- 2020
- Press releases - 01.12.2020
Neuroscience Provides New Ways to Understand the Origin of Our Emotions
Are our emotions innate or are they the product of our culture and environment? This question has long been the subject of debate in the field of neuroscience. Researchers provide robust clinical data in favor of the second hypothesis. Their work suggests that our ability to know and recognize emotions is built up gradually and depends on our knowledge of language.
- Press releases - 30.11.2020
Links between nutrition and the brain: how a maternal omega-3 deficiency can influence the behavioural development of offspring in animals
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential, necessarily supplied by the diet and indispensable to brain development. Scientists have focused in particular on the impact of the maternal diet during gestation and lactation on the brain development of their offspring. They have thus shown for the first time in mice how an insufficient intake of omega-3 in the mother can alter the development of neuronal networks in the offspring, causing memory deficits. They have also deciphered the molecular mechanisms underpinning these effects.
- Press releases - 27.11.2020
A new cerebral canalopathy associating intellectual disability and abnormal movements
Dysfunctions of ion channels – or channelopathies – in the brain are today associated with more than 30 neurological diseases such as epilepsy or cerebellar ataxias. A study conducted at the Brain Institute (Sorbonne University / Inserm / AP-HP / CNRS) identified a new cerebral channelopathy originating from dominant mutations in the KCNN2 gene, encoding the SK2 ion channel.
- Press releases - 26.10.2020
Food Emulsifiers Increase Pathogenicity of Certain Bacteria and Risk of Intestinal Inflammation
Diet is believed to play a role in triggering intestinal inflammation that can lead to the development of certain conditions, such as Crohn’s disease. Researchers from Inserm, CNRS and Université de Paris have shown that the emulsifiers present in many processed foods could have a harmful impact on specific bacteria in the gut microbiota, leading to chronic inflammation.
- Press releases - 19.10.2020
An Immune “Signature” to Identify Diabetic Patients at Risk of Developing Severe Covid-19
Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for the development of a severe form of Covid-19. Identifying the immune- and inflammatory markers associated with these severe forms of the disease in this patient population would enable earlier and more appropriate care.
- Press releases - 16.10.2020
A New Therapeutic Target for Type 2 Diabetes Discovered Thanks to a Rare Disease
A new therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes has recently been identified by researchers from Inserm and Université de Strasbourg, in collaboration with several European hospitals.
- Press releases - 08.10.2020
Fibromyalgia, Knowledge Overview and Recommendations: An Inserm Collective Expert Review
Inserm was tasked by France’s Health Directorate with conducting a Collective Expert Review in order to take stock of the scientific knowledge on fibromyalgia in adults, and also to explore the potential existence of a similar syndrome in children and adolescents. The objective was also to recommend measures and establish research priorities in order to better understand fibromyalgia and improve patient care.
- Press releases - 07.10.2020
The Placenta Could Retain a Memory of Tobacco Exposure Prior to Pregnancy
A study is showing for the first time that tobacco consumption, even when stopped before pregnancy, can have an impact on the placenta. Smoking not just during but also before pregnancy leads to epigenetic modifications (DNA methylation) which could have consequences on its course.
- Press releases - 05.10.2020
Nobel Prize 2020
The 2019 Nobel Prize was awarded on Monday, October 7
- What's on? - 05.10.2020
Nobel Prize 2020
Only available in french