Novel approach for determining timescales might pave way for new insights in neuroscience An international team of...
Integrative Physiology and Behavior
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...
Artificial intelligence predicts eye movements
A large amount of information constantly flows into our brain via the eyes. Scientists can measure the resulting brain...
Gut to brain: nerve cells detect what we eat
Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to...
Cannibal worms spare their own brood
New caesar research group investigates self-recognition systems in nature Bonn, January 21st, 2021. Cannibalism is a...
Science on film, episode 4: Motivational states of the brain
Jennifer Li and Drew Robson are belonging to a new generation of research group leaders at the Max Planck Institute for...