Responsibilities
Group Leader Neuroethology
Contact
Dept. Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Institute for Neurobiology
Chair of Neuroethology
Auf der Morgenstelle 28
D-72076 Tübingen
Phone:
+49 (0)7071 / 29-74571
Email:
jan.benda@uni-tuebingen.de
Website:
http://www.cin.uni-tuebingen.de/research/cin-members-detail.php?tx_pxemployee%5Bemployee%5D=411
Further Information
Selected publications:
Hildebrandt K, Benda J and Hennig RM. (2009) The origin of adaptation in the auditory pathway of locusts is specific to cell type and function. J. Neurosci. 29: 2626–2636.
Middleton JW, Longtin A, Benda J and Maler L. (2009) Postsynaptic receptive field size and spike threshold determine encoding of high-frequency information via sensitivity to synchronous presynaptic activity. J. Neurophysiol. 101: 1160–1170.
Creutzig F, Wohlgemuth S, Stumpner A, Benda J, Ronacher B and Herz AVM. (2009) Timescale invariant representation of acoustic communication signals by a bursting neuron. J Neurosci 29: 2575–2580.
Benda J and Hennig RM. (2008) Dynamics of intensity invariance in a primary auditory interneuron. J. Comput. Neurosci. 24: 113–136.
Benda J, Longtin A and Maler L. (2006) A synchronization-desynchronization code for natural communication signals. Neuron 52: 347–358.