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Martin K. Schwarz
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Dr. Martin K. Schwarz

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Affiliations
  • Institute for Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research
Research topics
  • neuronal networks
  • behavior
The brain contains billions of neurons that are highly organized within different complex functional networks. These networks orderly compute this diverse sensory incoming information eventually resulting in causal behavioral expressions. However, the exact neuronal wiring diagram within and between neuronal network units at the level of the synapse -the neuronal hardware – and how active neuronal ensembles within this hardware are causally linked to behavior is still enigmatic. We think that the key to understand how neuronal information is orderly processed, finally allowing the execution of appropriate behaviors is to precisely map, functionally characterize and causally link active circuit components to all possible different behavioral expressions.
Selected publications

Schweihoff, Jens F.; Loshakov, Matvey; Pavlova, Irina; Kück, Laura; Ewell, Laura A.; Schwarz, Martin K. (2021): DeepLabStream enables closed-loop behavioral experiments using deep learning-based markerless, real-time posture detection. Commun Biol 4 (1), S. 130. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01654-9.

Bürgers J, Pavlova I, Rodriguez-Gatica JE, Henneberger C, Oeller M, Ruland JA, Siebrasse JP, Kubitscheck U, Schwarz MK. (2019) Light-sheet fluorescence expansion microscopy: fast mapping of neural circuits at super resolution. Neurophotonics, 6(1):015005. doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.6.1.015005.

Schwarz MK*, Doerr J*, Wiedermann D, Leinhaas A, Jakobs A, Schloen F, Schwarz I, Diedenhofen M, Koch P, Peterson DA, Kubitscheck U, Hoehn M, Bruestle O. (2016) Whole-brain mapping of human neural transplant innervation. Nat. Communications, 8, 14162.

Niedworok CJ, Schwarz I, Ledderose J, Giese G, Conzelmann KK, Schwarz MK. (2012) Charting monosynaptic connectivity maps by two-color light-sheet fluorescence microscopy. Cell Reports, 2:1375-1386.

Martin K. Schwarz
© Uni Bonn
Dr. Martin K. Schwarz

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