Selected Publications
Lodge M, Bischofberger J (2019) Synaptic properties of newly generated granule cells support sparse coding in the adult hippocampus. Behav Brain Res. 372: 112036.
Schulz JM, Knoflach F, Hernandez MC, Bischofberger J (2019) Enhanced Dendritic Inhibition and Impaired NMDAR Activation in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome. J Neurosci. 39(26): 5210-21.
Schulz JM, Knoflach F, Hernandez MC, Bischofberger J (2018) Dendrite-targeting interneurons control synaptic NMDA-receptor activation via nonlinear α5-GABAA receptors. Nature Communications 9:3576.
Normann C, Frase S, Haug V, von Wolff G, Clark K, Münzer P, Dorner A, Scholliers J, Horn M, Vo Van T, Seifert G, Serchov T, Biber K, Nissen C, Klugbauer N, Bischofberger J (2018) Antidepressants Rescue Stress-Induced Disruption of Synaptic Plasticity via Serotonin Transporter-Independent Inhibition of L-Type Calcium Channels. Biol Psychiatry. 84(1):55-64.
Li L, Sultan S, Heigele S, Schmidt-Salzmann C, Toni N, Bischofberger J (2017) Silent synapses generate sparse and orthogonal action potential firing in adult-born hippocampal granule cells. Elife. 6. pii: e23612.
Fedele S, Collo G, Behr K, Bischofberger J, Müller S, Kunath T, Christensen K, Gündner AL, Graf M, Jagasia R, Taylor V (2017) Expansion of human midbrain floor plate progenitors from induced pluripotent stem cells increases dopaminergic neuron differentiation potential. Sci Rep. 7(1):6036.
Iijima Y, Behr K, Iijima T, Biemans B, Bischofberger J, Scheiffele P (2016) Distinct Defects in Synaptic Differentiation of Neocortical Neurons in Response to Prenatal Valproate Exposure. Sci Rep. 6:27400.
Costa V, Aigner S, Vukcevic M, Sauter E, Behr K, Ebeling M, Dunkley T, Friedlein A, Zoffmann S, Meyer CA, Knoflach F, Lugert S, Patsch C, Fjeldskaar F, Chicha-Gaudimier L, Kiialainen A, Piraino P, Bedoucha M, Graf M, Jessberger S, Ghosh A, Bischofberger J, Jagasia R (2016) mTORC1 Inhibition Corrects Neurodevelopmental and Synaptic Alterations in a Human Stem Cell Model of Tuberous Sclerosis. Cell Rep. 15(1):86-95.
Heigele S, Sultan S, Toni N, Bischofberger J (2016) Bidirectional GABAergic control of action potential firing in newborn hippocampal granule cells. Nat Neurosci. 19(2):263-70.
Sultan S, Li L, Moss J, Petrelli F, Cassé F, Gebara E, Lopatar J, Pfrieger FW, Bezzi P, Bischofberger J, Toni N (2015) Synaptic Integration of Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons Is Locally Controlled by Astrocytes. Neuron. 88(5):957-972.
Bolz L, Heigele S, Bischofberger J (2015) Running Improves Pattern Separation during Novel Object Recognition. Brain Plast. 1(1):129-141.
Pohle J, Bischofberger J (2014) Supralinear dendritic Ca(2+) signalling in young developing CA1 pyramidal cells. J Physiol. 592(22):4931-49.
Schmidt-Salzmann C, Li L, Bischofberger J (2014) Functional properties of extrasynaptic AMPA and NMDA receptors during postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis. J Physiol. 592(1):125-40.
Schmidt-Hieber C, Bischofberger J (2010) Fast sodium channel gating supports localized and efficient axonal action potential initiation. J Neurosci, 30: 10233-10242.
Stocca G, Schmidt-Hieber C, Bischofberger J (2008) Differential dendritic Ca2+ signalling in young and mature hippocampal granule cells. J Physiol 586: 3795-3811
Schmidt-Hieber C, Jonas P, Bischofberger J (2007) Subthreshold dendritic signal processing and coincidence detection in dentate gyrus granule cells. J Neurosci 27: 8430-8441
Bischofberger J (2007) Young and excitable: New neurons in memory networks. Nature Neurosci, 10: 273-275.
Schmidt-Hieber C, Jonas P, Bischofberger J (2004) Enhanced synaptic plasticity in newly generated granule cells of the adult hippocampus. Nature 429: 184-187.