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How saccades enable mammals to simultaneously chase prey and navigate through complex environments
How do predators use their eyesight while pursuing their prey, which is running for its life, even in completely unclear terrain?
04.02.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Insight into schizophrenia disease mechanisms found in the eye
Impaired neuronal connectivity in the retina
17.02.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Neurons gather together for vision
As in larger brains, mouse visual cortex neurons with the same function cluster in columns
20.02.2025
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- Anatomy
The Flocculonodular Lobe
The oldest part of the cerebellum is primarily concerned with balance.
05.08.2025
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Glossar
15.03.2017
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Eye
The eye is the sensory organ responsible for perceiving light stimuli – electromagnetic radiation within a specific frequency range. The light visible to humans lies in the range between 380 and 780 nanometers.
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The Mesencephalon
Important neurotransmitters, an astonishing array of colors, and a water pipe – that's the midbrain.
20.09.2025
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- Grundlagen
- Anatomy
The Occipital Lobe
The sophisticated interconnection of the occipital lobe demonstrates just how complex the visual process is.
28.08.2025
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REM sleep
"REM" stands for "rapid eye movement" – and rapid eye movements are also characteristic of REM sleep. During the course of a night, we go through several such REM phases, which are interrupted by non-REM phases. REM sleep is characterized by rapid eye movements, low-amplitude brain activity of mixed frequencies, and reduced muscle tone. Pulse and respiratory rate, on the other hand, are increased. In addition, we dream particularly vividly and intensely during these phases. People who are awakened from REM sleep often report vivid, concrete, and emotional dreams, while those awakened from non-REM sleep tend to report more abstract dreams that resemble thoughts.
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Hubel and Wiesel: Cutting the Lawn with Nail Scissors
Hubel and Wiesel worked diligently to establish fundamental knowledge about visual information processing.
26.09.2012
