Our research focus is on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases, with a special emphasis on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer´s disease and other cerebral proteopathies. Alzheimer's disease is the most frequently occurring age-related dementia, with more than 1 million people affected in Germany. As of 2010 our department is also part of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)...more Info
Research groups & units
Center of Neurology
Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research
Department Cellular Neurology
Otfried-Müller-Straße 27
D-72076 Tübingen
Phone: +49 (0)7071 29-86863