PD Dr. Alexander Groh

Research focus: Neuronal circuit function, neurophysiology, thalamocortical circuits, synaptic physiology, neuronal mechanisms of pain, electrophysiology, optogenetics

Selected publications:

Sumser A, Mease RA, Sakmann B, Groh A (2017) Organization and somatotopy of corticothalamic projections from L5B in mouse barrel cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Mease RA, Kuner T, Fairhall AL, Groh A (2017) Multiplexed spike coding and adaptation in the thalamus. Cell Reports

Mease RA, Sumser A, Sakmann B, Groh A (2016) Cortical dependence of whisker responses in posterior-medial thalamus in vivo. Cerebral Cortex

Mease RA, Sumser A, Sakmann B, Groh A (2016) Corticothalamic spike transfer via the L5B-POm pathway in vivo. Cerebral Cortex

Mease RA, Markus Metz, Groh A (2016) Cortical sensory responses are enhanced by the higher-order thalamus. Cell Reports

Krieger P and Groh A Editors (2015) Sensorimotor Integration in the Whisker System. ISBN 978-1-4939-2975-7, Springer

Mease RA, Krieger P, Groh A (2014) Cortical control of adaptation and sensory relay mode in the thalamus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Groh A*, Bokor H*, Mease RA, Plattner VM, Hangya B, Stroh A, Deschenes M, Acsády L (2014) Convergence of Cortical and Sensory Driver Inputs on Single Thalamocortical Cells. Cerebral Cortex, *equal contribution.

Stroh A, Adelsberger H, Groh A, Ruhlmann C, Fischer S, Schierloh A, Deisseroth K, Konnerth A (2013) Making waves: initiation and propagation of Corticothalamic Ca(2+) waves in vivo. Neuron

Groh A, Meyer HS, Schmidt EF, Heintz N, Sakmann B, Krieger P (2010) Cell-type specific properties of pyramidal neurons in neocortex underlying a layout that is modifiable depending on the cortical area. Cerebral Cortex

Groh A, de Kock CP, Wimmer VC, Sakmann B, Kuner T (2008) Driver or coincidence detector: modal switch of a corticothalamic giant synapse controlled by spontaneous activity and short-term depression. The Journal of Neuroscience