Section: Overall Objectives

General Objectives

The team aims at understanding the dynamics of neural systems on multiple scales and develops methods to invent monitoring devices. The approach is inspired by systems neuroscience, which relates microscopic modifications in neural systems to macroscopic changes in behavior. The team employs this systems neuroscience approach and develops models and data analysis tools in order to bridge the gap between microscopic and mesoscopic, and mesoscopic and macroscopic/behavior activity. These bridges are necessary to better understand neural systems and, in turn, control the neural systems. They also may allow to develop data monitors utilising the derived principles. As a long-term goal, the team shall develop such devices in medicine with application in general anesthesia.