Prof. Dr. Hannah Monyer

Fellow-Klasse 2010-11

Identification of genes critically involved in the generation of synchronous oscillation in neuronal networks; functional analysis of different interneuronal populations; the characterization of the role of glutamate receptor subtypes in different forms of learning and plasticity.

Curriculum Vitae

Arbeitsvorhaben

Ausgewählte Publikationen:

• Venance, L., Rozov, A., Blatow, M., Burnashev, N., Feldmeyer, D., Monyer, H.: Connexin expression in electrically coupled postnatal rat brain neurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97:10260-10265 (2000).
• Fuchs, E. C., Doheny, H., Faulkner, H., Caputi, A., Traub, R.D., Bibbig, A., Kopell, N., Whittington, M.A., Monyer, H.: Genetically altered AMPA-type glutamate receptor kinetics in interneurons disrupt long-range synchrony of gamma oscillation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 3571-3576 (2001).
• Hormuzdi, S.G., Pais, I., LeBeau, F.E.N., Towers, S.K., Rozov, A., Buhl, E.H., Whittington, M.A., Monyer, H.: Impaired Electrical Signalling Disrupts Gamma Frequency Oscillations in Connexin 36 Decient Mice. Neuron 31: 487-495 (2001).
  Blatow, M., Rozov, A., Katona, I., Hormuzdi, S.G., Meyer, A. H., Whittington, M.A., Caputi, A., Monyer, H.: A novel network of multipolar bursting interneurons generates theta frequency oscillations in neocortex. Neuron 38: 805-817 (2003).
• Fuchs, E. C., Zivkovic, A. R., Cunningham, M. O., Middleton, S., LeBeau, F. E. N., Bannerman, D. M., Rozov, A., Whittington, M. A., Traub, R. D., Rawlins, J. N. P., Monyer, H.: Recruitment pattern of parvalbumin-positive interneurons determines hippocampal function and associated behavior. Neuron 53: 591-604 (2007).
• Caputi, A., Rozov, A., Blatow, M., Monyer, H.: Two Calretinin-positive GABAergic cell types in layer 2/3 of the mouse neocortex provide different forms of inhibition. Cerebral Cortex, 2008, Oct 8. Epub ahead of print.
• von Engelhardt, J. Doganci, B., Jensen, V., Hvalby, O., Göngrich, C., Taylor, A. Barkus, C., Sanderson, D.J., Rawlins, J.N.P., Seeburg, P.H., Bannerman, D.M., Monyer, H.: Contribution of hippocampal and extra-hippocampal NR2B-containing NMDA receptors to performance on spatial learning tasks. Neuron 60: 846-60 (2008).
• Inta, D. I., Alfonso, J., von Engelhardt, J., Kreuzberg, M. M., Meyer, A. H., van Hooft, J. A., Monyer, H.: Neurogenesis and widespread forebrain migration of distinct GABAergic neurons from the postnatal subventricular zone. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105: 20994-20999 (2008).
• Wulff, P., Ponomarenko, A.A., Bartos, M., Korotkova, T.M., Fuchs, E.C., Bähner, F., Both, M., Tort, A.B., Kopell, N.J., Wisden, W., Monyer, H.: Hippocampal theta rhythm and its coupling with gamma oscillations requeire fast inhibition onto parvalbumin-positive interneurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106: 3561-3566 (2009).
• Rácz, A., Ponomarenko, A.A., Fuchs, E.C., Monyer, H.: Augmented hippocampal rippleoscillations in mice with reduced fast excitation onto parvalbumin-positive cells. J. Neurosci. 29: 2563-2568 (2009).