Jörg Mayer

Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics -
Department of Theoretical Physics
Christian Albrecht University Kiel, Germany

Leibnizstr. 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
phone: +49-431-880-4097
fax: +49-431-880-4094
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Research Interests

Nonlinear Dynamics

• bifurcation analysis

• canonical models

• dynamics of conductance based neuron models

Theoretical Neurophysics and Computational Neuroscience

• spike transfer in simple thalamic circuits

• fundamental dynamic behaviour of thalamic circuits

Synchronization and its Control in Neural Systems

• interaction between cortex and thalamus

• comparison between computer models and EEG data

• synchronization in cortical/thalamic networks

Publications

• Jörg Mayer, Heinz Georg Schuster, Jens Christian Claussen and Matthias Mölle, Corticothalamic projections control synchronization in locally coupled bistable thalamic oscillators, q-bio/0702019 ,Physical Review Letters, download movie

•  Jörg Mayer, Heinz Georg Schuster, and Jens Christian Claussen, The role of inhibitory feedback for information processing in thalamocortical circuits,  q-bio/0510040

•  Jörg Mayer, Modellierung und Analyse neuronaler Dynamiken im Thalamus, Diploma thesis, Kiel 2004

Talks and Posters on International Conferences and Workshops

7/2005

Dynamics Days Europe (poster)

3/2006

EPS Condensed Matter Division Conference, Dresden
(talk/poster) AKB 10.2, DY 46.24

7/2006

Workshop CRNCS, MPI PKS, Dresden (talk,poster)

3/2007

EPS Condensed Matter Division Conference, Regensburg
(talk) DY 32.6

7/2007

Workshop Medsim, MPI PKS, Dresden (talk,poster)

Other Interests

• windsurfing and surfing

• mountainbiking and racecykling

• snowboarding, skateboarding

• my dog shaja