Responsibilities
Group Leader, Div. Neurobiology
Contact
Dept. Biology II
Division Neurobiology
Großhaderner Straße 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Room:
B03.038
Phone:
+49 (0)89 / 2180-74322
Fax:
+49 (0)89 / 2180-74304
Email:
wullimann@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de
Website:
http://neuro.bio.lmu.de/members/systems_neuro_grothe/wullimann_m/index.html
Further Information
- Early development of GABAergic neurons in the zebrafish
- Adult configuration of major neurotransmitter systems in the zebrafish
- Early proliferation and proneural gene expression in vertebrates
- A Substantia nigra-like dopamine system in the zebrafish
- Rhombic lip derived neuronal hindbrain populations and cerebellar development
- Behavioral and neuronal mechanisms of olfactory imprinting in zebrafish (DFG-Project within the Schwerpunktprogramm “Integrative Analysis of Olfaction” together with Gabrielle Gerlach, University Oldenburg and Rainer Friedrich, F. Miescher Institute, Basel)
Selected publications:
Wullimann MF. (2011) Basal ganglia: insights into origins from lamprey brains. Curr Biol 21: R497-500.
Yamamoto K, Ruuskanen JO, Wullimann MF and Vernier P. (2011) Differential expression of dopaminergic cell markers in the adult zebrafish forebrain. J Comp Neurology 519: 576-598.
Wullimann MF, Mueller T, Distel M, Babaryka A, Grothe B and Köster RF. (2011) The long adventurous journey of rhombic lip cells in jawed vertebrates: a comparative developmental analysis. Front Neuroanat 5: 27.
Yamamoto K, Ruuskanen JO, Wullimann MF and Vernier P. (2010) Two tyrosine hydroxylases in vertebrates - New dopaminergic territories revealed in the adult zebrafish brain. Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience 43: 394-402.
Mueller T and Wullimann MF. (2009) An evolutionary interpretation of teleost forebrain anatomy. Brain Behav Evol 74: 30-42.