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Cornelius Schwarz

Cornelius Schwarz

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Neuroscience

D-Index
32
Citations
4323
World Ranking
9524
National Ranking
797

Overview

Cornelius Schwarz is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the field of neuroscience, with significant contributions in cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, ophthalmology, and neurology.

Their principal research topics encompass neural dynamics and brain function, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, tactile and sensory interactions, motor control and adaptation, visual perception and processing mechanisms, multisensory perception and integration, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Publications have appeared in various venues frequently including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eNeuro, Journal of Neurophysiology, Scientific Reports, and Brain Stimulation.

  • Mapping the Brain-Wide Network Effects by Optogenetic Activation of the Corpus Callosum, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Functional analysis of information rates conveyed by rat whisker-related trigeminal nuclei neurons, 2021, Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Propofol Affects Cortico-Hippocampal Interactions via β3 Subunit-Containing GABAA Receptors, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Adaptive Whisking in Mice, 2022, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Discerning state estimation and sensory gating, two presumptive predictive signals in mouse barrel cortex, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Cornelius Schwarz has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Arindam Bhattacharjee
  • Shubhodeep Chakrabarti
  • Christoph Braun
  • Sergejus Butovas
  • Maysam Oladazimi

Best Publications

  • Barrel cortex function

    Dirk Feldmeyer;Michael Brecht;Fritjof Helmchen;Carl C. H. Petersen

  • Spatiotemporal effects of microstimulation in rat neocortex: a parametric study using multielectrode recordings.

    Sergejus Butovas;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Neocortex is the major target of sedative concentrations of volatile anaesthetics: strong depression of firing rates and increase of GABAA receptor‐mediated inhibition

    Harald Hentschke;Cornelius Schwarz;Bernd Antkowiak

  • The Head-fixed Behaving Rat—Procedures and Pitfalls

    Cornelius Schwarz;Harald Hentschke;Sergejus Butovas;Florent Haiss

  • Spatial segregation of different modes of movement control in the whisker representation of rat primary motor cortex.

    Florent Haiss;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Morphological types of projection neurons in layer 5 of cat visual cortex.

    Mark Hübener;Cornelius Schwarz;Jürgen Bolz

  • Efficacy and short-term plasticity at GABAergic synapses between Purkinje and cerebellar nuclei neurons.

    Christine M. Pedroarena;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Psychophysical and neurometric detection performance under stimulus uncertainty

    Maik C Stüttgen;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Binding of signals relevant for action: towards a hypothesis of the functional role of the pontine nuclei.

    Cornelius Schwarz;Peter Thier

  • Central Signals Rapidly Switch Tactile Processing in Rat Barrel Cortex during Whisker Movements

    Harald Hentschke;Florent Haiss;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Two psychophysical channels of whisker deflection in rats align with two neuronal classes of primary afferents.

    Maik C. Stüttgen;Johannes Rüter;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Effects of electrically coupled inhibitory networks on local neuronal responses to intracortical microstimulation

    Sergejus Butovas;Sheriar G. Hormuzdi;Hannah Monyer;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Lifting the veil on the dynamics of neuronal activities evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation

    Bingshuo Li;Juha P Virtanen;Axel Oeltermann;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Detection psychophysics of intracortical microstimulation in rat primary somatosensory cortex.

    Sergejus Butovas;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Mapping Spikes to Sensations

    Maik Christopher Stüttgen;Cornelius Schwarz;Frank Jäkel

  • Two types of neurons in the rat cerebellar nuclei as distinguished by membrane potentials and intracellular fillings.

    Uwe Czubayko;Fahad Sultan;Peter Thier;Cornelius Schwarz

  • Integration of Vibrotactile Signals for Whisker-Related Perception in Rats Is Governed by Short Time Constants: Comparison of Neurometric and Psychometric Detection Performance

    Maik C Stüttgen;Cornelius Schwarz

  • The Slip Hypothesis: Tactile Perception and its Neuronal Bases

    Cornelius Schwarz

  • Discrimination of Vibrotactile Stimuli in the Rat Whisker System: Behavior and Neurometrics

    Todor V. Gerdjikov;Caroline G. Bergner;Maik C. Stüttgen;Christian Waiblinger

  • Projection From the Cerebellar Lateral Nucleus to Precerebellar Nuclei in the Mossy Fiber Pathway Is Glutamatergic: A Study Combining Anterograde Tracing With Immunogold Labeling in the Rat

    Cornelius Schwarz;Yvonne Schmitz

  • Functional analysis of ultra high information rates conveyed by rat vibrissal primary afferents.

    André Maia Chagas;Lucas Theis;Biswa Sengupta;Maik Christopher Stüttgen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Thier
Peter Thier University of Tübingen
M. A. Lisa
M. A. Lisa The Ohio State University
Alan P. Koretsky
Alan P. Koretsky National Institutes of Health
Ulf Ziemann
Ulf Ziemann University of Tübingen
Martin A. Giese
Martin A. Giese University of Tübingen
Christoph Braun
Christoph Braun University of Tübingen

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