Dr. Kay Thurley

Principal Investigator & Scientific Coordinator Bernstein Center Munich

Address

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Department Biology II 
Grosshadernerstr. 2 
82152 Planegg-Martinsried

Phone

Email

thurley[at]bccn-munich.de

Homepage

Research topics

• Neural basis of spatial navigation

• Computation in the hippocampal formation

• Collective properties and dynamics of coupled neural networks

Scientific Approach

• Investigation of spatial behavior of gerbils (rodents) in real and virtual environments. The work on virtual environments is performed with the help of Bernstein Virtual Reality Facility for rodents. The work is combined with multicellular electrophysiological recordings in the behaving gerbil.

• Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations of neurocomputational models

Bernstein Projects

Project B-T6 - Influence of sensory conditions on the hippocampal population code for space. Kay Thurley (LMU), Christian Leibold (LMU), Anton Sirota (LMU)

Group Members Associated with BCCN

• Olivia Haas
• Josephine Henke
• Andrey Sobolev

Publications

Background

Dipl. Bio. (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
PhD (University of Bern)