How saccades enable mammals to simultaneously chase prey and navigate through complex environments By reconstructing what...
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HALT! Scientists decode brain mechanisms of stopping
Ever wish you could stop that fruit fly on your kitchen counter in its tracks? Scientists at Max Planck Florida Institute...
Teaching Old Birds New Tricks
Zebra Finches Defy Age-Related Learning Limits We all know the adage, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks...
Visualizing Addiction: How new research could change the way we...
New research from a Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience researcher could transform how we understand the way...
Tiny Tubes in the Brain: Immune cells in the brain form bridges...
When nerve cells in the brain die, diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s develop. To protect these...
Balancing instability and robustness: new mathematical framework...
Dr. Akhilesh Nandan from MPINB explaines: “Changing the framework that the dynamics is governed by stable states, or...
Retina indicates severity of schizophrenia
Study could provide basis for individual prognoses In a new study, researchers discovered that the retina of schizophrenia...
Food in sight? The liver is ready!
The brain triggers rapid adaptations in liver mitochondria upon the sight and smell of food What happens in the body when...
Insights into epigenetics: Mouse as a model organism
Epigenetic changes on stress gene are similar in mice and humans The FKBP5 gene is associated with stress-related...
In-sights into depression
Connection between pupil reaction and listlessness proven Our researchers found a clear link between pupil response and...