Research Group Leader of Neuropharmacology at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg
(until 12/2016) and of the Pathophysiology at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease (DZNE) (until 03/2016)
The research group investigated neuroprotective strategies against dementia and stroke. The main topics
were:
i) synaptic and network disturbances of oligomeric amyloid forms of ß-amyloid
ii) role of neutrophils and microglia in experimental stroke
iii) stem cells for stroke repair.
Keywords: stroke – dementia – synaptic plasticity – microglia – neurogenesis
Location: Emeritus
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