Research News
Grasping an object - model describes complete movement planning in the brain
Neurobiologists at the German Primate Center developed a model that for the first time can completely represent the neuronal processes from seeing to grasping an object.
Nervous systems of insects inspire efficient future AI systems
Study explores functions of fruit fly’s nervous system in food seeking / results valuable for the development and control of artificial intelligence
Algorithm detective determines suitable neuro-model
In research, collecting data can be difficult, but fitting the data into a model that explains the observations is a challenge on another level. In neuroscience, many experiments measure the activity of neurons. However, to understand what exactly happens in a neuronal network, the data needs to be explained by a model. So, which model fits which data? A novel method developed by Pedro J. Gonçalves, Jan-Matthis Lueckmann, Michael Deistler, Jakob Macke and colleagues automates this process.
Covid Control put to the test
Contact tracing and low case numbers make an important contribution to curbing a second wave of the corona epidemic
Tuning in on cortical circuit dynamics
Neurons use homeostatic mechanisms to maintain stability despite experience-dependent network alterations.
Loop, resonate and accelerate!
Neuroscientists demonstrate how to improve communication between different regions of the brain.
When learning on your own is not enough
Neuroscientists delineated social decision-making in the human brain.
On the way to the optical cochlear implant
Interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University Medical Center Göttingen and the University of Freiburg generate for the first time light-controlled behaviour in deaf rodents using optical cochlear implants based on light-emitting diodes. Published in Science Translational Medicine. Translational Medicine.
Lighting array in the ear: First use of multi-channel cochlear implants with microscale light-emitting diodes
A milestone in hearing research: Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen and the University of Freiburg combine for the first time gene therapy in the cochlea with optical cochlear implants to optogenetically activate the auditory pathway in gerbils. Published in EMBO Molecular Medicine.