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D-Index
44
Citations
6331
World Ranking
7231
National Ranking
605

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Mathematical Neuroscience Prize, Israel Brain Technologies (IBT)

Overview

Fred Wolf is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The main topics of their work focus on neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroscience and neural engineering, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, cellular mechanics and interactions, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, and gene regulatory network analysis.

They have published research in a variety of scientific venues. The frequent publication sources include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Current Biology
  • Cell Reports
  • PLoS Computational Biology

Fred Wolf has coauthored many papers with several researchers, notably:

  • Jörg Großhans
  • Andreas Neef
  • Matthias Häring
  • Deqing Kong
  • Stephan Eule

Some recent publications include:

  • Tipping the Scales: Peptide-Dependent Dysregulation of Neural Circuit Dynamics in Alzheimer's Disease (2020, Neuron)
  • Distinct Mechanisms of Over-Representation of Landmarks and Rewards in the Hippocampus (2020, Cell Reports)
  • Phagocyte-mediated synapse removal in cortical neuroinflammation is promoted by local calcium accumulation (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Ultrafast population coding and axo-somatic compartmentalization (2022, PLoS Computational Biology)
  • Lyapunov spectra of chaotic recurrent neural networks (2023, Physical Review Research)

In 2017, Fred Wolf received the Mathematical Neuroscience Prize from Israel Brain Technologies (IBT).

Best Publications

  • Unique features of action potential initiation in cortical neurons

    Björn Naundorf;Fred Wolf;Maxim Volgushev;Maxim Volgushev

  • Flexible information routing by transient synchrony.

    Agostina Palmigiano;Theo Geisel;Theo Geisel;Fred Wolf;Demian Battaglia;Demian Battaglia

  • Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex

    Matthias Kaschube;Michael Schnabel;Michael Schnabel;Siegrid Löwel;Siegrid Löwel;David M. Coppola

  • Erythropoietin enhances hippocampal long-term potentiation and memory.

    Bartosz Adamcio;Derya Sargin;Alicja Stradomska;Lucian Medrihan

  • Olfactory Coding with Patterns of Response Latencies

    Stephan Junek;Eugen Kludt;Fred Wolf;Detlev Schild

  • Dynamic effective connectivity of inter-areal brain circuits.

    Demian Battaglia;Annette Witt;Fred Wolf;Theo Geisel

  • Spontaneous pinwheel annihilation during visual development

    F. Wolf;T. Geisel

  • Coexistence of regular and irregular dynamics in complex networks of pulse-coupled oscillators

    Marc Timme;Fred Wolf;Theo Geisel

  • Tipping the Scales: Peptide-Dependent Dysregulation of Neural Circuit Dynamics in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Samuel S. Harris;Fred Wolf;Bart De Strooper;Bart De Strooper;Marc Aurel Busche

  • Dynamical entropy production in spiking neuron networks in the balanced state.

    Michael Monteforte;Fred Wolf

  • Topological speed limits to network synchronization.

    Marc Timme;Fred Wolf;Theo Geisel

  • Action potential onset dynamics and the response speed of neuronal populations

    B. Naundorf;Theo Geisel;Fred Wolf

  • Complexin-I Is Required for High-Fidelity Transmission at the Endbulb of Held Auditory Synapse

    Nicola Strenzke;Soham Chanda;Cornelia Kopp-Scheinpflug;Darina Khimich

  • Ultrafast Population Encoding by Cortical Neurons

    Tatjana Tchumatchenko;Aleksey Malyshev;Fred Wolf;Maxim Volgushev

  • EF-hand protein Ca2+ buffers regulate Ca2+ influx and exocytosis in sensory hair cells

    Tina Pangršič;Mantas Gabrielaitis;Susann Michanski;Beat Schwaller

  • Ultrafast optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway by targeting-optimized Chronos.

    Daniel Keppeler;Ricardo Martins Merino;David Lopez de la Morena;David Lopez de la Morena;Burak Bali;Burak Bali

  • Breaking Synchrony by Heterogeneity in Complex Networks

    Michael Denker;Marc Timme;Markus Diesmann;Fred Wolf

  • Dynamic Flux Tubes Form Reservoirs of Stability in Neuronal Circuits

    Michael Monteforte;Fred Wolf

  • Uniquantal Release through a Dynamic Fusion Pore Is a Candidate Mechanism of Hair Cell Exocytosis

    Nikolai M. Chapochnikov;Nikolai M. Chapochnikov;Hideki Takago;Chao Hua Huang;Tina Pangršič

  • Correlations and synchrony in threshold neuron models.

    Tatjana Tchumatchenko;Aleksey Malyshev;Theo Geisel;Maxim Volgushev;Maxim Volgushev

  • Genetic influence on quantitative features of neocortical architecture.

    Matthias Kaschube;Fred Wolf;Theo Geisel;Siegrid Löwel

  • Fast Computations in Cortical Ensembles Require Rapid Initiation of Action Potentials

    Vladimir Ilin;Aleksey Malyshev;Aleksey Malyshev;Fred Wolf;Maxim Volgushev;Maxim Volgushev

  • Symmetry, multistability, and long-range interactions in brain development

    Fred Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Maxim Volgushev
Maxim Volgushev University of Connecticut
Siegrid Löwel
Siegrid Löwel University of Göttingen
Tobias Moser
Tobias Moser University of Göttingen
Michael J. Gutnick
Michael J. Gutnick Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Xiao-Jing Wang
Xiao-Jing Wang New York University
Thomas Misgeld
Thomas Misgeld Technical University of Munich
Gaute T. Einevoll
Gaute T. Einevoll Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Heidi I.L. Jacobs
Heidi I.L. Jacobs Harvard University
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Stefan W. Hell
Stefan W. Hell Max Planck Society

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