Deutsches Primatenzentrum: Archive

Graphical representation of the human brain. The medial prefrontal cortex is highlighted in green. The places where brain activity was measured are also shown with purple dots. Image: Caspar M. Schwiedrzik

Understanding how perception and memory interact

An adult female sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys atys) in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire infected with yaws. Photo: Helene De Nys/Taï Chimpanzee Project

An orchestra playing together. Nerve cells in our brain can work synchronously or decoupled from each other, much like musicians can play the same or different voices. Photo: Igor Bulgarin/Shutterstock.com

Study on rhesus monkeys shows how our brain processes complex signals

A female (left) and a male (right) red-fronted lemur with an infant (middle). Photo: Louise Peckre

Researchers observe that red-fronted lemurs may chew on millipedes to rid themselves of intestinal parasites

Enlarged, 3D-printed model of the mouse cochlea, based on X-ray tomography data. Photo: Daniel Keppeler

Researchers from the Institute for Auditory Neuroscience of the University Medical Center Göttingen have established the transduction of the auditory nerve of adult animals with light-sensitive switches. This allows deaf animals to hear again with light and promises major breakthroughs in restoring hearing in deaf patients. Released in “Science Translational Medicine” on July 11, 2018.

On the starting line the runners can plan their first steps but when one of the participants falls, they must all react spontaneously. Photo: Julien Crosnier /KMSP / DPPI

A rhesus monkeys study highlights the role of the brain regions involved in the planning of movements

The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) lives in the Virunga National Park in the Congo and is threatened with extinction. Photo: erwinf/stock.adobe.com

International experts call for immediate action to protect endangered primate species

A red-fronted lemur in Madagascar. Photo: Anna Sperber

In the current edition we report on lemurs that recognize conspecifics by facial color pattern variations, improved treatment options in gene therapy, the link between visual perception and attention as well as new approaches to fight the lung disease MERS

A young male chimpanzee enjoys the sun while sitting on a tree trunk. Photo: Charlotte Defolie

Development and evolution of social cognition, communication and cooperation

The staff of the Neurobiology Laboratory in May 2016. Photo: Karin Tilch

Positive evaluation for the Neurobiology Laboratory

Why it doesn’t get dark when you blink

Wild African monkeys are infected with the bacterium causing yaws in humans

How attention orchestrates groups of nerve cells to enrich the brain’s symphony

Madagascar’s lemurs use millipedes for their tummy troubles

Deaf adult animals can hear again with optogenetic hearing restoration

Planned movements and spontaneous reactions are processed differently in the brain

Primates in peril

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