Cellular power plants carry along blueprints to make new proteins at their destination “If you’re going on a...
Brain Disorders and Injury
Locus coeruleus integrity is related to tau burden and memory...
Abnormally phosphorylated tau, an indicator of Alzheimer’s disease, accumulates in the first decades of life in the...
Ready, Set … GO!
Scientists discover a brain circuit that triggers the execution of planned movement. Planned movement is essential to our...
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...
Dendritic constancy – equality in the brain
Equal rights in the brain? A new ESI paper shows that the call for equal rights also affects one of the smallest...
Balancing fear
The brain uses bodily signals to regulate fear. Fear is essential for survival, but must be well regulated to avoid...
First human model to study brain development under stress
Disruption of neuronal maturation and activation of brain disease-related genes Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of...
Hair analysis shows: Meditation training reduces long-term stress
Mental training that promotes skills such as mindfulness, gratitude or compassion reduces the concentration of the stress...
Flawed quality control in the brain
New mouse type reveals when neurons fail to cope with misfolded proteins Proteins are the “tools” of our...
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Computational neuroscientists discover a rich interplay of emotions, experiences, and decision making. Any stock...