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.
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)
|
| 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) |
|