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Eckhard Friauf is affiliated with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's subfield expertise includes Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The research topics covered by Eckhard Friauf indicate a focus on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Recent papers by Eckhard Friauf show active contributions to auditory neuroscience and synaptic transmission:

  • Glycinergic Transmission in the Presence and Absence of Functional GlyT2: Lessons From the Auditory Brainstem, 2021, Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
  • Exact Distribution of the Quantal Content in Synaptic Transmission, 2024, Physical Review Letters
  • An inhibitory glycinergic projection from the cochlear nucleus to the lateral superior olive, 2023, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Molecular and functional profiling of cell diversity and identity in the lateral superior olive, an auditory brainstem center with ascending and descending projections, 2024, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Inferring synaptic transmission from the stochastic dynamics of the quantal content: An analytical approach, 2025, PLoS Computational Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eckhard Friauf include Abhyudai Singh, Jonas O. Fisch, Ayse Maraslioglu-Sperber, Krishna Rijal, and Nicolas I. C. Müller. These collaborations suggest a network in auditory neuroscience and computational biology.

Publications by Eckhard Friauf appear repeatedly in journals such as Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, Physical Review Letters, and PLoS Computational Biology, reflecting work that intersects experimental and theoretical neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • A shared vesicular carrier allows synaptic corelease of GABA and glycine.

    Sonja M. Wojcik;Shutaro Katsurabayashi;Isabelle Guillemin;Eckhard Friauf

  • Giant neurons in the rat reticular formation: a sensorimotor interface in the elementary acoustic startle circuit?

    K Lingenhohl;E Friauf

  • Functional synaptic circuits in the subplate during fetal and early postnatal development of cat visual cortex.

    Eckhard Friauf;Susan K. McConnell;Carla J. Shatz

  • Pre- and postnatal development of efferent connections of the cochlear nucleus in the rat.

    Karl Kandler;Eckhard Friauf

  • Divergent projections of physiologically characterized rat ventral cochlear nucleus neurons as shown by intra-axonal injection of horseradish peroxidase.

    E. Friauf;J. Ostwald

  • Oligomerization of KCC2 correlates with development of inhibitory neurotransmission.

    Peter Blaesse;Isabelle Guillemin;Jens Schindler;Michaela Schweizer

  • Development of glycinergic and glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the auditory brainstem of perinatal rats

    Karl Kandler;Eckhard Friauf

  • Distribution of the calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin and calretinin in the auditory brainstem of adult and developing rats.

    Christian Lohmann;Eckhard Friauf

  • Expression and Function of Chloride Transporters during Development of Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Auditory Brainstem

    Veeramuthu Balakrishnan;Michael Becker;Stefan Löhrke;Hans Gerd Nothwang

  • Tonotopic Order in the Adult and Developing Auditory System of the Rat as Shown by c-fos Immunocytochemistry.

    Eckhard Friauf

  • Principal cells of the rat medial nucleus of the trapezoid body: an intracellular in vivo study of their physiology and morphology.

    Inken Sommer;Kurt Lingenhöhl;Eckhard Friauf

  • Shift from depolarizing to hyperpolarizing glycine action in rat auditory neurones is due to age-dependent Cl- regulation.

    Ingrid Ehrlich;Stefan Löhrke;Eckhard Friauf

  • Changing patterns of synaptic input to subplate and cortical plate during development of visual cortex

    E. Friauf;C. J. Shatz

  • Development of auditory brainstem circuitry. Activity-dependent and activity-independent processes.

    E. Friauf;Christian Lohmann

  • Neuron types in the rat lateral superior olive and developmental changes in the complexity of their dendritic arbors

    Heike-Jana Rietzel;Eckhard Friauf

  • Giant neurons in the caudal pontine reticular formation receive short latency acoustic input: an intracellular recording and HRP-study in the rat.

    Kurt Lingenhöhl;Eckhard Friauf

  • DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT-TYPE INHIBITORY GLYCINE RECEPTORS IN THE CENTRAL AUDITORY SYSTEM OF RATS

    Eckhard Friauf;Brigitte Hammerschmidt;Joachim Kirsch

  • Development and influence of inhibition in the lateral superior olivary nucleus.

    Dan H. Sanes;Eckhard Friauf

  • Distribution of calcium-binding protein calbindin-D28k in the auditory system of adult and developing rats.

    Eckhard Friauf

  • Proteomic Analysis of Brain Plasma Membranes Isolated by Affinity Two-phase Partitioning

    Jens Schindler;Urs Lewandrowski;Albert Sickmann;Eckhard Friauf

Frequent Co-Authors

Marlies Knipper
Marlies Knipper University of Tübingen
Karl Kandler
Karl Kandler University of Pittsburgh
Lukas Rüttiger
Lukas Rüttiger University of Tübingen
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto University of Turin
Carla J. Shatz
Carla J. Shatz Stanford University
Robert Baker
Robert Baker New York University
Michael Koch
Michael Koch University of Bremen
Susan K. McConnell
Susan K. McConnell Stanford University
Karen B. Avraham
Karen B. Avraham Tel Aviv University
Jörn Walter
Jörn Walter Saarland University

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