Principal Investigator
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Hauptstraße 5
79104 Freiburg
- +49 (0) 761 / 270 65010
- claus.normann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
- Managing Director, Section Head for Psychopharmacotherapy, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Vita
| 1989-1996 | Medical studies in Freiburg (University of Freiburg) and London (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine) |
| 1996 | Dissertation in Medicine, University of Freiburg (Institute of Physiology, Prof. Greger) |
| 1996-1997 | Internship at the Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg |
| 1997-1998 | Postdoc at the Physiological Institute, University of Freiburg, Prof. Jonas |
| Since 1998 | Head of Patch-Clamp Laboratory, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg |
| 1998-2003 | Resident at the Dept. of Psychiatry, Dept. of Neurology, Dept. of Neurosurgery |
| 2003-2010 | Consultant (Oberarzt), Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg |
| 2009 | Habilitation in Psychiatry |
| Since 2010 | Managing Director, Dept. of Psychiatry; University of Freiburg |
Focus of research
- Cellular electrophysiology: pathophysiology of affective disorders, mechanism of action of antidepressants, modulation of synaptic plasticity. Patch-clamp recordings, fluorescence imaging, animal models of depression, behavioural research in rodents
- Innovative treatment of depression: clinical applications and mechanisms. Non-invasive brain stimulation (rTMS, tDCS, ECT), correlates of synaptic plasticity in humans, ketamine, augmentation of psychotherapy, neuroenhancement
