Learning and cortical plasticity in the visual system: Understanding cortical learning mechanisms and their restoration after stroke

Learning is generally impaired in patients with stroke, also in remote brain areas that are not affected directly by the stroke. Apparently, there is a mechanism modulating learning globally in the brain. The project “Learning and cortical plasticity in the visual system: Understanding cortical learning mechanisms and their restoration after stroke” aims at finding these mechanisms from cellular to systems level and at assessing the potential of therapeutic interventions.

Press release of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena about this project

The BFNL 'Visual learning' is a cooperation of scientists at the following research institutions:

• Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation, Göttingen

Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Siegrid Löwel Systems Neuroscience Group Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute of Zoology and Anthropology Bernstein Focus for Neurotechnology University of Göttingen Berliner Str. 28 37073 Göttingen
Phone: +49-(0)551-39 7809