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Jochen F. Staiger

Jochen F. Staiger

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
13622
World Ranking
4143
National Ranking
356

Overview

Jochen F. Staiger is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily spans across neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to fields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and biophysics. Their work is centered on topics including neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience and neural engineering, RNA research and splicing, microRNA in disease regulation, and cell image analysis techniques.

Staiger's recent publications include:

  • Neuronal Circuits in Barrel Cortex for Whisker Sensory Perception, 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • Sensory input drives rapid homeostatic scaling of the axon initial segment in mouse barrel cortex, 2021, Nature Communications
  • BigNeuron: a resource to benchmark and predict performance of algorithms for automated tracing of neurons in light microscopy datasets, 2023, Nature Methods
  • Post-transcriptional regulation by the exosome complex is required for cell survival and forebrain development via repression of P53 signaling, 2021, Development
  • H3 acetylation selectively promotes basal progenitor proliferation and neocortex expansion, 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors of Staiger include:

  • Godwin Sokpor
  • Tran Tuoc
  • Linh Pham
  • Huu Phuc Nguyen
  • Joachim Rosenbusch

The venues in which this scientist frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Nature Methods
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • Increased corpus callosum size in musicians

    Gottfried Schlaug;Lutz Jäncke;Yanxiong Huang;Jochen F. Staiger

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • Unique functional properties of somatostatin-expressing GABAergic neurons in mouse barrel cortex

    Luc J Gentet;Yves Kremer;Hiroki Taniguchi;Z Josh Huang

  • Membrane Potential Dynamics of GABAergic Neurons in the Barrel Cortex of Behaving Mice

    Luc J. Gentet;Michael Avermann;Ferenc Matyas;Jochen F. Staiger

  • Barrel cortex function

    Dirk Feldmeyer;Michael Brecht;Fritjof Helmchen;Carl C. H. Petersen

  • The relationship between corpus callosum size and forebrain volume.

    L Jäncke;J F Staiger;G Schlaug;Y Huang

  • Classification of NPY-Expressing Neocortical Interneurons

    Anastassios Karagiannis;Thierry Gallopin;Csaba Dávid;Demian Battaglia

  • Layer-Specific Intracolumnar and Transcolumnar Functional Connectivity of Layer V Pyramidal Cells in Rat Barrel Cortex

    Dirk Schubert;Jochen F. Staiger;Nichole Cho;Rolf Kötter

  • Functional Diversity of Layer IV Spiny Neurons in Rat Somatosensory Cortex: Quantitative Morphology of Electrophysiologically Characterized and Biocytin Labeled Cells

    Jochen F. Staiger;Iris Flagmeyer;Dirk Schubert;Karl Zilles

  • A community-based transcriptomics classification and nomenclature of neocortical cell types

    Rafael Yuste;Michael Hawrylycz;Nadia Aalling;Argel Aguilar-Valles

  • Cell Type-Specific Circuits of Cortical Layer IV Spiny Neurons

    Dirk Schubert;Rolf Kötter;Karl Zilles;Heiko J Luhmann

  • Characterizing VIP Neurons in the Barrel Cortex of VIPcre/tdTomato Mice Reveals Layer-Specific Differences

    Alvar Prönneke;Bianca Scheuer;Robin J. Wagener;Martin Möck

  • Properties of bipolar VIPergic interneurons and their excitation by pyramidal neurons in the rat neocortex

    James T. Porter;Bruno Cauli;Jochen F. Staiger;Jochen F. Staiger;Bertrand Lambolez

  • Mapping functional connectivity in barrel-related columns reveals layer- and cell type-specific microcircuits.

    Dirk Schubert;Rolf Kötter;Rolf Kötter;Jochen F Staiger

  • Morphology, Electrophysiology and Functional Input Connectivity of Pyramidal Neurons Characterizes a Genuine Layer Va in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex

    D. Schubert;R. Kötter;H.J. Luhmann;J.F. Staiger

  • Corpus callosum and brain volume in women and men.

    Helmuth Steinmetz;Jochen F. Staiger;Gottfried Schlaug;Yanxiong Huang

  • Unsolved Problems in Comparing Brain Sizes in Homo Sapiens

    M. Peters;L. Jäncke;J.F. Staiger;G. Schlaug

  • Neuronal Circuits in Barrel Cortex for Whisker Sensory Perception

    Jochen F Staiger;Carl C H Petersen

  • Two types of nicotinic receptors mediate an excitation of neocortical layer I interneurons.

    Elodie Christophe;Aline Roebuck;Jochen F. Staiger;Daniel J. Lavery

  • Co-localization of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, γ-aminobutyric acid and choline acetyltransferase in neocortical interneurons of the adult rat

    T Bayraktar;J.F Staiger;L Acsady;C Cozzari

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Heiko J. Luhmann
Heiko J. Luhmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rolf Kötter
Rolf Kötter Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Andre Fischer
Andre Fischer University of Göttingen
Tamás F. Freund
Tamás F. Freund Institute of Experimental Medicine
Bruno Cauli
Bruno Cauli Sorbonne University
Carl C. H. Petersen
Carl C. H. Petersen École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jean Rossier
Jean Rossier Sorbonne University
Etienne Audinat
Etienne Audinat University of Montpellier
Lutz Jäncke
Lutz Jäncke University of Zurich

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