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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Benedikt Grothe is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans neuroscience, with a specific focus on cognitive neuroscience, sensory systems, and experimental and cognitive psychology. Additionally, their work involves aspects of cellular and molecular neuroscience, as well as ecology.

Their scholarly output includes a range of recent papers published between 2020 and 2024, reflecting ongoing contributions to neurophysiological research and sensory processing. Notable publications include:

  • Development of myelination and axon diameter for fast and precise action potential conductance, 2024, Glia
  • Source identity shapes spatial preference in primary auditory cortex during active navigation, 2021, Current Biology
  • Heterogeneity of astrocytes: Electrophysiological properties of juxtavascular astrocytes before and after brain injury, 2020, Glia
  • Sensory Island Task (SIT): A New Behavioral Paradigm to Study Sensory Perception and Neural Processing in Freely Moving Animals, 2020, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Extensive GJD2 Expression in the Song Motor Pathway Reveals the Extent of Electrical Synapses in the Songbird Brain, 2021, Biology

Frequent publication venues for Grothe include the journals Glia and Journal of Neurophysiology, along with bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, and Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.

Collaborations are an element of their research approach, with frequent coauthors including Michael Pecka, Diana Amaro, Dardo N. Ferreiro, Christian Leibold, and Hilde Wohlfrom.

Their research topics cover a range of areas within neuroscience, emphasizing:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, genetics
  • Multisensory perception and integration
  • Neuroscience and music perception
  • Hearing loss and rehabilitation
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Marine animal studies overview

Benedikt Grothe was recognized with an award from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2016 for contributions in neurosciences.

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of Sound Localization in Mammals

    Benedikt Grothe;Michael Pecka;David McAlpine

  • Precise inhibition is essential for microsecond interaural time difference coding

    Antje Brand;Oliver Behrend;Torsten Marquardt;David McAlpine

  • Functional Properties of Neurons Derived from In Vitro Reprogrammed Postnatal Astroglia

    Benedikt Berninger;Marcos R. Costa;Ursula Koch;Timm Schroeder

  • NEW ROLES FOR SYNAPTIC INHIBITION IN SOUND LOCALIZATION

    Benedikt Grothe

  • Tuning of Ranvier node and internode properties in myelinated axons to adjust action potential timing

    Marc C. Ford;Olga Alexandrova;Lee Cossell;Annette Stange-Marten

  • Sound localization and delay lines - do mammals fit the model?

    David McAlpine;Benedikt Grothe

  • Interaural Time Difference Processing in the Mammalian Medial Superior Olive: The Role of Glycinergic Inhibition

    Michael Pecka;Antje Brand;Oliver Behrend;Benedikt Grothe

  • Experience-dependent refinement of inhibitory inputs to auditory coincidence-detector neurons

    Christoph Kapfer;Armin H. Seidl;Hermann Schweizer;Benedikt Grothe

  • Duration Tuning in the Mouse Auditory Midbrain

    Antje Brand;Reas Urban;Benedikt Grothe;Benedikt Grothe

  • The functional role of GABA and glycine in monaural and binaural processing in the inferior colliculus of horseshoe bats.

    Marianne Vater;Hartmann Habbicht;Manfred Kössl;Benedikt Grothe

  • Synaptic inhibition influences the temporal coding properties of medial superior olivary neurons: an in vitro study.

    Benedikt Grothe;Dan H. Sanes

  • The natural history of sound localization in mammals – a story of neuronal inhibition

    Benedikt Grothe;Michael Pecka

  • Interaction of excitation and inhibition in processing of pure tone and amplitude-modulated stimuli in the medial superior olive of the mustached bat

    Benedikt Grothe

  • Bilateral inhibition by glycinergic afferents in the medial superior olive

    Benedikt Grothe;Dan H. Sanes

  • Aha! experiences leave a mark: facilitated recall of insight solutions

    Amory H. Danek;Thomas Fraps;Albrecht von Müller;Benedikt Grothe

  • Maturation of glycinergic inhibition in the gerbil medial superior olive after hearing onset

    Anna K. Magnusson;Christoph Kapfer;Benedikt Grothe;Ursula Koch

  • It's a kind of magic - what self-reports can reveal about the phenomenology of insight problem solving

    Amory H. Danek;Thomas Fraps;Albrecht von Müller;Benedikt Grothe

  • Synaptic transmission at the calyx of Held under in vivo like activity levels.

    Joachim Hermann;Michael Pecka;Henrique von Gersdorff;Benedikt Grothe

  • Neural Delays Shape Selectivity to Interaural Intensity Differences in the Lateral Superior Olive

    Thomas J. Park;Benedikt Grothe;George D. Pollak;Gerd Schuller

  • GABAergic and Glycinergic Inhibition Sharpens Tuning for Frequency Modulations in the Inferior Colliculus of the Big Brown Bat

    Ursula Koch;Benedikt Grothe

  • The evolution of temporal processing in the medial superior olive, an auditory brainstem structure.

    Benedikt Grothe

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario F. Wullimann
Mario F. Wullimann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David McAlpine
David McAlpine Macquarie University
John H. Casseday
John H. Casseday University of Washington
Ellen Covey
Ellen Covey University of Washington
George D. Pollak
George D. Pollak The University of Texas at Austin
Magdalena Götz
Magdalena Götz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Henrique von Gersdorff
Henrique von Gersdorff Oregon Health & Science University
Hans Straka
Hans Straka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Manfred Kössl
Manfred Kössl Goethe University Frankfurt

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