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Theoretical Systems Neuroscience
Institute of Biology III & Bernstein Center Freiburg
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Research focus:
- Learning and memory formation in the mammalian hippocampus
- Neural basis of spatial hearing
- Statistical analysis and modelling of spatiotemporal neural activity patterns
GSN students - currently not accepting new PhD students
- Current: Ekaterina Sytnik, Yuk Hoi Yiu, Werner Seitz
- Graduated: Dr. Sebastian Groß, Dr. Li Lu, Dr. Axel Kammerer, Dr. Alvaro Tejero Cantero, Dr. Magdalene Schlesiger, Dr. Olivia Lewis (née Haas), Dr. Mauro Monsalve, Dr. Franziska Hellmundt, Dr. Alexander Callan
Selected publications:
D. Fetterhoff, A. Sobolev, C. Leibold. (2021) Graded Remapping of Hippocampal Ensembles under Sensory Conflicts. Cell Rep 36: 109661.
A. Chenani, M. Sabariego, M.I. Schlesiger, J.K. Leutgeb, S. Leutgeb, C. Leibold (2019) Hippocampal CA1 replay becomes less prominent but more rigid without inputs from medial entorhinal cortex. Nat Commun 10: 1341
M.M. Monsalve-Mercado, C. Leibold (2017) Hippocampal Spike-Timing Correlations Lead to Hexagonal Grid Fields. Phys Rev Lett 119: 038101.
M.I. Schlesiger, C.C. Cannova, B.L. Boublil, J.B. Hales, E.A. Mankin, M.P. Brandon, J.K. Leutgeb, C. Leibold, S. Leutgeb (2015) The medial entorhinal cortex is necessary for temporal organization of hippocampal neuronal activity. Nat Neurosci 18: 1123- 1132.
S. Lehnert, M.C. Ford, O. Alexandrova, F. Hellmundt, F. Felmy, B. Grothe, C. Leibold (2014) Action potential generation in an anatomically constrained model of medial superior olive axons. J Neurosci 34: 5370--5384.