Working Groups of Department Neurology

Research in the department of neurology focuses on risk factors leading to stroke and functional recovery after stroke as well as underlying mechanisms.

en Working Groups of Department Neurology Kopie

As illustrated in the figure the groups can be roughly allocated to the three main research areas "risk factors", "recovery", and "mechanisms". Click on a group to see more details at their website.


Below all groups at the department are listed. Please note that – beside Max Planck Society and University of Leipzig Medical Center - many of these groups are funded by “third parties”, i.e., external grants.

The main institutions involved are the Department of Neurology at MPI (MPI-N) and the Day Clinic for Cognitive Neurology at the University of Leipzig Medical Center (Cog-N), furthermore the MPIs satellite lab at the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (MB). The main partner institutions and cooperative center grants are the IFB AdiposityDiseases, SFB mechanisms of adiposity, Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases (LIFE), Excellence Cluster NeuroCure, Neuroradiology at Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB), the Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS), and several Max Planck Research Schools (LIFE at MPI for Human Development, MaxNet Aging at MPI for Demographic Research, and NeuroCom at MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences).

The main external funding agencies are the Germany ministry or research (BMBF) and the German funding agency (DFG).

Group

General Area

Institutions

Partner Institutions

Group Leader(s)

"The O'Brain Project" Neurobiology of decision making in obesity Risk Factors MPI-N IFB Adiposity
SFB Adiposity
Annette Horstmann (IFB)
"The O'Brain Project" Computational Modelling in obesity Risk Factors MPI-N IFB Adipositas
SFB Adipositas
Jane Neumann (IFB)
Genes, aging and Obesity Risk Factors MPI-N SFB Adipositas Veronica Witte (SFB)
Mind& Body& Emotion& Hypertension Group Risk Factors MPI-N
MB
LIFE
IFB Adipositas

Michael Gaebler (LIFE)
Anahit Babayan

Brain networks in Stroke Mechanism MB
MPI-N
CBS
NeuroCure
Jochen Fiebach (CBS)
Chris Steele
Neuroplasticity and Motor Recovery Function, Learning
Recovery
MPI-N
Cogn-N
MB
LIFE IMPRS Bernhard Sehm
Motor Plasticity Group Function, Learning
Recovery
MPI-N Fakultät für Sport-
wissenschaft
Patrick Ragert
(Faculty of Sports Sciences)
Somatosensory Group Function, Learning
Recovery
MPI-N
MB
CBS
NeuroCure
Arno Villringer
Plasticity of Language Function, Learning
Recovery
Cogn-N
MPI-N
Hellmuth Obrig
Music Evoked Brain Plasticity Function, Learning
Recovery
Cogn-N
MPI-N
Max Planck
Innovation
Tom Fritz
Neuropsychology Group Function, Learning
Recovery
Cogn-N
MPI-N
Angelika Thoene-Otto
Tillman Klein
In vivo brain morphology and parcellation Mechanisms and
Methods of Brain
Plasticity
MPI-N
MPI-Physics
Concordia
University,
Montreal
Pierre-Louis Bazin
EGG-Lab Mechanisms and
Methods of Brain
Plasticity
MPI-N Society in
Science
Julia Sacher
Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Mechanisms and
Methods of Brain
Plasticity
Cogn-N
MPI-N
Matthias Schroeter
Focused Ultrasound Group Mechanisms and
Methods of Brain
Plasticity
MPI-N
Cogn-N
ICCAS
Andreas Melzer
(ICCAS, University Hospital Leipzig)
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