Stein Lab

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Welcome to the Lab of Wolfgang Stein

We are interested in the sensory processing and plasticity in motor networks and the influence of this plasticity on behavior. To study this, we use the stomatogastric nervous system of the crab with its well-characterized central pattern generators as model system for the integration of sensory information and pattern selecting processes inside the nervous system. The main focus of our work is to determine how networks with small numbers of neurons cope with complex and multimodal sensory input and how neuromodulatory neurons select the required patterns from multifunctional motor circuits to perform the adequate behavior.

Contents 1 Affiliations and websites 2 The methods we use include 3 Research 4 Members

Affiliations and websites

• Illinois State University. School of Biological Science. Normal, Illinois. USA. Click here for our website at Illinois State University

• Ulm University. Institute of Neurobiology. Ulm, Germany. Click here for our website at Ulm University

The methods we use include

• Electrophysiology (extra- and intracellular recordings), in vivo, in situ and in vitro.
• Optical imaging (voltage-sensitive dyes)
• Analysis of behavior
• Real-time Computer Modeling using MadSim

Research

• Projects
• Stein Lab Publications
• How to find the Stein Lab
• Stein Lab important links

Members

• Wolfgang Stein
• Florian Diehl
• Carola Städele
• Stephanie Preuß
• Yolanda Braun

Former members

Dr. Nelly Daur | Dr. Ulrike Hedrich | Dr. Carmen Smarandache | Dr. Jessica Ausborn | Dr. Oliver Straub | Dipl. Biol. Stefan Putz | Dipl. Biol. Astrid Munder | Dipl. Biol. Stefanie Rukavina | M.Sc. Martyna Grabowska | Dipl. Biol. Stefanie Heigele | Dipl. Biol. Melanie Nickmann | Dr. Christina Young (Eberle) | B.Sc. Raimund Jung