Max Planck Florida Institute - Hanno-Sebastian Meyer

Research Interests

Thalamic activation of neurons in cortical columns
Inhibitory interneurons in cortical circuits - anatomy, synaptic properties, in vivo activity
Functional anatomy of somatosensory cortex
Mechanistic models of neural circuits

Oberlaender, M.^1,2, de Kock, C.P.², Bruno, R.M., Ramirez, A., Meyer, H.S., Dercksen, V.J., Helmstaedter, M., and Sakmann, B. Cell Type-Specific Three-Dimensional Structure of Thalamocortical Circuits in a Column of Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cereb Cortex. Epub 2011 Nov 16.
Kleinfeld, D.¹, Bharioke, A., Blinder, P., Bock, D.D., Briggman, K.L., Chklovskii, D.B., Denk, W., Helmstaedter, M., Kaufhold, J.P., Lee, W.C., Meyer, H.S., Micheva, K.D., Oberlaender, M., Prohaska, S., Reid, R.C., Smith, S.J., Takemura, S., Tsai, P.S., Sakmann, B. Large-Scale Automated Histology in the Pursuit of Connectomes. J Neurosci 31, 16125-16138. Review Article.
Meyer, H.S., Schwarz, D., Wimmer, V.C., Schmitt, A.C., Kerr, J.N.D., Sakmann, B.¹, and Helmstaedter, M.¹ Inhibitory interneurons in a cortical column form hot zones of inhibition in layers 2 and 5A. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108, 16807-12. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

Meyer, H.S.^1,2, Wimmer, V.C.², Hemberger, M., Bruno, R.M., de Kock, C.P., Frick, A., Sakmann, B., and Helmstaedter, M. Cell Type-Specific Thalamic Innervation in a Column of Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cereb Cortex 20, 2287-303. Epub 2010 Jun 9.
Meyer, H.S.¹, Wimmer, V.C., Oberlaender, M., de Kock, C.P., Sakmann, B., and Helmstaedter, M. Number and Laminar Distribution of Neurons in a Thalamocortical Projection Column of Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cereb Cortex 20, 2277-86. Epub 2010 Jun 9.

¹ Corresponding author. ² Equal contribution.