Gamma rhythms in the brain are neither self-sustaining nor regular. But many earlier models assumed just that. ESI...
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Duets on the Brain
International Research Team Studies Neuronal Processes Involved in Piano Playing Making music together is a unique...
Transparency in animal research: a virtual tour of the animal...
A virtual tour of the animal facility of the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience shows how research animals...
Experience Required: A role for vision in the development of...
Brain function, much like many other areas of life, is all about balance. Excitatory neurons that increase the activity of...
A brain network for social attraction
Specialized nerve cells in the zebrafish visual system enable recognition of conspecifics Humans are famously social...
Spot the difference: Brain changes that enable fine visual...
Our visual perception of the world is often thought of as relatively stable. However, like all of our cognitive functions...
Silence for thought: special interneuron networks in the human...
Scientists map prominent differences in the neural circuits of mice, monkeys, and human The analysis of the human brain is...
On the neuronal dynamics of aesthetic experience: Evidence from...
Aesthetic experiences have an influence on many aspects of life. Interest in the neural basis of aesthetic experiences has...
New mechanism of ketamine’s antidepressant action
New possibilities for combination therapies Scientists could reveal part of the mechanism of how the antidepressant...
Never Forget
A memorial sculpture at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research commemorates the tragic history of the predecessor...