Research Program Function and Dysfunction of the Nervous System
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Carmen Birchmeier-Kohler
The human brain and nervous system comprise the most complex organ that evolution has produced. Neuroscientists are looking for paradigms and molecular mechanisms w hich explain how the interaction of 100 billion cells make such complex functions as perception, learning, or memory possible. Diseases of the nervous system constitute an ever-greater medical problem, as certain diseases of the nervous system, for example Alzheimer's disease or depression, are increasing in frequency parallel to the altered age-structure of the population. The MDC Neurosciences Research Program focuses on studying the molecular and cellular bases of the healthy and pathological nervous system. By understanding normal and pathophysiological processes in the nervous system, the long-term development of new approaches for treatment may become possible.
Imaging of the Living Brain
Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Neurological and Psychiatric Disorder
( Prof. Dr. Helmut Kettenmann )
( Prof. Dr. Erich Wanker )
Signalling Pathways in the Nervous System
( Prof. Dr. Carmen Birchmeier-Kohler )
( Prof. Dr. Fritz Rathjen )
( Dr. Ines Ibanez-Tallon )
( Prof. Dr. Gary Lewin )
( Dr. James Poulet )
( Prof. Dr. Thomas Jentsch )
( Prof. Dr. Jochen Meier )
( Dr. Bjoern Christian Schroeder )
( Dr. Jan Erik Siemens )