Max-Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin

The institute was founded in 1947 as a medical research institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and was incorporated into the Max Planck Society in 1948. It has been known as the "Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine" since 1965. The Institute's work is concerned with basic medical research. The main aim of this work is to understand fundamental molecular and cellular processes in the nervous system and their pathological disorders. Special emphasis is placed on investigations into the function of channel proteins and their role in cellular signal transmission and the development of cancer, on work on the mechanisms of brain development and the molecular basis of signal transmission between nerve cells, on studies into the molecular causes of neurological and psychiatric diseases, on research into the molecular basis of learning and memory and the development of new therapies. Biochemical, molecular-biological, cell-biological, morphological, electrophysiological, genetic and behavioral-physiological methods are used.