2010

Roth-Alpermann C, Anjum F, Naumann R, Brecht M (2010) Cortical Organization in the Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus). J Neurophysiol. Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Simony E, Bagdasarian K, Herfst L, Brecht M, Ahissar E, Golomb D (2010) Temporal and spatial characteristics of vibrissa responses to motor commands. J Neurosci.  Jun 30;30(26):8935-52.

Wolfe J, Houweling AR, Brecht M (2010)  Sparse and powerful cortical spikes. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 20:306-12.

Houweling AR, Doron G, Voigt BC, Herfst LJ, Brecht M (2010) Nanostimulation: manipulation of single neuron activity by juxtacellular current injection. J Neurophysiol. Mar;103(3):1696-704.

Epsztein J, Lee AK, Chorev E, Brecht M (2010) Impact of Spikelets on Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Cell Activity During Spatial Exploration. Science 327, 22 January 2010: 474-477.

2009

Roth-Alpermann C and Brecht M (2009) Vibrissal touch in the Etruscan shrew. Scholarpedia, 4(11):6830

Chorev E, Epsztein J, Houweling AR, Lee AK, Brecht M (2009) Electrophysiological recordings from behaving animals-going beyond spikes. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2009 Oct;19(5):513-519.

Lee Albert K, Epsztein J, Brecht M (2009) Head-anchored whole-cell recordings in freely moving rats. Nature Protocols 4(3), 385-392.

2008

Voigt BC, Brecht M, Houweling AR (2008) Behavioral detectability of single-cell stimulation in the ventral posterior medial nucleus of the thalamus. J Neurosci  28(47), 12362-7.

Herfst LJ, Brecht M (2008) Whisker Movements evoked by stimulation of single motor neurons in the facial nucleus of the rat. J Neurophysiol 99, 2821-2832.

Houweling A, Brecht M (2008) Behavioural report of single neuron stimulation in somatosensory cortex. Nature 451, 65-68.

Brecht M, Schmitz D (2008) Rules of Plasticity. Science 319, 39-40.

2007

Brecht M (2007) Barrel cortex and whisker-mediated behaviors. Current Opinion Neurobiology. 2007 Aug;17(4):408-16.

2006

Brecht M. (2006) Good vibrations. Focus on "Texture Signals in Whisker Vibrations". J Neurophysiol 95,1307-8.

Brecht M. (2006) Cortical commands in active touch. Novartis Found Symp 270, 38-48; discussion 48-58.

Brecht M, Grinevich V, Jin TE, Margrie T, Osten P. (2006) Cellular mechanisms of motor control in the vibrissal system. Pflugers Arch. May 31

Lee AK, Manns ID, Sakmann B, Brecht M (2006) Whole-cell recordings in freely moving rats. Neuron 51, 399-407.

Komai S, Denk W, Osten P, Brecht M, Margrie TW (2006) Two-photon targeted patching (TPTP) in vivo. Nature protocols, 1:647-52.

Komai S, Licznerski P, Cetin A, Waters J, Denk W, Brecht M, Osten P (2006) Postsynaptic excitability is necessary for strengthening of cortical sensory responses during experience-dependent development. Nat Neurosci 9, 1125-33.

Anjum F, Turni H, Mulder PG, van der Burg J, Brecht M (2006) Tactile guidance of prey capture in Etruscan shrews. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103, 16544-9.

2005

Grinevich, V, Brecht M, Osten P (2005) Direct pathway from rat vibrissa motor cortex to facial motor neurons revealed by lentivirus-based axonal tracing. J Neurosci 25, 8250-8.

Feldman, D. Brecht M (2005) Cortical map plasticity in somatosensory cortex. Science 310, 810-5.

Brecht M, Schneider M, Manns I (2005) Silent neurons in sensorimotor cortices: Implications for plasticity. In Neural Plasticity in Adult Somatic Sensory-Motor Systems, F. Ebner, ed. (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press), pp. 1-19.

2004

Manns ID, Sakmann B, Brecht M (2004) Sub- and suprathreshold receptive field properties of pyramidal neurons in layers 5A and 5B of rat somatosensory barrel cortex. J Physiol 556, 601-22.

Brecht M, Fee MS, Garaschuk O, Helmchen F, Margrie TW, Svoboda K, Osten P (2004). Novel approaches to monitor and manipulate single neurons in vivo. J Neurosci 24, 9223-7.

Brecht M, Schneider M, Sakmann B, Margrie TW (2004) Whisker movements evoked by stimulation of single pyramidal cells in rat motor cortex. Nature (article) 427, 704-10.

