Female fruit flies copy the acceptance, but not the rejection, of a mate

Female flies rely on the choice of male partners made by other female flies, but lose interest in abandoned males

Insulin modulates emotional behavior through a serotonin-dependent mechanism

This study published in "Molecular Psychiatry" demonstrates that serotonin neurons are sensitive to insulin.

Abel Bernadou joins the CRCA as a professor !

Abel Bernadou, recipient of a junior faculty position in ethology, joined the CRCA on September 1.

Renaud Bastien joins the CRCA as a CNRS researcher !

His project "Control of perception in virtual reality for real-time analysis and modeling of individual and collective behaviors" will be developed in the CAB team.

Remodeling the hippocampus for allowing Alzheimer's mice to remember others

This study led by Laure Verret (CRCA-CBI) and collaborators from Toulouse and Paris, published in iScience, shows that mice modeling Alzheimer's disease are unable to remember a conspecific, and that this is associated with anatomical and functional abnormalities in CA2. However, a single injection of the protein NRG1 into CA2 restores social memory ability of Alzheimer's mice.

Audrey Dussutour, CNRS Medal for Scientific Mediation !

Audrey Dussutour (CRCA-CBI) has just been awarded the CNRS Medal for Scientific Mediation, a brand new distinction awarded for the first time this year !