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Michael Frotscher

Michael Frotscher

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Neuroscience

D-Index
108
Citations
41112
World Ranking
591
National Ranking
40

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael Frotscher was affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research spanned multiple academic fields, primarily focusing on Arts and Humanities, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience.

Their work covered several subfields, including Language and Linguistics, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Developmental Neuroscience. Key research topics addressed by Frotscher included Linguistics and language evolution, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Historical Linguistics and Language Studies, and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions.

Frotscher's frequent co-authors were Sang Hun Lee, David Lutz, Dagmar Drexler, Jie Shen, and Pascal Coenen. These collaborations contributed to publications in various scientific journals and venues.

Their published papers include the following:

  • "Differential modulation of short-term plasticity at hippocampal mossy fiber and Schaffer collateral synapses by mitochondrial Ca2+", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "The nominative/vocative plural of Vedic masculine a-stems in complex nominal expressions", 2020, Indogermanische Forschungen
  • "Phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase at Y925: Role in Glia-Dependent and Independent Migration through Regulating Cofilin and N-Cadherin", 2022, Molecular Neurobiology
  • "Indo-European Inroads into the Syntactic-Etymological Interface: A Reconstruction of the PIE verbal root menkʷ- 'to be short; to lack' and its Argument Structure", 2020, Historical Linguistics

Frotscher's research appeared in journals such as PLoS ONE, Indogermanische Forschungen, Molecular Neurobiology, and Historical Linguistics, each reflecting different aspects of their multidisciplinary work.

In recognition of their contributions to science, Frotscher was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Synaptic Efficacy by Coincidence of Postsynaptic APs and EPSPs

    Henry Markram;Joachim Lübke;Michael Frotscher;Bert Sakmann

  • Physiology and anatomy of synaptic connections between thick tufted pyramidal neurones in the developing rat neocortex.

    Henry Markram;Joachim H. R. Lübke;Michael Frotscher;Arnd Roth

  • Importance of AMPA receptors for hippocampal synaptic plasticity but not for spatial learning.

    Daniel Zamanillo;Rolf Sprengel;Øivind Hvalby;Vidar Jensen

  • Targeting gene-modified hematopoietic cells to the central nervous system: Use of green fluorescent protein uncovers microglial engraftment

    Josef Priller;Alexander FLüGEL;T. I. M. Wehner;Matthias Boentert

  • Cholinergic innervation of the rat hippocampus as revealed by choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemistry: A combined light and electron microscopic study

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  • Fast synaptic inhibition promotes synchronized gamma oscillations in hippocampal interneuron networks.

    Marlene Bartos;Imre Vida;Michael Frotscher;Axel Meyer

  • Modulation of synaptic plasticity and memory by Reelin involves differential splicing of the lipoprotein receptor Apoer2.

    Uwe Beffert;Edwin J. Weeber;Andre Durudas;Shenfeng Qiu

  • A role for Cajal–Retzius cells and reelin in the development of hippocampal connections

    José A. Del Río;Bernd Heimrich;Víctor Borrell;Eckart Förster

  • Hippocampal Synapses Depend on Hippocampal Estrogen Synthesis

    Oliver Kretz;Lars Fester;Uwe Wehrenberg;Lepu Zhou

  • Three-dimensional reconstruction of a calyx of Held and its postsynaptic principal neuron in the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body.

    Kurt Sätzler;Kurt Sätzler;Leander F. Söhl;Johann H. Bollmann;J. Gerard G. Borst

  • Defining the actual sensitivity and specificity of the neurosphere assay in stem cell biology

    Ilyas Singec;Ilyas Singec;Rolf Knoth;Ralf P Meyer;Jaroslaw Maciaczyk

  • Submillisecond AMPA receptor-mediated signaling at a principal neuron-interneuron synapse

    Jörg R. P. Geiger;Joachim H. R. Lübke;Arnd Roth;Michael Frotscher

  • Adult generation of glutamatergic olfactory bulb interneurons

    Monika S Brill;Jovica Ninkovic;Eleanor Winpenny;Rebecca D Hodge

  • BDNF and its pro-peptide are stored in presynaptic dense core vesicles in brain neurons.

    Sandra Dieni;Tomoya Matsumoto;Martijn Dekkers;Stefanie Rauskolb

  • Cajal—Retzius cells, Reelin, and the formation of layers

    Michael Frotscher

  • Reelin, Disabled 1, and β1 integrins are required for the formation of the radial glial scaffold in the hippocampus

    Eckart Förster;Albrecht Tielsch;Barbara Saum;Karl Heinz Weiss

  • Neuronal Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins (NEX and BETA2/Neuro D) Regulate Terminal Granule Cell Differentiation in the Hippocampus

    Markus H. Schwab;Angelika Bartholomae;Bernd Heimrich;Dirk Feldmeyer

  • Rapid signaling at inhibitory synapses in a dentate gyrus interneuron network.

    Marlene Bartos;Imre Vida;Michael Frotscher;Jörg R. P. Geiger

  • Reelin deficiency and displacement of mature neurons, but not neurogenesis, underlie the formation of granule cell dispersion in the epileptic hippocampus.

    Christophe Heinrich;Naoki Nitta;Armin Flubacher;Martin Müller

  • Synaptopodin-deficient mice lack a spine apparatus and show deficits in synaptic plasticity.

    Thomas Deller;Martin Korte;Sophie Chabanis;Alexander Drakew

  • Subcellular localization of metabotropic GABA(B) receptor subunits GABA(B1a/b) and GABA(B2) in the rat hippocampus.

    Ákos Kulik;Imre Vida;Rafael Luján;Carola A. Haas

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernd Heimrich
Bernd Heimrich University of Freiburg
Joachim H. R. Lübke
Joachim H. R. Lübke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Peter Jonas
Peter Jonas Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Roland A. Bender
Roland A. Bender Universität Hamburg
Eduardo Soriano
Eduardo Soriano University of Barcelona
Robert Nitsch
Robert Nitsch University of Münster
Robert S. Sloviter
Robert S. Sloviter University of Arizona
Imre Vida
Imre Vida Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gabriele M. Rune
Gabriele M. Rune Universität Hamburg
Akos Kulik
Akos Kulik University of Freiburg

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