The olfactory deficit, one of the effects of Covid-19, generates real difficulties in social life, which can result in a tendency to isolation or depressive symptoms. In this post published with Libération, three specialists (Moustafa Bensafi, Catherine Rouby, Camille Ferdenzi, NEUROPOP CRNL) give their analysis and call for better medical care.
While a large proportion of people suffering from Covid-19 have problems with their sense of smell, neuroscientist Camille Ferdenzi (NEUROPOP CRNL) explains in this podcast the various ways in which the virus can alter this sense, but also how it can be regained through olfactory rehabilitation.
Within the framework of « Nez à Nez » project (Nathalie Buonviso, Alexandra Veyrac, CMO CRNL), an artistic residency took place on January 21 and 22, 2021, supported by our tutors (CNRS, Inserm, UCBL, UJM).
SNIFFATTENTION, Emmanuelle Courtiol (CMO CRNL), "Sniffing out clues to attention: olfaction as a key model to explore the neural basis of attentional processes".
An article in CortexMag about the work of Raphaël VALLAT, Alain NICOLAS and Perrine RUBY (PAM CRNL). "Postulating that the moment of awakening was crucial to memorize dreams, these researchers proposed to big and small dreamers to take a nap in a scanner and observed what was happening in their brain when they woke them up."
Recently recruited by Inserm, Clément Desoche is a Research Engineer on the virtual reality platform, Neuro-Immersion CRNL, directed by Alessandro Farné and Romeo Salemme.
In the program of Ali Ribeihi of France Inter, "Great good to you!" Barbara Tillmann (CAP CRNL) and Emmanuel Bigand (Univ Bourgogne, Lab apprentissage et développement) discussed, on Monday January 4th, the benefits of music on our cognitive development, our emotional intelligence, our psychological and physical health.
CORODORAT. Losses of smell and taste during the Covid-19 health crisis: characterization, effect on quality of life and management, Camille FERDENZI, Moustafa BENSAFI (NEUROPOP CRNL).
BIORAN has created a joint public/private laboratory financed by the ANR (LabCom) and the Region (Pack Ambition Research). The 'laboratory' entitled Neuroimaging for Drug Discovery (NI2D) associates the CRNL, the pharmaceutical company Theranexus and the CERMEP. Its objective is to contribute to the development of gliopharmacology using preclinical imaging tools (PET/MRI/brain ultrasound). The recruitment of two PhD students and a research engineer will strengthen this collaborative axis.
Astrocytes serve important roles that affect recruitment and function of neurons at the local and network levels : synaptic plasticity, neuronal network oscillations, and memory fun…
