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A MULTIDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCE CENTER

Head Olivier BERTRAND

Since January 2011, the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center integrates the multidisciplinary expertise of 11 teams (350 members stemming from Inserm, CNRS and University Lyon 1 laboratories) making possible a synergistic approach on integrative and cognitive neurophysiology and related brain disorders.

The neural and molecular substrates of brain functions, from sensory and motor processes to cognition and mind, are investigated along two entwined strategic directions: from gene and cell to behavior, and from bench to patient. Our aim is to bridge the gaps between the different levels of brain understanding, and at reinforcing a translational research with reciprocal exchanges between basic conceptual advances and clinical challenges.

In 2014, almost all the teams will be located on the NeuroCampus, next to the Neurological, Mother-Child, and Psychiatric Hospitals. On this unique site combining basic research, clinical research, and high-tech platforms, a 6000m² building will be dedicated to the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center.