Prof. Dr. Dietmar Schmitz (Faculty)
Website http://www.charite.de/schmitzlab/
Affiliation(s) Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN), GRK 1123 “Learning and Memory”, International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences, Neuroscience Research Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Keywords B.1 Neurotransmitters and signaling molecules, B.7 Synaptic transmission, B.8 Synaptic plasticity, B.9 Network interactions, C.4 Epilepsy
Research Focus:
Our group is active in the field of cellular and molecular neurobiology with the following major areas:
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic plasticity
• Mechanisms and function of short-term and long-term plasticity at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse
• Modulation and development of synaptic transmission, plasticity and neuronal networks
• Homeostatic plasticity, hyperexcitability, epilepsy
• ‘Synaptopathy’ in neurological-psychiatric disorders such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, mental retardation, autism