Gamma rhythms in the brain are neither self-sustaining nor regular. But many earlier models assumed just that. ESI...
Brain Disorders and Injury
New mechanism of ketamine’s antidepressant action
New possibilities for combination therapies Scientists could reveal part of the mechanism of how the antidepressant...
Hitchhiking through the nerve cell
Cellular power plants carry along blueprints to make new proteins at their destination “If you’re going on a...
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...