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Environnement social et comportement de type addictif, quel rapport ?
Dans une interview accordée au journal Savoir(s), Victor Mathis, chargé de recherche dans l'équipe Addictions, évoque l’influence de l’environnement social sur la consommation d’opioïdes et de psychostimulants dans le cadre de différentes études pré-cliniques.

Research brings new hope for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
To mark Brain Awareness Week, Luc Dupuis, Director of UMR-S 1329, was a guest on the “Focus en Alsace” program on RFC Alsace radio.
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What if the first signs of ALS were found... in sleep?
In a video interview with Inserm, Matei Bolborea discusses the findings of a recently published paper suggesting that detailed sleep analysis could serve as an early indicator of ALS progression.
Visual rehabilitation at the heart of a European research program
Want to know more about the European study run by Dr. Reber on visual rehabilitation? Check the video made by University of Strasbourg.

Two prizes for PhD students in the Psychiatry team
Several pieces of good news in October for former and current PhD students in the Psychiatry team.
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Environnement social et comportement de type addictif, quel rapport ?
Dans une interview accordée au journal Savoir(s), Victor Mathis, chargé de recherche dans l'équipe Addictions, évoque l’influence de l’environnement…

Research brings new hope for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
To mark Brain Awareness Week, Luc Dupuis, Director of UMR-S 1329, was a guest on the “Focus en Alsace” program on RFC Alsace radio.
![[Translate to English:]](/websites/_processed_/3/b/csm_Sommeil_et_Charcot_6ad69707c2.png)
What if the first signs of ALS were found... in sleep?
In a video interview with Inserm, Matei Bolborea discusses the findings of a recently published paper suggesting that detailed sleep analysis could…
Visual rehabilitation at the heart of a European research program
Want to know more about the European study run by Dr. Reber on visual rehabilitation? Check the video made by University of Strasbourg.

Incubation of social deficit during morphine abstinence in male mice using a novel unbiased and automatized method
Face of the global opioid addiction epidemic and the frequent relapses observed after withdrawal, understanding the brain and behavioral mechanisms of…

The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder
This review from Nature Reviews Neuroscience, written by our two researchers, Emmanuel DARCQ and Victor MATHIS, in collaboration with Aliza EHRLICH,…

11th French ALS and MND Research Days
Isabelle Weber rewarded at the 11th French ALS and MND Research Days.

Two prizes for PhD students in the Psychiatry team
Several pieces of good news in October for former and current PhD students in the Psychiatry team.

ESF funding: visual rehabilitation and virtual reality
Michael Reber, an INSERM researcher in the Psychiatry team, has secured €1.2 million in funding from the European Science Foundation under the Fight…

Rethinking addiction
Rethinking addiction: Technological advances, mechanistic insights and the re-evaluation of substance use disorders. This collection of scientific…


Body Self symposium
On 20 and 21 March 2025, the international symposium ‘The Sense of Self: One Body, Multiple Mechanisms’ was held at the Dental Surgery Centre.

Brain Week
Held every year in March, Brain Week is an international event organized simultaneously in some 100 countries and over 120 towns in France, to raise…

Promoting Sciences
Every year, our laboratory strives to promote sciences among young people.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: sleep disorders precede the onset of motor symptoms
Sleep disorders are well known in several neurodegenerative diseases, but remain little studied in the case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In…
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Visual rehabilitation and virtual reality
Children with certain types of brain tumors experience visual field loss (hemianopia), which dramatically impacts their quality of life. Until now,…

Sleep alterations in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Sleep disorders are well known in several neurodegenerative diseases, but remain little studied in the case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In…

Cortical hyperexcitability and noradrenaline deficiency in ALS
This new publication by Scekic-Zahirovic et al. shows that cortical hyperexcitability is associated with early deficits in phase-amplitude theta-gamma…

Model of negative affect induced by withdrawal after acute and chronic administration of morphine
The mechanisms behind negative affect following opiate withdrawal precipitated by an antagonist such as naloxone are not well known. The Addictions…

Hypothalamic hormone linked to metabolic dysregulation in ALS
This recent research shows that the loss of MCH+ hypothalamic neurons is linked to the metabolic problems that occur in ALS. Amyotrophic lateral…

New genes linked to ALS
Work by Luc Dupuis' team has shown direct links between the genetics and anatomopathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's…


