Guest Faculty

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hummel

Department of Otorhinolaryngology (Smell and Taste Clinic), University of Dresden Medical School

Research:

Physiology of the Chemical Senses - Olfaction, Gustation, Irritation: investigations of interactions between the olfactory, trigeminal, andgustatory systems; diagnostic applications - olfactometry, gustometry; investigation of the chemosensory systems in disease; comparison of orth- and retronasal olfactory function; treatment of chemosensory dysfunction; electrophysiological correlates of peripheral activation of chemosensors, both in humans and experimental animals; mechanisms of airway irritation; quantification of the analgesic action of drugs

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Rübsamen

Institute of Biology II, University of Leipzig

Research: processing of acoustic stimuli in the central auditory system

Prof. Dr. Hans Supèr

ICREA,, Psychology Department

Research: building computational models of the cerebral cortex to reproduce cognitive behavior for future robots 

Prof Dr. Dagmar Timmann

Department of Neurology, University Clinic Essen

Research: The motor control group is interested in the physiology of the human cerebellum. A major interest is the involvement of the human cerebellum in different forms of motor and cognitive learning. Questions addressed are whether the cerebellum is involved in particular forms of learning, which cerebellar areas are involved and what the mechanisms of cerebellar involvement are. Another interest is its role in motor coordination. Single and multijoint movements are studied in cerebellar patients. A more recent interest is the study of motor and cognitive impairment in children following acute cerebellar lesions.

In general, patients with defined cerebellar pathology are studied as well as regions of cerebellar activation in healthy subjects using PET and fMRI. A major aim is to correlate the localization of focal cerebellar lesions and extent of atrophy in cerebellar degeneration based on 3D-MRI data sets with findings in neurophysiological and neuropsychological experiments.

PD Dr. Dietmar Basta

Head of the Neurootological team.

Field of work:

Central mechanisms of noise induced hearing loss and tinnitus, animal model: mice

Central processing of intra-cochlear electrical stimulation (cochlear implant), animal model: guinea pig

Optimizing cochlear implant outcome (analysis of subjective and objective predictive factors e. g. electrode position, stimulation parameters)

Characterization of otolith function in the human vestibular system (investigation of the vestibulo-collic and vestibulo-occular reflex arch, analysis of the postural control in otolith disorders)

Development and evaluation of neurofeedback-systems for vestibular rehabilitation