Publicaties

Alexandra H Leighton, M Victoria Fernández Busch, Joris E Coppens, J Alexander Heimel, Christian Lohmann Lightweight, wireless LED implant for chronic manipulation in vivo of spontaneous activity in neonatal mice Journal of Neuroscience Methods 373 (2022) 109548 Download

M Ahmadlou, J.H.W. Houba, J.F.M. Van Vierbergen, M. Giannouli, G.A. Gimenez, C. Van Weeghel, M. Darbanfouladi, M.Y. Shirazi, J. Dziubek, M. Kacem, Fred De Winter, J.A. Heimel A cell type-specific cortico-subcortical brain circuit for investigatory and novelty-seeking behavior. Science 372 (2021) Download

Jorrit Steven Montijn, Koen Seignette, Marcus H Howlett, J Leonie Cazemier, Maarten Kamermans, Christiaan Nicolaas Levelt, J Alexander Heimel A parameter-free statistical test for neuronal responsiveness eLife 10 (2021) Download

Haohao Wu, Charles Petitpré, Paula Fontanet, Anil Sharma, Carmelo Bellardita, Rolen M Quadros, Paulo R Jannig, Yiqiao Wang, J Alexander Heimel, Kylie K Y Cheung, Simone Wanderoy, Yang Xuan, Konstantinos Meletis, Jorge Ruas, Channabasavaiah B Gurumurthy, Ole Kiehn, Saida Hadjab, François Lallemend Distinct subtypes of proprioceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons regulate adaptive proprioception in mice Nature Communications 12 (2021) 1026 Download

Lisa Kirchberger, Sreedeep Mukherjee, Ulf H Schnabel, Enny H van Beest, Areg Barsegyan, Christiaan N Levelt, J Alexander Heimel, Jeannette A M Lorteije, Chris van der Togt, Matthew W Self, Pieter R Roelfsema The essential role of recurrent processing for figure-ground perception in mice Science advances 7 (2021) Download

Azadeh Tafreshiha, Sven A van der Burg, Kato Smits, Laila A Blömer, J Alexander Heimel Visual stimulus-specific habituation of innate defensive behaviour in mice Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (2021) Download

Daniela Camillo, Mehran Ahmadlou, J Alexander Heimel Contrast-Dependence of Temporal Frequency Tuning in Mouse V1 Frontiers in Neuroscience 14 (2020) 868 Download

Mariska van Lier, M Hadi Saiepour, Koen Kole, Juliette Cheyne, Nawal Zabouri, Thomas Blok, Yi Qin, Emma Ruimschotel, J Alexander Heimel, Christian Lohmann, Christiaan N Levelt Disruption of critical period plasticity in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis type 1 The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 40 (2020) 5495-5509 Download

Joris Vangeneugden, Enny H van Beest, Michael X Cohen, Jeannette A M Lorteije, Sreedeep Mukherjee, Lisa Kirchberger, Jorrit S Montijn, Premnath Thamizharasu, Daniela Camillo, Christiaan N Levelt, Pieter R Roelfsema, Matthew W Self, J Alexander Heimel Activity in Lateral Visual Areas Contributes to Surround Suppression in Awake Mouse V1 Current Biology 29 (2019) 4268-4275.e7 Download

Despoina Tsapa, Mehran Ahmadlou, J Alexander Heimel Long-term enhancement of visual responses by repeated transcranial electrical stimulation of the mouse visual cortex Brain Stimulation 12 (2019) 1421-1428 Download

Mariska van Lier, Laura Smit-Rigter, Roos Krimpenfort, M Hadi Saiepour, Emma Ruimschotel, Willem Kamphuis, J Alexander Heimel, Christiaan N Levelt NMNAT Proteins that Limit Wallerian Degeneration Also Regulate Critical Period Plasticity in the Visual Cortex eNeuro 6 (2019) Download

M Ahmadlou, L.S. Zweifel, J.A. Heimel Functional modulation of primary visual cortex by the superior colliculus in the mouse. Nature Communications 9 (2018) Download

Daniela Camillo, Mehran Ahmadlou, M Hadi Saiepour, Maryam Yasaminshirazi, Christiaan N Levelt, J Alexander Heimel Visual Processing by Calretinin Expressing Inhibitory Neurons in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex Scientific Reports 8 (2018) Download

M Hadi Saiepour, Rogier Min, Willem Kamphuis, J Alexander Heimel, Christiaan N Levelt β-Catenin in the Adult Visual Cortex Regulates NMDA-Receptor Function and Visual Responses Cerebral Cortex 28 (2018) 1183-1194 Download

J.P. Sommeijer, M Ahmadlou, M.H. Saiepour, K. Seignette, R Min, J.A. Heimel, C.N. Levelt Thalamic inhibition regulates critical-period plasticity in visual cortex and thalamus. Nature Neuroscience 20 (2017) 1715-1721 Download

M Ahmadlou, Azadeh Tafreshiha, J Alexander Heimel Visual Cortex Limits Pop-Out in the Superior Colliculus of Awake Mice Cerebral Cortex 27 (2017) 5772-5783 Download

L.A. Smit-Rigter, Rajeev Rajendran, Catia A.P. Silva, Liselot Spierenburg, Femke Groeneweg, E. Ruimschotel, D. Van Versendaal, C. van der Togt, Ulf T. Eysel, J.A. Heimel, C. Lohmann, C.N. Levelt Mitochondrial dynamics in visual cortex are limited in vivo and not affected by axonal structural plasticity. Current Biology 26 (2016) 2609-2616 Download

Rupert W Overall, Robert W Williams, J Alexander Heimel Collaborative mining of public data resources in neuroinformatics Frontiers in Neuroscience 9 (2015) 90 Download

Lucie P Pellissier, Peter M Quinn, C Henrique Alves, Rogier M Vos, Jan Klooster, John G Flannery, J Alexander Heimel, J. Wijnholds Gene therapy into photoreceptors and Müller glial cells restores retinal structure and function in CRB1 retinitis pigmentosa mouse models Human Molecular Genetics 24 (2015) 3104-18 Download

M Hadi Saiepour, Rajeev Rajendran, Azar Omrani, Wen-Pei Ma, Huizhong W Tao, J Alexander Heimel, Christiaan N Levelt Ocular dominance plasticity disrupts binocular inhibition-excitation matching in visual cortex Current Biology 25 (2015) 713-21 Download