International Graduate School of Neuroscience
Applied Methods
The Applied Methods page allows you to explore the various methods used by our members in their neuroscience research. The table below lists the method names alongside the members who apply them.
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| Methods | Faculty Members |
|---|---|
| 2-photon microscopy | Jancke |
| Accelerometry in humans | Reichert |
| Acute brain slices | Eysel, Manahan-Vaughan |
| Adenoviral expression system | Heumann, Mark |
| Ambulatory assessment | Reichert |
| Animal behavior | Freund, Manns, Mark, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Rose |
| Animal behaviorals pardigms | Freund, Juckel, Manns, Nguyen |
| Animal models of brain disease | Freund, Manns, Mark, Nguyen |
| Animal models of retinal/optic nerve diseases | Joachim, Pitarokoili |
| Animal models such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), opticospinal encephalomyelitis (OSE), and genetic knock-out models | Faissner S, Joachim |
| Applied cognitive science | Wascher |
| Artificial brain stimulation (TMS, ICMS) | Kobeleva, Nitsche |
| Behavioral analysis of learning | Elsenbruch, Icenhour, Mark, Nguyen |
| Behavioral studies of hippocampus-dependent learning | Manahan-Vaughan |
| Behavioral studies with PCD-controlled skinner boxes, lesion studies, pharmacology of behavior | Güntürkün, Manns |
| Biochemistry of the extracellular matrix and complementary receptors | Faissner A |
| Bioinformatics | Marcus-Alic, Nguyen |
| Biostatistics | Marcus-Alic |
| Brain imaging, fluorescence in situ hybridization | Manahan-Vaughan |
| Brain imaging, fMRI in human subjects | Axmacher, Brüne, Elsenbruch, Icenhour, Juckel, Kobeleva, Nitsche, Reichert, Schlaffke, Suchan, Wolf |
| Brain imaging, fMRI in rodents and birds | Güntürkün, Manahan-Vaughan |
| Brain imaging, wide-field calcium imaging | Manahan-Vaughan |
| Brain mapping | Kobeleva, Marcus-Alic, Nitsche, Wascher |
| Brain-computer interface | Klaes, Kobeleva |
| Calcium imaging | Kruss, Reiner |
| Catecholamine imaging | Kruss |
| Cell culture models (primary murine cells, microglial or neuronal cell lines) | Faissner S, Joachim, Matschke, Nguyen, Reiner |
| Cerebellar recordings | Mark |
| Cerebellar slice cultures | Theiss |
| Computational modeling | Cheng, Kobeleva, Nitsche, Schmidt, Wiskott |
| Conditioned pain modulation | Enax-Krumova |
| Confocal microscopy | Enax-Krumova, Faissner A, Kruss, Mark, Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Reiner, Theiss |
| Data science | Cheng, Kobeleva, Marcus-Alic, Schmidt |
| Deep brain stimulation | Axmacher, Nitsche |
| Development of bioassays for the analysis of the growth of neurites | Faissner A, Pitarokoili |
| Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) | Elsenbruch, Icenhour, Kobeleva, Schlaffke |
| Dissociated primary cultures | Faissner A, Heumann, Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili |
| Ecological Momentary Assessment | Icenhour, Reichert |
| Electroencephalogram (EEG), human | Axmacher, Kobeleva, Nitsche, Wascher, Wolf |
| Electroencephalogram (EEG), rodent | Manahan-Vaughan, Mark |
| Electromyography (EMG) | Brüne, Kobeleva, Nitsche |
| Electron microscopy | Matschke, Theiss |
| Electrophysiology | Jancke, Juckel, Klaes, Mark, Pitarokoili, Reiner, Rose |
| Electrophysiology of synaptic plasticity | Manahan-Vaughan |
| Electroretinography (ERG) | Joachim |
| Enriched environmental conditions | Manahan-Vaughan |
| Event related potentials (ERPs) | Kobeleva, Nitsche, Suchan, Wascher |
| Evoked potentials (EP) | Brüne, Enax-Krumova, Kobeleva, Nitsche, Pitarokoili |
| Expression of recombinant proteins in bacteria and mammalian cells | Heumann, Mark, Reiner |
| Eye Tracking | No members |
