Responsibilities
Head of Friedrich Schiedel endowed chair of neuroscience, Insitute of Neuroscience
Contact
Institute of Neuroscience
Biedersteiner Str. 29
D-80802 Munich
Phone:
+49 (0)89 / 4140-3351
Fax:
+49 (0)89 / 4140-3352
Email:
arthur.konnerth@tum.de
Website:
http://www.ifn.med.tum.de/new/konnerth.php
Further Information
Research focus: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission, structure-function analysis of neural networks in vivo, plasticity and calcium signaling in the nervous system
Key words: Cellular neurobiology
Selected publications:
Busche MA, Chen X, Henning HA, Reichwald J, Staufenbiel M, Sakmann B and Konnerth A. (2012) Critical role of soluble amyloid-β for early hippocampal hyperactivity in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 109(22): 8740-5.
Grienberger C and Konnerth A. (2012) Imaging calcium in neurons. Neuron 73(5):862-85.
Bonfardin VD, Theodosis DT, Konnerth A and Oliet SH. (2012) Kainate receptor-induced retrograde inhibition of glutamatergic transmission in vasopressin neurons. J Neurosci. 32(4):1301-10.
Rochefort NL, Narushima M, Grienberger C, Marandi N, Hill DN and Konnerth A. (2011) Development of direction selectivity in mouse cortical neurons. Neuron 71(3):425-32.
Chen X, Leischner U, Rochefort NL, Nelken I and Konnerth A. (2011) Functional mapping of single spines in cortical neurons in vivo. Nature 475(7357):501-5. doi: 10.1038/nature10193.