Prof. Dr. R. Michael Burger

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMolecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells
Keywordsmedial superior olive, synaptic input, inhibitory feedback, Sound localization, superior paraolivary nucleus

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBethlehem
InstitutionLehigh University
InstituteDepartment of Biological Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Benedikt GrotheDepartment Biologie II - Biozentrum Martinsried, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Planegg-Martinsried
Priv. Doz. Dr. Conny Kopp-ScheinpflugDepartment Biologie II - Biozentrum Martinsried, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Planegg-Martinsried
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2005

Programme(s)

2005Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2026Malik, Tulika and Jones, Sam and Ma, Olivia and Mohan, Sahana and Burger, R Michael and Babcock, Daniel T: Autophagy induction mitigates FUS aggregate formation and early synaptic dysfunction at the NMJ in the FUS-ALS model. 2026,
2026Owusu-Nyantakyi, Kwame and Hamlette, Lashaka S. and Ashida, Go and Weimann, Sonia and Oline, Stefan N. and Michael Burger, R.: Hyperpolarization-activated cation channels confer tonotopic specialization for temporal encoding of sound frequency in the cochlear nucleus. In: Journal of Neuroscience, 2026, e1323252026
2025Vaughn, Mitchell J. and Yellamelli, Nandini and Burger, R. Michael and Haas, Julie S.: Dopamine receptors D1, D2, and D4 modulate electrical synapses and excitability in the thalamic reticular nucleus. In: Journal of Neurophysiology, 133, 2025, 374–387
2024Zhang, Chao and Burger, R. Michael: Cholinergic modulation in the vertebrate auditory pathway. In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 18, 2024,
2023Weimann, Sonia R. and Zhang, Chao and Burger, R. Michael: A Developmental Switch in Cholinergic Mechanisms of Modulation in the Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body. In: The Journal of Neuroscience, 2023, JN–RM–0356–23
2022Burger, R. Michael and Kopp-Scheinpflug, Conny: Editorial: Neuromodulatory Function in Auditory Processing. In: Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 16, 2022,
2022: Neuromodulatory Function in Auditory Processing. Frontiers Media SA, 2022
2021Beebe, Nichole L. and Zhang, Chao and Burger, R. Michael and Schofield, Brett R.: Multiple Sources of Cholinergic Input to the Superior Olivary Complex. In: Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 15, 2021,
2020Zhang, Chao and Beebe, Nichole L. and Schofield, Brett R. and Pecka, Michael and Burger, R. Michael: Endogenous Cholinergic Signaling Modulates Sound-Evoked Responses of the Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body. In: The Journal of Neuroscience, 41, 2020, 674–688
2017R. Michael Burger: Development and Function of Inhibitory Circuitry in the Avian Auditory Brainstem. 2017
2017R. Michael Burger and Yuan Wang and Jason Sanchez and Yong Lu and Armin Seidl and Edwin Rubel: Nucleus LaminarisHandbook of Brain Microcircuits 2 . 2017
2017Weimann, Sonia R. and Black, Andrew N. and Leese, Joseph and Richter, Martin L. and Itzkowitz, Murray and Burger, R. Michael: Territorial vocalization in sympatric damselfish: acoustic characteristics and intruder discrimination. In: Bioacoustics, 27, 2017, 87–102
2016Fischl MJ and Burger RM and Schmidt-Pauly M and Alexandrova O and Sinclair JL and Grothe B and Forsythe ID and Kopp-Scheinpflug C: Physiology and anatomy of neurons in the medial superior olive of the mouse.. In: Journal of neurophysiology, 2016,
2016Oline SN and Ashida G and Burger RM: Tonotopic Optimization for Temporal Processing in the Cochlear Nucleus.. In: The Journal of neuroscience the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2016,
2015Burger, R. M. and Forsythe, Ian D. and Kopp-Scheinpflug, Conny: Editorial: Inhibitory function in auditory processing. In: Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 9, 2015,
2015R. Michael Burger and William Coleman: Extracellular Single Unit Recordings and Neuropharmacological Methods. 2015
2015: Inhibitory Function in Auditory Processing. Frontiers Media SA, 2015
2014Nerlich J and Keine C and Rübsamen R and Burger RM and Milenkovic I: Activity-dependent modulation of inhibitory synaptic kinetics in the cochlear nucleus.. In: Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014,
