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Neuron Storm
Like thousands of tiny flashes of lightning, the extensions of nerve cells run through this image.
10.05.2012
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- News from the Institutes
A switchboard with precision
How the brain licenses movements
28.05.2025
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- Glossary
Neuron
A neuron is a specialized cell in the nervous system that is responsible for processing and transmitting information. It receives signals via its dendrites and transmits them via its axon. Transmission occurs electrically within the neuron and, between neurons, usually chemically via synapses.
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- Structure and Function
Connecting Nerves
Learning is as spiny path – as synapses vividly illustrate.
01.12.2020
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Communication of Cells
Whatever we feel, think, experience, and do is controlled by cells in our brain. The goal of brain research is to understand how these cells function.
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- Discover
- The Fly
Learning on a Pinhead
When it comes to learning, fruit flies are true masters of association.
19.01.2026
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- Basics
- Structure and Function
Well-Connected
The brain functions based on neural networks that change and adapt throughout a person's lifetime
30.04.2020
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- News from the Institutes
First mechanism for cognitive disorders in schizophrenia found
Not only neurons, but also oligodendrocytes are essential
21.08.2025
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- Basics
- The Developing Brain
Development of a Brain
There is no process on Earth more complex than brain development
10.02.2026
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- Communication of Cells
Terminals of Communication
Most nerve cells use chemical synapses to communicate.
10.05.2012
