Neuroscience research has flourished over the last few decades. While breakthrough discoveries are reported almost every month, the interdisciplinary roots and the intellectual history of neurobiology as a whole tend to be ignored or even forgotten. I think that case-studies, retracing and documenting the life and work of key figures in the field, are especially suited to illuminate important historical developments.
Following my retirement from laboratory research, I have paid particular attention to the contributions and biographies of neuroscientists who were persecuted during the Nazi rule in Central Europe and were forced to pursue a new career abroad.
Zottoli, S. J.; Seyfarth, E. -A., (2018):
Mary Jane Hogue (1883-1962):A pioneer in human brain tissue culture.
J Hist Neurosci, 27 (May 2018; doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2018.1468967).
Seyfarth, E. -A., (2018):
Albrecht Bethe (1872-1954) – Naturforscher, Mediziner und liberaler Patriot.
Societäts-Verlag Frankfurt a.M., pp 187 (ISBN: 978-3-95542-315-5).
Möckel, D.; Seyfarth. E.-A.; Kössl, M., (2011):
Otoacoustic emissions in bushcricket ears: general characteristics and the influence of the neuroactive insecticide pymetrozine.
J Comp Physiol A, 197: 193-202
Loesel, R.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Bräunig, P.; Agricola, H.-J., (2011):
Neuroarchitecture of the arcuate body in the brain of the spider Cupiennius salei (Araneae, Chelicerata) revealed by allatostatin-, proctolin-, and CCAP-immunocytochemistry and its evolutionary implications.
Arthropod Struct Dev, 40 (3): 210-20.
Kössl, M.; Möckel, D.; Weber, M.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2008):
Otoacoustic emissions from insect ears: evidence of active hearing?
J Comp Physiol A, 194: 597-609.
Möckel, D.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Kössl, M., (2008):
Sources of otoacoustic emissions from tympanal organs in insects.
FENS Abstr 4, 087.13.
Strausfeld, N. J.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2008):
Johann Flögel (1834-1918) and the birth of comparative insect neuroanatomy and brain nomenclature.
Arthropod Struct Dev, 37: 434-441.
Kössl, M.; Möckel, D.; Weber, M.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2008):
Schallemissionen aus Insektenohren: Hinweis auf aktives Hören?
Neuroforum, 08 (1): 166-173.
Stollewerk, A.; Seyfarth, E. -A., (2008):
Evolutionary changes in sensory precursor formation in arthropods: embryonic development of leg sensilla in the spider Cupiennius salei.
Dev Biol, 313: 659-673.
Zottoli, S. J.; Cioni, C.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2007):
Reticulospinal neurons in anamnionic vertebrates: A celebration of Alberto Stefanelli's contributions to comparative neuroscience.
Brain Res Bull, 74: 295-306.
Möckel, D. ; Seyfarth, E.-A. ; Kössl, M., (2007):
The generation of DPOAEs in the locust ear is contingent upon the sensory neurons.
J Comp Physiol A, 193: 871-879.
Kössl, M.; Coro, F.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Nässig, W. A., (2007):
Otoacoustic emissions from insect ears having just one auditory neuron.
J Comp Physiol A, 193: 909-915.
Möckel, D.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Kössl, M., (2007):
Tympanal sensilla generate DPOAEs in the locust ear.
Neuroforum, 07 (1): T18-6B.
Möckel, D.; Kössl, M.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2007):
Pymetrozine, a neuroactive insecticide, reduces otoacoustic emissions in the bushcricket ear.
10th Meeting Austrian Neuroscience Association (ANA), Seggauberg: P37.
Weber, M.; Baumgarten, D.; Winter, H.; Kössl, M.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2006):
Active hearing in the bushcricket, Mecopoda elongata.
FENS Abstr 3: A 038.24.
Seyfarth, E.-A., (2006):
Albrecht Bethe (1872-1954): comparative physiologist and eminent neurobiologist.
FENS Abstr 3: A 196.11.
Möckel, D.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Kössl, M., (2006):
DPOAEs in the locust depend on the integrity of the sensory organ.
Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 23.
Seyfarth, E.-A., (2006):
Julius Bernstein (1839-1917): pioneer neurobiologist and biophysicist.
Biol Cybern, 94 (1): 2-8.
Peichl, L.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2006):
Vor 100 Jahren: Nobelpreis für Golgi und Ramón y Cajal.
Neuroforum, 06 (4): 266-267.
Weber, M.; Kössl, M.; Volknandt, W.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2005):
Acetylcholine is a transmitter candidate in sensory neurons of the bushcricket ear (Mecopoda elongata).
Neuroforum, 05 (9): 94 A.
Loesel, R.; Strausfeld, N. J.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Agricola, H.-J., (2005):
A 450 million year leitmotif for a locomotor control center in the brain: conserved neuroarchitecture of the central complex of chelicerates and hexapods.
Neuroforum, 05 (9): 262 A.
French, A. S.; Torkkeli, P. H.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2002):
From stress and strain to spikes: mechanotransduction in spider slit sensilla.
J Comp Physiol A, 188: 739-752.
Panek, I.; French, A. S.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Sekizawa, S.; Torkkeli, P. H., (2002):
Peripheral GABAergic inhibition of spider mechanosensory afferents.
Eur J Neurosci, 16 (1): 96-104.
Fabian-Fine, R.; Seyfarth, E.-A.; Meinertzhagen, I. A., (2002):
Peripheral synaptic contacts at mechanoreceptors in arachnids and crustaceans: morphological and immunocytochemical characteristics.
Microsc Res Tech, 58 (4): 283-298.
Seyfarth, E.-A., (2002):
Tactile body raising: neuronal correlates of a 'simple' behavior in spiders.
In: Toft, S. ; Scharff, N. (Hrsg.): European arachnology 2000.
(19th European Colloquium of Arachnology Århus 17. - 22.07.2000),
Århus, Aarhus University Press: 19-32.
Seyfarth, E.-A.; Peichl, L., (2002):
Vor 100 Jahren: Julius Bernstein (1839 - 1917) formuliert seine "Membrantheorie".
Neuroforum, 02 (4): 274-276.
Höger, U.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2001):
Structural correlates of mechanosensory transduction and adaptation in identified neurons of spider slit sensilla.
J Comp Physiol A, 187: 727-736.
Buchholtz, E. A.; Seyfarth, E.-A., (2001):
The study of "fossil brains": Tilly Edinger (1897-1967) and the beginnings of paleoneurology.
BioScience, 51: 674-682.
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