The laboratory of Jean Laurens, at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Frankfurt, Germany, is looking for...
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Picky neurons
In the visual thalamus, neurons are in contact with both eyes but respond to only one. The visual thalamus is...
Gut to brain: nerve cells detect what we eat
Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to...
Wiring diagrams can shed light on how brains operate
A novel approach to connectomics gives insights on the validity of brain models Our brains house about 85 billion...
Simplifying our world
Mice master complex thinking with a remarkable capacity for abstraction Categorization is the brain’s tool to organize...
Gold Digger: Neural Networks at the Nexus of Data Science and...
Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience used machine learning to develop a new, fully automated...
New director for the Ernst Strüngmann Institute
David Poeppel takes over managment of the Ernst Strüngmann Institute. The Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) welcomes...
Hot on the messenger’s trail
Scientists track mRNA molecules and newly synthesized proteins within living neurons Neurons communicate across vast...
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Computational neuroscientists discover a rich interplay of emotions, experiences, and decision making. Any stock...
The astonishing self-organization skills of the brain
Uncovering how neural circuits achieve a balance between excitation and inhibition A team of researchers from Tübingen...