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Claus Peter Richter is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, sensory systems, and surgery.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, with a strong focus on hearing loss and rehabilitation, cochlear function, and related genetic factors. Other areas of interest include neuroscience and neural engineering, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, ear surgery and otitis media, healthcare technology and patient monitoring, as well as connective tissue disorders.

Richter has published in numerous venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Frontiers in Audiology and Otology
  • Bioactive Materials
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Richter's publications include Xiaodong Tan, Joaquín Cury, Alessandra Carriero, Donna S. Whitlon, and Aditi Agarwal. Collaboration with these researchers reflects a sustained engagement in multidisciplinary and cooperative studies.

Selected recent papers by Claus Peter Richter include:

  • CAMSAP3 facilitates basal body polarity and the formation of the central pair of microtubules in motile cilia, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Enhancing biocompatibility of the brain-machine interface: A review, 2024, Bioactive Materials
  • Increased cochlear otic capsule thickness and intracortical canal porosity in the oim mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta, 2021, Journal of Structural Biology
  • Statins protect mice from high-decibel noise-induced hearing loss, 2023, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Infrared neural stimulation at different wavelengths and pulse shapes, 2020, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Infrared light excites cells by changing their electrical capacitance

    Mikhail G. Shapiro;Kazuaki Homma;Sebastian Villarreal;Claus Peter Richter

  • Hyperelastic “bone”: A highly versatile, growth factor–free, osteoregenerative, scalable, and surgically friendly biomaterial

    Adam E. Jakus;Alexandra L. Rutz;Sumanas W. Jordan;Abhishek Kannan

  • Laser stimulation of the auditory nerve

    Agnella D. Izzo;Claus Peter Richter;Claus Peter Richter;E. Duco Jansen;Joseph T. Walsh

  • Optical Parameter Variability in Laser Nerve Stimulation: A Study of Pulse Duration, Repetition Rate, and Wavelength

    A.D. Izzo;J.T. Walsh;E.D. Jansen;M. Bendett

  • Laser Stimulation of Auditory Neurons: Effect of Shorter Pulse Duration and Penetration Depth

    Agnella D. Izzo;Joseph T. Walsh;Heather Ralph;Jim Webb

  • Neural stimulation with optical radiation.

    CP Richter;AI Matic;JD Wells;ED Jansen

  • Apparatus and methods for optical stimulation of the auditory nerve

    Joseph T. Walsh;E. Duco Jansen;Agnella Izzo;Claus-Peter Richter

  • Stiffness of the gerbil basilar membrane: radial and longitudinal variations.

    Gulam Emadi;Claus Peter Richter;Peter Dallos

  • Optical stimulation of auditory neurons: effects of acute and chronic deafening.

    Claus Peter Richter;Rodrigo Bayon;Agnella D. Izzo;Margarete Otting

  • Morphology of the unfixed cochlea.

    R.M Edge;B.N Evans;M Pearce;C.-P Richter

  • Selectivity of neural stimulation in the auditory system: a comparison of optic and electric stimuli.

    Agnella D. Izzo;Eul Suh;Jyoti Pathria;Joseph T. Walsh

  • Optical Stimulation of the Facial Nerve: A New Monitoring Technique?

    Ingo Ulrik Teudt;Adam E. Nevel;Agnella D. Izzo;Joseph T. Walsh

  • Tectorial Membrane Stiffness Gradients

    Claus Peter Richter;Gulam Emadi;Geoffrey Getnick;Alicia Quesnel

  • Spread of cochlear excitation during stimulation with pulsed infrared radiation: inferior colliculus measurements

    Claus-Peter Richter;S. M. Rajguru;A. I. Matic;E. L. Moreno

  • Optical cochlear implants: evaluation of surgical approach and laser parameters in cats.

    Suhrud M. Rajguru;Agnella Izzo Matic;Alan M. Robinson;Andrew J. Fishman

  • Infrared photostimulation of the crista ampullaris

    Suhrud M. Rajguru;Claus Peter Richter;Agnella I. Matic

  • Evaluation of Electroencephalography Source Localization Algorithms with Multiple Cortical Sources

    Allison Bradley;Jun Yao;Jules Dewald;Claus Peter Richter

  • Acoustic Events and “Optophonic” Cochlear Responses Induced by Pulsed Near-Infrared LASER

    Ingo Ulrik Teudt;Hannes Maier;Claus-Peter Richter;Andrej Kral

  • Roles of the espin actin-bundling proteins in the morphogenesis and stabilization of hair cell stereocilia revealed in CBA/CaJ congenic jerker mice.

    Gabriella Sekerková;Claus Peter Richter;James R. Bartles

  • Photons and neurons.

    Claus Peter Richter;Xiaodong Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Klinke
Rainer Klinke Goethe University Frankfurt
Ian K. Robinson
Ian K. Robinson University College London
Peter Dallos
Peter Dallos Northwestern University
Tai-Chang Chiang
Tai-Chang Chiang University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul V. Braun
Paul V. Braun University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andreas Mandelis
Andreas Mandelis University of Toronto
Robert C. Kern
Robert C. Kern Northwestern University
Stephen M. Highstein
Stephen M. Highstein Marine Biological Laboratory
Alexander Rack
Alexander Rack European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Samuel I. Stupp
Samuel I. Stupp Northwestern University

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