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The Secret of Taste Perception
We don't just taste with our tongues. Many senses work together to create the taste experience.
02.09.2025
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- Anatomy
The Diencephalon
The diencephalon has four levels and performs a variety of tasks.
28.11.2025
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- Basics
- Anatomy
The Basal Ganglia
Whenever we perform a deliberate movement, core areas deep within the brain are involved.
23.08.2011
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- Milestones
Otto Creutzfeldt: Mediator between Disciplines
Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt had a major influence on the neuroscientific landscape.
28.09.2012
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- Emotions
Learning the Meaning of Fear
The story of the brain that went forth to learn what fear was.
21.08.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Why Do We Have a Consciousness?
What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds?
24.11.2025
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- Hearing
Full Blast to the Ears
Noise not only makes you ill, it also damages your brain.
18.11.2025
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- Glossary
Parahippocampal cortex
The parahippocampal cortex is located next to the hippocampus and is part of the temporal lobe. It processes spatial-visual memory content and appears to be involved in the consolidation of memory content. It receives inputs from numerous polymodal cortical areas, and its outputs go to the hippocampus, amygdala, and striatum.
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Network of the Basal Ganglia
One nucleus inhibits the other, only so that the cortex can ultimately be stimulated.
13.07.2015
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- Glossary
Granule cell
Relatively small nerve cells found in the cortex (cerebral cortex), hippocampus, olfactory bulb, and cerebellum. In the cortex, they are primarily located in layer IV and are predominantly excitatory. In the cortex of the cerebellum, they constitute 99% of the cells and form the parallel fibers.








