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Dieter Jaeger Dieter Jaeger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

School of Biology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone:404-727-8139
Fax:404-727-2880
Location: EU: Rollins Research Center - 2129
E-Mail: djaeger@emory.edu
URL: http://www.biology.emory.edu/research/Jaeger

Areas of Research

    Modeling of neurons and circuits in cerebellum and basal ganglia. Brain slice and in vivo electrophysiology of said neurons and circuits.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1990
  • B.S. Tübingen University, Germany, 1984

Selected Awards

  • Winship Distinguished Associate Professor, Emory 2006

Selected Research Publications

  • Jaeger D, De Schutter E, Bower JM (1997) The role of synaptic and voltage-gated currents in the control of Purkinje cell spiking: a modeling study. J Neurosci., 17: 91-106, 1997
  • Stern, E.A., Jaeger D, Wilson, C.J. (1998) Membrane potential synchrony of simultaneously recorded striatal spiny neurons in vivo. Nature, 394: 475-478
  • Jaeger, D., Bower, J.M. (1999) Synaptic Control of Spiking in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells: Dynamic Current Clamp based on model conductances. J. Neurosci., 19:6090-6101
  • Gauck, V., Jaeger, D. (2000) The control of rate and timing of spikes in the deep cerebellar nuclei by inhibition. J. Neurosci. 20: 3006-3016
  • Gauck, V., Thomann, M., Jaeger, D., Borst, A. (2001) Spatial distribution of low and high voltage activated calcium currents in neurons of the deep cerebellar nuclei. Rapid Publication in J. Neurosci. 21, RC158
  • Hanson, J.E. and Jaeger, D.. (2002) Short-Term Plasticity Shapes the Response to Simulated Normal and Parkinsonian Input Patterns in the Globus Pallidus J. Neurosci. 22: 5164-517
  • Santamaria, F., Jaeger, D., De Schutter, E., Bower, J.M. (2002) Modulatory effects of parallel fibers and stellate cell synaptic activity on Purkinje cell responses to ascending segment input: A modeling study. J. comp. Neurosci., 13:217-235


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