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Siegrid Löwel is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with specific expertise in Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional areas of study linked to their work include Cancer Research and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Retinal Development and Disorders, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms, S100 Proteins and Annexins, Calpain Protease Function and Regulation, as well as Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Siegrid Löwel has contributed to multiple research articles, with recent publications detailed as follows:

  • Silent Synapse-Based Mechanisms of Critical Period Plasticity, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • MMP2 and MMP9 Activity Is Crucial for Adult Visual Cortex Plasticity in Healthy and Stroke-Affected Mice, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Spine Dynamics of PSD-95-Deficient Neurons in the Visual Cortex Link Silent Synapses to Structural Cortical Plasticity, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Yin und Yang beim Lernen im jungen Gehirn: Balance von PSD-95 und PSD-93, 2020, BIOspektrum
  • PSD-95 Drives Binocular Vision Maturation Critical for Predation, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations are frequent with various researchers. Notable co-authors include Oliver M. Schlüter, Weifeng Xu, Ipek Akol, Evgenia Kalogeraki, and Justyna Pielecka-Fortuna.

The scientist's publications have appeared in a variety of journals and venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • BIOspektrum
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Selection of intrinsic horizontal connections in the visual cortex by correlated neuronal activity

    Siegrid Lowel;Wolf Singer

  • Oligodendroglial NMDA receptors regulate glucose import and axonal energy metabolism.

    Aiman S. Saab;Iva D. Tzvetavona;Andrea Trevisiol;Selva Baltan

  • The Perceptual Grouping Criterion of Colinearity is Reflected by Anisotropies of Connections in the Primary Visual Cortex

    Kerstin E. Schmidt;Rainer Goebel;Siegrid Löwel;Wolf Singer

  • Universality in the Evolution of Orientation Columns in the Visual Cortex

    Matthias Kaschube;Michael Schnabel;Michael Schnabel;Siegrid Löwel;Siegrid Löwel;David M. Coppola

  • Neuroligin-4 is localized to glycinergic postsynapses and regulates inhibition in the retina

    Mrinalini Hoon;Tolga Soykan;Björn Falkenburger;Matthieu Hammer

  • Age-dependent ocular dominance plasticity in adult mice.

    Konrad Lehmann;Siegrid Löwel

  • Restoring the ON Switch in Blind Retinas: Opto-mGluR6, a Next-Generation, Cell-Tailored Optogenetic Tool

    Michiel van Wyk;Justyna Pielecka-Fortuna;Siegrid Löwel;Sonja Kleinlogel

  • Visual Function in Mice with Photoreceptor Degeneration and Transgenic Expression of Channelrhodopsin 2 in Ganglion Cells

    Senthil Thyagarajan;Michiel van Wyk;Konrad Lehmann;Siegrid Löwel

  • Optical imaging of the intrinsic signal as a measure of cortical plasticity in the mouse

    Jianhua Cang;Valery A. Kalatsky;Siegrid Löwel;Michael P. Stryker

  • Environmental enrichment extends ocular dominance plasticity into adulthood and protects from stroke-induced impairments of plasticity

    Franziska Greifzu;Justyna Pielecka-Fortuna;Evgenia Kalogeraki;Katja Krempler

  • Ocular dominance column development: strabismus changes the spacing of adjacent columns in cat visual cortex

    S Lowel

  • Functional Specificity of Long-Range Intrinsic and Interhemispheric Connections in the Visual Cortex of Strabismic Cats

    Kerstin E. Schmidt;Dae-Shik Kim;Wolf Singer;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Squint Affects Synchronization of Oscillatory Responses in Cat Visual Cortex

    Peter König;Andreas K. Engel;Siegrid Löwel;Wolf Singer

  • Relationships between Dendritic Fields and Functional Architecture in Striate Cortex of Normal and Visually Deprived Cats

    A Kossel;S Lowel;J Bolz

  • Progressive maturation of silent synapses governs the duration of a critical period.

    Xiaojie Huang;Sophia K. Stodieck;Bianka Goetze;Lei Cui

  • Therapy of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease in mice by feeding a cholesterol-enriched diet

    Gesine Saher;Fabian Rudolphi;Kristina Corthals;Torben Ruhwedel

  • Deletion of the presynaptic scaffold CAST reduces active zone size in rod photoreceptors and impairs visual processing.

    Susanne Tom Dieck;Dana Specht;Dana Specht;Nicola Strenzke;Yamato Hida

  • Genetic influence on quantitative features of neocortical architecture.

    Matthias Kaschube;Fred Wolf;Theo Geisel;Siegrid Löwel

  • The pattern of ocular dominance columns in flat-mounts of the cat visual cortex.

    Löwel S;Singer W

  • The layout of orientation and ocular dominance domains in area 17 of strabismic cats

    Siegrid Löwel;Kerstin E. Schmidt;Dae‐Shik Kim;Fred Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred Wolf
Fred Wolf Max Planck Society
Wolf Singer
Wolf Singer Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience
Hans-Joachim Bischof
Hans-Joachim Bischof Bielefeld University
Otto W. Witte
Otto W. Witte Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Tobias Bonhoeffer Max Planck Society
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm
Geoffrey J. Goodhill
Geoffrey J. Goodhill Washington University in St. Louis
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Jürgen R. Reichenbach
Jürgen R. Reichenbach Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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