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How does the brain age?
What happens to the brain as we age?
25.05.2025
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The Cortex
The brain's control center, seat of perception, consciousness, and behavior
20.09.2025
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- Glossary
Proprioception
Proprioception is the sense of oneself, or more precisely, the position of one's own limbs and the location of the body in space. It is made possible by certain receptors in muscles, joints, and tendons that constantly send information to the brain. Visual signals and those from the vestibular system are also processed. This enables coordination, balance, and targeted movements without constant visual control.
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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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- News from the Institutes
Pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear
While many animals rely on the Earth’s magnetic field for orientation, how they detect and perceive magnetic stimuli is unknown.
21.11.2025
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The Diencephalon
The diencephalon has four levels and performs a variety of tasks.
28.11.2025
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- Anatomy
The Parietal Lobe
Sensory impressions are integrated in the parietal lobe. This is also where the body and mind meet.
18.09.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Combating loss of function in small vessels of the brain
A new study identifies molecular factors that promote small vessel disease – and an active drug that can restore impaired vascular functions.
15.12.2025
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- Motor Skills
Motor Fine Tuning: the Modulation of Movements
The cerebellum and basal ganglia are responsible for the precise execution of movements.
01.12.2025
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- Glossary
Adaptation
Adaptation refers to the process by which the sensory organs, the perceptual system, or the entire organism adjusts to the intensity and quality of stimuli and to changes in environmental conditions. In visual adaptation, for example, the pupil and the sensitivity of the photoreceptors regulate themselves according to the prevailing light conditions.