| False fluorescent neurotransmitter imaging | Kruss, Reiner |
| Flow cytometry and in cooperation scRNA sequencing | Faissner S |
| Fluorescence microscopy | Matschke |
| Hippocampal slice cultures | Reiner, Theiss |
| Histology | Juckel, Matschke, Nguyen |
| ICMS (Intracortical Micro-stimulation) | Klaes |
| Imaging techniques (two photon microscopy, TIRF, FLIM, FRET, FRAP, BiFC) | Herlitze, Reiner |
| Immuncytochemistry | Joachim, Juckel, Marcus-Alic, Matschke, Nguyen, Winklhofer |
| Immunohistochemistry and histology | Enax-Krumova, Faissner S, Freund, Güntürkün, Heumann, Joachim, Manahan-Vaughan, Manns, Marcus-Alic, Mark, Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Tatzelt, Theiss |
| In vivo models of neurodegeneration | Joachim, Matschke, Nguyen |
| In-vivo microdialysis | Güntürkün |
| Indirect immunofluorescence | Tatzelt |
| Intracellular measurements with sharp electrodes | Eysel |
| Intracranial EEG | Axmacher, Klaes |
| Intraocular pressure measurements (IOP) | Joachim |
| Ion channel pharmacology | Reiner |
| Laser microdissection | Marcus-Alic |
| Learning and memory in humans | Elsenbruch, Icenhour, Kobeleva, Nitsche |
| Lesions in the brain (by laser, drugs, photothrombosis) | Eysel |
| Lipidomics | Marcus-Alic |
| Live-cell imaging | Matschke, Reiner |
| Long read Next-generation sequencing (NGS) | Nguyen |
| Machine learning | Klaes, Kobeleva, Marcus-Alic, Schlaffke |
| Manufacturing of recombinant antibodies | Heumann |
| Mass spectrometry | Marcus-Alic |
| Mathematical modeling | Cheng, Kobeleva, Reiner |
| Mathematics | Wiskott |
| Measurement of reaction times | Elsenbruch, Icenhour, Nitsche, Wolf |
| Measurement of the peripheral conductance velocity of nerve cells | Enax-Krumova, Pitarokoili |
| Measurements of blood-based stress markers | Marcus-Alic |
| Measurements of blood-based stress markers steroid hormones | Marcus-Alic |
| Measurements of salivary sex-steroid hormones | Güntürkün, Wolf |
| Measurements of salivary stress markers | Elsenbruch, Icenhour, Marcus-Alic, Wolf |
| Micro-injection techniques (proteins, DNA, etc.) | Heumann, Matschke, Theiss |
| Microdialysis | Juckel |
| Mobile EEG | Wascher |
| Modelling brain activity | Jancke, Kobeleva |
| Molecular biology techniques (qPCR, Western Blot, RNA sequencing) | Marcus-Alic, Matschke, Nguyen, Reiner |
| Molecular cloning, expression cloning, cDNA Banks, MB-techniques | Faissner A, Heumann, Marcus-Alic, Matschke, Nguyen, Reiner |
| Monoclonal antibodies | Faissner A |
| Mouse genetics (transgene expression and homologous recombination) | Herlitze, Mark, Nguyen |
| Multi-channel electrophysiology in birds | Rose |
| Multi-channel electrophysiology in humans, brain mapping, source localization | Nitsche, Reichert |
| Multi-color neuronal tract tracing | Güntürkün, Manns |
| Multimodal characterization of longitudinal patient cohorts, e.g.: clinical phenotyping, immunophenotyping, MRI analyses (cooperation) | Faissner S, Kobeleva |
| Multivariate pattern classification analysis (MVPA) | Axmacher |
| Nanosensors | Kruss |
| Near infrared imaging | Kruss |
| NGS data analysis | Nguyen, Reiner |
| Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) | Kobeleva, Nitsche |
| Optical coherence tomography (OCT) | Joachim |
| Optical Imaging | Jancke |
| Optical imaging in vivo | Jancke |
| Optical recording of intrinsic signals | Eysel, Jancke |
| Optogenetics | Manns, Mark, Reiner |
| Organotypic slice cultures | Matschke, Reiner |
| Pain testing in humans | Elsenbruch, Icenhour |
| Patch clamp ("blind" patch, infrared video microscopy) | Eysel |
| Patch clamp measurements in cultured cells and slice preparations | Herlitze, Reiner |
| PC-based reconstruction of neurons, morphometry | Eysel, Güntürkün |
