Richard Kempter - Publications

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R. Kempter et al.
Quantifying circular-linear associations: hippocampal phase precession.

P. T. Kuokkanen, H. Wagner, G. Ashida, C. E. Carr, R. Kempter.
Theoretical and experimental signal-to-noise ratio in nucleus laminaris of the barn owl (Tyto alba).

R. Schaette, O. König, D. Hornig, M. Gross, R. Kempter.
Tinnitus pitch determines reduction of perceived tinnitus loudness through acoustic stimulation delivered by behind-the-ear devices.

2009

R. Schmidt, K. Diba, C. Leibold, D. Schmitz, G.Buzsáki, R. Kempter.
Single-trial phase precession in the hippocampus.
J. Neurosci., 29, 13232-13241, 2009.

H. Wagner, S. Brill, R. Kempter, C.E. Carr.
Auditory responses in the owl's nucleus laminaris to clicks: signal analysis of neurophonic responses.
J. Neurophysiol. 102, 1127-1240, 2009.

R. Schmidt, G. Morris, E. H. Hagen, R. J. Sullivan, P. Hammerstein, R. Kempter.
The dopamine puzzle.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106:E75, 2009

R. Schaette and R. Kempter.
Predicting tinnitus pitch from patients' audiograms with a computational model for the development of neuronal hyperactivity.
J. Neurophysiol. 101, 3042-3052, 2009.

E. H. Hagen, R. J. Sullivan, R. Schmidt, G. Morris, R. Kempter* and P. Hammerstein*. (* co-last authors)
Ecology and neurobiology of toxin avoidance and the paradox of drug reward.
Neuroscience 160, 69-84, 2009.

N. Lautemann, P. T. Kuokkanen, R. Kempter, H. Wagner.
Delay lines and the neurophonic potential in the sound-localization circuit of birds.
Proceedings of the 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, S20-3, 2009.

R. Schmidt, K. Diba, C. Leibold, D. Schmitz, G. Buzsaki, R. Kempter.
Single-trial phase precession in the hippocampus.
Proceedings of the 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, T25-15B, 2009.

P. T. Kuokkanen, N. Lautemann, H. Wagner, R. Kempter.
Analysis and simulation of the neurophonic potential in the laminar nucleus of the barn owl.
Proceedings of the 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, T18-3B, 2009.
Abstr. Ass. Res. Otolaryngol. 32:895, 2009.

H. Wagner, S. Brill, R. Kempter, P. T. Kuokkanen, C. E. Carr.
Auditory responses in the owl's nucleus laminaris to clicks: impulse response and signal analysis of neurophonic responses.
Abstr. Ass. Res. Otolaryngol. 32:856, 2009.

2008

N. Lautemann, P. Kuokkanen, R. Kempter, H. Wagner.
The neurophonic potential in the nucleus laminaris of birds.
Proceedings MEA Meeting, 82-83, 2008.

R. Schaette and R. Kempter.
Development of hyperactivity after hearing loss in a computational model of the dorsal cochlear nucleus depends on neuron response type.
Hear. Res. 240, 57-72, 2008.
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K. Thurley, C. Leibold, A. Gundlfinger, D. Schmitz, R. Kempter.
Phase precession through synaptic facilitation.
Neural Comput. 20, 1285-1324, 2008.
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C. Leibold, A. Gundlfinger, R. Schmidt, K. Thurley, D. Schmitz, R. Kempter.
Temporal compression mediated by short-term synaptic plasticity.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 4417-4422, 2008.
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C. Leibold and R. Kempter
Sparseness constrains the prolongation of memory lifetime via synaptic metaplasticity.
Cereb. Cortex 18, 67-77, 2008.

2007

A. Gundlfinger, C. Leibold, K. Gebert, M. Moisel, D. Schmitz, R. Kempter.
Differential modulation of short-term synaptic dynamics by long-term potentiation at mouse hippocampal mossy fibre synapses.
J. Physiol. 585.3 853-865, 2007.
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Isolating the kinetics of facilitation in the mossy fibre pathway.
J. Physiol. 586.11 2671-2672, 2008.

R. Kempter and C. Leibold.
Memory lifetime depends on synaptic meta-plasticity and the size of cell assemblies.
Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) I-22, 2007.

