This installation, based at the CEA center in Fontenay-aux-Roses, consists of a group of platforms dedicated to the development and validation of animal models pertinent to human neurological diseases. These animal models are used both in the development and validation of novel techniques to detect deficits early after disease onset and in the evaluation of innovative treatments against neurodegenerative diseases.

The 10 platforms of MIRCen  occupy 8500 m² and enable both academic and industrial research teams at the national and international levels (see "service request") to access complementary molecular, imaging, behavioral and post-mortem expertise and methodologies.

About a hundred researchers, research officers, technicians, clinicians and students from the CEA, INSERM, CNRS, the Paris-Saclay university and Henri Mondor Hospital, work at this center, running  their own research programs (see the "Neurodegenerative Diseases Laboratory") or lending their focused expertise in neurosciences to  run the platforms (see "MIRCen platforms").