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Smell: From the Nose straight to the Brain
At the top of the nasal cavity – directly connected to the brain – the olfactory epithelium picks up aromas.
29.11.2013
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- Emotions
Image | Theories on the Origin of Emotions
Traditional theories of emotion formation came to different conclusions.
08.09.2011
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- Diseases
- Alzheimer's disease
How the plaques typical of Alzheimer's disease develop
Two cuts are necessary for the protein APP to form beta-amyloid.
23.09.2013
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- Diseases
- Alzheimer's disease
Media - Image | Graphic: The most important Milestones in Alzheimer's Research
For more than 100 years, researchers have been searching for the causes of Alzheimer's disease.
02.12.2025
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- Hearing
Hearing: Audio scale
When does noise start to hurt?
23.10.2025
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- Hearing
Hearing: Cochlear Implants
Thanks to one device, many deaf people can hear again: the cochlear implant.
23.10.2025
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- Hearing
Neural classics of linguistic competence
Without Broca's area and Wernicke's area, we would be quite tongue-tied.
23.10.2025
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- Consciousness
Consciousness: The Ascending Reticular Activating System (ARAS)
Formation reticularis switching center: This region controls alertness and attention.
30.08.2013
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- Basics
- Communication of Cells
The Neuron: Form and Function
What types of neurons are there? What happens in dendrites, cell bodies, and axons? See for yourself in this clickable neuron.
02.05.2012
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- Basics
- Communication of Cells
Communication under the Microscope
Tiny and beautiful: Researchers make visible the cells that determine how our brain works
19.04.2012
