Abnormally phosphorylated tau, an indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, accumulates in the first decades of life in the...
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The dark matter of the brain
Omnipresent and yet hardly explored: Electrical synapses. They are part of the brain of almost every animal species, yet...
Another Way of Being in Tune: How Fingers and Brains Coordinate...
Playing an instrument presents an enormous challenge for our brains. How exactly the brain masters the complex...
Stress factor regulates obesity
Researchers find new link to cell’s recycling system. For the first time, the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry and...
Prediction games in the brain
In the primary visual cortex, neurons fire particularly strongly when prediction errors occur. And, unlike previously...
Prof. Julijana Gjorgjieva is awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz...
DFG and BMBF award the neuroscientist with the most important prize for early career researchers in Germany Our...
Erin Schuman wins the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2022
The neuroscientist is honoured for her exceptional achievements in the life sciences and for being an inspiring role...
Acute stress leads to dynamic changes in the brain
Risk of mental illness can be inferred from stress response Did doing math problems make you stressed at school...
Two new research groups at the Max Planck Institute for Brain...
Alison Barker and Vanessa Stempel joined the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research as new research group leaders in...
MPFI Research Group Leader Awarded Grant to Study Eating...
Max Planck Florida research group leader Dr. Sarah Stern has been awarded the 2021 One Mind – Donna Friedman Rising Star...