Publications
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ZEBRAFISH
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Inbal Shainer, Johannes M. Kappel, Eva Laurell, Joseph C. Donovan, Martin W. Schneider, Enrico Kuehn, Irene Arnold-Ammer, Manuel Stemmer, Johannes Larsch and Herwig Baier.
Transcriptomic neuron types vary topographically in function and morphology.
Nature 638, 1023–1033 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08518-2
Shainer I, Kuehn E, Laurell E, Al Kassar M, Mokayes N, Sherman S, Larsch J, Kunst M, Baier H.
A single-cell resolution gene expression atlas of the larval zebrafish brain.
Science Advances. 9,eade9909 (2023); DOI:10.1126/sciadv.ade9909
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Alexandra Tallafuss, Sarah J. Stednitz, Mae Voeun, Anastasia Levichev, Johannes Larsch, Judith Eisen, Philip Washbourne.
Egr1 Is Necessary for Forebrain Dopaminergic Signaling during Social Behavior.
eNeuro 28 March 2022, 9 (2) ENEURO.0035-22.2022; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0035-22.2022
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Johannes M. Kappel, Dominique Förster, Katja Slangewal, Inbal Shainer, Fabian Svara, Joseph C. Donovan, Shachar Sherman, MichaÅ‚ Januszewski, Herwig Baier and Johannes Larsch.
Visual recognition of social signals by a tectothalamic neural circuit.
Nature 608, 146–152 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04925-5
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Joseph J. Bruckner,Sarah J. Stednitz, Max Z. Grice, Dana Zaidan,Michelle S. Massaquoi,J ohannes Larsch, Alexandra Tallafuss, Karen Guillemin, Philip Washbourne, Judith S. Eisen.
The microbiota promotes social behavior by modulating microglial remodeling of forebrain neurons.
Plos One Biology: November 1, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001838
Fernandes AM, Mearns DS, Donovan JC, Larsch J, Helmbrecht TO, Kölsch Y, Laurell E, Kawakami K, Dal Maschio M, Baier H.
Neural circuitry for stimulus selection in the zebrafish visual system.
Neuron Epub 2020 Dec 22. PMID: 33357384; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.12.002
Carlos Pantoja, Johannes Larsch, Eva Laurell, Greg Marquart, Michael Kunst, Herwig Baier.
Rapid Effects of Selection on Brain-wide Activity and Behavior.
Current Biology 30, 3647-3656.e3 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.086
Carlos Pantoja, Johannes Larsch.
Learning: Complexities of Habituation in Escaping Zebrafish Larvae.
Current Biology 29, R292–R294 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.041
Johannes Larsch, Herwig Baier.
Biological Motion as an Innate Perceptual Mechanism Driving Social Affiliation.
Current Biology 28, 3523-3532.e4 (2018); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.014
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C.ELEGANS
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Inbal Shainer, Johannes M. Kappel, Eva Laurell, Joseph C. Donovan, Martin W. Schneider, Enrico Kuehn, Irene Arnold-Ammer, Manuel Stemmer, Johannes Larsch, Herwig Baier
Positional information drives distinct traits in transcriptomically identified neuronal types
bioRxiv 2024.09.15.613138; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.15.613138
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Sahand Jamal Rahi, Johannes Larsch, Kresti Pecani, Alexander Y Katsov, Nahal Mansouri, Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova, Eduardo D Sontag and Frederick R Cross.
Oscillatory stimuli differentiate adapting circuit topologies.
Nat Methods 14, 1010–1016 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4408
Larsch, Johannes
A Mechanism for Spatial Orientation Based on Sensory Adaptation in Caenorhabditis Elegans
(2015). Student Theses and Dissertations. 270; https://doi.org/10.48496/5fey-yk92
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Johannes Larsch, Steven W. Flavell, Qiang Liu, Andrew Gordus, Dirk R. Albrecht, Cornelia I. Bargmann.
A Circuit for Gradient Climbing in C. elegans Chemotaxis.
Cell Reports. 2015 Sep 22;12(11):1748-60; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.08.032
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Sara Abrahamsson, Molly McQuilken, Shalin B Mehta, Amitabh Verma, Johannes Larsch, Rob Ilic, Rainer Heintzmann, Cornelia I Bargmann, Amy S Gladfelter, Rudolf Oldenbourg.
MultiFocus Polarization Microscope (MF-PolScope) for 3D polarization imaging of up to 25 focal planes simultaneously.
Optics Express Vol. 23, Issue 6, pp. 7734-7754 (2015); https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.007734
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Johannes Larsch, Donovan Ventimiglia, Cornelia I Bargmann, Dirk R Albrecht.
High-throughput imaging of neuronal activity in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Nov 5;110(45):E4266-73; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1318325110
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Steven W Flavell, Navin Pokala, Evan Z Macosko, Dirk R Albrecht, Johannes Larsch, Cornelia I Bargmann.
Serotonin and the neuropeptide PDF initiate and extend opposing behavioral states in C. elegans.
Cell 154, 1023–1035 (2013); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.001
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Larsch, Johannes, Mathias Ditzen, and Leslie B. Vosshall.
Studying the hedonics of olfactory sensory neurons in Drosophila melanogaster.
JOURNAL OF NEUROGENETICS. Vol. 23.
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Johannes Larsch
Behavior Driven by Induced Activity in Single Classes of Olfactory Sensory Neurons in Drosophila Melanogaster
Citation, J Larsch - 2008