Carsten Korth
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Carsten Korth
@ckorth.bsky.social
Head of Molecular Psychiatry and Neurodegeneration Laboratory at Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Transmission and co-evolution mechanisms for brain function from the molecular to the individual/organismal level.
Our paper is out:
"Palmitoyl-Protein Thioesterase 1 (PPT1) Protein, Linked to Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 1, Is a Major Constituent of Ageing-Related Human Neuronal Lipofuscin"
where we identify the proteome of human brain hippocampal lipofuscin
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Tool evolution as a prerequisite of consciousness
"consciousness could not have evolved without prior extensive cumulative cultural evolution executed by social transmission, and the extended mind leading to tool evolution and social synchronization"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
April 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"consciousness could not have evolved without prior extensive cumulative cultural evolution executed by social transmission, tool evolution, and social synchronization... the extended mind sparking tool evolution as the prerequisite of consciousness"
DOI 10.1515/revneuro-2024-0166
April 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM