Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research

The Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) and the Clinic of Neurology at the University Hospital Tübingen run the Hertie Center of Neurology. Founded in 2001 through an agreement between the non-profit Hertie Foundation, the State of Baden-Württemberg, the Medical Faculty of the University of Tübingen, and the University Hospital of Tübingen, the HIH is dedicated to research, teaching, and patient care concerning all aspects of the human brain. The institute hosts 24 professors, about 400 members, and more than 30 research groups across 7 departments covering neurology, neurodegenerative diseases, epileptology, neuro-oncology, neural dynamics, cellular neurology, and neurorehabilitation/neuroprosthetics/neurotechnology.