The Institute of Neuroscience in Bordeaux is one of the places were fundamental research into how the memory works takes place. From behavioural studies in mice to molecular level, the researchers decode the very first traces of memory, an essential concept in discovering how our brains work in order to one day lead a more efficient fight against certain effects of ageing on memory.

The two hemispheres of the brain manage distinct tasks. This was reported more than a century ago by observing patients affected by brain damages. Today, thanks to the Functional MRI or functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the working of the brain can be finely investigated and analyzed on healthy volunteers. In the laboratory Ci-naps (Center of Imaging - Neurosciences and Applications to Pathologies), many experiments are realized in order to obtain a cartography of the functioning of our brain.

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