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Habituation as a way out of the vicious circle
Those who get used to the ringing in their ears can allow the tinnitus to fade into the background.
02.08.2012
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Balance: The vestibular Labyrinth
A labyrinth for balance: The vestibular system ensures equilibrium.
23.10.2025
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Infographic: The machinery of synaptic transmission
Crowned with the 2013 Nobel Prize in Medicine: the discovery of molecular processes at the synapse.
03.12.2013
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Image | Perception: Split Brain
Visual input from the left field of vision reaches the right hemisphere of the brain and vice versa. This might cause problems.
27.09.2012
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Hearing: Types of Sound and their Perception
Sometimes uniform, sometimes chaotic: the appearance of sound waves depends on their source.
23.10.2025
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Hearing: Structure of the Organ of Corti
Sound is converted into electrical impulses in the ear. The organ of Corti plays a crucial role in this process.
23.10.2025
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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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Image | Theories on the Origin of Emotions
Traditional theories of emotion formation came to different conclusions.
08.09.2011
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- 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
