Specializing in emotional psycho-biology, Catherine Belzung has made a crucial contribution to our understanding of the human being, particularly in the study of depression. This is why this professor of neruosciences and collaborator of Nouvelle Cite was decorated a Knight of the Legion of Honour on 11 December 2012 at the Francois Rabelais di Tours University in France.

In her research Belzung has highlighted how, contrary to what has been assumed up until now, in a certain region of the brain, there are cells that renew themselves and control the hormonal and nervous systems. But what most contributed to choosing her for this award was her ability to share the questions and knowledge of science and to allow them to be shared at a humanistic level.

At this level each one both brings and ‘loses’ his own scientific reasoning. This way of dialogue is a veritable challenge among university crowds, where the differing points of view are often incompatible with each another. Belzung’s conferences are being attended by many young people and students who are thus trained in the practice of dialogue and are opening new paths for further research.

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