Publications

Stempel, A. V.; Evans , D. A.; Arocas, O. P.; Claudi, F.; Lenzi, S. C.; Kutsarova, E.; Margrie, T. W.; Branco, T.: Tonically active GABAergic neurons in the dorsal periaqueductal gray control instinctive escape in mice. Curr. Biol. 34 (13), pp. 3031 - 3039.e7 (2024)

Campagner, D.; Vale, R.; Tan, Y. L.; Iordanidou, P.; Arocas, O. P.; Claudi, F.; Stempel, A. V.; Keshavarzi, S.; Petersen, R. S.; Margrie, T. W. et al.; Branco, T.: A cortico-collicular circuit for accurate orientation to shelter during escape. Nature, pp. 111 - 119 (2023)

Fratzl, A.; Koltchev, A. M.; Vissers, N.; Tan, Y. L.; Marques-Smith, A.; Stempel, A. V.; Branco, T.; Hofer, S. B.: Flexible inhibitory control of visually evoked defensive behavior by the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus. Neuron 109 (23), pp. 3810 - 3822 (2021)

Stumpf, A.; Parthier, D.; Sammons, R. P.; Stempel, A. V.; Breustedt, J.; Rost, B. R.; Schmitz, D.: Cannabinoid type 2 receptors mediate a cell type-specific self-inhibition in cortical neurons. Neuropharmacology 139, pp. 217 - 225 (2018)

Wegener, S.; Buschler, A.; Stempel, A. V.; Kang, S. J.; Lim, C. S.; Kaang, B. K.; Shoichet, S. A.; Manahan-Vaughan, D.; Schmitz, D.: Defective Synapse Maturation and Enhanced Synaptic Plasticity in Shank2 Deltaex7(-/-) Mice. eNeuro 5 (3) (2018)

Evans, D. A.; Stempel, A. V.; Vale, R.; Ruehle, S.; Lefler, Y.; Branco, T.: A synaptic threshold mechanism for computing escape decisions. Nature 558 (7711), pp. 590 - 594 (2018)

Stempel, A. V.; Stumpf, A.; Zhang, H.-Y.; Özdoğan, T.; Pannasch, U.; Theis, A.-K.; Otte, D.-M.; Wojtalla, A.; Rácz, I.; Ponomarenko, A. et al.; Xi, Z.-X.; Zimmer, A.; Schmitz, D.: Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptors Mediate a Cell Type-Specific Plasticity in the Hippocampus. Neuron 90 (4), pp. 795 - 809 (2016)

Schmeisser, M. J.; Ey, E.; Wegener, S.; Bockmann, J.; Stempel, A. V.; Kuebler, A.; Janssen, A. L.; Udvardi, P. T.; Shiban, E.; Spilker, C. et al.; Balschun, D.; Skryabin, B. V.; Dieck, S.; Smalla, K. H.; Montag, D.; Leblond, C. S.; Faure, P.; Torquet, N.; Le Sourd, A. M.; Toro, R.; Grabrucker, A. M.; Shoichet, S. A.; Schmitz, D.; Kreutz, M. R.; Bourgeron, T.; Gundelfinger, E. D.; Boeckers, T. M.: Autistic-like behaviours and hyperactivity in mice lacking ProSAP1/Shank2. Nature 486 (7402), pp. 256 - 60 (2012)

Winterer, J.; Stempel, A. V.; Dugladze, T.; Foldy, C.; Maziashvili, N.; Zivkovic, A. R.; Priller, J.; Soltesz, I.; Gloveli, T.; Schmitz, D.: Cell-type-specific modulation of feedback inhibition by serotonin in the hippocampus. J Neurosci 31 (23), pp. 8464 - 75 (2011)

Schapitz, I. U.; Behrend, B.; Pechmann, Y.; Lappe-Siefke, C.; Kneussel, S. J.; Wallace, K. E.; Stempel, A. V.; Buck, F.; Grant, S. G.; Schweizer, M. et al.; Schmitz, D.; Schwarz, J. R.; Holzbaur, E. L.; Kneussel, M.: Neuroligin 1 is dynamically exchanged at postsynaptic sites. J Neurosci 30 (38), pp. 12733 - 44 (2010)

Stempel, A. V.: A conserved brainstem region for instinctive behaviour control: The vertebrate periaqueductal gray. Curr. Opin.Neurobiol. 86, 102878 (2024)

Evans, D. A.; Stempel, A. V.; Vale, R.; Branco, T.: Cognitive Control of Escape Behaviour. Trends Cogn. Sci. 23 (4), pp. 334 - 348 (2019)