Herwig Baier
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German neurobiologist
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Herwig Baier's Degrees
- PhD Neurobiology University of Göttingen
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Herwig Baier is a German neurobiologist with dual German and US-American citizenship. He is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence and head of the department Genes – Circuits – Behavior. Herwig Baier's research aims to understand how animal brains convert sensory inputs into behavioral responses.
Herwig Baier's Published Works
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Published Works
- Optimization of a GCaMP Calcium Indicator for Neural Activity Imaging (2012) (1080)
- Pentylenetetrazole induced changes in zebrafish behavior, neural activity and c-fos expression (2005) (538)
- Optogenetic Control of Cardiac Function (2010) (411)
- Retinal Ganglion Cell Genesis Requires lakritz, a Zebrafish atonal Homolog (2001) (390)
- Optogenetic dissection of a behavioral module in the vertebrate spinal cord (2009) (381)
- Targeting neural circuitry in zebrafish using GAL4 enhancer trapping (2007) (375)
- Genetic Disorders of Vision Revealed by a Behavioral Screen of 400 Essential Loci in Zebrafish (1999) (374)
- Transactivation from Gal4-VP16 transgenic insertions for tissue-specific cell labeling and ablation in zebrafish. (2007) (344)
- Remote Control of Neuronal Activity with a Light-Gated Glutamate Receptor (2007) (330)
- Regulation of Neurogenesis by Interkinetic Nuclear Migration through an Apical-Basal Notch Gradient (2008) (325)
- Genetic and cellular analyses of zebrafish atrioventricular cushion and valve development (2005) (315)
- A GFP-based genetic screen reveals mutations that disrupt the architecture of the zebrafish retinotectal projection (2005) (305)
- Visual Prey Capture in Larval Zebrafish Is Controlled by Identified Reticulospinal Neurons Downstream of the Tectum (2005) (298)
- Forward Genetic Analysis of Visual Behavior in Zebrafish (2005) (296)
- Axon guidance by gradients of a target-derived component. (1992) (291)
- Zebrafish mutations affecting retinotectal axon pathfinding. (1996) (289)
- A radiation hybrid map of the zebrafish genome (1999) (275)
- Genetic and Physiologic Dissection of the Vertebrate Cardiac Conduction System (2008) (249)
- Optical control of zebrafish behavior with halorhodopsin (2009) (236)
- Filtering of Visual Information in the Tectum by an Identified Neural Circuit (2010) (230)
- Regulation of axon growth in vivo by activity-based competition (2005) (223)
- Visuomotor Behaviors in Larval Zebrafish after GFP-Guided Laser Ablation of the Optic Tectum (2003) (207)
- An affective disorder in zebrafish with mutation of the glucocorticoid receptor (2012) (199)
- Genetic dissection of the retinotectal projection. (1996) (187)
- Loss of eyes in zebrafish caused by mutation of chokh/rx3 (2003) (181)
- Perception of Fourier and non-Fourier motion by larval zebrafish (2000) (177)
- Emergence of Patterned Activity in the Developing Zebrafish Spinal Cord (2012) (175)
- The g protein-coupled receptor agtrl1b regulates early development of myocardial progenitors. (2007) (173)
- Optogenetic Localization and Genetic Perturbation of Saccade-Generating Neurons in Zebrafish (2010) (168)
- Mutations disrupting the ordering and topographic mapping of axons in the retinotectal projection of the zebrafish, Danio rerio. (1996) (162)
- A dedicated visual pathway for prey detection in larval zebrafish (2014) (161)
- Olfactory glomeruli in the zebrafish form an invariant pattern and are identifiable across animals (1994) (160)
- The Cellular Architecture of the Larval Zebrafish Tectum, as Revealed by Gal4 Enhancer Trap Lines (2009) (158)
- In Vivo Imaging Reveals Dendritic Targeting of Laminated Afferents by Zebrafish Retinal Ganglion Cells (2006) (153)
- The Retinal Projectome Reveals Brain-Area-Specific Visual Representations Generated by Ganglion Cell Diversity (2014) (150)
- Entrained rhythmic activities of neuronal ensembles as perceptual memory of time interval (2008) (148)
- A Visual Pathway for Looming-Evoked Escape in Larval Zebrafish (2015) (144)
- Functional Architecture of an Optic Flow-Responsive Area that Drives Horizontal Eye Movements in Zebrafish (2014) (139)
- Estrogens Suppress a Behavioral Phenotype in Zebrafish Mutants of the Autism Risk Gene, CNTNAP2 (2016) (138)
- Channeling of red and green cone inputs to the zebrafish optomotor response (2005) (133)
- A Cellular-Resolution Atlas of the Larval Zebrafish Brain (2019) (129)
- Spatial gradients and multidimensional dynamics in a neural integrator circuit (2011) (128)
- Descending Control of Swim Posture by a Midbrain Nucleus in Zebrafish (2014) (125)
- Staggered cell-intrinsic timing of ath5 expression underlies the wave of ganglion cell neurogenesis in the zebrafish retina (2005) (122)
