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2023

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166
Citations
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Neuroscience

D-Index
169
Citations
111765
World Ranking
77
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Germany Leader Award
  • 1997 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences

Overview

Karl Zilles was affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research primarily focused on the architecture and function of the human brain, exploring neural dynamics, brain connectivity, and advanced neuroimaging techniques.

Their published work covered multiple topics within neuroscience, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Their research fields spanned several specialized areas such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Social Psychology
  • Molecular Biology

Karl Zilles frequently published in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • NeuroImage
  • eLife
  • Science

Notable recent papers included:

  • Julich-Brain: A 3D probabilistic atlas of the human brain's cytoarchitecture (2020, Science)
  • BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • A dopamine gradient controls access to distributed working memory in the large-scale monkey cortex (2021, Neuron)
  • Multimodal mapping and analysis of the cyto- and receptorarchitecture of the human hippocampus (2020, Brain Structure and Function)
  • Gradients of neurotransmitter receptor expression in the macaque cortex (2023, Nature Neuroscience)

Their frequent collaborators included:

  • Nicola Palomero-Gallagher
  • Lucija Rapan
  • Meiqi Niu
  • Seán Froudist-Walsh
  • Katrin Amunts

Karl Zilles was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, receiving an award in 1997 for contributions in neurosciences.

Best Publications

  • A new SPM toolbox for combining probabilistic cytoarchitectonic maps and functional imaging data

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Klaas E. Stephan;Hartmut Mohlberg;Christian Grefkes

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study.

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

  • A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;P. Fox

  • Coordinate-based activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis of neuroimaging data: a random-effects approach based on empirical estimates of spatial uncertainty

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Angela R. Laird;Christian Grefkes;Ling E. Wang

  • Bias between MNI and Talairach coordinates analyzed using the ICBM-152 brain template

    Jack L. Lancaster;Diana Tordesillas-Gutiérrez;Michael Martinez;Felipe Salinas

  • Broca's region revisited: cytoarchitecture and intersubject variability.

    Katrin Amunts;Axel Schleicher;Uli Bürgel;Hartmut Mohlberg

  • ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain.

    Svenja Caspers;Karl Zilles;Karl Zilles;Angela R. Laird;Simon B. Eickhoff;Simon B. Eickhoff

  • Mind reading: neural mechanisms of theory of mind and self-perspective.

    Kai Vogeley;Patrick Bussfeld;Albert Newen;S. Herrmann

  • A link between the systems: functional differentiation and integration within the human insula revealed by meta-analysis.

    Florian Kurth;Karl Zilles;Peter T. Fox;Angela R. Laird

  • Cytoarchitectonic mapping of the human amygdala, hippocampal region and entorhinal cortex: intersubject variability and probability maps

    K. Amunts;O. Kedo;M. Kindler;P. Pieperhoff

  • Neural Circuits Underlying Imitation Learning of Hand Actions: An Event-Related fMRI Study

    Giovanni Buccino;Stefan Vogt;Afra Ritzl;Gereon R. Fink;Gereon R. Fink

  • Cortical Thickness or Grey Matter Volume? The Importance of Selecting the Phenotype for Imaging Genetics Studies

    Anderson M. Winkler;Peter V. Kochunov;John Blangero;Laura Almasy

  • Assignment of functional activations to probabilistic cytoarchitectonic areas revisited

    Simon B. Eickhoff;Tomas Paus;Tomas Paus;Svenja Caspers;Marie-Helene Grosbras;Marie-Helene Grosbras

  • The human pattern of gyrification in the cerebral cortex

    Karl Zilles;Este Armstrong;Este Armstrong;Axel Schleicher;Hans-Joachim Kretschmann

  • BigBrain: An Ultrahigh-Resolution 3D Human Brain Model

    Katrin Amunts;Claude Lepage;Louis Borgeat;Hartmut Mohlberg

  • Polymodal Motion Processing in Posterior Parietal and Premotor Cortex: A Human fMRI Study Strongly Implies Equivalencies between Humans and Monkeys

    Frank Bremmer;Frank Bremmer;Anja Schlack;Anja Schlack;N.Jon Shah;Oliver Zafiris

  • The Ontogeny of Human Gyrification

    Este Armstrong;Axel Schleicher;Heyder Omran;Maria Curtis

  • Human primary auditory cortex: cytoarchitectonic subdivisions and mapping into a spatial reference system.

    P. Morosan;J. Rademacher;A. Schleicher;K. Amunts

  • Cortical Folding Patterns and Predicting Cytoarchitecture

    Bruce Fischl;Bruce Fischl;Niranjini Rajendran;Evelina Busa;Jean Augustinack

  • Prefrontal cortex in humans and apes: a comparative study of area 10.

    Katerina Semendeferi;Este Armstrong;Axel Schleicher;Karl Zilles

  • Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study: Cortical activation during action observation

    G. Buccino;F. Binkofski;G. R. Fink;L. Fadiga

Frequent Co-Authors

Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich
Simon B. Eickhoff
Simon B. Eickhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Nicola Palomero-Gallagher
Nicola Palomero-Gallagher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Axel Schleicher
Axel Schleicher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Gereon R. Fink
Gereon R. Fink University of Cologne
Hartmut Mohlberg
Hartmut Mohlberg Forschungszentrum Jülich
Stefan Geyer
Stefan Geyer Max Planck Society
Svenja Caspers
Svenja Caspers Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Per E. Roland
Per E. Roland University of Copenhagen
Peter H. Weiss
Peter H. Weiss Forschungszentrum Jülich

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