Research Groups

Project Group Neuroplasticity

Head:

Dr. Michael R. Kreutz

Project Group Molecular Mechanism of Plasticity
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Brenneckestraße 6
39118 Magdeburg
Germany

Phone:	+49-391-6263-94181
Fax:	+49-391-6263-93319
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Research in NPlast is concerned with molecular mechanisms of cellular plasticity including synaptic and homeostatic plasticity as well as plasticity during development and following brain injury. Of particular interest are the molecular dynamics of the postsynaptic density, signaling from synapse to nucleus and how the synaptic control of nuclear gene expression feeds back into the plastic properties of neurons. Another focus is on how neuronal calcium signals are decoded by calcium-sensor proteins. Further work is devoted to interactions of the immune system and the brain.