Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience identify three distinct cortical representations that...
Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
Hidden away: An enigmatic mammalian brain area revealed in...
Scientists find, in reptiles, a brain area previously suspected to play a role in mammalian higher cognitive processes...
Keeping the balance: An unexpected new role for an enzyme...
Scientists find how inhibition of the protein machine which degrade unneeded or damaged proteins leads to a compensatory...
Tobias Bonhoeffer becomes a member of the National Academy of...
High distinction for the Max Planck Director from Martinsried Tobias Bonhoeffer, Director at the Max Planck Institute of...
Erin Schuman is elected member of the United States National...
The National Academy of Sciences is recognizing Erin Schuman for her outstanding contributions to neuronal cell...
Stability despite perturbation – a tale of neural circuits
Scientists gain insights into properties that enable neural circuit stability after specific perturbations. A neural...
Solitary ribosomes supply synapses with protein
Scientists reveal surprising insights into protein synthesis in neurons. The complex architecture of brain cells requires...
Shaping the social networks of neurons
Identification of a protein complex that attracts or repels nerve cells during development. The three proteins Teneurin...
Erin Schuman is awarded the 2020 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
The Louis-Jeantet Foundation is recognizing Erin Schuman for her work on local protein synthesis at neuronal synapses. The...
Deep inside the brain: Unraveling the dense networks in the...
Researchers use 3-dimensional electron microscopy to map the local connectome in the cerebral cortex. Mammalian brains...