On the left side, a scanner and an EEG cap are shown schematically. A person can be seen in the middle. Arrows point from the head to the body and back to illustrate the interaction between the body and the brain. On the right, a person is sitting doing rehabilitation exercises and taking tablets to illustrate our clinical research.

Department of Neurology

The Department of Neurology and the Clinic of Cognitive Neurology conduct research focusing on brain-body interactions and their role in perception and cognition, the development of risk factors for stroke and dementia, recovery after brain lesions, and methods development.

Specifically, groups in the Department aim to understand:

fundamental mechanisms of brain-body interactions, with a focus on heart-brain and gut-brain interactions, as well as the sensorimotor system
variations with a focus on gender-related factors, the pathology of these interactions, and their relevance to the development of vascular risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension
clinical translation in (differential) diagnostics and therapeutic interventions focusing on patients with stroke and dementia
methods development

Addressing these overarching goals the Department is organised into working groups. In addition to groups at the main site at MPI CBS some are associated with the Clinic for Cognitive Neurology at the University Hospital Leipzig, while others are located at satellite labs at the Max Planck Dahlem Campus of Cognition.