Markus Meister

Rapid spatial cognition in mice, with and without neocortex and hippocampus

Naive mice learn a 9-turn route in a reconfigurable 3D maze within about 20 rewards; mutants lacking neocortex and hippocampus also learn, remember and generalize, though early exploration is inefficient.

Correspondence of fentanyl brain pharmacokinetics and behavior measured via engineering opioids biosensors and computational ethology

This study develops a fluorescent opioid biosensor to measure fentanyl levels in mice and links pharmacokinetics to behavioral patterns using computational ethology.

Evolution of neuronal cell classes and types in the vertebrate retina

The paper integrates single-cell transcriptomic data from 17 vertebrate species to study the evolution of retinal cell types, finding conserved cell classes and subclasses with variation increasing from outer to inner retina.

Functional Cell Types in the Mouse Superior Colliculus

The paper identifies 24 functional cell types in the mouse superior colliculus using unsupervised clustering of visual responses, revealing two groups with distinct stimulus selectivity and spatial organization.

Endotaxis: A neuromorphic algorithm for mapping, goal-learning, navigation, and patrolling

This paper introduces an algorithm called endotaxis that enables navigation and goal-learning in complex environments by simulating chemotaxis-based internal odor guidance.

Mice in a labyrinth: Rapid learning, sudden insight, and efficient exploration

This study examines how mice learn complex maze navigation rapidly, finding that they achieve high learning rates through local turning rules rather than global memory.

Electrode pooling: How to boost the yield of switchable silicon probes for neuronal recordings

This paper introduces electrode pooling to increase the number of recording sites on silicon probes by using a single wire for multiple sites, demonstrating its feasibility on Neuropixels 1.0 and simulating its effectiveness.

Functional Architecture of Motion Direction in the Mouse Superior Colliculus

The paper investigates motion direction processing in the mouse superior colliculus and finds large regions with neurons preferring the same motion direction, showing a locally biased representation unlike other visual areas.

Functional diversity among sensory neurons from efficient coding principles

The paper investigates how functional diversity in sensory neurons improves information processing by applying efficient coding principles to model optimal population coding of sensory variables.