While great progress has been made in recent years in the understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), its underlying molecular mechanisms remain fairly poorly documented. Several hypotheses have been put forward regarding the possible dysfunction of certain neurotransmitters in the brain, but ...
An international consortium has identified rare variants in two new genes that markedly increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The work was led by two research groups in France (headed respectively by Gaël Nicolas, Rouen and Jean-Charles Lambert, Lille) and ...
Cisplatin is a chemotherapy indicated to fight tumors in many types of cancer. However, it does have major side effects – especially kidney toxicity, that can lead to acute kidney failure. In addition, patients treated with cisplatin also often report high levels ...
Une étude publiée dans la revue internationale Anesthesia and Analgesia (2022) révèle les possibles conséquences cérébrales d’une exposition précoce à l’anesthésie générale en pré-clinique puis chez l’Homme. Mené par des scientifiques de l'Inserm et de l'Université de Caen Normandie avec le CHU ...
Une équipe de chercheurs de l’Inserm, du CNRS, de Sorbonne Université et de l’AP-HP au sein de l’Institut du Cerveau à Paris vient de décrypter comment notre cerveau se comporte lorsque nous procrastinons. L’étude, menée chez l’humain, combine imagerie fonctionnelle et tests ...
Meditation as a tool to prevent dementia and improve the mental health and well-being of elderly people is one of the avenues explored by the European Medit-Ageing research program, coordinated by Inserm. As part of this program, researchers from Inserm and Université ...
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