You said… memories?

Memory is an essential process for survival. To use a formulation a bit provocative, memory allows anticipating the future! Indeed, our brain evaluates the situations in which individuals found themselves in and, on a memory reminder base, elaborates different solutions for decision-making. Memory also plays a part in our emotions and social relations genesis. The study of memory is at the centre of neurosciences actual researches. Those researches are exploring different aspects of memory, molecular and cellular mechanism down to the psychological and social aspects. What is emerging from all these studies is that different forms of memories are existing, who are manifesting themselves in all our active life aspects and unfortunately, their deficit are in first plan in pathologic conditions, like Alzheimer’s disease and other neuropsychiatric diseases.

The Fondation pour l’Étude du Système Nerveux central et périphérique (FESN), with the support of Magnoglia, has the pleasure and privilege to introduce to the audience an exceptional set of great medical brain specialists who will present their work on the nervous system function and diseases. They will also discuss with the audience in a debate led by Ms. Cattan, Head of the Health Section of Nice Matin and Var Matin. The Monegasque public will thus have the possibility to ask questions to the members of the FESN’s Scientific Council, as well as to the international experts of the different angles of memory field.

The Conference, 100% virtual, is accessible to the public for free and will be broadcasted live on the Conference website . Doctors and health workers are also welcome. The conference will be held in French and English with simultaneous translation into both languages.

FESN’s Scientific Council:

  • Yves Agid, Neurologist for the « Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle » in Paris, specialist of Parkinson’s disease,
  • Bruno Dubois, Neurologist at Sorbonne Université, Head of Service at La Salpêtrière in Paris, specialist of Alzheimer’s disease,
  • Richard Frackowiak, Neurologist and former Head of Service of « Queen Square » in London Universtiy, specialist of brain imaging and of Alzheimer’s disease,
  • Pierre Magistretti, Neurobiologist for the « Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne » and in KAUST University, specialist of energy metabolism and glial brain cells.
  • Grégoire Courtine, from the « Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne », specialist of the spinal cord injuries studies and restorative approaches.

International Experts:

  • Emrah Düzel, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Magderburg, Germany
  • Francis Eustache, Unité Inserm-EPHE-Université de Caen-Normandie U1077
  • Johannes Gräff, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL
  • Emiliano Macaluso, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon
  • Eraldo Paulesu, University of Milano-Bicocca
  • Jordan Squair, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL