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Lars Kunz

PD Dr. Lars Kunz

Regular member MCN, GSN associate faculty

Responsibilities

Research group leader

Contact

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Faculty of Biology
Division Neurobiology
Großhaderner Straße 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried

Room: B03.005
Phone: +49 (0)89 / 2180-74299

Website: http://neuro.bio.lmu.de/members/systems_neuro_grothe/kunz_l/index.html

Further Information

Keywords: neuroenergetics, metabolism, auditory system, ROS, gonads

Research description:

  • Metabolic cost of neuronal activity
  • ROS as signalling molecules
  • Function of ion channels & neurotransmitters in the mammalian gonads

GSN students

Selected publications:

1: Gleiss H, Encke J, Lingner A, Jennings TR, Brosel S, Kunz L, Grothe B, Pecka M (2019) Cooperative population coding facilitates efficient sound-source separability by adaptation to input statistics. PLoS Biol. 17(7):e3000150. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000150.

2: Buck T, Hack CT, Berg D, Berg U, Kunz L, Mayerhofer A (2019) The NADPH oxidase 4 is a major source of hydrogen peroxide in human granulosa-lutein and granulosa tumor cells. Sci. Rep. 9(1):3585. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40329-8.

3: Brosel S, Grothe B, Kunz L. An auditory brainstem nucleus as a model system for neuronal metabolic demands (2018) Eur. J. Neurosci. 47(3):222-235. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13789.

4: Keplinger S, Beiderbeck B, Michalakis S, Biel M, Grothe B, Kunz L. Optogenetic Control of Neural Circuits in the Mongolian Gerbil (2018) Front. Cell. Neurosci. 12:111. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00111.

5: Trattner B, Gravot CM, Grothe B, Kunz L (2013) Metabolic Maturation of Auditory Neurones in the Superior Olivary Complex. PLoS One 8(6):e67351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067351.