Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale

Novel geometrical test of cosmological expansion from photometric data

In tomographic cosmic-shear observations, the Bernardeau, Nishimichi, Taruya (BNT) transform allows us to build weak lensing transformed maps for which the contribution from low-redshift lenses is nulled. As this transformation depends specifically on the expansion rate of the Un...

MicroRNA 517a-3p suppresses α-synuclein fibril accumulation in human glioblastoma cells

Abstract Background Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the misfolding, aggregation, and accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) into oligomeric assemblies and amyloid inclusions. Alongside neurons, glial cells can internalize pathological α-...

Association between cervical sagittal alignment, neck awareness, and disability in chronic neck pain: The possible role of probable sleep bruxism

Background Chronic neck pain (CNP) is a major cause of disability. Cervical sagittal alignment, neck awareness, and probable sleep bruxism may influence symptom burden. Methods This cross-sectional study included 76 patients (18–60 years) with CNP. Probable sleep bruxism was clas...

Sympatric European white oaks species display contrasting epigenetic response to soil water availability

Abstract In the context of climate change plants have to cope with adverse conditions, among which water scarcity is a major threat for their survival. They have developed diverse regulatory processes to face drought that may differ depending on their ecological niche. The two sy...