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NeuroSpin - From physics to the brain


CEA is a key player in research, development and innovation in life and health sciences.

A better understanding of how the human brain works will have a direct impact on health care (neuroradiology and medical imaging, neurology, neurosurgery, adult and child psychiatry, …), but also on society (communication between individuals, education, ergonomics…).

This quest for an understanding of the brain is a major scientific and technical endehavior which requires close cooperation between a number of experts of many disciplines, such as physics, mathematics, data processing, neurosciences, human and social sciences, ...

The CEA's ability to develop and innovate is the result of its deep rooted crossed culture of engineers, researchers and physicians. This well-mixed environment is found in top-level basic and applied research, a necessary requirement for the emergence of new concepts.

Within this setting, CEA houses several centers to design, develop and make available all of the major physical instruments dedicated to in vivo imaging. NeuroSpin is one of them, fully dedicated to the study of the functional architecture of the human brain.
Water diffusion MRI in a patient suffering from cadasil (genetic disease) demonstrating anomalies in the cerebral white matter (SHFJ/Hôpital Lariboisière collaboration).
 
 
3T MRI system installed at Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ)
Brain imaging confirms the hypothesis of the subliminal perception of words.
It is possible to show that a sub-unit of the regions involved in the conscious reading process is also unconsciously activated during the subliminal presentation of words.

Photos CEA, Inserm, CEA/C, Dupont, CEA/L, Médard, CEA/M, Grassi, Inserm/Lachapelle, AP-HP/Inserm/CEA