2006

O. König, R. Schaette, R. Kempter and M. Gross.
Course of hearing loss and occurrence of tinnitus.
Hear. Res. 221, 59-64, 2006.

R. Schaette and R. Kempter.
Development of tinnitus-related neuronal hyperactivity through homeostatic plasticity after hearing loss: a computational model.
Europ. J. Neurosci. 23, 3124-3138, 2006.
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C. Leibold and R. Kempter.
Memory capacity for sequences in a recurrent network with biological constraints.
Neural Comput. 18, 904-941, 2006.

R. Kempter and D. Schmitz.
Synaptic plasticity and memory.
Report for the Science Subcommittee of the German Parliament, Section 3.3.1., A.V.M. Herz, editor; 2006.

R. Schmidt, C. Leibold, K. Thurley, A. Gundlfinger, R. Ritz, D. Schmitz, R. Kempter.
Theta-frequency dependence and phase-place correlations in models of hippocampal phase precession.
Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 371.17, 2006.

O. König, R. Schaette, R. Kempter and M. Gross.
Steeply sloping hearing loss promotes the occurrence of tinnitus.
Abstr. Ass. Res. Otolaryngol. 29:488, 2006.

K. Thurley, C. Leibold, D. Schmitz, R. Kempter.
Hippocampal phase precession through mossy fiber facilitation.
FENS Abstr. vol 3, A152.25, 2006.

R. Schaette, O. König, M. Gross, R. Kempter.
Predicting tinnitus pitch with a computational model for the development of hyperactivity after hearing loss.
FENS Abstr. vol 3, A180.16 , 2006.

2005

D.T. Blake, F. Strata, R. Kempter, M.M. Merzenich.
Experience-dependent plasticity in S1 caused by non-coincident inputs.
J. Neurophysiol. 94, 2239-2250, 2005.

H. Wagner, S. Brill, R. Kempter, C. E. Carr.
Microsecond precision of phase delay in the auditory system of the barn owl.
J. Neurophysiol. 94, 1655-1658, 2005.

A. Gundlfinger, C. Leibold, R. Kempter, D. Schmitz.
Multidimensional long-term potentiation at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse.
Rev. Neurosci. 16, S27 Suppl. 1, 2005.

2003

J.-M. P. Franosch, R. Kempter, H. Fastl, J. L. van Hemmen.
Zwicker tone illusion and noise reduction in the auditory system.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 178103 (2 May 2003).

H. Wagner, S. Brill, R. Kempter, C. E. Carr.
Signal analysis of neurophonic responses in the owl's nucleus laminaris.
Proceedings of the 29th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, 330.433, 2003.

2002

H. Wagner, S. Brill, R. Kempter, C. E. Carr.
Neurophonics in the nucleus laminaris of the barn owl as measured by stimulation with acoustic clicks.
Forum of European Neuroscience 184.20, 2002.

C. Leibold, R. Kempter, J. L. van Hemmen.
How spiking neurons give rise to a temporal-feature map: From synaptic plasticity to axonal selection.
Phys Rev E. 65 (5):051915, 2002.
Selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research 3 (10), 2002.

2001

C. Leibold, R. Kempter, J. L. van Hemmen.
Temporal map formation in the barn owl's brain.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87(24), 248101 (10 December 2001). Published online Nov 27 (identifier 248101).

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen.
Intrinsic stabilization of output rates by spike-based Hebbian learning.
Neural Comput. 13:2709-2742, 2001.

R. Kempter, C. Leibold, H. Wagner, J. L. van Hemmen.
Formation of temporal-feature maps by axonal propagation of synaptic learning.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:4166-4171, 2001.

C. Leibold, R. Kempter, H. Wagner, J. L. van Hemmen.
An interaural time difference map resulting from axonal selection through non-specific learning.
Neurocomputing 38-40:1401-1407, 2001.

2000

R. Kempter, C. Leibold, H. Wagner, J. L. van Hemmen.
Axonal propagation of spike-based Hebbian learning is a key mechanism to the formation of temporal feature-maps on a sub-millisecond time scale.
Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 161.2, 2000. (Lay language version)

R. Kempter, C. Leibold, H. Wagner, J. L. van Hemmen.
Sound localization and formation of temporal feature maps in the barn owl's auditory system.
Eur. Biophys. J. 29:245, 2000.

