Research News
Travelling by resonance
Freiburg scientists provide explanation how nerve cells communicate with each other over long distances (September 2014).
Visualising plastic changes to the brain
Bochum scientists demonstrate effects of magnetic stimulation of the brain (September 2014).
How the brain filters out distractions
Tübingen neuroscientists: brain uses varying strategies to prevent the notepad of working memory from being wiped clean (August 2014).
Turbocharger for nerve cells
Berlin researchers investigate the operation of the ADHS gene, hereby expanding our understanding of how signals are passed so quickly and flexibly in chemical synapses (August 2014).
Neurons out of sync
Berlin researchers can explain how local information is stored and transported in the brain (August 2014).
A protein couple controls information flow
Scientists in Bonn and Heidelberg report new findings on the link between nerve cells at the interface to the hippocampus - the brain’s memory center (July 2014).
Porn in the brain
Berlin researchers demonstrate: viewers of pornography have a smaller reward system (June 2014).
Using electrical currents against musician’s dystonia
Researchers from Hanover and Göttingen develop a new treatment that improves the dreaded musician's cramp (June 2014).
Grasshopper on the backburner
Berlin scientists show how nerve cells of cold-blooded animals function despite variations in temperature (July 2014).
Right time, right place
To orient ourselves in space, our brain generates an internal coordinate system. Heidelberg researchers now refute the current model on how nerve cells generate this mental map (June 2014).
