Brainstorm – 15th issue
The 15th issue of Brainstorm, the neuroscience student journal in Bordeaux, in is out with an illustration by Constanza Giambalvo on the cover. You can find the paper version in the institutes or download the PDF.
Page 7 – Review
Extracellular space remodeling in synucleinopathies: insights from nanoscale diffusion studies
By Anna Lovisotto (PhD student, IMN)
Page 15 – Letter
The contemporary world of fast-paced (neuro)science
By Rui Rodrigues (postdoc, Magendie)
Page 19 – Dissemination article
Rethinking autism and intelligence: is the brilliant antisocial mind an actual thing?
By Juan Garcia Ruiz (PhD student, IMN)
Page 23 – Women’s voices
Olga Barba Vila
By Sara Carracedo (Post doc, IMN)
Page 27 – Neuropath, Exploring careers beyond academia
Florian Hontarrede
By Aude Verboven (PhD student, IMN)
Page 29
Brian Chen, From neural wiring to behavior
By Juan Garcia Ruiz
About Brainstorm
A journal by the students, for the students
Are you a MSc, PhD or a PostDoc student in neuroscience? Do you want to be part of the next issue? Reach the team at
You can write either a short-review on a topic of your choice, a one-page letter (a reflection, a project or an insight you would like to share) or a neurojoke. Don’t start to worry, you won’t be alone! You will work hand-by-hand with our editors, and we will send you guidelines and a template to make your life easier. Perhaps youwould like to knowthat thebest review willget aspecialprize by June 2025.
If writing is not your thing and you prefer to express yourself through art, we have a place for you too! For each issue we recruit an artist to design the cover page illustration.
Remember that microscopic images are also a form of art.
This journal received fundings from the EURE-0028 project
Mise à jour: 25/06/25