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Maarten Kamermans is affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study for Maarten Kamermans include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their research spans several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, cell biology, and infectious diseases.

The subfields of study for Maarten Kamermans are:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Infectious Diseases

Their scientific work covers a diversity of neuroscience-related topics, such as retinal development and disorders, neural dynamics and brain function, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, zebrafish biomedical research applications, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

The main topics of work include:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

Maarten Kamermans has published extensively in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, The Journal of Physiology, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • The Journal of Physiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • A parameter-free statistical test for neuronal responsiveness, 2021, eLife
  • The continued need for animals to advance brain research, 2021, Neuron
  • How the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the necessity of animal research, 2020, Current Biology
  • OptiFlex: Multi-Frame Animal Pose Estimation Combining Deep Learning With Optical Flow, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • OptiFlex: video-based animal pose estimation using deep learning enhanced by optical flow, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Throughout their career, Maarten Kamermans has frequently collaborated with researchers such as Marcus H. C. Howlett, Chris I. De Zeeuw, Beerend H. J. Winkelman, Judith R. Homberg, and Roger A.H. Adan.

Best Publications

  • Hemichannel-mediated inhibition in the outer retina.

    Maarten Kamermans;Iris Fahrenfort;Konrad Schultz;Ulrike Janssen-Bienhold

  • Mutations in TRPM1 Are a Common Cause of Complete Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Maria M.M. van Genderen;Mieke M.M.C. Bijveld;Yvonne Y.B. Claassen;Ralph R.J. Florijn

  • A transient receptor potential-like channel mediates synaptic transmission in rod bipolar cells

    Yin Shen;J. Alexander Heimel;Maarten Kamermans;Maarten Kamermans;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey

  • A novel mechanism of cone photoreceptor adaptation.

    Marcus H. C. Howlett;Robert G. Smith;Maarten Kamermans;Maarten Kamermans

  • Horizontal Cells Feed Back to Cones by Shifting the Cone Calcium-Current Activation Range

    J. Verweij;M. Kamermans;H. Spekreijse

  • Brain white matter oedema due to ClC-2 chloride channel deficiency: an observational analytical study

    Christel Depienne;Marianna Bugiani;Celine Dupuits;Damien Galanaud

  • The feedback pathway from horizontal cells to cones. A mini review with a look ahead.

    M Kamermans;H Spekreijse

  • Astrocytes are central in the pathomechanisms of vanishing white matter

    Stephanie Dooves;Marianna Bugiani;Nienke L. Postma;Emiel Polder

  • GPR179 is required for depolarizing bipolar cell function and is mutated in autosomal-recessive complete congenital stationary night blindness.

    Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey;Neal S. Peachey;Thomas A. Ray;Ralph Florijn;Lucy B. Rowe

  • Genotype and Phenotype of 101 Dutch Patients with Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Mieke M.C. Bijveld;Ralph J. Florijn;Arthur A.B. Bergen;L. Ingeborgh van den Born

  • Ephaptic interactions within a chemical synapse: hemichannel-mediated ephaptic inhibition in the retina.

    Maarten Kamermans;Iris Fahrenfort

  • Nonapical symmetric divisions underlie horizontal cell layer formation in the developing retina in vivo.

    Leanne Godinho;Philip R. Williams;Philip R. Williams;Yvonne Claassen;Elayne Provost

  • GABA-mediated positive autofeedback loop controls horizontal cell kinetics in tiger salamander retina.

    M Kamermans;F Werblin

  • Nyctalopin Expression in Retinal Bipolar Cells Restores Visual Function in a Mouse Model of Complete X-Linked Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

    Ronald George Gregg;Maarten Kamermans;Jan Klooster;Peter D Lukasiewicz

  • Synaptic transmission from horizontal cells to cones is impaired by loss of connexin hemichannels

    Lauw J. Klaassen;Ziyi Sun;Marvin N. Steijaert;Petra Bolte

  • Development of Refractive Errors—What Can We Learn From Inherited Retinal Dystrophies?

    Michelle Hendriks;Virginie J M Verhoeven;Gabriëlle H.S. Buitendijk;Jan Roelof Polling

  • Hemichannel-mediated and pH-based feedback from horizontal cells to cones in the vertebrate retina.

    Iris Fahrenfort;Marvin Steijaert;Trijntje Sjoerdsma;Evan Vickers

  • Mice with megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with cysts: A developmental angle

    Mohit Dubey;Mohit Dubey;Marianna Bugiani;Margreet C. Ridder;Nienke L. Postma

  • Extracellular ATP Hydrolysis Inhibits Synaptic Transmission by Increasing pH Buffering in the Synaptic Cleft

    Rozan Vroman;Lauw J. Klaassen;Marcus H.C. Howlett;Valentina Cenedese

  • The cone/horizontal cell network: A possible site for color constancy

    M. Kamermans;D.A. Kraaij;H. Spekreijse

  • Color opponency in cone-driven horizontal cells in carp retina. Aspecific pathways between cones and horizontal cells.

    M Kamermans;B W van Dijk;H Spekreijse

  • Impairment of the tRNA-splicing endonuclease subunit 54 (tsen54) gene causes neurological abnormalities and larval death in zebrafish models of pontocerebellar hypoplasia.

    Paul R. Kasher;Yasmin Namavar;Paula van Tijn;Kees Fluiter

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur A.B. Bergen
Arthur A.B. Bergen University of Amsterdam
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Harris Ripps
Harris Ripps University of Illinois at Chicago
Martien J H Kas
Martien J H Kas University of Groningen
Roger A.H. Adan
Roger A.H. Adan Utrecht University
Arjan Blokland
Arjan Blokland Maastricht University
Paul J. Lucassen
Paul J. Lucassen University of Amsterdam
Douglas G. McMahon
Douglas G. McMahon Vanderbilt University
Ype Elgersma
Ype Elgersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Benno Roozendaal
Benno Roozendaal Radboud University

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