Prof. Dr. R. Michael Burger

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietMolekulare Biologie und Physiologie von Nerven- und Gliazellen
Keywordsmedial superior olive, synaptic input, inhibitory feedback, Sound localization, superior paraolivary nucleus

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtBethlehem
Universität/InstitutionLehigh University
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Biological Sciences

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

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
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.07.2005

Programm(e)

2005Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm

Publikationen (Auswahl)

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