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Hans Straka is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these larger domains, Straka's work is focused on subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology.

The main topics addressed in Straka's research include Vestibular and Auditory Disorders, Retinal Development and Disorders, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, and Genetics.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and directions of Straka's work. These include:

  • Relationship between oxygen consumption and neuronal activity in a defined neural circuit (2020) published in BMC Biology
  • Early disruption of photoreceptor cell architecture and loss of vision in a humanized pig model of Usher syndromes (2022) published in EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Functional Organization of Extraocular Motoneurons and Eye Muscles (2021) published in Annual Review of Vision Science
  • Green oxygen power plants in the brain rescue neuronal activity (2021) published in iScience
  • Stabilization of Gaze during Early Xenopus Development by Swimming-Related Utricular Signals (2020) published in Current Biology

Straka frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors including François Lambert, Clayton Gordy, Rosario Sánchez-González, Mathieu Beraneck, and Michael Forsthofer.

Publication venues where Straka's work often appears include Frontiers in Neurology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), BMC Biology, iScience, and Journal of Neurology.

Best Publications

  • Intrinsic membrane properties of vertebrate vestibular neurons: function, development and plasticity.

    Hans Straka;N. Vibert;P. P. Vidal;L. E. Moore

  • Basic organization principles of the VOR: lessons from frogs

    Hans Straka;Norbert Dieringer

  • A New Perspective on Predictive Motor Signaling.

    Hans Straka;John Simmers;Boris P. Chagnaud

  • Electrophysiological and pharmacological characterization of vestibular inputs to identified frog abducens motoneurons and internuclear neurons in vitro

    Hans Straka;Norbert Dieringer

  • Evolution of vertebrate mechanosensory hair cells and inner ears: toward identifying stimuli that select mutation driven altered morphologies

    Bernd Fritzsch;Hans Straka

  • Galvanic vestibular stimulation: from basic concepts to clinical applications

    Julia Dlugaiczyk;Kathrin D. Gensberger;Hans Straka

  • Rhombomeric organization of vestibular pathways in larval frogs.

    Hans Straka;Robert Baker;Edwin Gilland

  • Semicircular canal size determines the developmental onset of angular vestibuloocular reflexes in larval Xenopus

    François M. Lambert;James C. Beck;Robert Baker;Hans Straka

  • Gaze Stabilization by Efference Copy Signaling without Sensory Feedback during Vertebrate Locomotion

    François M. Lambert;Denis Combes;John Simmers;Hans Straka

  • Vestibular Blueprint in Early Vertebrates

    Hans Straka;L Robert Baker

  • Efficacy of Tricaine Methanesulfonate (MS-222) as an Anesthetic Agent for Blocking Sensory-Motor Responses in Xenopus laevis Tadpoles

    Carlana Ramlochansingh;Francisco Branoner;Boris P. Chagnaud;Hans Straka

  • Vestibular Asymmetry as the Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Possible Answer from Xenopus

    François M Lambert;David Malinvaud;Joan Alexis Glaunès;Catherine Bergot

  • Canal-Specific Excitation and Inhibition of Frog Second-Order Vestibular Neurons

    Hans Straka;S. Biesdorf;Norbert Dieringer

  • Patterns of Canal and Otolith Afferent Input Convergence in Frog Second-Order Vestibular Neurons

    Hans Straka;Stefan Holler;Fumiyuki Goto

  • Preservation of segmental hindbrain organization in adult frogs

    Hans Straka;Robert Baker;Edwin Gilland

  • Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation: Cellular Substrates and Response Patterns of Neurons in the Vestibulo-Ocular Network

    Kathrin D. Gensberger;Anna-Kristin Kaufmann;Haike Dietrich;Francisco Branoner

  • Functional organization of vestibular commissural connections in frog.

    David Malinvaud;Isabelle Vassias;Ingrid Reichenberger;Christian Rössert

  • Connecting ears to eye muscles: evolution of a 'simple' reflex arc.

    Hans Straka;Bernd Fritzsch;Joel C. Glover

  • Uncrossed disynaptic inhibition of second-order vestibular neurons and its interaction with monosynaptic excitation from vestibular nerve afferent fibers in the frog

    Hans Straka;Norbert Dieringer

  • Vestibular animal models: contributions to understanding physiology and disease.

    Hans Straka;Andreas Zwergal;Kathleen E. Cullen

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Glasauer
Stefan Glasauer Brandenburg University of Technology
Robert Baker
Robert Baker New York University
John Simmers
John Simmers University of Bordeaux
Pierre-Paul Vidal
Pierre-Paul Vidal Université Paris Cité
Bernd Fritzsch
Bernd Fritzsch University of Nebraska Medical Center
Joel C. Glover
Joel C. Glover University of Oslo
Angel M. Pastor
Angel M. Pastor University of Seville
Mayank B. Dutia
Mayank B. Dutia University of Edinburgh
Ulrich Büttner
Ulrich Büttner Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mario F. Wullimann
Mario F. Wullimann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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