Members - Uwe Heinemann

POSITION AT CILS

PI

 

DISCIPLINES / RESEARCH AREAS

Experimental Neurophysiology

 

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Johannes-Müller-Institute of Physiology, Charité

Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

PI NeuroCure Research Center

 

FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS

  • European Epilepsy Research Award (2007)
  • Milkin Award from the American Epilepsy Society (1992)
  • Michael Prize for Epilepsy Research (1979, 1987)
  • Hauptmann Award (1985)
  • Heisenberg Fellowship (1981 - 1985)

 

EDITORSHIPS / MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, DFG Neuroscience Panel (since 2004)
  • Member, Commission of Neurobiology, International League against Epilepsy
  • Speaker, GRK1123 Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation
  • Chair of the advisory board, Otto Loewi Minerva Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Eilat (since 2003)
  • Founding Director, Charité Neuroscience Research Center (1999 – 2005)
  • Vice Dean for teaching and finances at Charité (1994 – 1998)

 

  • Assistant Editor, Journal of Neuroscience

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Boehlen A, Heinemann U, Erchova I (2010). The range of intrinsic frequencies represented by medial entorhinal cortex stellate cells extends with age. J Neuroscience 30(13): 4585-9.
  • David Y, Cacheaux LP, Ivens S, Lapilover E, Heinemann U, Kaufer D, Friedman A. (2009). Astrocytic dysfunction in epileptogenesis: consequence of altered potassium and glutamate homeostasis? J Neuroscience, 29(34): 10588-99.
  • Ivens  S,  Kaufer  D,  Flores  LP,  Bechmann  I,  Zumsteg  D,  Tomkins  O,  Seiffert  E,  Heinemann U,  Friedman A  (2007).  TGF-ß  receptor-mediated  albumin  abtake  into  astrocytes  if  involved  in neocortical epileptogenesis. Brain, 130(Pt 2):535-47.
  • Jandova K, Pasler D, Antonio LL, Raue C, Ji S, Njungting M, Kann O, Kovacs R, Meencke HJ, Cavalheiro EA, Heinemann U, Gabriel S, Lehmann TN (2006). Carbamazepine-resistance in the epileptic dentate gyrus of human hippocampal slices. Brain, 129(Pt 12):3290-306.
  • Behrens CJ, van den Boom LP, de Hoz L, Friedman A, Heinemann U (2005). Induction of sharp wave-ripple  complexes  in  vitro  and  reorganization  of  hippocampal  networks.  Nat  Neurosci 8(11):1560-7.
  • Kovacs R, Kardos J, Heinemann U, Kann O (2005). Mitochondrial calcium ion and membrane potential transients follow the pattern of epileptiform discharges in hippocampal slice cultures. J Neurosci 25(17):4260-9.
  • Gabriel  S,  Njunting  M,  Pomper  JK,  Merschhemke  M,  Sanabria  ER,  Eilers A,  Kivi A,  Zeller  M, Meencke HJ, Cavalheiro EA, Heinemann U, Lehmann TN (2004). Stimulus and potassium-induced epileptiform  activity  in  the  human  dentate  gyrus  from  patients  with  and  without  hippocampal sclerosis. J Neurosci 24(46):10416-30.
  • Seiffert E, Dreier JP, Ivens S, Bechmann I, Tomkins O, Heinemann U, Friedman A (2004). Lasting blood-brain barrier disruption induces epileptic focus in the rat somatosensory cortex. J Neurosci 24(36):7829-36.
  • Schmitz D, Schuchmann S, Fisahn A, Draguhn A, Buhl EH, Petrasch-Parwez R, Dermietzel R, Heinemann U, Traub RD (2002). Axo-axonal coupling: a novel mechanism for ultrafast neuronal communication. Neuron 31:831-40.