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Ulrike Grünert is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed significantly to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their research concentrates strongly on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, and Cell Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, visual perception and processing mechanisms, melanin and skin pigmentation, retinal diseases and treatments, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

Recent notable publications by Ulrike Grünert include:

  • Cell types and cell circuits in human and non-human primate retina (2020, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research)
  • Morphology, Molecular Characterization, and Connections of Ganglion Cells in Primate Retina (2021, Annual Review of Vision Science)

Other relevant papers co-authored with collaborators related to the retina and visual pathways include:

  • Analysis of Parvocellular and Magnocellular Visual Pathways in Human Retina (2020, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • Composition of the Inner Nuclear Layer in Human Retina (2021, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science)
  • Comparative connectomics reveals noncanonical wiring for color vision in human foveal retina (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Ulrike Grünert has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Paul R. Martin, Sammy Lee, Rania A. Masri, Subha Nasir-Ahmad, and Yeon Jin Kim. The number of joint publications with these co-authors ranges from two to fourteen.

Publication venues where Ulrike Grünert has appeared multiple times comprise The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, Journal of Neuroscience, and Annual Review of Vision Science.

Best Publications

  • Rod bipolar cells in the mammalian retina show protein kinase C‐like immunoreactivity

    Ursula Greferath;Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • Retinal ganglion cell density and cortical magnification factor in the primate

    Heinz Wässle;Ulrike Grünert;Jürgen Röhrenbeck;Brian B. Boycott

  • Cortical magnification factor and the ganglion cell density of the primate retina

    Heinz Wässle;Ulrike Grünert;Jürgen Röhrenbeck;Brian B. Boycott

  • A single-cell transcriptome atlas of the adult human retina

    Samuel W. Lukowski;Camden Y. Lo;Alexei A. Sharov;Quan Nguyen

  • The Cone Pedicle, a Complex Synapse in the Retina

    Silke Haverkamp;Ulrike Grünert;Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • Glycinergic synapses in the rod pathway of the rat retina: cone bipolar cells express the alpha 1 subunit of the glycine receptor

    M Sassoe-Pognetto;H Wassle;U Grunert

  • Immunocytochemical analysis of bipolar cells in the macaque monkey retina.

    Ulrike Grünert;Paul R. Martin;Heinz Wässle

  • Ultrastructure of the aesthetasc (olfactory) sensilla of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus

    Ulrike Grünert;Barry W. Ache

  • Colocalization of gephyrin and GABAA‐receptor subunits in the rat retina

    M. Sassoè-Pognetto;M. Sassoè-Pognetto;J. Kirsch;U. Grünert;U. Greferath

  • The rod pathway of the macaque monkey retina: Identification of AII‐amacrine cells with antibodies against calretinin

    H. Wassle;U. Grunert;Myung-Hoon Chun;B. B. Boycott

  • The rod bipolar cell of the mammalian retina.

    Heinz Wässle;Masayuki Yamashita;Ursula Greferath;Ulrike Grünert

  • Immunocytochemical characterization and spatial distribution of midget bipolar cells in the macaque monkey retina

    Wässle H;Grünert U;Martin Pr;Martin Pr;Boycott Bb

  • Spatial density and immunoreactivity of bipolar cells in the macaque monkey retina

    Paul R. Martin;Ulrike Grünert

  • Retinal connectivity and primate vision.

    Barry B. Lee;Paul R. Martin;Ulrike Grünert

  • Topography of ganglion cells and photoreceptors in the retina of a New World monkey: the marmoset Callithrix jacchus.

    Heath D. Wilder;Ulrike Grünert;Barry B. Lee;Paul R. Martin

  • Rod bipolar cells in the macaque monkey retina: immunoreactivity and connectivity

    U Grunert;PR Martin

  • GABA-like immunoreactivity in the macaque monkey retina: a light and electron microscopic study.

    Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • Cell types and cell circuits in human and non-human primate retina.

    Ulrike Grünert;Paul R. Martin

  • GABAA receptor subunits have differential distributions in the rat retina: in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry.

    U. Greferath;U. Grünert;J. M. Fritschy;A. Stephenson

  • Campaniform sensilla of Calliphora vicina (Insecta, Diptera)

    Werner Gnatzy;Ulrike Grünert;Manfred Bender

  • Immunocytochemical localization of glycine receptors in the mammalian retina.

    Ulrike Grünert;Heinz Wässle

  • The cone pedicle a complex synapse in the retina

    Heinz Wassle;Silke Haverkamp;Ulrike Grunert

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Martin
Paul R. Martin University of Sydney
Heinz Wässle
Heinz Wässle Max Planck Society
Silke Haverkamp
Silke Haverkamp Max Planck Society
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto
Marco Sassoè-Pognetto University of Turin
Barry B. Lee
Barry B. Lee Max Planck Society
Marcello G. P. Rosa
Marcello G. P. Rosa Monash University
Jean-Marc Fritschy
Jean-Marc Fritschy University of Zurich
James A. Bourne
James A. Bourne Monash University
Joseph E. Powell
Joseph E. Powell Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Alex W. Hewitt
Alex W. Hewitt University of Tasmania

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