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Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck

Member, Steering-Committee Member

Institute 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

  • Hippocampal spreading depolarization as a driver of postictal ambulation.

    Science translational medicine

    Authors: Bence Mitlasóczki, Adrián Gutiérrez Gómez, Midia Kamali, Natalia Babushkina, Mayan Baues, Laura Kück, André Nathan Haubrich, Theodoros Tamiolakis, Annika Breuer, Simon Granak, Merlin Schwering-Sohnrey, Ingo Gerhauser, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Martin Karl Schwarz, Laura Ewell, Thoralf Opitz, Julika Pitsch, Simon Musall, Rainer Surges, Florian Mormann, Heinz Beck, Michael Wenzel

  • Effects of dibenzazepine compounds on Na1.2 channels and neuronal network activity: A systematic comparison.

    European journal of pharmacology

    Authors: Kunihiko Araki, Merlin Felix Schwering-Sohnrey, Griselda Marku, Michael Wenzel, Susanne Schoch, Thoralf Opitz, Heinz Beck

  • 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

All publications by Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck