Dorothea Eisenhardt
Neurobiology
Free University of Berlin
Germany
Biography
Dr. Dorothea Eisenhardt is currently working as a Professor in the Department of , Free University Berlin , Germany. His research interests includes Mechanisms of learning and memory.
Research Interest
His research interests includes Mechanisms of learning and memory. Research description Our goal is to understand the basis of memory consolidation after learning and retrieval in the honeybee, Apis mellifera. We are currently studying the following topics: Memory consolidation after retrieval The process by which labile memories are stabilized into long-lasting memories is referred to as consolidation. We are studying the mechanisms underlying memory consolidation in an pavlovian appetitive learning paradigm, the olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension response (PER) in the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Consolidated long-term memories are formed after CS-US pairings (CS = conditioned stimulus; US = unconditioned stimulus) as well as after memory retrieval with the CS alone. Two opposing consolidation processes, namely consolidation of an extinction memory and the re-consolidation take place after memory retrieval. The nature of the re-consolidation process and the relation between the two consolidation processes are not known. We are aiming to contribute to a understanding of the basis of memory consolidation after learning and retrieva
Publications
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Gehring, K.B., Heufelder, K., Kersting, I., Eisenhardt, D. (2015) The abundance of phosphorylated Apis mellifera CREB in the honeybee's mushroom body inner compact cells varies with age. J Comp Neurol. 2015 Sep 10. doi: 10.1002/cne.23894. [Epub ahead of print]
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Gehring, K.B., Heufelder, K., Feige, J., Bauer, P., Dyck, Y., Ehrhardt, L., Kühnemund, J., Bergmann, A., Göbel, J., Isecke, M., Eisenhardt, D. Involvement of phosphorylated Apis mellifera CREB in gating a honeybee’s behavioral response to an external stimulus. Learning & Memory. accepted
