Members - Michael Brecht

POSITION AT CILS

PI

 

DISCIPLINES / RESEARCH AREAS

Cellular and Systems Neuroscience: active touch and object recognition, cortial organisation, cellular basis of sensations, cellular basis of movement generation, hippocampal activity and navigation

 

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Charité

Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Roth-Alpermann C, Anjum F, Naumann R, Brecht M (2010). Cortical Organization in the Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus). J Neurophysiol. Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Simony E, Bagdasarian K, Herfst L, Brecht M, Ahissar E, Golomb D (2010). Temporal and spatial characteristics of vibrissa responses to motor commands. J Neurosci. Jun 30;30(26):8935-52.
  • Wolfe J, Houweling AR, Brecht M (2010).  Sparse and powerful cortical spikes. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 20:306-12.
  • Houweling AR, Doron G, Voigt BC, Herfst LJ, Brecht M (2010). Nanostimulation: manipulation of single neuron activity by juxtacellular current injection. J Neurophysiol. Mar;103(3):1696-704.
  • Epsztein J, Lee AK, Chorev E, Brecht M (2010). Impact of Spikelets on Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cell Activity During Spatial Exploration. Science 327, 22 January 2010: 474-477.
  • Roth-Alpermann C and Brecht M (2009). Vibrissal touch in the Etruscan shrew. Scholarpedia, 4(11):6830
  • Chorev E, Epsztein J, Houweling AR, Lee AK, Brecht M (2009). Electrophysiological recordings from behaving animals-going beyond spikes. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2009 Oct;19(5):513-519.
  • Lee Albert K, Epsztein J, Brecht M (2009). Head-anchored whole-cell recordings in freely moving rats. Nature Protocols 4(3), 385-392.
  • Voigt BC, Brecht M, Houweling AR (2008). Behavioral detectability of single-cell stimulation in the ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus. J Neurosci 28(47), 12362-7.
  • Herfst LJ, Brecht M (2008). Whisker Movements evoked by stimulation of single motor neurons in the facial nucleus of the rat. J Neurophysiol 99, 2821-2832.