S&P BRAIN is an academic spinoff located in Orbassano, few kilometers away from Turin, in the heart of an excellent environment that hosts two universities of applied sciences, several research institutes and the Biotechnological park of Ivrea. S&P BRAIN’s headquarter and preclinical research unit are located in NICO, a new research center devoted to Neurosciences that gathers the complementary experiences of eight research groups sharing of knowledge, expertise, capabilities and facilities, thereby creating a very collaborative and highly stimulating scientific atmosphere. We offer preclinical studies in small animals spanning from a wide range of behavioral tests to models of neurological injuries to cardiovascular, endocrine and metabolic measures. S&P BRAIN combines the power of a preclinical start-up to draw on scientific faculty to solve the most complex problem. Our experience will help pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies and research centers to establish the proof-of-efficacy of new drugs or pilot in vivo studies.