| PC-based studies of attention, learning and memory in humans | Nitsche, Wolf |
| PCR | Faissner S |
| PCR-mutagenesis (mutations, chimaera) | Heumann |
| PCR, RT-PCR | Faissner A, Freund, Heumann, Joachim, Mark, Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Tatzelt, Winklhofer |
| Pharmacological manipulation in humans | Enax-Krumova, Icenhour, Nitsche, Pitarokoili, Wolf |
| Population coding in visual cortex | Jancke |
| Posttranslational protein modifications (phosphorylation, ubiquitination, sumoylation) | Marcus-Alic, Nguyen, Winklhofer |
| Primary culture of dissociated neuronal and glial cells | Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Theiss, Winklhofer |
| Primary cultures and cell lines | Heumann, Joachim, Marcus-Alic, Mark, Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Tatzelt, Winklhofer |
| Primary organ culture of retinal explants | Joachim |
| Programming (Matlab, Python) | Jancke, Kobeleva, Schmidt |
| Protein analysis | Marcus-Alic |
| Protein biochemistry, western blots | Heumann, Joachim, Marcus-Alic, Mark, Matschke, Nguyen, Pitarokoili, Reiner, Tatzelt, Winklhofer |
| Protein chromatography | Marcus-Alic, Reiner, Tatzelt, Winklhofer |
| Protein protein interactions: phage display, blot overlay, co-immunoprecipitation, pulldown, biacore | Heumann, Marcus-Alic |
| Proteomics | Heumann, Marcus-Alic |
| Psychophysics | Enax-Krumova, Klaes |
| Psychophysiological measurements | Elsenbruch, Enax-Krumova, Icenhour, Wascher, Wolf |
| Psychophysiology (e.g. facial expression analysis) | Juckel |
| Quantitative image analysis of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative processes | Pitarokoili, Schlaffke |
| Quantitative muscle imaging | Schlaffke |
| Real-time optical imaging of the visualcortex using voltage-sensitive dyes in parallel with extracellular recordings | Jancke |
| Recombinant protein expression in E. coli | Reiner, Tatzelt, Winklhofer |
| RNA-Seq | Nguyen |
| Schwann cells culture | Pitarokoili |
| Simultaneous EEG/fMRI | Axmacher |
| Single channel recordings in vitro (inside out, outside out, cell attached) | Reiner |
| Single-cell electrophysiology in awake, learning and anesthetized corvids | Rose |
| Single-cell electrophysiology in awake, learning and anesthetized pigeons | Güntürkün |
| Single-cell labeling with Biocytin | Eysel |
| Single-cell sequencing | Nguyen |
| Single-cell studies | Kruss, Nguyen |
| Skin biopsy | Enax-Krumova, Pitarokoili |
| Skin conductance (electrodermal activity, EDA) | Axmacher, Brüne, Icenhour |
| Smartphone sensing and electronic diaries | Reichert |
| Social cognition | Brüne |
| Source localization | Nitsche |
| Spectroscopy | Icenhour, Kruss, Reiner |
| Stereology | Manns |
| Stereotactic tracer injections | Güntürkün, Manns, Mark |
| Stress induction in the laboratory | Elsenbruch, Freund, Wolf |
| Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI) | Axmacher, Icenhour, Juckel, Kobeleva, Reichert, Schlaffke |
| Study of nonverbal behavior | Brüne |
| Tactile psychophysics | Enax-Krumova |
| Transcranial electric stimulation (TES) | Kobeleva, Nitsche |
| Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) | Brüne, Jancke, Kobeleva, Nitsche |
| Transfection techniques | Heumann, Mark, Matschke, Nguyen, Winklhofer |
| Transgenic animals | Heumann, Nguyen |
| Transgenic mouse models | Freund, Jancke, Joachim, Mark, Nguyen, Pitarokoili |
| Video microscopy | Matschke, Theiss |
| Virtual reality | Klaes |
| Virus-mediated infection methods | Herlitze |
| Visual half-field studies in humans | Güntürkün |
| Visual psychophysics | Jancke |
| Whole cell-measurements in vitro, DIC Microscopy | Eysel |
| Whole genome sequencing | Nguyen |
| Whole transcriptome sequencing | Nguyen |
| Yeast-2-Hybrid System | Heumann |