This area of excellence benefits from a particularly well developed imaging technology.

 | 2 large neurological and psychiatric hospitals: 442 and 1,200 beds
|  | 2 Federative Neuroscience Institutes: Lyon and Grenoble |
 | Neurobiotec: authority center for the HCL (Hospices Civils de Lyon)
|  | EDMUS database on multiple sclerosis: the largest in the world
|  | 500 researchers |

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The wealth of the Rhône-Alpes region in this field is also linked to :

 | The aggregation of clinics and laboratories in a restricted population region.
|  | The complementarity between basic research and applied research.
|  | Research subjects: neuro-oncology, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, pain, neuro-degenerative diseases, schizophrenia, etc. |

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