{"id":4,"date":"2024-12-27T12:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T11:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imn-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/en\/what-is-it\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T13:48:19","slug":"what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/en\/what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation \/ A word from the directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"989\" data-id=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/imn-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN02-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-treatments-bordeaux-e1436188365433-1024x989.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN02-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-treatments-bordeaux-e1436188365433-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN02-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-treatments-bordeaux-e1436188365433-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN02-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-treatments-bordeaux-e1436188365433-768x742.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN02-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-treatments-bordeaux-e1436188365433.jpg 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"991\" data-id=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/imn-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN03-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-diagnosis-bordeaux-e1436188578596-1024x991.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN03-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-diagnosis-bordeaux-e1436188578596-1024x991.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN03-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-diagnosis-bordeaux-e1436188578596-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN03-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-diagnosis-bordeaux-e1436188578596-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN03-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-diagnosis-bordeaux-e1436188578596.jpg 1035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" data-id=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/imn-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN04-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-studies-bordeaux-e1436188722106-1024x990.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN04-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-studies-bordeaux-e1436188722106-1024x990.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN04-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-studies-bordeaux-e1436188722106-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN04-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-studies-bordeaux-e1436188722106-768x743.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN04-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-studies-bordeaux-e1436188722106.jpg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases<\/strong> (IMN) is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 5293) associating the University of Bordeaux and the CNRS. It was created in January 2011. Geographically dispersed for a long time, it regrouped at the Center Broca Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 2017. Its creation represented a major advance in the structuring of neuroscience research in Bordeaux and it is now one of the 6 building blocks of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr\/\">Bordeaux Neurocampus<\/a>, the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Bordeaux. It is now made up of <a href=\"\/en\/teams\">12 fundamental and preclinical research teams<\/a> and a clinical research team backed by the Bordeaux University Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/imn-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-884\" style=\"width:252px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-768x1031.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-1144x1536.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-1526x2048.jpg 1526w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/06\/Thomas-Boraud-1-scaled.jpg 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>IMN combines fundamental, preclinical and clinical research with the aim of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop new therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative diseases by facilitating translational research from the laboratory to the patient bed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase its visibility and attractiveness in the field of translational neurosciences (Parkinson\u2019s disease and atypical parkinsonian syndromes, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, obsessive-compulsive disorders, etc.) and fundamental (planning, cognition, motor control, molecular substrates of transmission synaptic) by relying on the potential of its teams and the dynamics put in place since its creation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of IMN: Thomas BORAUD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy directors: Eric BOU\u00c9-GRABOT &amp; Wassilios MEISSNER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"989\" data-id=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/imn-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN05-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-translational-approach-e1436188780481-1024x989.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN05-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-translational-approach-e1436188780481-1024x989.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imn.u-bordeaux.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/02\/IMNEN05-imn-neurodeneratives-diseases-translational-approach-e1436188780481-300x290.jpg 300w, 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