Faculty member

Research Interests

• Behavioral, emotional, and neural underpinnings of the vascular risk factors hypertension and obesity and the subsequent development towards brain damage & stroke
• Effect of brain lesions (e.g., stroke) on brain architecture (networks) and function
• Mechanisms of (re-) learning and associated brain plasticity after stroke particularly in the sensorimotor domain and language

Available PhD projects

(1) Mind-brain-body relationship
How do heartbeat and respiration affect cognition and emotion?
=> Communication between heart and brain in health and disease (including computational models)

(2) Somatosensory system
Neural mechanisms underlying conscious and unconscious tactile perception (EEG, 7 Tesla fMRI)

(3) Translational studies

• Treating pain with non-invasive ultrasound-based deep brain stimulation
• Improving recovery from stroke using brain computer interface (BCI) combined with drug administration

For further details, see also the website of the department of neurology