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Overview

Werner Kilb is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on cellular and molecular neuroscience. Kilb's work encompasses several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, biological psychiatry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist has made notable contributions in various topics related to neuroscience. These include:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Werner Kilb's publication record includes peer-reviewed articles in well-regarded journals. Recent papers include:

  • "When Are Depolarizing GABAergic Responses Excitatory?" (2021) published in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • "GABA Release from Astrocytes in Health and Disease" (2022) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, such as:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Werner Kilb often collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Heiko J. Luhmann
  • Aniello Lombardi
  • Sergei Kirischuk
  • Anne Sinning
  • Peter Jedlička

Best Publications

  • Cl− uptake promoting depolarizing GABA actions in immature rat neocortical neurones is mediated by NKCC1

    Junko Yamada;Akihito Okabe;Hiroki Toyoda;Werner Kilb

  • Rapid developmental switch in the mechanisms driving early cortical columnar networks

    Erwan Dupont;Ileana L. Hanganu;Werner Kilb;Silke Hirsch

  • Spontaneous Neuronal Activity in Developing Neocortical Networks: From Single Cells to Large-Scale Interactions.

    Heiko J. Luhmann;Anne Sinning;Jenq-Wei Yang;Vicente Reyes-Puerta

  • Development of the GABAergic System from Birth to Adolescence

    Werner Kilb

  • Thalamic Network Oscillations Synchronize Ontogenetic Columns in the Newborn Rat Barrel Cortex

    Jenq-Wei Yang;Shuming An;Jyh-Jang Sun;Vicente Reyes-Puerta

  • Kinetic Properties of Cl− Uptake Mediated by Na+-Dependent K+-2Cl− Cotransport in Immature Rat Neocortical Neurons

    Katharina Achilles;Akihito Okabe;Masahiko Ikeda;Chigusa Shimizu-Okabe

  • Functional synaptic projections onto subplate neurons in neonatal rat somatosensory cortex.

    Ileana L. Hanganu;Werner Kilb;Heiko J. Luhmann;Heiko J. Luhmann

  • Control of cortical neuronal migration by glutamate and GABA.

    Heiko J. Luhmann;A. Fukuda;W. Kilb

  • GABA-A Receptors Regulate Neocortical Neuronal Migration In Vitro and In Vivo

    Nicolas Heck;Werner Kilb;Petra Reiprich;Hisahiko Kubota

  • Electrical activity patterns and the functional maturation of the neocortex

    Werner Kilb;Sergei Kirischuk;Heiko J. Luhmann

  • Electrical activity controls area-specific expression of neuronal apoptosis in the mouse developing cerebral cortex.

    Oriane Blanquie;Jenq-Wei Yang;Werner Kilb;Salim Sharopov

  • Neuronal precursor-specific activity of a human doublecortin regulatory sequence.

    Claudia Karl;Sebastien Couillard-Despres;Peter Prang;Matthias Munding

  • Laminar and Columnar Structure of Sensory-Evoked Multineuronal Spike Sequences in Adult Rat Barrel Cortex In Vivo

    Vicente Reyes-Puerta;Jyh-Jang Sun;Jyh-Jang Sun;Suam Kim;Werner Kilb

  • Self‐organization of repetitive spike patterns in developing neuronal networks in vitro

    Jyh-Jang Sun;Werner Kilb;Heiko J. Luhmann

  • Subplate Cells: Amplifiers of Neuronal Activity in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

    Heiko J. Luhmann;Werner Kilb;Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz

  • Cellular physiology of the neonatal rat cerebral cortex: intrinsic membrane properties, sodium and calcium currents.

    Heiko J. Luhmann;R. Alexander Reiprich;Ileana Hanganu;Werner Kilb

  • Sensory-Evoked and Spontaneous Gamma and Spindle Bursts in Neonatal Rat Motor Cortex

    Shuming An;Werner Kilb;Heiko J Luhmann

  • Model-specific effects of bumetanide on epileptiform activity in the in-vitro intact hippocampus of the newborn mouse.

    W. Kilb;A. Sinning;H.J. Luhmann

  • Spontaneous Synaptic Activity of Subplate Neurons in Neonatal Rat Somatosensory Cortex

    Ileana L. Hanganu;Werner Kilb;Heiko J. Luhmann

  • Early GABAergic circuitry in the cerebral cortex.

    Heiko J Luhmann;Sergei Kirischuk;Anne Sinning;Werner Kilb

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko J. Luhmann
Heiko J. Luhmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Atsuo Fukuda
Atsuo Fukuda Hamamatsu University
Beat Lutz
Beat Lutz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna
Jochen F. Staiger
Jochen F. Staiger University of Göttingen
Matthias Klugmann
Matthias Klugmann University of New South Wales
Michael Frotscher
Michael Frotscher Universität Hamburg
Kohji Sato
Kohji Sato Hamamatsu University
Jürgen Winkler
Jürgen Winkler University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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