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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation For invention, refinement and use of two-photon microscopy to provide detailed, dynamic images of activity in individual nerve cells, dendrites and synapses, thereby transforming the study of development, plasticity and functional circuitry of the brain
  • 2004 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2001 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Arthur Konnerth is a researcher affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their primary area of study centers on neuroscience, encompassing several subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, molecular biology, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Konnerth has published numerous articles in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Neuron
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • Nature Neuroscience

Recent papers authored by Konnerth cover a range of topics related to synaptic transmission, auditory cortex function, memory persistence, sleep-related social-memory consolidation, and Alzheimer's disease:

  • Glutamate indicators with improved activation kinetics and localization for imaging synaptic transmission, 2023, Nature Methods
  • Single-neuron representation of learned complex sounds in the auditory cortex, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fear learning induces α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated astrocytic responsiveness that is required for memory persistence, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • REM sleep-active hypothalamic neurons may contribute to hippocampal social-memory consolidation, 2022, Neuron
  • Impairments of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Collaborations play a significant role in Konnerth's scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Xiang Liao
  • Kuan Zhang
  • Hongbo Jia
  • Benedikt Zott
  • Abhi Aggarwal

Over the course of their career, Arthur Konnerth has been recognized by several organizations. Awards and honors include:

  • The Brain Prize, Lundbeck Foundation, 2015, for contributions related to two-photon microscopy advancing the study of brain activity and circuitry
  • Membership in Academia Europaea, 2004
  • Membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 2001, focusing on neurosciences

Best Publications

  • Imaging Calcium in Neurons

    Christine Grienberger;Arthur Konnerth

  • In vivo two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal networks

    Christoph Stosiek;Olga Garaschuk;Knut Holthoff;Arthur Konnerth

  • A thin slice preparation for patch clamp recordings from neurones of the mammalian central nervous system.

    Francis A. Edwards;Arthur Konnerth;Bert Sakmann;Tomoyuki Takahashi

  • High-performance calcium sensors for imaging activity in neuronal populations and microcompartments

    Hod Dana;Hod Dana;Yi Sun;Yi Sun;Boaz Mohar;Brad K. Hulse

  • Clusters of hyperactive neurons near amyloid plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Marc Aurel Busche;Gerhard Eichhoff;Gerhard Eichhoff;Helmuth Adelsberger;Helmuth Adelsberger;Dorothee Abramowski

  • Long-term potentiation and functional synapse induction in developing hippocampus

    Guylaine M. Durand;Yury Kovalchuk;Arthur Konnerth

  • Critical role of soluble amyloid-β for early hippocampal hyperactivity in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

    Marc Aurel Busche;Xiaowei Chen;Horst A. Henning;Julia Reichwald

  • Neurotrophin-evoked rapid excitation through TrkB receptors

    Karl W. Kafitz;Christine R. Rose;Christine R. Rose;Hans Thoenen;Arthur Konnerth;Arthur Konnerth

  • Absence epilepsy and sinus dysrhythmia in mice lacking the pacemaker channel HCN2

    Andreas Ludwig;Thomas Budde;Juliane Stieber;Sven Moosmang

  • A vicious cycle of β amyloid–dependent neuronal hyperactivation

    Benedikt Zott;Manuel M. Simon;Wei Hong;Felix Unger

  • Dendritic organization of sensory input to cortical neurons in vivo

    Hongbo Jia;Nathalie Rochefort;Xiaowei Chen;Arthur Konnerth

  • Quantal analysis of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the dentate gyrus of rat hippocampal slices: a patch-clamp study

    F A Edwards;A Konnerth;B Sakmann

  • Postsynaptic Induction of BDNF-Mediated Long-Term Potentiation

    Yury Kovalchuk;Eric Hanse;Karl W. Kafitz;Arthur Konnerth

  • Large-scale oscillatory calcium waves in the immature cortex.

    Olga Garaschuk;Jennifer Linn;Jens Eilers;Jens Eilers;Arthur Konnerth;Arthur Konnerth

  • Synaptic- and agonist-induced excitatory currents of Purkinje cells in rat cerebellar slices.

    I Llano;A Marty;C M Armstrong;A Konnerth

  • Importance of the Intracellular Domain of NR2 Subunits for NMDA Receptor Function In Vivo

    Rolf Sprengel;Bettina Suchanek;Carla Amico;Rossella Brusa

  • Synaptic currents in cerebellar Purkinje cells

    Arthur Konnerth;Isabel Llano;Clay M. Armstrong

  • Histamine and noradrenaline decrease calcium-activated potassium conductance in hippocampal pyramidal cells

    Helmut L. Haas;Arthur Konnerth

  • A new class of synaptic response involving calcium release in dendritic spines

    Hajime Takechi;Jens Eilers;Arthur Konnerth

  • Functional mapping of single spines in cortical neurons in vivo

    Xiaowei Chen;Ulrich Leischner;Nathalie L. Rochefort;Israel Nelken

  • Synaptic excitation produces a long-lasting rebound potentiation of inhibitory synaptic signals in cerebellar Purkinje cells.

    M. Kano;U. Rexhausen;J. Dreessen;A. Konnerth

  • Ataxia and altered dendritic calcium signaling in mice carrying a targeted null mutation of the calbindin D28k gene

    Matti S. Airaksinen;Jens Eilers;Olga Garaschuk;Hans Thoenen

Frequent Co-Authors

Olga Garaschuk
Olga Garaschuk University of Tübingen
Jens Eilers
Jens Eilers Leipzig University
Christine R. Rose
Christine R. Rose Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Masanobu Kano
Masanobu Kano University of Tokyo
Israel Nelken
Israel Nelken Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ralf Schneggenburger
Ralf Schneggenburger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Matthias Staufenbiel
Matthias Staufenbiel University of Tübingen
Christian Haass
Christian Haass Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Yoel Yaari
Yoel Yaari Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Filippo Tempia
Filippo Tempia University of Turin

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