Membrane proteins are more efficient at reaching distal dendrites than soluble proteins. Proteins are the essential...
Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia
From the inside out – how the brain forms sensory memories
New study identifies a region of the thalamus as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex. The...
Evolutionary and heritable axes shape our brain
Every region has its place in the brain. However, it has been unclear why brain regions are located where they are. Now...
Get to know the MPFI IMPRS Faculty: Dr. Ken Dawson-Scully
The first of its kind in uniting Universities and Max Planck Institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, the...
The protein dress of a neuron
New method marks proteins and reveals the receptors in which neurons are dressed. Where in a nerve cell is a certain...
Max Planck Florida Researchers Sweep International Research Award
Each year, a committee of neuroscientists from the Society of the Neuroscience convene to evaluate applications for The...
Get to know the MPFI IMPRS Faculty: Dr. Salil Bidaye
The first of its kind in uniting Universities and Max Planck Institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, the...
What lies between grey and white in the brain
Traditionally, neuroscience regards the brain as being made up of two basic tissue types. Billions of neurons make up the...
Ultrastructural Imaging of Activity-Dependent Synaptic...
Electron microscopy can resolve synapse ultrastructure with nanometer precision, but the capture of time-resolved...
Tuning in on cortical circuit dynamics
Neurons use homeostatic mechanisms to maintain stability despite experience-dependent network alterations. Neural...