Stephan Schwarzacher

Stephan Schwarzacher is a researcher at the Goethe University Frankfurt, affiliated with the School of Medicine and the Department of Clinical Neuroanatomy. His work focuses on activity-dependent structural changes in the hippocampus, synaptic plasticity, and the localization of respiratory centers like the pre-Bötzinger complex in the human brainstem.

Research Interests:

• Synaptic plasticity and LTP (Long-Term Potentiation) in vivo
• Excitation-inhibition balance in the dentate gyrus network
• Immunohistology of brainstem disorders
• Computational modeling of neuronal networks

Publication Trends: Recent work explores adult neurogenesis, neuroligin-4 knockout models, and critical periods of dendritic reorganization in hippocampal granule cells. Earlier studies focus on the pre-Bötzinger complex and its role in degenerative brainstem diseases. Keywords span Neuroscience, Synaptic Plasticity, and Neurodegenerative Diseases.