CV

+++ obtained her diploma degree in Biology at the Philipps University in Marburg +++ conducted in vitro patch-clamp recordings of rat visual cortex interneurons in the laboratory of Prof. Wolf Singer (MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt) during her diploma thesis +++ performed extracellular recordings in visual cortex of anesthetized cats combined with microstimulation and visual stimulation +++ joined the Brecht lab at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam in 2005 +++ moved to the BCCN in Berlin with the Brecht lab in 2006 +++

Research Interests

We use the rodent vibrissal system as a model system for somatosensory integration. To understand how neuronal activity in whisker thalamus is related to perception, we apply a "reverse physiology" approach: I train rats to report microstimulation in whisker thalamus and stimulate a single cell closeby. In this way I want to determine whether changed single neuron activity affects the behavior of the awake animal.

birgit.voigt (at) bccn-berlin.de