2014Fischl MJ and Burger RM: Glycinergic transmission modulates GABAergic inhibition in the avian auditory pathway.. In: Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014,
2014Oline SN and Burger RM: Short-term synaptic depression is topographically distributed in the cochlear nucleus of the chicken.. In: The Journal of neuroscience the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2014,
2014Fischl MJ and Weimann SR and Kearse MG and Burger RM: Slowly emerging glycinergic transmission enhances inhibition in the sound localization pathway of the avian auditory system.. In: Journal of neurophysiology, 2014,
2012Burger RM: Inhibitory synaptic release properties are topographically distributed in auditory circuitry.. In: The Journal of physiology, 2012,
2012Fischl MJ and Combs TD and Klug A and Grothe B and Burger RM: Modulation of synaptic input by GABAB receptors improves coincidence detection for computation of sound location.. In: The Journal of physiology, 2012,
2012Gerhart SV and Eble DM and Burger RM and Oline SN and Vacaru A and Sadler KC and Jefferis R and Iovine MK: The Cx43-like connexin protein Cx40.8 is differentially localized during fin ontogeny and fin regeneration.. In: PloS one, 2012,
2012Tabor KM and Coleman WL and Rubel EW and Burger RM: Tonotopic organization of the superior olivary nucleus in the chicken auditory brainstem.. In: The Journal of comparative neurology, 2012,
2011Coleman, W. L. and Fischl, M. J. and Weimann, S. R. and Burger, R. M.: GABAergic and glycinergic inhibition modulate monaural auditory response properties in the avian superior olivary nucleus. In: Journal of Neurophysiology, 105, 2011, 2405–2420
2011Burger RM and Fukui I and Ohmori H and Rubel EW: Inhibition in the balance: binaurally coupled inhibitory feedback in sound localization circuitry.. In: Journal of neurophysiology, 2011,
2010Fukui I and Burger RM and Ohmori H and Rubel EW: GABAergic inhibition sharpens the frequency tuning and enhances phase locking in chicken nucleus magnocellularis neurons.. In: The Journal of neuroscience the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2010,
2008R. Michael Burger: Encoding of interaural timing for sound localization. 2008
2007Howard MA and Burger RM and Rubel EW: A developmental switch to GABAergic inhibition dependent on increases in Kv1-type K+ currents.. In: The Journal of neuroscience the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2007,
2005Burger RM and Cramer KS and Pfeiffer JD and Rubel EW: Avian superior olivary nucleus provides divergent inhibitory input to parallel auditory pathways.. In: The Journal of comparative neurology, 2005,
2005Burger RM and Pfeiffer JD and Westrum LE and Bernard A and Rubel EW: Expression of GABA(B) receptor in the avian auditory brainstem: ontogeny, afferent deprivation, and ultrastructure.. In: The Journal of comparative neurology, 2005,
2005Lu Y and Burger RM and Rubel EW: GABA(B) receptor activation modulates GABA(A) receptor-mediated inhibition in chicken nucleus magnocellularis neurons.. In: Journal of neurophysiology, 2005,
2003Pollak GD and Burger RM and Klug A: Dissecting the circuitry of the auditory system.. In: Trends in neurosciences, 2003,
2002Pollak GD and Burger RM and Park TJ and Klug A and Bauer EE: Roles of inhibition for transforming binaural properties in the brainstem auditory system.. In: Hearing research, 2002,
2001Burger RM and Pollak GD: Reversible inactivation of the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus reveals its role in the processing of multiple sound sources in the inferior colliculus of bats.. In: The Journal of neuroscience the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2001,
2000Klug, Achim and Khan, Asma and Burger, R.Michael and Bauer, Eric E and Hurley, Laura M and Yang, Lichuan and Grothe, Benedikt and Halvorsen, Michele B and Park, Thomas J: Latency as a function of intensity in auditory neurons: influences of central processing. In: Hearing Research, 148, 2000, 107–123
1998Burger, R. Michael and Pollak, George D.: Analysis of the Role of Inhibition in Shaping Responses to Sinusoidally Amplitude-Modulated Signals in the Inferior Colliculus. In: Journal of Neurophysiology, 80, 1998, 1686–1701