While we sleep, our self-awareness and our awareness of the outside world are reduced. Why?
Morphine has been used for centuries to relieve severe pain. However, its pain-relief properties are coupled with considerable side effects.
A deterioration of working memory is observed in people who consume drugs containing cannabinoid compounds found in cannabis leaves and buds. A team led by Giovanni Marsicano, Supervisor of Inserm Research Unit 862 (Magendie Neurocentre, University of Bordeaux), in collaboration with a team led by Xia Zhang (University of Ottawa, Canada), has recently identified the […]
We remember, right down to the tiniest detail, a car accident that happened over two years ago, when we feared for our lives; and yet, who among us can still remember a very good meal enjoyed just last year, even if it was really very, very good?
A research team has identified the part of the brain driving motivation during actions that combine physical and mental effort
Research scientists from Inserm, CNRS, UPMC and AP-HP working for the Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle (CRICM) of la Pitié-Salpêtrière, have just discovered mutations
(French) L'autisme, nommé grande cause nationale, sera un sujet d'actualité en France pendant toute l'année 2012. Paradoxalement ce syndrome, et surtout ses origines, restent mal connus.
Scientists from Inserm have just demonstrated how a high fat and sugar diet prevents the natural destruction of neurons from the enteric nervous system in mice.
Abundant evidence has clearly established an inverse association between age and cognitive performance, but the age at which cognitive decline begins is much debated.
On hearing the word ‘memory’, the brain normally springs to mind… or perhaps our immune system, which memorizes data to react more effectively should bacteria infect us a second time.