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09.04.2018

Marlene Bartos receives ERC Advanced Grant

Prof. Dr. Marlene Bartos of the Institute of Physiology I at the University of Freiburg, member of the Bernstein Center and the cluster of excellence BrainLinks-BrainTools, is to receive a 2.5 million euro Advanced Grant of the European Research Council to examine the functional role of inhibitory nerve cells in the formation of memory traces and in the control of cognitive behavior.

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06.03.2018

Epilepsy: Changing the beat?

Rhythmic network activity is considered to be important for normal brain function. A recent study finds that the theta-rhythm slows down in epileptic mice - irrespective of the degree of restructuring in the hippocampus. This points towards wide-ranging changes of a system that is thought to coordinate activity across distant brain regions.

01.03.2018

Alternative View on Neuronal Network Remodeling

Scientists from the Bernstein Center Freiburg demonstrated that Hebbian association in neuronal networks can also emerge from homeostatic plasticity, which is normally thought to exclusively stabilize neuronal activity.

18.12.2017

New Neuroscience Landing Page online

Good news for all those who would like to get a quick overview of the neuroscientific research sector in Freiburg. The Bernstein Center Freiburg has created a "Landing Page" to be found under www.neuro.uni-freiburg.de.