The Attempto Award of the Tübingen Attempto Foundation will go to two young scientists at the HIH this year. They are each endowed with 10,000 Euros.
Dr. Leonid Fedorov is honored for his…
How do messenger substances, so-called neurotransmitters, control the development and evolution of the cerebral cortex? This is the question Dr. Simone Mayer addresses in her research. Since…
Who has not faced this situation? Having too many choices when shopping for a product creates a feeling that we call “being spoiled for choice.” Academic studies have proven for some time that…
From left to right, from top to bottom: when we move our eyes, small deviations can occur even in such simple tasks. A research team led by Professor Peter Thier and Marc Junker at the Hertie…
The autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay– more commonly known as ARSACS – is a genetic neurodegenerative disease associated with severe movement disorders. It is…
Eye movements are controlled by a small, centrally located area in the brainstem, the superior colliculus (“small upper hill”). A team of neuroscientists at the University of Tübingen headed by Prof…
The Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research was founded on the initiative of Professor Dr. Johannes Dichgans in 2001. On the occasion of his 80th birthday on July 26, 2018, a celebration with…
