How can we see what neurons deep in the cortex are doing during behavior? Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for...
Integrative Physiology and Behavior
How does a skeleton move? – A new tracking method to...
How can we measure a skeleton’s motion in a furry animal as it moves through its environment? Researchers at the Max...
Sweet sap, savory ants
Woodpeckers taste sweet, but wrynecks—unusual woodpeckers that specialize on ants—lost the ability to taste...
Getting in the Groove: Why samba makes everyone want to dance
Year after year, carnival in Rio makes one thing perfectly clear: samba moves people. The pounding drums elicit exuberant...
Estimating the pace of change
Novel approach for determining timescales might pave way for new insights in neuroscience An international team of...
Stress factor regulates obesity
Researchers find new link to cell’s recycling system. For the first time, the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry and...
The algebra of neurons
Study deciphers how a single nerve cell can multiply. Neurons are constantly performing complex calculations to process...
Watching a fly’s brain live at work for an entire week
A new automated experimental setup captures for the first time the activity of neuronal networks continuously for up to...
Visual pursuit behavior in mice maintains the pursued prey on...
Mice have a large visual field that is constantly stabilized by vestibular ocular reflex (VOR) driven eye rotations that...
Seeing what they see
A new method to reconstruct the point-of-view of a freely moving animal. How does a mouse use its eyes to accurately...