Research:
Our studies focus on understanding the neuronal basis of a variety of brain functions to find novel ways to treat and cure neurological disorders in children, including epilepsy, Rett syndrome, brain tumors, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

With the introduction of molecular approaches into the field of neuroscience, an unexpected variety of receptor and ion channel subtypes have been discovered that are developmentally regulated within the central nervous system. The relevance of these findings to the function of neuronal networks is still unclear. In a close combination of studies at the cellular and systems level, our laboratory examines how diversity at the cellular level may lead to ontogenetic changes at the network level.