Jin T, Witzemann V, Brecht M (2004) Fiber types of the intrinsic whisker muscle and whisking behavior. J Neurosci 24, 3386-93.

Brecht M, Singer W, Engel A (2004) Amplitude and direction of saccadic eye movements depend on the synchronicity of collicular population activity. J Neurophysiol 92, 424-32.

Brecht M (2004) What makes whiskers shake? Focus on "Current flow in vibrissa motor cortex can phase-lock with exploratory rhythmic whisking in rat". J Neurophysiol 92,1265-6.

Brecht M, Krauss A, Muhammad S, Sinai-Esfahani L, Bellanca S, Margrie TW (2004) Organization of rat vibrissae motor cortex and adjacent areas according to cytoarchitectonics, microstimulation and intracellular stimulation of identified cells. J Comp Neurol 479,360-73.

Dittgen T, Nimmerjahn A, Komai S, Licznerski P, Waters J, Margrie TW, Helmchen F, Denk W, Brecht M, Osten P (2004) Lentivirus-based genetic manipulations of cortical neurons and their optical and electrophysiological monitoring in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101, 18206-11.

2003

Margrie TW, Meyer AH, Caputi A, Monyer H, Hasan MT, Schaefer AT, Denk W, Brecht M. (2003) Targeted whole-cell recordings in the mammalian brain in vivo. Neuron 39, 911-8.

Brecht M, Roth A, Sakmann B (2003) Dynamic receptive fields of reconstructed pyramidal cells in layers 3 and 2 of rat somatosensory cortex. J Physiol 553, 243-265.

2002

Brecht M, Sakmann B (2002) Whisker maps of neuronal subclasses in the rat ventral posterior medial (VPM) thalamus identified by whole-cell voltage recording and morphological reconstruction. J Physiol 538, 495-515.

Margrie TW, Brecht M, Sakmann B (2002) In vivo low resistance whole-cell recordings from neurons in the anaesthetized and awake mammalian brain. Pflügers archive-Eur. J Physiol 444,491-498.

Brecht M, Sakmann B (2002) Dynamic representation of whisker deflection by postsynaptic potentials in morphologically reconstructed spiny stellate and pyramidal cells in the barrels and septa of layer 4 in rat somatosensory cortex. J Physiol 543, 49-70.

2001

Brecht M, Goebel R, Singer W, Engel AK (2001) Synchronization in the superior colliculus of awake cats. Neuroreport 12: 43-47.

1999

Brecht M, Singer W. Engel A. K.(1999), Patterns of synchronization in the superior colliculus of anesthetized cats. J Neurosci 19:3567-79.

Engel AK, Fries P, Roelfsema PR, Koenig P, Brecht M, Singer W (1999) Temporal binding, binocular rivalry, and consciousness. Consciousness and Cognition 8:128-51.

Engel AK, Fries P, Roelfsema PR, Koenig P, Brecht M, Singer W (1999) Does time help to understand consciousness? Conscious Cogn. 1999 Jun;8(2):260-8

1998

Brecht M, Singer W, Engel AK (1998) Correlation analysis of cortico-tectal interactions in the cat visual system. J Neurophysiol 79: 2394-407.

Engel AK, Brecht M, Fries P, Singer W (1998) Zeitliche Bindung und der Aufbau visueller Objektrepräsentationen. In: Kotkamp U, Krause W (Hrsg.) Intelligente Informationsverarbeitung. Deutscher Universitaetsverlag, Wiesbaden.

1997

Brecht M, Preilowski B, Merzenich MM (1997) Functional architecture of the mystacial vibrissae. Behavioural Brain Research 84: 81-97.

Engel AK, Roelfsema PR, Fries P, Brecht M, Singer W (1997) Binding and response selection in the temporal domain - a new paradigm for neurobiological research. Theory in Biosciences: 116: 196-221.

Engel AK, Roelfsema PR, Fries P, Brecht M, Singer W (1997) Role of the temporal domain for response selection and perceptual integration. Cerebral cortex: 7: 571-582.

1996

Brecht M, Engel AK (1996) Cortico-tectal interactions in the cat visual system. In: von der Malsburg C, von Seelen W, Vorbrueggen JC, Sendhoff B (Hrsg) Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 96. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Bd. 1112. Springer, Berlin: 395-399

1994

Brecht M (1994) Das Vibrissensystem der Ratte: Untersuchungen zu Morphologie, Tastverhalten und Wahrnehmung. Diplomarbeit, Uni Tuebingen.

Brecht M (1994) Zeitliche Kodierung im Colliculus Superior der Katze. Dissertation, Uni Tuebingen.

1993

Brecht M (1993) A predictive theory of dolphin communication. Kybernetes 22: 39-53.