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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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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
What if Alzheimer’s disease left its mark on the embryo? Khadijeh Shabani and her colleagues from the “Brain Development” team led by Bassem Hassan (Inserm) at Paris Brain Institute show that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) has a specific...
06.19.2023
Research, science & health
Thanks to the collaboration between teams from the AP-HP, the MedTech METAFORA biosystems, the Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier, Cerba Healthcare, and more than 30 investigating centers coordinated by Prof. Fanny Mochel at Paris Brain...
06.06.2023
Research, science & health
Does humor appreciation have a brain signature? In a new study published in Neuropsychologia, Vadim Axelrod at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv, in collaboration with Lionel Naccache (Sorbonne University, AP-HP) at Paris Brain Institute, decrypts the...
05.19.2023
Research, science & health
Nearly half of humanity speaks more than one language, and many adults can read and master several writing systems. How does the visual cortex adapt to the recognition of words written with different characters? To answer this question, Laurent Cohen...
04.14.2023
Research, science & health
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
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
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
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
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Huntington's disease, a rare hereditary neurological disorder, is associated with an energy deficit that precedes the onset of symptoms and is closely linked to their progression. At Paris Brain Institute, Fanny Mochel and her colleagues are testing...
02.11.2025
Research, science & health
Professor Gérard SAILLANT, President of Paris Brain Institute, extends his warmest wishes to all those who, by faithfully supporting the research carried out at the institute, enable us to make a tangible difference in our fight against brain...
01.08.2025
Institutional
Could exploring the relationships between different brain networks help us understand frontotemporal dementia (FTD)? This neurodegenerative disease, which progresses at varying rates, is often diagnosed late—when clinical signs are already severe. At...
01.07.2025
Research, science & health
Appointed Executive Director of Paris Brain Institute for a five-year term, Professor Stéphanie Debette took up her new position on January 1, 2025. She succeeds Professor Alexis Brice, who has served as Executive Director since 2012.
01.07.2025
Institutional
Paris, December 11, 2024. Identifying and supporting innovative neuroscience projects up to the creation of viable startups: this is the mission of iPEPS, Paris Brain Institute's startup studio. Through the NeurAL program, launched in 2023 and...
01.02.2025
Research applications
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