W. Stürzl, R. Kempter, J. L. van Hemmen.
Theory of arachnid prey localization.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84(24):5668-5671, 2000. (Lay language versions)

R. Kempter.
Formation of temporal-feature maps in the barn owl's auditory system.
Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 45:943, 2000.

R. Kempter, C. Leibold, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
Formation of a map of ITD-tuned neurons in the barn owl's nucleus laminaris.
Abstr. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. 23:177, 2000.

1999

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen.
Hebbian learning and spiking neurons.
Phys. Rev. E 59(4):4498-4514, 1999.

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen.
Spike-based compared to rate-based Hebbian learning.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 11, pp. 125-131. M. S. Kearns, S. A. Solla, D. A. Cohn, eds., Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1999.

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
Quality of coincidence detection and ITD tuning: A theoretical framework.
Psychophysics, Physiology and Models of Hearing, pp. 185-194.T. Dau, V. Hohmann, B. Kollmeier, eds., Singapore, World Scientific, 1999.

1998

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
Extracting oscillations: Neuronal coincidence detection with noisy periodic spike input.
Neural Comput., 10:1987-2017, 1998.

W. Gerstner, R. Kempter, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
Hebbian learning of pulse timing in the barn owl auditory system.
Pulsed Neural Nets, chap. 14, pp. 353-377. W. Maass, C. M. Bishop, eds., Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1998.

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen.
How the threshold of a neuron determines its capacity for coincidence detection.
BioSystems , 48:105-112, 1998.

J. L. van Hemmen and R. Kempter.
Hebbian learning of temporal correlations: Sound localization in the barn owl auditory system.
Dynamical Networks in Physics and Biology, pp. 285-296. D. Beysens, G. Forgacs, eds., Berlin, Springer, 1998.

1997

R. Kempter.
Hebbsches Lernen zeitlicher Codierung: Theorie der Schallortung im Hörsystem der Schleiereule.
Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe, Vol. 17, Darmstadt, DDD, 1997 (Dissertation, Technische Universität München).

W. Gerstner, R. Kempter, J. L. van Hemmen.
A developmental learning rule for coincidence tuning in the barn owl auditory system.
Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research 1997, pp. 665-669. J. M. Bower, ed., New York, Plenum Press, 1997.

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
A coincidence detection criterion for neurons receiving periodic input.
Proceedings of the 25th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference, vol. II, p. 1045. N. Elsner, H. Wässle, eds., Stuttgart, Georg Thieme Verlag, 1997.

1996

W. Gerstner, R. Kempter, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
A neuronal learning rule for sub-millisecond temporal coding.
Nature, 383:76-78, 1996. (Lay language version)

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
Temporal coding in the sub-millisecond range: Model of barn owl auditory pathway.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) 8, pp. 124-130. D. S. Touretzky, M. C. Mozer, M. E. Hasselmo, eds., Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1996.

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
A Hebbian learning rule of temporal codes with sub-millisecond precision: How a barn owl localizes its prey through azimuthal sound localization.
Bio-Informatics and Pulspropagating Networks (BioNet) 3, pp. 64-69. G. Heinz, ed., Berlin, GFaI, 1996.

R. Kempter, W. Gerstner, J. L. van Hemmen, H. Wagner.
Hebbsches Lernen zeitlicher sub-Millisekunden-Korrelationen - Ein Modell des Hörsystems der Schleiereule.
Verhandl. DPG, (VI) 31, 1338, 1996.

1993-1995

W. Schirmacher and R. Kempter.
Theory of hopping magneto-transport in lightly doped semiconductors.
Hopping and Related Phenomena 5, pp. 31-35. C. J. Adkins, A. R. Long, J. A. McInnes, eds., Singapore, World Scientific, 1994.

W. Schirmacher, H.-T. Fritzsche, R. Kempter.
Quantum oscillations of the hopping magnetoresistance in doped semiconductors: The influence of compensation.
Solid State Communications, 88:125-129, 1993.