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Tobias Bonhoeffer

Tobias Bonhoeffer

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
86
Citations
33307
World Ranking
1278
National Ranking
114

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences
  • 2003 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Tobias Bonhoeffer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and conducts research primarily in the field of neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, social psychology, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to brain function and neurobiology. These include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Among recent publications, Tobias Bonhoeffer has contributed to the following papers:

  • Mouse prefrontal cortex represents learned rules for categorization (2021, Nature)
  • Limited functional convergence of eye-specific inputs in the retinogeniculate pathway of the mouse (2021, Neuron)
  • Mouse visual cortex areas represent perceptual and semantic features of learned visual categories (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Functional network topography of the medial entorhinal cortex (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Disparity Sensitivity and Binocular Integration in Mouse Visual Cortex Areas (2020, Journal of Neuroscience)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Mark Hübener
  • Drago Guggiana-Nilo
  • Tobias Rose
  • Martin H P Fernholz
  • Andreas M. Kist

Tobias Bonhoeffer often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • Current Biology

The scientist has been recognized with membership in several prestigious organizations, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Neurosciences (2010)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2003)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Dendritic spine changes associated with hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity

    Florian Engert;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Hippocampal long-term potentiation is impaired in mice lacking brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    M Korte;P Carroll;E Wolf;G Brem

  • Morphological changes in dendritic spines associated with long-term synaptic plasticity.

    Rafael Yuste;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Long-term, high-resolution imaging in the mouse neocortex through a chronic cranial window

    Anthony Holtmaat;Anthony Holtmaat;Tobias Bonhoeffer;David K Chow;Jyoti Chuckowree

  • Iso-orientation domains in cat visual cortex are arranged in pinwheel-like patterns.

    Tobias Bonhoeffer;Amiram Grinvald

  • Essential Role for TrkB Receptors in Hippocampus-Mediated Learning

    Liliana Minichiello;Martin Korte;David Wolfer;Ralf Kühn

  • Sensorimotor mismatch signals in primary visual cortex of the behaving mouse.

    Georg B. Keller;Tobias Bonhoeffer;Mark Hübener

  • Genesis of dendritic spines: insights from ultrastructural and imaging studies

    Rafael Yuste;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Bidirectional activity-dependent morphological plasticity in hippocampal neurons.

    U.Valentin Nägerl;Nicola Eberhorn;Sidney B. Cambridge;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Experience leaves a lasting structural trace in cortical circuits

    Sonja B. Hofer;Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel;Tobias Bonhoeffer;Mark Hübener

  • Mechanism of TrkB-Mediated Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation

    Liliana Minichiello;Anna Maria Calella;Diego L. Medina;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • A genetically encoded calcium indicator for chronic in vivo two-photon imaging

    Marco Mank;Alexandre Ferrão Santos;Stephan Direnberger;Thomas D Mrsic-Flogel

  • Tuning and topography in an odor map on the rat olfactory bulb.

    Markus Meister;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Live-cell imaging of dendritic spines by STED microscopy.

    U. Valentin Nägerl;Katrin I. Willig;Birka Hein;Stefan W. Hell

  • Spine Motility: Phenomenology, Mechanisms, and Function

    Tobias Bonhoeffer;Rafael Yuste

  • Spatial Relationships among Three Columnar Systems in Cat Area 17

    Mark Hübener;Doron Shoham;Amiram Grinvald;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Balance and Stability of Synaptic Structures during Synaptic Plasticity

    Daniel Meyer;Tobias Bonhoeffer;Volker Scheuss

  • What is memory? The present state of the engram

    Mu ming Poo;Michele Pignatelli;Tomás J. Ryan;Tomás J. Ryan;Susumu Tonegawa;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Virus-mediated gene transfer into hippocampal CA1 region restores long-term potentiation in brain-derived neurotrophic factor mutant mice.

    Martin Korte;Oliver Griesbeck;Claude Gravel;Patrick Carroll

  • Development of Orientation Preference Maps in Ferret Primary Visual Cortex

    Barbara Chapman;Michael P. Stryker;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Highly ordered arrangement of single neurons in orientation pinwheels

    Kenichi Ohki;Sooyoung Chung;Sooyoung Chung;Prakash Kara;Prakash Kara;Mark Hübener

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Hübener
Mark Hübener Max Planck Society
Martin Korte
Martin Korte Technische Universität Braunschweig
Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel
Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel University College London
Dae-Shik Kim
Dae-Shik Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sonja B. Hofer
Sonja B. Hofer University College London
Amiram Grinvald
Amiram Grinvald Weizmann Institute of Science
Frank Sengpiel
Frank Sengpiel Cardiff University
Jürgen Bolz
Jürgen Bolz Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ulf T. Eysel
Ulf T. Eysel Ruhr University Bochum
Rüdiger Klein
Rüdiger Klein Max Planck Society

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