Dr. René Reese is resident physician and research associate at the Dept. of Neurology at the University Hospital of Rostock.

He is co-investigator or the project SP7: "Pathophysiology of dystonia in DYT1 and DYT12 rat model".

He has been working on deep brain stimulation and recordings of intracerebral neuronal firing patterns in animals (dystonic hamster) as well as in humans.