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Martin Egelhaaf

Martin Egelhaaf

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Neuroscience

D-Index
62
Citations
10446
World Ranking
3587
National Ranking
309

Engineering and Technology

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60
Citations
9859
World Ranking
2265
National Ranking
69

Overview

Martin Egelhaaf is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Neuroscience. Their research predominantly explores subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include Plant and animal studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Neural dynamics and brain function, Visual perception and processing mechanisms, and Spatial Cognition and Navigation.

Martin Egelhaaf's recent publications include:

  • Bumblebees perceive the spatial layout of their environment in relation to their body size and form to minimize inflight collisions (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Optic flow based spatial vision in insects (2023, Journal of Comparative Physiology A)
  • Bumblebees display characteristics of active vision during robust obstacle avoidance flight (2022, Journal of Experimental Biology)
  • Visually guided homing of bumblebees in ambiguous situations: A behavioural and modelling study (2020, PLoS Computational Biology)
  • Finding the gap: neuromorphic motion-vision in dense environments (2024, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators of Martin Egelhaaf include:

  • Olivier J. N. Bertrand
  • Charlotte Doussot
  • J. Scherer
  • Norbert Boeddeker
  • Annkathrin Sonntag

The scientist has published regularly in several key venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • Principles of visual motion detection

    Alexander Borst;Martin Egelhaaf

  • Computational structure of a biological motion-detection system as revealed by local detector analysis in the fly's nervous system.

    Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst;Werner Reichardt

  • Neural Mechanisms of Visual Course Control in Insects

    Klaus Hausen;Martin Egelhaaf

  • On the neuronal basis of figure-ground discrimination by relative motion in the visual system of the fly

    Martin Egelhaaf

  • Transient and steady-state response properties of movement detectors

    Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst

  • On the neuronal basis of figure-ground discrimination by relative motion in the visual system of the fly I: Behavioural constraints imposed on the neuronal network and the role of the optomotor system

    Martin Egelhaaf

  • On the neuronal basis of figure-ground discrimination by relative motion in the visual system of the fly. 2: Figure-dectection cells, a new class of visual interneurones

    Martin Egelhaaf

  • Neural encoding of behaviourally relevant visual-motion information in the fly

    Martin Egelhaaf;Roland Kern;Holger G Krapp;Jutta Kretzberg

  • Prototypical Components of Honeybee Homing Flight Behavior Depend on the Visual Appearance of Objects Surrounding the Goal

    Elke Braun;Laura Dittmar;Norbert Boeddeker;Martin Egelhaaf

  • A look into the cockpit of the fly: visual orientation, algorithms, and identified neurons

    Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst

  • Binocular contributions to optic flow processing in the fly visual system.

    Holger G. Krapp;Roland Hengstenberg;Martin Egelhaaf

  • Visual course control in flies relies on neuronal computation of object and background motion

    Martin Egelhaaf;Klaus Hausen;Werner Reichardt;Christian Wehrhahn

  • Dynamic response properties of movement detectors: theoretical analysis and electrophysiological investigation in the visual system of the fly

    M Egelhaaf;W Reichardt

  • Mechanisms of Dendritic Integration Underlying Gain Control in Fly Motion-Sensitive Interneurons

    Alexander Borst;Martin Egelhaaf;Jürgen Haag

  • Neural circuit tuning fly visual interneurons to motion of small objects. I. Dissection of the circuit by pharmacological and photoinactivation techniques

    Anne-Kathrin Warzecha;Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst

  • Function of a fly motion-sensitive neuron matches eye movements during free flight.

    Roland Kern;van Johannes Hateren;Christian Michaelis;Jens Peter Lindemann

  • In vivo imaging of calcium accumulation in fly interneurons as elicited by visual motion stimulation.

    Alexander Borst;Martin Egelhaaf

  • Vision in flying insects.

    Martin Egelhaaf;Roland Kern

  • The fine structure of honeybee head and body yaw movements in a homing task

    Norbert Boeddeker;Laura Dittmar;Wolfgang Stürzl;Martin Egelhaaf

  • Dynamic properties of two control systems underlying visually guided turning in house-flies

    Martin Egelhaaf

  • Erratum: Transient and steady-state response properties of movement detectors [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 6, 116-127 (1989)]

    Martin Egelhaaf;Alexander Borst

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Borst
Alexander Borst Max Planck Society
Rolf Pfeifer
Rolf Pfeifer University of Zurich
Mandyam V. Srinivasan
Mandyam V. Srinivasan University of Queensland
Hans-Joachim Bischof
Hans-Joachim Bischof Bielefeld University
Michael Koch
Michael Koch University of Bremen
Pierre-Paul Vidal
Pierre-Paul Vidal Université Paris Cité
Eve Marder
Eve Marder Brandeis University
Peter König
Peter König Osnabrück University
Dora E. Angelaki
Dora E. Angelaki New York University
Philip Tinnefeld
Philip Tinnefeld Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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