Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience identify three distinct cortical representations that...
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Hidden away: An enigmatic mammalian brain area revealed in...
Scientists find, in reptiles, a brain area previously suspected to play a role in mammalian higher cognitive processes...
Motion patterns instead of pixels
Higher brain areas receive a functional rather than realistic view of the environment Every moment, our eyes receive...
Observing the freely behaving brain in action
A new head mounted microscope enables measurement of activity from neuronal populations located in the deep cortical layer...
Impact of visual callosal pathway is dependent upon ipsilateral...
The visual callosal pathway, which reciprocally connects the primary visual cortices, is thought to play a pivotal role in...
Three-photon head-mounted microscope for imaging deep cortical...
We designed a head-mounted three-photon microscope for imaging deep cortical layer neuronal activity in a freely moving...
Keeping the balance: An unexpected new role for an enzyme...
Scientists find how inhibition of the protein machine which degrade unneeded or damaged proteins leads to a compensatory...
Tobias Bonhoeffer becomes a member of the National Academy of...
High distinction for the Max Planck Director from Martinsried Tobias Bonhoeffer, Director at the Max Planck Institute of...
Erin Schuman is elected member of the United States National...
The National Academy of Sciences is recognizing Erin Schuman for her outstanding contributions to neuronal cell...
Short nerve fibers made visible
A team led by Nikolaus Weiskopf from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig has now...