New method marks proteins and reveals the receptors in which neurons are dressed. Where in a nerve cell is a certain...
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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...
From fluffy to valuable: How the brain recognises objects
To recognise a chair or a dog, our brain separates them into their individual properties and then puts them back...
The right cells in the right spot
Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching prey. Spotting, pursuing and catching prey...
Speaking rhythmically can shape hearing
Evidence suggests that temporal predictions arising from the motor system can enhance auditory perception. However, in...
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...
A novel sequence to improve auditory functional MRI with...
Purpose: Auditory functional MRI (fMRI) often uses silent inter-volume delays for stimulus presentation. However...
Ultrastructural Imaging of Activity-Dependent Synaptic...
Electron microscopy can resolve synapse ultrastructure with nanometer precision, but the capture of time-resolved...
An optical illusion opens a window into the brain
Interview with Yunmin Wu from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, who identified neurons enabling zebrafish to...