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Dietmar Schmitz is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their work spans a range of subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and infectious diseases.

The primary field of study for Schmitz is neuroscience, with a total of 183 publications. Within this field, their research particularly focuses on topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural dynamics and brain function, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, memory and neural mechanisms, autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, and sleep and wakefulness research.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of the recent papers associated with their work are:

  • A Therapeutic Non-self-reactive SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Protects from Lung Pathology in a COVID-19 Hamster Model, 2020, Cell
  • Neuronal Autophagy Regulates Presynaptic Neurotransmission by Controlling the Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum, 2020, Neuron
  • Efficient optogenetic silencing of neurotransmitter release with a mosquito rhodopsin, 2021, Neuron
  • Propagation of hippocampal ripples to the neocortex by way of a subiculum-retrosplenial pathway, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Human Cerebrospinal Fluid Monoclonal LGI1 Autoantibodies Increase Neuronal Excitability, 2020, Annals of Neurology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Schmitz include:

  • Benjamin R. Rost
  • Alexander Stumpf
  • Hans-Christian Kornau
  • Harald Prüß
  • Laura Moreno-Velasquez

The research contributions of Dietmar Schmitz align closely with advancing understanding in neuroscience, with emphasis on neural mechanisms, molecular and cellular processes, and neurological disorders. Their collaborations and publication record reflect engagement with leading scientific venues and ongoing contributions to multiple interrelated research themes.

Best Publications

  • Awake hippocampal sharp-wave ripples support spatial memory

    Shantanu P. Jadhav;Caleb Kemere;P. Walter German;Loren M. Frank

  • Arc/Arg3.1 Is Essential for the Consolidation of Synaptic Plasticity and Memories

    Niels Plath;Ora Ohana;Ora Ohana;Björn Dammermann;Mick L. Errington

  • Electrical coupling underlies high-frequency oscillations in the hippocampus in vitro

    A. Draguhn;R. D. Traub;D. Schmitz;J. G. R. Jefferys

  • Synaptic plasticity at hippocampal mossy fibre synapses

    Roger A. Nicoll;Dietmar Schmitz

  • Autistic-like behaviours and hyperactivity in mice lacking ProSAP1/Shank2

    Michael J. Schmeisser;Elodie Ey;Stephanie Wegener;Juergen Bockmann

  • Axo-Axonal Coupling: A Novel Mechanism for Ultrafast Neuronal Communication

    Dietmar Schmitz;Sebastian Schuchmann;Andre Fisahn;Andreas Draguhn

  • RIM-binding protein, a central part of the active zone, is essential for neurotransmitter release.

    Karen S. Y. Liu;Matthias Siebert;Sara Mertel;Elena Knoche

  • Presynaptic kainate receptor mediation of frequency facilitation at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses.

    Dietmar Schmitz;Jack Mellor;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Optogenetic Tools for Subcellular Applications in Neuroscience

    Benjamin R. Rost;Franziska Schneider-Warme;Dietmar Schmitz;Peter Hegemann

  • Experimental febrile seizures are precipitated by a hyperthermia-induced respiratory alkalosis.

    Sebastian Schuchmann;Dietmar Schmitz;Claudio Rivera;Sampsa Vanhatalo

  • Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptors Mediate a Cell Type-Specific Plasticity in the Hippocampus

    A. Vanessa Stempel;Alexander Stumpf;Hai Ying Zhang;Tuğba Özdoğan

  • High-frequency population oscillations are predicted to occur in hippocampal pyramidal neuronal networks interconnected by axoaxonal gap junctions.

    R.D Traub;D Schmitz;J.G.R Jefferys;A Draguhn

  • Human cerebrospinal fluid monoclonal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor autoantibodies are sufficient for encephalitis pathogenesis.

    Jakob Kreye;Nina K. Wenke;Mariya Chayka;Jonas Leubner;Jonas Leubner

  • Synaptic Activation of Presynaptic Kainate Receptors on Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses

    Dietmar Schmitz;Matthew Frerking;Roger A Nicoll

  • Neuronal selenoprotein expression is required for interneuron development and prevents seizures and neurodegeneration

    Eva K. Wirth;Marcus Conrad;Jochen Winterer;Christian Wozny

  • Axonal gap junctions between principal neurons: a novel source of network oscillations, and perhaps epileptogenesis.

    Roger D. Traub;Andreas Draguhn;Miles A. Whittington;Torsten Baldeweg

  • Glutamine Uptake by Neurons: Interaction of Protons with System A Transporters

    Farrukh A. Chaudhry;Dietmar Schmitz;Richard J. Reimer;Peter Larsson

  • A defect in the ionotropic glutamate receptor 6 gene (GRIK2) is associated with autosomal recessive mental retardation.

    Mohammad Mahdi Motazacker;Benjamin Rainer Rost;Tim Hucho;Masoud Garshasbi

  • Mediation of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Long-Term Potentiation by Presynaptic Ih Channels

    Jack Mellor;Roger A. Nicoll;Dietmar Schmitz

  • Kainate receptors depress excitatory synaptic transmission at CA3-->CA1 synapses in the hippocampus via a direct presynaptic action.

    Matthew Frerking;Dietmar Schmitz;Qiang Zhou;Joshua Johansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tengis Gloveli
Tengis Gloveli Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas Draguhn
Andreas Draguhn Heidelberg University
Richard Kempter
Richard Kempter Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Stephan J. Sigrist
Stephan J. Sigrist Freie Universität Berlin
György Buzsáki
György Buzsáki New York University
Uwe Heinemann
Uwe Heinemann Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Roger D. Traub
Roger D. Traub IBM (United States)
Rosemarie Grantyn
Rosemarie Grantyn Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jack R. Mellor
Jack R. Mellor University of Bristol

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