- Lamina-specific axonal projections in the zebrafish tectum require the type IV collagen Dragnet (2007) (121)
- Focusing on optic tectum circuitry through the lens of genetics (2010) (118)
- A transgene-assisted genetic screen identifies essential regulators of vascular development in vertebrate embryos. (2007) (117)
- Feeding State Modulates Behavioral Choice and Processing of Prey Stimuli in the Zebrafish Tectum (2016) (117)
- Linking Neurons to Network Function and Behavior by Two-Photon Holographic Optogenetics and Volumetric Imaging (2017) (115)
- Transient requirement for ganglion cells during assembly of retinal synaptic layers (2004) (106)
- Genetic and optical targeting of neural circuits and behavior—zebrafish in the spotlight (2009) (104)
- Sensorimotor Decision Making in the Zebrafish Tectum (2015) (100)
- Assembly of Lamina-Specific Neuronal Connections by Slit Bound to Type IV Collagen (2011) (98)
- Vesicular Glutamate Transport at a Central Synapse Limits the Acuity of Visual Perception in Zebrafish (2007) (96)
- Precise Lamination of Retinal Axons Generates Multiple Parallel Input Pathways in the Tectum (2013) (93)
- Slit1a Inhibits Retinal Ganglion Cell Arborization and Synaptogenesis via Robo2-Dependent and -Independent Pathways (2007) (86)
- Characterization of Genetically Targeted Neuron Types in the Zebrafish Optic Tectum (2011) (85)
- Zebrafish on the move: towards a behavior–genetic analysis of vertebrate vision (2000) (85)
- Retinal network adaptation to bright light requires tyrosinase (2004) (85)
- Retinotopic order in the absence of axon competition (2008) (83)
- Behavioral screening assays in zebrafish. (2004) (83)
- Hardwiring of fine synaptic layers in the zebrafish visual pathway (2008) (80)
- Genetic dissection of the zebrafish retinal stem-cell compartment. (2005) (73)
- Deconstructing Hunting Behavior Reveals a Tightly Coupled Stimulus-Response Loop (2019) (72)
- A zebrafish model of glucocorticoid resistance shows serotonergic modulation of the stress response (2012) (69)
- Biological Motion as an Innate Perceptual Mechanism Driving Social Affiliation (2018) (68)
- ALDH1A3 loss of function causes bilateral anophthalmia/microphthalmia and hypoplasia of the optic nerve and optic chiasm. (2013) (67)
- Topography of a Visuomotor Transformation (2018) (65)
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of lamina-specific axon targeting. (2010) (65)
- Of lasers, mutants, and see-through brains: functional neuroanatomy in zebrafish. (2004) (65)
- Connectional topography in the zebrafish olfactory system: random positions but regular spacing of sensory neurons projecting to an individual glomerulus. (1994) (63)
- Synchronization of Neuronal Activity Promotes Survival of Individual Rat Neocortical Neurons in Early Development (1997) (60)
- Expansion microscopy of zebrafish for neuroscience and developmental biology studies (2017) (59)
- Genetic targeting and anatomical registration of neuronal populations in the zebrafish brain with a new set of BAC transgenic tools (2017) (54)
- In Vivo Validation of a Computationally Predicted Conserved Ath5 Target Gene Set (2007) (53)
- Axon Guidance: Stretching Gradients to the Limit (1998) (52)
- Synaptic laminae in the visual system: molecular mechanisms forming layers of perception. (2013) (52)
- An optogenetic toolbox for unbiased discovery of functionally connected cells in neural circuits (2017) (52)
- Potassium channel-based optogenetic silencing (2018) (51)
- Estrogens Suppress a Behavioral Phenotype in Zebrafish Mutants of the Autism Risk Gene , CNTNAP 2 Highlights (2016) (50)
- Attractive axon guidance molecules. (1994) (49)
- A zebrafish model of glucocorticoid resistance shows serotonergic modulation of the stress response (2012) (49)
- An essential role for Radar (Gdf6a) in inducing dorsal fate in the zebrafish retina (2009) (48)
- Deletion of a kinesin I motor unmasks a mechanism of homeostatic branching control by neurotrophin-3 (2015) (40)
- Neuronal Architecture of a Visual Center that Processes Optic Flow (2019) (39)
- Retinotectal circuitry of larval zebrafish is adapted to detection and pursuit of prey (2020) (38)
- Optical control of neuronal activity using a light-operated GIRK channel opener (LOGO) (2015) (38)
- A Male with Unilateral Microphthalmia Reveals a Role for TMX3 in Eye Development (2010) (37)
- Zebrafish Cacna1fa is required for cone photoreceptor function and synaptic ribbon formation. (2014) (36)
- Neuroendocrine transcriptional programs adapt dynamically to the supply and demand for neuropeptides as revealed in NSF mutant zebrafish (2009) (34)
- Molecular classification of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells links genes to cell types to behavior (2020) (33)
- Non-SMC condensin I complex proteins control chromosome segregation and survival of proliferating cells in the zebrafish neural retina (2009) (31)
