Prof. Dr. Dietmar Schmitz

The Schmitzlab, Neuroscience Research Center, Charité

Research Focus

• 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

Selected PhD Projects

• Benjamin Rost: Downstream Targets of GABAB-Receptor Mediated Presynaptic Inhibition