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Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck

Member, Steering-Committee Member

Laboratory of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research

Medical Faculty, University of Bonn University Hospital of Bonn Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25 53127 Bonn

heinz.beck@ukbonn.de

+49 228 6885270

My group has an overarching interest in neuronal integration and the function of neuronal networks in the intact brain. We also have a strong track record investigating basic mechanisms of epilepsy in animal models and tissue obtained from epilepsy surgery. To achieve insights into the network motifs govering normal and aberrant behavior, we are employing in-vivo electrophysiology and imaging together with opto- and chemogenetic approaches in awake rodents.

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Recent publications

  • Human neural stem cells directly programmed from peripheral blood show functional integration into the adult mouse brain.

    Stem cell research & therapy

    Authors: Lea Jessica Berg, Chung Ku Lee, Hideaki Matsumura, Anke Leinhaas, Rachel Konang, Ali H Shaib, Pedro Royero, Julia Schlee, Chao Sheng, Heinz Beck, Martin Karl Schwarz, Nils Brose, Jeong Seop Rhee, Oliver Brüstle

  • Aberrant hippocampal Ca microwaves following synapsin-dependent adeno-associated viral expression of Ca indicators.

    eLife

    Authors: Nicola Masala, Manuel Mittag, Eleonora Ambrad Giovannetti, Darik A O'Neil, Fabian J Distler, Peter Rupprecht, Fritjof Helmchen, Rafael Yuste, Martin Fuhrmann, Heinz Beck, Michael Wenzel, Tony Kelly

  • Microglia contribute to neuronal synchrony despite endogenous ATP-related phenotypic transformation in acute mouse brain slices.

    Nature communications

    Authors: Péter Berki, Csaba Cserép, Zsuzsanna Környei, Balázs Pósfai, Eszter Szabadits, Andor Domonkos, Anna Kellermayer, Miklós Nyerges, Xiaofei Wei, Istvan Mody, Araki Kunihiko, Heinz Beck, He Kaikai, Wang Ya, Nikolett Lénárt, Zhaofa Wu, Miao Jing, Yulong Li, Attila I Gulyás, Ádám Dénes

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