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Andreas V. M. Herz
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience MunichORCID 0000-0002-3836-565XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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2017-2026 · peak 3/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
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The lattice scales of grid-cell activity
Arseniy Veselov, Anian Kerscher, Martin Stemmler, Andreas V. M. Herz
The paper reanalyzes grid-cell datasets and finds that scale ratios follow a geometric progression, refuting a developmental theory and supporting an efficient-coding explanation.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.07.743499 - NeuroscienceCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewed
A multi-ring shifter network computes head direction in zebrafish
Siyuan Mei, Hagar Lavian, You Kure Wu…·Andreas V. M. Herz
The paper identifies a three-ring shifter network in zebrafish that computes heading direction, showing convergent evolution with the Drosophila compass mechanism.
1 citation - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Mental calculation speeds surpass known limits for high-level cognition
Bastian Wiederhold, Martin Stemmler, Andreas V.M. Herz
The paper analyzes mental calculation speeds in international competitions, finding rates exceeding 215 bit/s, surpassing previous estimates for high-level cognition.
DOI 10.1101/2025.05.28.656137 - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Depolarizing afterpotentials in rodent mEC layer II neurons vary gradually across all principal cell types
Franziska S. Kümpfbeck, Johannes Nagele, Felix Felmy, Andreas V. M. Herz
The paper analyzes biophysical properties of neurons in the rodent medial entorhinal cortex, finding a continuum of depolarizing afterpotential characteristics across cell types.
- NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
Grid cells anticipate the animal's future movement
Dóra Éva Csordás, Johannes Nagele, Martin Stemmler, Andreas V. M. Herz
The paper investigates whether grid cells encode future position by analyzing how shifting spikes in space or time affects firing field properties in mice.
DOI 10.1101/2024.12.05.627046 - NeuroscienceHippocampusPeer-reviewed
Burst activity plays no role for the field-to-field variability and rate remapping of grid cells.
Michaela Poth, Andreas V. M. Herz
This study investigates whether burst activity contributes to field-to-field variability and rate remapping in grid cells, finding no role for burst activity in these phenomena.
- NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
Spike afterpotentials shape the in-vivo burst activity of principal cells in medial entorhinal cortex
Dóra Éva Csordás, Caroline Fischer, Johannes Nagele…·Andreas V. M. Herz
The paper investigates how spike afterpotentials influence burst activity in medial entorhinal cortex neurons during in-vivo behavior, finding that DAPs are associated with specific burst patterns in Layer II cells.
10 citations - NeuroscienceiSciencePeer-reviewed
Zebrafish use visual cues and geometric relationships to form a spatial memory
Ksenia Yashina, Álvaro Tejero-Cantero, Andreas V. M. Herz, Herwig Baier
This study shows juvenile zebrafish use visual cues and geometric relationships to form spatial memory in a Y-shaped maze.
47 citations - NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
Anticipatory neural activity improves the decoding accuracy for dynamic head-direction signals
Johannes Zirkelbach, Martin Stemmler, Andreas V. M. Herz
The paper shows anticipatory firing in head-direction neurons improves decoding accuracy by reducing temporal bias in dynamic head-direction signal estimation.
12 citations - NeurosciencebioRxivPreprint
GABA regulates resonance and spike rate encoding via a universal mechanism that underlies the modulation of action potential generation
Christoph Kirst, Julian J. Ammer, Felix Felmy…·Martin Stemmler
The paper shows GABA modulates action potential dynamics through a universal mechanism, confirmed by experiments and modeling in different neurons.
3 citations