Neurosciences Research Center of Lyon

The Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), created in 2011 by INSERM, CNRS, the University of Lyon 1 and the University of St Etienne, brings together 450 people organized into 18 research teams and 10 technology platforms. With a very multidisciplinary approach, we seek to understand the functioning of the brain and its dysfunctions in different pathologies. From the gene and the molecule to the neuronal cell, from the neural network to behavior and cognition, we study the cerebral organization of perception (olfaction, hearing, vision, touch), the control of action, attention, memory, learning mechanisms, sleep and vigilance states, emotions and social interactions. The CRNL is also responsible for the Lyon NeuroCampus building project which, since February 2019, is bringing together all of its teams in the East-Lyon University Hospital pole, in the immediate vicinity of the Neurology, Mother-Child, and Psychiatric Hospitals. Thanks to this location in an exceptional medical environment, all new knowledge is rapidly transferred to clinical applications (understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms of neurological and psychiatric diseases, development of new diagnostic markers and of innovative therapies) and also to societal applications (neurosciences and education).