Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD - Publications

Recent:

1. Oberlaender, M., de Kock, C.P.J., Bruno, R.M., Ramirez, A., Meyer, H.S., Dercksen,V.J., Helmstaedter, M., Sakmann, B. (2011) Cell type-specific three-dimensional structure of thalamocortical circuits in a column of rat vibrissal cortex. Cerebral Cortex, doi: 10.1093/ cercor/bhr317.
2. Kleinfeld, D., Bharioke, A., Blinder, P., Bock, D.D., Briggman, K.L., Chklovskii, D.B., Denk, W., Helmstaedter, M., Kaufhold, J.P., Lee, W-C.A., Meyer, H.S., Micheva, C.D., Oberlaender, M., Prohaska, S, Reid, R.C., Smith, S.J., Takemura, S., Tsai, P.S. and Sakmann, B. (2011) Large-scale automated histology in the pursuit of connectomes. J. Neuroscience, 31(45): 16125-16138.
3. Meyer, H.S., Schwarz, D., Wimmer, V.C., Schmitt, A.C., Kerr, J.N.D., Sakmann, B., Helmstaedter, M. (2011) Inhibitory interneurons in a cortical column form hot zones of inhibition in layers 2 and 5A. PNAS Early Edition. September 26, 2011. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113648108.
4. Varga, Z., Hongbo, J., Sakmann, B., Konnerth, A. (2011) Dendritic coding of multiple sensory inputs in single cortical neurons in vivo. PNAS Early Edition. August 29, 2011. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112355108.
5. Chen, Z., Resnik, E., McFarland, J.M., Sakmann, B., Mehta, M.R. (2011) Speed Controls the Amplitude and Timing of the Hippocampal Gamma Rhythm. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21408. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021408.
6. Lang, S., Dercksen V. J., Sakmann B., Oberlaender M. (2011) Simulation of signal flow in 3D reconstructions of an anatomically realistic neural network in rat vibrissal cortex. Neural Networks, doi: 10.1015/j.neunet.2011.06.013
7. Lang, S., Drouvelis, P., Enkelejda, T, Bastian, P. and Sakmann, B. (2011): Fast extraction of neuron morphologies from large-scale SBFSEM image stacks. J. Comput. Neurosci., Published Online 22 March 2011.
8. Oberlaender, M., Boudewijns, Z. S. R. M., Kleele, T. Mansvelder, H.D., Sakmann, B., and deKock, C.P. J., (2011): Three-dimensional axon morphologies of individual layer 5 neurons indicate cell type-specific intracortical pathways for whisker motion and touch. PNAS 108 (10) 4188-4193.
9. Meyer, H.S., Wimmer, V.C., Hemberger, M., Bruno, R.M., de Kock, C.P.J., Frick, A., Sakmann, B., Helmstaedter, M. (2010). Cell Type-Specific Thalamic Innervation in a Column of Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cereb Cortex 20 (10), 2287-2303.
10. Meyer, H.S., Wimmer, V.C., Oberlaender, M., de Kock, C.P.J., Frick, A., Sakmann, B., Helmstaedter, M. (2010): Number and Laminar Distribution of Neurons in a Thalamocortical Projection of Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cereb Cortex 20 (10), 2277-2286.
11. Wimmer, V.C., Bruno, R., de Kock, C.P.J., Kuner, T., Sakmann, B. (2010). Dimensions of a Projection Column and Architecture of VPM and POm Axons in Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cereb Cortex 20 (10), 2265-2276.
    

    Related commentary: Jones, E.G., and Rakic, P. (2010). Radial Columns in Cortical Architecture: It Is the Composition That Counts. Cereb Cortex 20 (10), 2261-2264.

12. Groh, A., Meyer, H.S., Schmidt, E.F., Heintz, N., Sakmann, B., Krieger, P. (2010). Cell-Type Specific Properties of Pyramidal Neurons in Neocortex Underlying a Layout that Is Modifiable Depending on the Cortical Area. Cereb Cortex 20 (4) 826-836.
13. de Kock, C.P.J., Sakmann, B. (2009). Spiking in primary somatosensory cortex during natural whisking behavior in the awake rat. PNAS 106, 16446-16450.
14. Bruno, R., Hahn, T., Wallace, D.J., de Kock, C.P.J., Sakmann, B. (2009). Sensory Experience Alters Specific Branches of Individual Corticocortical Axons during Development. J. Neurosci. 29 (10): 3172-3181.
15. Wallace, D.J., Sakmann, B. (2008). Plasticity of representational maps in somatosensory observed by in vivo voltage-sensitive dye imaging. Cereb Cortex 18 (6), 1361-1373.
16. de Kock, C.P.J., Sakmann, B. (2008). High frequency action potential bursts (>= 100 Hz) in L2/3 and L5B thick tufted neurons in anaesthetized and awake rat primary somatosensory cortex. J. Physiol. 586 (14): 3353-3364.
17. Groh, A., de Kock, C.P.J.; Wimmer, VC., Sakmann, B., Kuner, T. (2008). Driver or coincidence detector: Modal switch of a corticothalamic giant synapse controlled by spontaneous activity and short-term depression. J. Neurosci. 28 (39): 9652-9663.
18. Krieger, P., Kuner, T. and Sakmann, B. (2007). Synaptic connections between layer 5B pyramidal neurons in mouse somatosensory cortex are independent of apical dendrite bundling. J. Neurosci. 27, 11473-11482.
19. Helmstaedter, M., de Kock, C. P. J., Feldmeyer, D., Bruno, R. M. and Sakmann, B. (2007). Reconstruction of an average cortical column in silico. Brain Res. Rev. 55, 193-203.
20. de Kock, C.P.J., Bruno, R.M., Spors, H., Sakmann, B. (2007). Layer- and cell-type-specific suprathreshold stimulus representation in rat primary somatosensory cortex. J. Physiol. 581, 139-154.
21. Celikel, T. and Sakmann, B. (2007). Sensory integration across space and in time for decision making in the somatosensory system of rodents. PNAS 104, 1395-1400.
22. Bruno, R. and Sakmann, B. (2006): Cortex is driven by weak but synchronously active thalamocortical synapses. Science 312, 1622-1627.
23. Sakmann, B. (2006). Patch pipettes are more useful than initially thought: simultaneous pre- and postsynaptic recording from mammalian CNS synapses in vitro and in vivo. Pfluegers Arch. 453 (3), 249-259.