Teams from MPI Institutes in Dresden, Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main and Göttingen have joined forces to gain the first evidence of a protein complex responsible for the transport of messenger RNA in neurons more

A major component of the cell’s protein destruction machine moonlights at brain synapses more

Students from all over Germany compete against each other at a national neuroscience competition at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research more

Max Planck Institute for Brain Research director and Brain Prize winner Erin Schuman has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.         more

Max Planck scientist receives the world’s top prize in neuroscience together with two other researchers
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Human beings are bilaterally symmetrical. As such, our brains are made of two halves called hemispheres, that communicate with each other with specialized fiber tracts running across the midline more

New study uses computer simulations to explore how patterns of spikes propagate in neuronal networks constrained by the turtle visual cortex. more

This result puts Max Planck in second place in a Europe-wide comparison more

Frankfurt neuroscientist receives his second ERC grant to study the neural mechanism of spatial navigation. more

We are pleased to announce that Vanessa Stempel, Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, receives a research award from the Behrens-Weise Foundation more

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research discuss how local translation and its spatiotemporal regulation have expanded our conceptual understanding of genetic information flow within a cell (the Central Dogma). more

The neocortex is the largest and most complex part of the brain, and has long been recognized as the ultimate storage site for memories. But how are traces of past events and experiences laid down there? more

The neuroscientists are honored for their pioneering work shedding light on the role of local protein synthesis in neuronal development and function more

A molecular atlas of an Australian dragon’s brain sheds new light on over 300 million years of brain evolution more

Scientists gain insights on how deprivation-induced synaptic changes affect excitatory and inhibitory firing rates in the sensory cortex more