Alexander Dieter

Disruption of the Brain-Spleen Axis Impairs Monocyte-Microglia Communication and Accelerates Disease Progression in a Model of Amyloidosis

This study shows that disrupting the brain-spleen axis accelerates disease progression in amyloidosis by impairing monocyte-microglia communication.

Hearing restoration by a low-weight power-efficient multichannel optogenetic cochlear implant system

This paper develops a low-weight, wireless optogenetic cochlear implant system for hearing restoration in deafened rats, demonstrating its ability to enable locomotion tasks in response to acoustic stimulation.

A flexible and versatile system for multicolor fiber photometry and optogenetic manipulation

This paper introduces a flexible fiber photometry system that enables multicolor recording and optogenetic manipulation without complex hardware.

A comparison of viral strategies and model systems to target norepinephrine neurons in the locus coeruleus reveals high variability in transgene expression patterns

The paper compares viral strategies for targeting locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons, finding variability in transgene expression and no behavioral differences in cre-expressing mice.

BiPOLES: a tool for bidirectional dual-color optogenetic control of neurons

BiPOLES is an optogenetic tool that allows bidirectional control of neuronal activity using two different light colors, enabling both excitation and inhibition of the same neurons in a single experiment.

Anesthetics fragment hippocampal network activity, alter spine dynamics and affect memory consolidation

This study examines how different anesthetics affect hippocampal network activity, spine dynamics, and memory consolidation in mice, finding distinct impacts on neural function and memory.