Publications - original papers
Preprints
Jahan I., Kindler L., Reichardt N., Suyama H., Egger V. (2025) Local olfactory nerve stimulation triggers patchy activation of columns across rat olfactory bulb. BioRxiv 2025.01.29.635425; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.29.635425 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Reichardt N., Kindler L., Pino E., Lukas M., Egger V., Suyama H. (2025) Synergistic olfactory nerve input and cholinergic neuromodulation can activate ERK in rat olfactory bulb vasopressin cell. BioRxiv 2025.01.28.635198; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.28.635198 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Original papers
Jammal, L., Bitzenhofer, S.H., Hanganu-Opatz, I., Dutschmann, M. and Egger, V. (2023) Blood pressure pulsations modulate olfactory bulb neuronal activity via mechanosensitive ion channels
BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.27.550787 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Jammal, L., Bitzenhofer, S.H., Hanganu-Opatz, I., Dutschmann, M. and Egger, V. (2023) Blood pressure pulsations modulate olfactory bulb neuronal activity via mechanosensitive ion channels
BioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.27.550787 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Jammal Salameh, L., Bitzenhofer, S.H., Hanganu-Opatz, I.,Dutschmann, M. and Egger, V. (2023) Bloodpressure pulsations modulate olfactory bulb neuronal activity viamechanosensitive ion channels. Science.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk8511 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
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Aghvami S.S., Kubota Y., and Egger V.(2022) Anatomical and FunctionalConnectivity at the Dendrodendritic Reciprocal MitralCell–Granule Cell Synapse: Impact on Recurrent and LateralInhibition. Front. Neural Circuits.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2022.933201 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Suyama, H., Egger, V., and Lukas, M. (2021). Top-down acetylcholine signaling via olfactory bulb vasopressin cells contributes to social discrimination in rats. Communications Biology. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02129-7 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
De Moura Oliveira, V.E., Lukas, M., Wolf, H.N., Durante, E., Lorenz, A., Mayer, A.-L., Bludau, A., Bosch, O.J., Grinevich, V., Egger, V., De Jong, T.R., and Neumann, I.D. (2021). Oxytocin and vasopressin within the ventral and dorsal lateral septum modulate aggression in female rats. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23064-5 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Lage-Rupprecht V., Zhou L., Bianchini G., Aghvami S.S., Rozsa B., Sassoé-Pognetto M. & Egger V. (2020) Presynaptic NMDA receptors cooperate with local action potentials to implement activity-dependent GABA release from the reciprocal olfactory bulb granule cell spine. eLife 2020;9:e63737 doi: 10.7554/eLife.63737 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Ona Jodar T*., Lage-Rupprecht V.*, Abraham N.M., Rose C.R. & Egger V. (2020) Local postsynaptic signalling on slow time scales in reciprocal olfactory bulb granule cell spines matches asynchronous release. Front Synaptic Neurosci 12:551691. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2020.551691. (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster) (*: shared first authors)
Mueller M. & Egger V. (2020) Dendritic integration in olfactory bulb granule cells: Threshold for lateral inhibition and role of active conductances upon simultaneous activation. PLOS Biology. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000873 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Lukas M., Suyama H. & Egger V. (2019) Vasopressin cells in the rodent olfactory bulb resemble non-bursting superficial tufted cells and are primarily inhibited upon olfactory nerve stimulation. eNeuro:ENEURO.0431-0418.2019. doi:10.1523/eneuro.0431-18.2019 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Go M.A.*, Mueller M.*, Castanares M.L., Egger V.* & Daria V.* (2019) A compact holographic projector module for high-resolution 3D multi-site two-photon photostimulation. PLOS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210564 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster) (*: shared first and last authorships)
Aghvami S., Müller M., Araabi B.N. & Egger V. (2019) Coincidence detection within the excitable rat olfactory bulb granule cell spines. J. Neurosci. 39, 584-595. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1798-18.2018 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Wagner L., Pannicke T., Rupprecht V., Frommherz I., Volz C., Illes P., Hirrlinger J., Jägle H., Egger V., Haydon P.G., Pfrieger F.W. & Grosche A. (2017) Suppression of SNARE-dependent exocytosis in retinal glial cells and its effect on ischemia-induced neurodegeneration. GLIA doi: 10.1002/glia.23144 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Ona-Jodar T., Gerkau N.J., Aghvami S.S., Rose C.R. & Egger V. (2017) Two-photon Na+ imaging reports somatically-evoked action potentials in rat olfactory bulb mitral and granule cell neurites. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 11 doi: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00050 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Bywalez W., Ona-Jodar T., Lukas M., Ninkovic J. & Egger V. (2016) Dendritic arborization patterns of small juxtaglomerular cell subtypes within the rodent olfactory bulb. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 10 doi:10.3389/fnana.2016.00127 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Pérez de los Cobos Pallarés F., Bautista T.G., Stanic D., Egger V. & Dutschmann M. (2016) Brainstem-mediated sniffing and respiratory modulation during odor stimulation. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology 233, 17-24
Chatterjee M., Pérez de los Cobos Pallarés F., Loebel A., Lukas M. & Egger V. (2016) Sniff-like patterned input results in long-term plasticity at the rat olfactory bulb and tufted cell to granule cell synapse. Neural Plasticity 16 doi:10.1155/2016/9124986 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Pérez de los Cobos Pallarés F., Staníc D., Farmer D., Dutschmann M. & Egger V. (2015) An Arterially Perfused Nose-Olfactory Bulb Preparation in Rat. J. Neurophysiol. 114, 2033-2042 doi.org/10.1152/jn.01048.2014 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
Bywalez W.G., Patirniche D., Rupprecht V., Stemmler M., Herz A. V. M., Pálfi D., Rózsa B. & Egger V. (2015) Local postsynaptic voltage-gated sodium channel activation in dendritic spines of olfactory bulb granule cells. Neuron 85, 590-601
Rammes G., Gravius A., Ruitberg M., Wegener N., Chambon C., Stroka-Saidi K., Jeggo R., Staniaszek L., Spanswick D., O'Hare E., Palmer P., Kim E. M., Bywalez W. G., Egger V. & Parsons C.G. (2015) MRZ-99030 - a novel modulator of β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregation reverses Aβ oligoner-induced deficits in longterm potentiation (LTP) and cognitive performance in rodents. Neuropharmacology 92, 170-182
Stroh O., Freichel M., Kretz O., Birnbaumer L., Hartmann J. & Egger V. (2012) NMDA-receptor dependent synaptic activation of TRPC channels in the olfactory bulb. J. Neurosci. 32, 5737–5746
Abraham N.M., Egger V., Shimshek D.R., Renden R., Fukunaga I., Sprengel R., Seeburg P.H., Klugmann M., Margrie T.W., Schaefer A.T. & Kuner T. (2010) Synaptic inhibition in the olfactory bulb accelerates odor discrimination in mice. Neuron 65, 399-411
Egger V. & Stroh O. Calcium buffering in rodent olfactory bulb granule cells and mitral cells. J. Physiol. 587, 4467-4479 (2009)
Egger V. Synaptic spikes in olfactory bulb granule cells cause long-lasting depolarization and calcium entry. Eur. J. Neurosci. 27, 2066-2075 (2008)
Egger V., Nevian T. & Bruno R.M. Subcolumnar dendritic and axonal organization of spiny stellate and star pyramid neurons within a barrel in rat somatosensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex 18, 876-889 (2008)
Egger V. & Urban N.U. Dynamic connectivity in the mitral cell – granule cell microcircuit of the olfactory bulb. Sem. Cell. Dev. Biol. 17, 424-432 (2006)
Egger V., Svoboda K. & Mainen Z.F. Dendrodendritic synaptic signaling in olfactory bulb granule cells: Local spine boost and global low-threshold spike. J. Neurosci. 25, 3521-3530 (2005)
Egger V., Svoboda K. & Mainen Z.F. Mechanisms of lateral inhibition in the olfactory bulb: Efficiency and modulation of spike-evoked calcium influx into granule cells. J. Neurosci. 23, 7551-7559 (2003)
Lübke J., Egger V., Sakmann B. & Feldmeyer D. Columnar organization of synaptically coupled excitatory spiny neurons in layer 4 of the rat barrel cortex. J. Neurosci. 20, 5300-5311 (2000)
Egger V., Feldmeyer D. & Sakmann B. Coincidence detection and changes in synaptic efficacy in pairs of spiny layer 4 neurons of rat barrel cortex. Nature Neurosci. 2, 1098-1105 (1999)
Feldmeyer D., Egger V., Lübke J. & Sakmann B. Reliable synaptic connections between pairs of excitatory layer 4 neurons within a ‘barrel’ of rat somatosensory cortex. J. Physiol. 521, 169-190 (1999)
Footnote: Egger & Urban 2006 is a review but also contains an anatomical model of dendrodendritic connectivity in the olfactory bulb.