A team led by Nikolaus Weiskopf from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig has now...
Development
Babies retain even detailed events during a nap
While sleeping the brain goes through previously experienced things, consolidates new memory contents and summarizes...
A cat-and-mouse game: The brain has two systems for thinking...
The brain seems to have two different systems through which we can put ourselves into the shoes of someone else. These two...
Stroke: When the system fails for the second time
After a stroke, there is an increased risk of suffering a second one. Until now, it was known that if areas in the left...
Shaping the social networks of neurons
Identification of a protein complex that attracts or repels nerve cells during development. The three proteins Teneurin...
When cells become cannibals
Max Planck scientists describe the mechanism of partial phagocytosis. Cells can cut up rough: They will sometimes even...
Does the brain accumulate trauma?
Collaboration between the two departments of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry found molecular similarities in mice...
Prenatal stress exposure increases vulnerability to stress later...
Molecular mechanism releases epigenetic changes. Pregnant women who experience stress, such as depression or anxiety...
Dopamine D2/3 Binding Potential Modulates Neural Signatures of...
Dopamine (DA) modulates corticostriatal connections. Studies in which imaging of the DA system is integrated with...
Lifespan Changes in Network Structure and Network Topology...
Behavioral and physiological evidence suggests that developmental changes lead to enhanced cortical differentiation and...