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Comment évaluer l’impact du confinement sur la mobilité ?

Alors que le déconfinement a débuté, des chercheurs de l’Inserm publient une nouvelle étude de modélisation afin d’évaluer l’impact du confinement sur la mobilité des populations en France métropolitaine. ...

12 May 2020

Seniors: a study to evaluate the effects of meditation on their well-being and mental health

Between now and 2050, the number of people aged over 60 years is set to double according to estimates by the World Health Organisation, thus going from 65 million to 2 billion. Seniors may then represent 22% of the world population in ...

15 Sep 2016 | Neurosciences, cognitives sciences, neurology and psychiatry

Narcolepsy-cataplexy, a sleep disorder, may have an autoimmune origin

Narcolepsy-cataplexy is a rare and serious sleep disorder characterised by excessive daytime drowsiness and sudden loss of muscle tone. It is due to the loss of a population of neurons, known as the orexinergic neurons, located in the lateral hypothalamus. These neurons ...

13 Sep 2016 | Immunology, inflammation, infectiology and microbiology

Biological Engineering: Marine Vessels

Researchers are aiming to produce flexible and malleable substitute materials to replace defective small blood vessels. The team led by Didier Letourneur, in Inserm Unit 1148, took inspiration from the composition of algae when designing polysaccharide-based vessels. ...

06 Sep 2016 | Health technologies

Rare genetic obesity: promising results from a clinical trial

POMC (proopiomelanocortin) deficiency obesity is an orphan disease which has been described in 50 patients to date, although it is estimated to affect 100–500 people worldwide. Although there is currently no specific treatment, a publication in NEJM reports promising results from a ...

05 Sep 2016 | Circulation, metabolism, nutrition

Schizophrenics: type of birth and particularities of the disease

Selon plusieurs études, les bébés nés par césariennes seraient plus susceptibles de développer certains troubles mentaux dont la schizophrénie, lorsque leur cerveau a souffert d’un manque d’oxygène. Les chercheurs de l’Inserm ont comparé deux populations de patients schizophrènes : nés par voie ...

26 Jul 2016 | Neurosciences, cognitives sciences, neurology and psychiatry

Centenarian athletes: flawless performances?

When the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics are held, some centenarian athletes will be able to witness this competition, 80 years after their own participation for some of them. An Inserm study conducted by researchers from Unit 1093, “Cognition, Motor Activity and Sensorimotor ...

08 Jul 2016 | Public health