Brain Institute, coordinated by Séverine Mahon, have shown...
12.13.2023
Research, science & health
What if the biological mechanisms that cause multiple sclerosis were triggered years before clinical diagnosis? This is what a team at Paris Brain Institute suggests in a new study published in Neurology. The researchers show that, on a population...
12.06.2023
Research, science & health
The Brain Fund, a private equity co-investment fund, aims to secure sustainable funding for Paris Brain Institute to support its research teams’ projects and drive the development of new treatments for nervous system disorders. Managed by the Impact...
10.30.2023
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Sleep is not a state in which we are completely isolated from our environment: while we sleep, we are capable of hearing and understanding words. These observations, the result of close collaboration between teams at Paris Brain Institute and the...
10.12.2023
Research, science & health
In recent years, interest in psychedelics and their possible benefit in treating psychiatric illnesses has been revived. Expectations are high, especially in obsessive-compulsive disorder, where patients’ therapeutic options are still limited. At...
10.11.2023
Research, science & health
“ Think of a white sandy beach on a paradise island. Can you see it?” The ability to visualize a place, object, or place on request varies significantly between individuals. But some people cannot conjure up mental images at all: this trait is known...
09.08.2023
Research, science & health
Paris, September 4th, 2023. Walking is a complex mechanism involving both automatic processes and conscious control. Its dysfunction can have multiple, sometimes extremely subtle causes, within the motor cortex, brain stem, spinal cord, or muscles...
09.04.2023
Research, science & health
Is paying attention to the things around us necessary to perceive them? This seemingly simple question is far from having a consensual answer. To decide between the various existing hypotheses, Jianghao Liu and his colleagues at Paris Brain Institute...
09.02.2023
Research, science & health
The more we like our ideas, the faster we give them shape. But to be creative, you have to have a penchant for ideas that are out of the ordinary… This is what Alizée Lopez-Persem and Emmanuelle Volle, Inserm researchers at Paris Brain Institute...
08.14.2023
Research, science & health
Assessing a number of elements, whether individuals in a group, twigs in a nest, or fruit on a branch, is an essential skill in many animals. But the neural circuits on which it is based are still poorly understood. To remedy this lack of knowledge...
07.14.2023
Research, science & health
To adapt to the small and large events that give the world its ever-changing character, we use an essential ability: cognitive flexibility. It enables us to improvise in the event of disruptions on our morning commute, to cope with the unexpected...
06.28.2023
Research, science & health
Spinocerebellar ataxias are a very heterogeneous group of inherited diseases associated with degeneration of the cerebellum – a region at the back of the skull that plays an essential role in motor control. Patients have gait and balance disorders...
06.21.2023
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
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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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