Georg Köhr Group

Research Topics

• Signal transduction of NMDA receptors during synaptic transmission in the hippocampus
• Homeostatic and input-specific plasticity in the hippocampus
• Regulation of GABA release from cerebellar interneurons

Applied Techniques

Neurophysiology

• Virus-based expression of EGFP-tagged proteins in mice in vivo and electrophysiological monitoring in acute brain slices
• Paired recordings from synaptically connected neurons in vitro
• Two-photon calcium imaging in axons and dendrites of neurons

Molecular Biology

• Genotyping of mutant mice
• Preparation of viral and non-viral expression plasmids

Cell Biology

• Immunocytochemistry, subcellular fractionation and Western Plot Analysis