C3N - Centre of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

What C3N - Centre of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience does

C3N (Centro de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Computacional / Centre of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience) is a public interdisciplinary research center housed at the Complutense University of Madrid in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid. Founded circa 2001 and operating for 25+ years, the center brings together researchers in cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, and clinical research to study how cognitive and emotional functions relate to brain activity, with applied work on neurodevelopmental disorders, epilepsy, addictions, and normal and pathological aging. Its research portfolio spans 50+ projects, 10,000+ participants, and 500+ publications, with particular depth in Alzheimer's disease and brain aging cohorts.

The center's technical capabilities center on multimodal brain activity recording — magnetoencephalography (MEG), electroencephalography (EEG), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — combined with in-house computational modeling of neurophysiological mechanisms and advanced signal analysis methods for MEG/EEG. It also operates a broad neuromodulation stack including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial electrical stimulation (tACS, tDCS), deep brain stimulation (DBS), and vagus nerve stimulation. Nine specialized research groups cover pathological aging, successful aging, neurodevelopment and addiction, computational neuroscience, clinical neuroscience, memory and cognition, emotion processing, data analysis, and neuropsychology and brain plasticity.

As a public research center, C3N is not a commercial enterprise. Its business model is grant-funded academic research supplemented by facility access services offered to external researchers and clinicians on a fee basis (detailed on its Services and Fees page). It operates within Complutense University of Madrid's institutional framework, collaborating with 70+ national and international institutions. Distribution is direct: external users book access to facilities and clinical protocols, with appointment management handled via WhatsApp. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

C3N - Centre of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

Legal name

Centro de Neurociencia Cognitiva y Computacional c3n

Website

https://meg.ctb.upm.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

C3N is a public interdisciplinary research center at the Complutense University of Madrid that combines cognitive neuroscience, computational modeling, and clinical research using MEG, EEG, MRI, and neuromodulation techniques to study brain activity and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Ownership category

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Product category

Neuroscience Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro industry

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Neurodiagnostic Centers (EEG/EMG/NCS)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Diagnostic & Imaging Centers

Keywords

• Cognitive neuroscience research
• Computational neuroscience
• Magnetoencephalography services
• Neuromodulation techniques
• Neuroimaging research

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

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Core offering

C3N is an interdisciplinary research center at the Complutense University of Madrid that provides brain activity recording (MEG, EEG, MRI), advanced MEG/EEG signal analysis, computational neurophysiological modeling, and neuromodulation services (TMS, tES, DBS, vagus nerve stimulation). As a public center, it offers external researchers and clinicians paid access to its facilities to develop experiments or clinical protocols, supported by eight specialized research groups covering aging, neurodevelopment, memory, emotion, and clinical neuroscience.

Product overview

C3N is an interdisciplinary research center at the Complutense University of Madrid, not a product company. It provides research services and facilities for cognitive and computational neuroscience studies using techniques such as MEG, EEG, and MRI neuroimaging. The center offers its equipment and expertise to researchers and clinicians through its Services and Fees program. No discrete commercial products or software offerings are described.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• C3N Research Facility and Services Access Fee-based access to C3N's brain activity recording (MEG, EEG, MRI), computational modeling, and neuromodulation facilities for external researchers and clinicians to develop their experiments or clinical protocols, as detailed on the Services and Fees page.
• Pathological Aging Research Program
• Successful Aging Research Program
• Neurodevelopment and Addictive Behaviours Research Program
• Computational Neuroscience Research Program
• Applied Clinical Neuroscience Research Program
• Memory and Cognition Research Program
• Processing Emotions Research Program
• Data Analysis Research Program
• Neuropsychology and Brain Plasticity Research Program
• Neuromodulation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ research participants studied
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences: Public research institute using MEG, EEG, MRI, and neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS, tACS) to study cognition and brain disorders. Closely comparable in technology portfolio and clinical-translation focus.
• NeuroSpin (CEA): French public neuroimaging center operating high-field MRI, MEG, and EEG for cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Comparable in being a publicly funded, multi-modal research facility serving external users.
• Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Massachusetts General Hospital): Hospital-affiliated neuroimaging core offering MEG, EEG, and MRI for cognitive and clinical neuroscience research. Comparable service-provider model to external researchers and clinicians.
• Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (UCL): University-based research center combining MEG, EEG, and fMRI with computational modeling for cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Highly comparable to C3N in modality stack and translational research mission.
• Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA): University research center using MEG, EEG, fMRI, and TMS for cognitive and computational neuroscience. Similar academic service-facility structure and research themes to C3N.

Regional players

• Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL): Spain-based research center applying MEG, EEG, and MRI to cognition and language. Comparable mission and modality stack, with regional rather than direct competition.

Broad incumbents

• McGovern Institute for Brain Research (MIT): Large university-affiliated neuroscience institute conducting cognitive, computational, and clinical neuroscience with advanced neuroimaging. Overlaps with C3N's research scope at much greater scale.
• Allen Institute for Brain Science: Large-scale neuroscience research organization producing open datasets and tools for brain mapping. Shares C3N's emphasis on data resources and computational methods, though at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/laboratory-of-cognitive-and-computational-neuroscience

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