Responsibilities
Research Group Leader
Contact
Clinic for anesthesiology / Neurobiology of Anestehsia and Sleep
Phone:
+49 (0)89 4140 9043
Email:
thomas.fenzl@tum.de
Website:
https://anaesthesie.mri.tum.de/de/forschung/wissenschaftliche-arbeitsgruppen/arbeitsgruppe-neurobiologie-schlaf-und-anaesthesie
Further Information
Primary research focus: Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience
Second research focus: Biomedical Neuroscience
Third research focus: Theoretical Neuroscience & Technical Applications
Keywords: sleep, anesthesia, EEG, Behavior, conciousness, mouse
Research methods: EEG, High density EEG, Local field potentialelectrodes, Tetrodes, electrical stimulation, chronical recordings, histological methods, behavioral methods, fear conditioning, experimental anesthesia methods with Isoflurane, Sevoflurane, DEX, Propofol, Ketamine, in vivo recordings, chronic in vivo recordings, in ovo recordings, stereotactic methods in depth analyses methods
Brief research description:We are interested in serveral aspects of sleep and anesthesia 1) Role of the sleep/wake promoting neuronal parthways during anesthesia-induced loss and gain of consciousness / responsiveness. 2) Neuronal control of vigilance transitions during anesthesia (top/down versus bottom/up) 3) Role of pre-anesthetic sleep in the development of post-ansthesia delir 4) Role of sleep in cognitive impairments after anesthesia in alzheimer mouse models 5) Development of the EEG in the chicken embryo
Graduated GSN students: Dr. Stephanie Patchev (Polta)