Hofmann
Prof. Dr.
Ulrich Hofmann
Department of NeurosurgeryPhone: 0049-761-270-50076
ulrich.hofmann@klinikum.uni-freiburg.de
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/nes-en
CV
- 1987-1996 TU München and LMU, Dipl. Phys; Physics, PhD
- 1996 Turku, Finland, HCM-Fellow
- 1997-1998 Pasadena, CA, California Institute of Technology, Feodor-Lynen-Fellow
- 1999-2012 University of Lübeck, 2003 habilitation in Computer Science, 2008 Adjunct Professor
- Since 2012 Endowed Peter-Osypka-Professor, Head of Section, Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Focus of research
- Peri-operative and near-infrared monitoring
- Brain-Machine-Interfacing and intracranial stimulation
- Longevity of brain implants
Selected publications
- Böhler C, Kleber C, Martini N, Xie Y, Dryg I, Stieglitz T, Hofmann UG, Asplund M. Actively controlled release of Dexamethasone from neural microelectrodes in a chronic in vivo study. Biomaterials. 2017; 129: 176-187.
- Xie Y, … Hofmann UG. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of in vivo SD-OCT measurement of rat brain. Biomed Opt Express. 2017; 8(2):593-607.
- Pinnell RC, … Hofmann UG. A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze. PLoS One. 2016; 11(2):e0147730.
- Xie Y, … Hofmann UG. High-frequency electrical stimulation suppresses cholinergic accumbens interneurons in acute rat brain slices through GABA(B) receptors. Eur J Neurosci. 2014; 40(11):3653-62.
- Xie Y, … Hofmann UG. In vivo monitoring of glial scar proliferation on chronically implanted neural electrodes by fiber optical coherence tomography. Front Neuroeng. 2014; 7:34.
Research methods
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Electrophysiology: In vitro Patch-Clamp & MEA In vivo multi-channel recordings
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Immuno-histology
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Behavioural experiments with rodents: Real and VR mazes