- Topoisomerase IIβ is required for lamina-specific targeting of retinal ganglion cell axons and dendrites (2011) (30)
- The anaphase-promoting complex is required in both dividing and quiescent cells during zebrafish development. (2007) (29)
- A calibrated optogenetic toolbox of stable zebrafish opsin lines (2020) (26)
- Optogenetic perturbations reveal the dynamics of an oculomotor integrator (2014) (25)
- Neural circuitry for stimulus selection in the zebrafish visual system (2020) (25)
- Glucocorticoid receptor activity regulates light adaptation in the zebrafish retina (2013) (23)
- Assembly of synaptic laminae by axon guidance molecules (2012) (22)
- Rapid Effects of Selection on Brain-wide Activity and Behavior (2020) (22)
- Anatomy and function of retinorecipient arborization fields in zebrafish (2021) (18)
- Zebrafish Exploit Visual Cues and Geometric Relationships to Form a Spatial Memory (2019) (17)
- Axon Guidance and Growth Cone Collapse in Vitro (1994) (17)
- Optical control of GIRK channels using visible light. (2017) (17)
- Neuron types in the zebrafish optic tectum labeled by an id2b transgene (2019) (17)
- Two zebrafish mutants, ebony and ivory, uncover benefits of neighborhood on photoreceptor survival. (2003) (17)
- A gain-of-function screen in zebrafish identifies a guanylate cyclase with a role in neuronal degeneration (2009) (15)
- An Optical Illusion Pinpoints an Essential Circuit Node for Global Motion Processing (2020) (15)
- Visual recognition of social signals by a tectothalamic neural circuit (2021) (14)
- A single-cell resolution gene expression atlas of the larval zebrafish brain (2022) (13)
- Automated synapse-level reconstruction of neural circuits in the larval zebrafish brain (2022) (12)
- Optogenetic precision toolkit to reveal form, function and connectivity of single neurons. (2018) (11)
- Direction selectivity in the visual system of the zebrafish larva (2013) (11)
- SINs and SOMs: neural microcircuits for size tuning in the zebrafish and mouse visual pathway (2013) (11)
- The zebrafish visual system transmits dimming information via multiple segregated pathways (2020) (9)
- TMT-Opsins differentially modulate medaka brain function in a context-dependent manner (2019) (9)
- Combining physiology and genetics in the zebrafish retina (2000) (8)
- Neuronal circuitry for stimulus selection in the visual system (2019) (6)
- Functional, molecular and morphological heterogeneity of superficial interneurons in the larval zebrafish tectum (2020) (5)
- Out-Foxing Fate Molecular Switches Create Neuronal Diversity in the Retina (2004) (5)
- Neural assemblies uncovered by generative modeling explain whole-brain activity statistics and reflect structural connectivity (2022) (5)
- Light-sheet imaging and graph analysis of antidepressant action in the larval zebrafish brain network (2019) (5)
- Retinal input influences pace of neurogenesis but not cell-type configuration of the visual forebrain (2021) (4)
- Author response: A dedicated visual pathway for prey detection in larval zebrafish (2014) (3)
- Compositional Restricted Boltzmann Machines Unveil the Brain-Wide Organization of Neural Assemblies (2021) (3)
- Evolution of neuronal cell classes and types in the vertebrate retina (2023) (1)
- Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1932–2021) (2021) (1)
- Detection of whole-field luminance changes by superficial interneurons in the zebrafish tectum (2017) (1)
- Zebrafish use visual cues and geometric relationships to form a spatial memory (2019) (1)
- Combining genetic targeting and optical stimulation for circuit dissection in the zebrafish nervous system (2013) (0)
- The basic ‘macro-circuit’ of the vertebrate visual system (2010) (0)
- In vivo imaging of amacrine and ganglion cell neuritic lamination in the developing zebrafish retina (2003) (0)
- The G-protein coupled receptor Agtrl1 regulates early development of myocardial progenitors (2010) (0)
- Genetic targeting and anatomical registration of neuronal populations in the zebrafish brain with a new set of BAC transgenic tools (2017) (0)
- What is the Key Conceptual or Methodological Bottleneck to Controlling Neural Biology? (2020) (0)
- TMT-Opsins differentially modulate medaka brain function in a context-dependent fashion (2019) (0)
- An optogenetic toolbox for unbiased discovery of functionally connected cells in neural circuits (2017) (0)
- A dedicated visual for prey detection in larval zebrafish (2014) (0)
- Potassium channel-based optogenetic silencing (2018) (0)
- Author response: Retinotectal circuitry of larval zebrafish is adapted to detection and pursuit of prey (2020) (0)
- Role of glucocorticoid receptor in vision and behavior (2007) (0)
- Sensorimotor Decision Ma king in the Zebrafish Tectum Highlights (0)
- Validation of genetic markers of RGC types in zebrafish (2018) (0)
- Goldfishand Adapted Visuooculomotor Reflexes in (2015) (0)
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