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Magnetic resonance imaging
An imaging technique used by doctors to diagnose various diseases and malformations in different tissues or organs of the body. It is based on the fact that the nuclei of some atoms have an intrinsic angular momentum that aligns itself in a strong magnetic field. This property applies to hydrogen, among other elements. This is why tissues that contain a lot of water can be visualized particularly well. Abbreviation: MRI.
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How does the brain age?
What happens to the brain as we age?
25.05.2025
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Rethinking Consciousness
When Science Puts Itself to the Test
30.04.2025
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Multiple Sclerosis – a Medical Challenge
Multiple sclerosis is incurable, but there are a variety of treatment options available.
20.02.2026
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Reason vs. Emotion?
Humans are not machines: emotions control their behavior more often than they realize.
11.09.2025
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Forced Right-Handedness
When left-handed people were retrained to use their right hand, their brains were also retrained.
25.10.2025
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New diagnostic markers for multiple sclerosis discovered in brain and spinal fluid
Researchers at the MPI of Biochemistry and TUM have examined the cerebrospinal fluid of 5,000 patients with neurological diseases and discovered new diagnostic and prognostic markers for multiple sclerosis.
26.02.2026
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- Successful aging
The Secret of Neural Reserve
From the hippocampus to the synapse: A research consortium is investigating which factors protect our thinking in old age
01.02.2026
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What are Emotions?
What we feel shapes our emotional life – and helps us react correctly and quickly.
11.09.2025
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The Connectome
The next level of anatomy
