Group members

Prof. Dr. med. Martin Witt  
 

PhD students

Anja Meyer: "The olfactory system in NPC1 mice and impact of combination therapy with miglustat/cyclodextrin on its recovery"
Lina-M. Krysewski: "The VNO in Huntington´s disease"
Diana Heimes: "Morphometric analysis of olfactory-related cerebral nuclei in Niemann-Pick-C1 mice"

Functional Morphology of Chemosensory Systems

Our group is currently working on the impact of general neurodegeneration on olfactory acuity. We use several animal models that mimic defects occurring in human diseases such as Idiopathic Parkinson´s Syndrome, Huntington´s disease, Multiple Sclerosis or Niemann-Pick disease. Most outcomes are based on immunohistochemical and electron microscopical techniques.

Further interests:

• Distribution pattern of human olfactory epithelium
• Regenerative potential of the human olfactory system  
• Human olfactory bulb and central olfactory pathways  
• Morphology and immunohistochemistry of the human vomeronasal organ
• Functional morphology of taste buds
• Histocompatibility of anterior eye chamber stents (glaucoma research)