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Overview

Jens Eilers is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans key subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work frequently appears in prominent publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Reports, Glia, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Journal of Neuroscience.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jens Eilers include:

  • Adipocyte death triggers a pro-inflammatory response and induces metabolic activation of resident macrophages, 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • Active zone compaction correlates with presynaptic homeostatic potentiation, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Calcium dependence of neurotransmitter release at a high fidelity synapse, 2021, eLife
  • Large, Stable Spikes Exhibit Differential Broadening in Excitatory and Inhibitory Neocortical Boutons, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Multinucleated Giant Cells in Adipose Tissue Are Specialized in Adipocyte Degradation, 2020, Diabetes

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Jens Eilers include:

  • Stefan Hallermann (13 publications)
  • Hartmut Schmidt (7 publications)
  • Andreas Ritzau-Jost (7 publications)
  • Johannes Hirrlinger (6 publications)
  • Ingo Bechmann (5 publications)

Their primary research topics cover a diverse range of neuroscience-related themes, such as:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Best Publications

  • Large-scale oscillatory calcium waves in the immature cortex.

    Olga Garaschuk;Jennifer Linn;Jens Eilers;Jens Eilers;Arthur Konnerth;Arthur Konnerth

  • Importance of the Intracellular Domain of NR2 Subunits for NMDA Receptor Function In Vivo

    Rolf Sprengel;Bettina Suchanek;Carla Amico;Rossella Brusa

  • A new class of synaptic response involving calcium release in dendritic spines

    Hajime Takechi;Jens Eilers;Arthur Konnerth

  • Ataxia and altered dendritic calcium signaling in mice carrying a targeted null mutation of the calbindin D28k gene

    Matti S. Airaksinen;Jens Eilers;Olga Garaschuk;Hans Thoenen

  • Subthreshold synaptic Ca2+ signalling in fine dendrites and spines of cerebellar Purkinje neurons.

    Jens Eilers;George J. Augustine;Arthur Konnerth

  • Impaired synaptic plasticity and motor learning in mice with a point mutation implicated in human speech deficits.

    Matthias Groszer;David A. Keays;Robert M.J. Deacon;Joseph P. de Bono

  • NMDA Receptor-Mediated Subthreshold Ca2+ Signals in Spines of Hippocampal Neurons

    Yury Kovalchuk;Yury Kovalchuk;Jens Eilers;John Lisman;Arthur Konnerth;Arthur Konnerth

  • STIM2 Regulates Capacitive Ca2+ Entry in Neurons and Plays a Key Role in Hypoxic Neuronal Cell Death

    Alejandro Berna-Erro;Attila Braun;Robert Kraft;Christoph Kleinschnitz

  • Local proliferation of macrophages in adipose tissue during obesity-induced inflammation

    Julia Haase;Ulrike Weyer;Kerstin Immig;Nora Klöting

  • Bassoon Speeds Vesicle Reloading at a Central Excitatory Synapse

    Stefan Hallermann;Anna Fejtova;Hartmut Schmidt;Annika Weyhersmüller

  • Rapid Active Zone Remodeling during Synaptic Plasticity

    Annika Weyhersmüller;Stefan Hallermann;Nicole Wagner;Jens Eilers

  • Mutational analysis of dendritic Ca2+ kinetics in rodent Purkinje cells: role of parvalbumin and calbindin D28k.

    Hartmut Schmidt;Klaus M. Stiefel;Peter Racay;Beat Schwaller

  • Two-photon Na+ imaging in spines and fine dendrites of central neurons

    Christine R. Rose;Yury Kovalchuk;Jens Eilers;Arthur Konnerth

  • Ultrafast action potentials mediate kilohertz signaling at a central synapse.

    Andreas Ritzau-Jost;Igor Delvendahl;Annika Rings;Niklas Byczkowicz

  • Neurons exhibit Lyz2 promoter activity in vivo: Implications for using LysM-Cre mice in myeloid cell research.

    Johannes Orthgiess;Martin Gericke;Kerstin Immig;Angela Schulz

  • GABA-mediated Ca2+ signalling in developing rat cerebellar Purkinje neurones

    Jens Eilers;Tim D. Plant;Nima Marandi;Arthur Konnerth

  • Calbindin D28k targets myo-inositol monophosphatase in spines and dendrites of cerebellar Purkinje neurons.

    Hartmut Schmidt;Beat Schwaller;Jens Eilers

  • Calcium signaling in a narrow somatic submembrane shell during synaptic activity in cerebellar Purkinje neurons

    J Eilers;G Callewaert;C Armstrong;A Konnerth

  • STIM1, STIM2, and Orai1 regulate store-operated calcium entry and purinergic activation of microglia.

    Marlen Michaelis;Bernhard Nieswandt;David Stegner;Jens Eilers

  • Quantitative two-photon Ca2+ imaging via fluorescence lifetime analysis

    Christian D. Wilms;Hartmut Schmidt;Jens Eilers

  • Diffusional Mobility of Parvalbumin in Spiny Dendrites of Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons Quantified by Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching

    Hartmut Schmidt;Edward B. Brown;Beat Schwaller;Jens Eilers

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Konnerth
Arthur Konnerth Technical University of Munich
Dongdong Li
Dongdong Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Olga Garaschuk
Olga Garaschuk University of Tübingen
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Takeshi Sakaba
Takeshi Sakaba Doshisha University
Akos Kulik
Akos Kulik University of Freiburg
Michael Meyer
Michael Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Serge N. Schiffmann
Serge N. Schiffmann Université Libre de Bruxelles
Peter Kovacs
Peter Kovacs Leipzig University

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