Responsibilities
Professor, Senior scientist
Contact
Dept. Biology II
Division Neurobiology
Großhaderner Straße 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Email:
straka@lmu.de
Website:
http://neuro.bio.lmu.de/members/systems_neuro_straka/straka_h/index.html
Further Information
Research focus: Sensory-motor transformation, gaze control, locomotion, developmental plasticity, vestibular circuitry
Key words: Systems neurobiology, developmental neurobiology, cellular and circuit neurobiology
Current GSN students: Clayton Gordy (PhD, 2017), Suzan Özugur (PhD, 2017)
Graduated GSN students: Dr. Johanna Schuller, Dr. Roberto Banchi, Dr. Haike Dietrich, Dr. Céline Gravot, Dr. Sara Hänzi
Selected publications:
Dietrich H and Straka H (2016) Prolonged vestibular stimulation induces homeostatic plasticity of the vestibulo-ocular reflex in larval Xenopus laevis. Eur J Neurosci 44: 1787-1796.
Gensberger KD, Kaufmann AK, Dietrich H. Branoner F, Banchi R, Chagnaud BP and Straka H (2016) Galvanic vestibular stimulation: cellular substrates and response patterns of neurons in the vestibulo-ocular network. J Neurosci 36: 9097-9110.
von Uckermann G, Lambert FM, Combes D, Straka H* and Simmers J* (2016) Adaptive plasticity of retinal image stabilization during locomotion in developing Xenopus. J Exp Biol 219: 1110-1121. * Equal contribution of both authors. Subject of an Editorial letter and the outstanding paper prize in J Exp Biol.
Branoner F and Straka H (2015) Semicircular canal-dependent developmental tuning of translational vestibulo-ocular reflexes in Xenopus laevis. Dev Neurobiol 75: 1051-1067.
Hänzi S, Banchi R, Straka H* and Chagnaud BP* (2015) Locomotor corollary activation of trigeminal motoneurons: coupling of discrete motor behaviors. J Exp Biol 218: 1748-1758. * Equal contribution of both authors. Subject of an Editorial letter in J Exp Biol.
Chagnaud BP, Banchi R, Simmers J and Straka H (2015) Spinal corollary discharge modulates motion sensing during vertebrate locomotion. Nat Comm 6: 7982 doi: 10.1038/ncomms8982.
Fritzsch B and Straka H (2014) Evolution of mechanosensory hair cells and inner ears: identifying stimuli to select altered molecular development toward new morphologies. J Comp Physiol A 200: 5-18.
Straka H, Fritzsch B and Glover JC (2014) Connecting ears to eye muscles: evolution of a 'simple' reflex arc. Brain Behav Evol 83: 162-175.