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A recent review by researchers at the Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine (INM-1) examines the development of methodology—and thus the progress—in the neurosciences using the hippocampus as an example, the brain region responsible for learning, memory, and spatial orientation. 

Researchers have conducted a detailed study and re-mapping of the so-called premotor cortex in the brain, which controls movements and cognitive processes. The new maps have enabled the precise localization of the anatomical correlates of the so-called eye fields for the first time. 

Scientists have presented a new case report on the effect of deep brain stimulation in a patient with a rare genetic motor disorder. Caused by the mutation of a gene called POLR3A, this disease often results in a pronounced so-called action tremor, which disrupts any voluntary movement of the affected person through severe tremor.

A research team has used the Julich-Brain Atlas to uncover neuroanatomical correlates of antisocial behaviour.

The EBRAINS Summit 2025 taking place in Brussels 8-10 December 2025 will offer a dynamic programme exploring brain research, neurotechnology, and innovation.

The Julich-Brain Atlas with the EBRAINS siibra toolsuite, the BigBrain, the new AI model for live cell segmentation and receptor autoradiography was presented at this year's Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) meeting in Brisbane in June. 

Roberto Viola, Director General DG Connect of the European Commission, will give a welcome address at the 10th Science Evening of the Hector Fellow Academy (HFA) in Düsseldorf on Thursday, July 10, 2025, from 6 pm. Registration for the event entitled: “Brain, computer and AI - soon to be indistinguishable?” is still possible. The event will also be livestreamed.

In a new study in Nature Communications, scientists from Canada, Great Britain and Germany have used the Julich Brain Atlas and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging to study patterns of organization across the whole brain and on the microstructure. The atlas is an open and interactive ressource available to neuroscientists on the digital EBRAINS research infrastructure. The results highlight an interplay between local brain areas with distinct structural and functional profiles, and global patterns which span the whole brain as cortical gradients.

We were happy to welcome the Vice president of the European Commission Henna Virkkunnen at our Institute!

During her visit of Forschungszentrum Jülich, we had the chance to inform the Commissioner about brain atlasing, high-resolution neural network imaging and foundation models for brain science, as well as the role of the EBRAINS research infrastructure in the emerging field of NeuroAI.