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Breadcrumb Research A Z researchers Mihaly Kollo PRINCIPAL LABORATORY RESEARCH SCIENTIST Schaefer lab Sensory Circuits and Neurotechnology Laboratory Year published2022 (2)2020 (2)2018 (4)2017 (1)2014 (2)2012 (1) Facet Year publishedResearch topicsComputational & Systems Biology (9)Imaging (3)Metabolism (2)Microfabrication & Bioengineering (9)Neurosciences (9) Facet Research topicsPublication typeJournal article (12)Primary research (11) Facet Publication typeJournaleNeuro (1)Frontiers in Neuroscience (1)iScience (1)Journal of Neural Engineering (1)Journal of Neuroscience (1)Nature Communications (2)Nature Neuroscience (2)Neuron (2)Science advances (1) Facet JournalCrick Pre-CrickCrick publications (11)Pre-Crick publications (1) Facet Crick Pre-Crick Displaying 1 - 12 of 12Last updated : 27 March 2023 02:17 Natural VTA activity during NREM sleep influences future exploratory behavior Authors (5)Julia HarrisMihaly Kollo Andrew ErskineAndreas Schaefer Denis Burdakov iScience Published 17 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovExperimental HistopathologyFull details jULIEs: nanostructured polytrodes for low traumatic extracellular recordings and stimulation in the mammalian brain Authors (13)Romeo RaczMihaly Kollo Gabriella Racz Ciprian BulzTobias AckelsTom Warner[...] Chi ChenZhiwen Ye Livia de HozEde RanczAndreas Schaefer Journal of Neural Engineering Published 28 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferEde RanczMaking LabTranslation teamElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details CHIME: CMOS-hosted in vivo microelectrodes for massively scalable neuronal recordings Authors (11)Mihaly KolloRomeo Racz Mina-Elraheb Hanna Abdulmalik Obaid Matthew R Angle William Wray Yifan Kong Jan Müller Andreas Hierlemann Nicholas A MeloshAndreas Schaefer Frontiers in Neuroscience Published 11 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferIn Vivo ImagingBiological Research FacilityFull details Massively parallel microwire arrays integrated with CMOS chips for neural recording Authors (15) Abdulmalik Obaid Mina-Elraheb Hanna Yu-Wei WuMihaly KolloRomeo Racz Matthew R Angle[...] EJ Chichilnisky Andreas Hierlemann Jun B DingAndreas Schaefer Nicholas A Melosh Science advances Published 18 March 2020 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Sniffing fast: Paradoxical effects on odor concentration discrimination at the levels of olfactory bulb output and behavior Authors (3) Rebecca JordanMihaly KolloAndreas Schaefer eNeuro Published 19 September 2018 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Quantitative association of anatomical and functional classes of olfactory bulb neurons Authors (6) Andrej Tavakoli Anja Schmaltz Daniel Schwarz Troy W MargrieAndreas SchaeferMihaly Kollo Journal of Neuroscience Published 5 July 2018 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Active sampling state dynamically enhances olfactory bulb odor representation Authors (4) Rebecca Jordan Izumi FukunagaMihaly KolloAndreas Schaefer Neuron Published 27 June 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Architecture of a mammalian glomerular domain revealed by novel volume electroporation using nanoengineered microelectrodes Authors (8) D SchwarzMihaly KolloCarles Bosch Pinol C FeinauerIsabell Whiteley TW Margrie T CutforthAndreas Schaefer Nature Communications Published 12 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferScientific computingElectron MicroscopyFull details Agrp neuron activity is required for alcohol-induced overeating Authors (5) Sarah Cains Craig BlomeleyMihaly KolloRomeo Racz Denis Burdakov Nature Communications Published 10 January 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovBiological Research FacilityFull details Silent' mitral cells dominate odor responses in the olfactory bulb of awake mice Authors (5)Mihaly Kollo Anja Schmaltz Mostafa Abdelhamid Izumi FukunagaAndreas Schaefer Nature Neuroscience Published 27 July 2014 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Independent control of gamma and theta activity by distinct interneuron networks in the olfactory bulb Authors (5) Izumi Fukunaga Jan T HerbMihaly Kollo Edward S BoydenAndreas Schaefer Nature Neuroscience Published 6 July 2014 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details Two distinct channels of olfactory bulb output Authors (5) Izumi Fukunaga Manuel BerningMihaly Kollo Anja SchmaltzAndreas Schaefer Neuron Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Natural VTA activity during NREM sleep influences future exploratory behavior Authors (5)Julia HarrisMihaly Kollo Andrew ErskineAndreas Schaefer Denis Burdakov iScience Published 17 June 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovExperimental HistopathologyFull details
jULIEs: nanostructured polytrodes for low traumatic extracellular recordings and stimulation in the mammalian brain Authors (13)Romeo RaczMihaly Kollo Gabriella Racz Ciprian BulzTobias AckelsTom Warner[...] Chi ChenZhiwen Ye Livia de HozEde RanczAndreas Schaefer Journal of Neural Engineering Published 28 February 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferEde RanczMaking LabTranslation teamElectron MicroscopyBiological Research FacilityFull details
CHIME: CMOS-hosted in vivo microelectrodes for massively scalable neuronal recordings Authors (11)Mihaly KolloRomeo Racz Mina-Elraheb Hanna Abdulmalik Obaid Matthew R Angle William Wray Yifan Kong Jan Müller Andreas Hierlemann Nicholas A MeloshAndreas Schaefer Frontiers in Neuroscience Published 11 August 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferIn Vivo ImagingBiological Research FacilityFull details
Massively parallel microwire arrays integrated with CMOS chips for neural recording Authors (15) Abdulmalik Obaid Mina-Elraheb Hanna Yu-Wei WuMihaly KolloRomeo Racz Matthew R Angle[...] EJ Chichilnisky Andreas Hierlemann Jun B DingAndreas Schaefer Nicholas A Melosh Science advances Published 18 March 2020 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Sniffing fast: Paradoxical effects on odor concentration discrimination at the levels of olfactory bulb output and behavior Authors (3) Rebecca JordanMihaly KolloAndreas Schaefer eNeuro Published 19 September 2018 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Quantitative association of anatomical and functional classes of olfactory bulb neurons Authors (6) Andrej Tavakoli Anja Schmaltz Daniel Schwarz Troy W MargrieAndreas SchaeferMihaly Kollo Journal of Neuroscience Published 5 July 2018 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Active sampling state dynamically enhances olfactory bulb odor representation Authors (4) Rebecca Jordan Izumi FukunagaMihaly KolloAndreas Schaefer Neuron Published 27 June 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Architecture of a mammalian glomerular domain revealed by novel volume electroporation using nanoengineered microelectrodes Authors (8) D SchwarzMihaly KolloCarles Bosch Pinol C FeinauerIsabell Whiteley TW Margrie T CutforthAndreas Schaefer Nature Communications Published 12 January 2018 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferScientific computingElectron MicroscopyFull details
Agrp neuron activity is required for alcohol-induced overeating Authors (5) Sarah Cains Craig BlomeleyMihaly KolloRomeo Racz Denis Burdakov Nature Communications Published 10 January 2017 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferDenis BurdakovBiological Research FacilityFull details
Silent' mitral cells dominate odor responses in the olfactory bulb of awake mice Authors (5)Mihaly Kollo Anja Schmaltz Mostafa Abdelhamid Izumi FukunagaAndreas Schaefer Nature Neuroscience Published 27 July 2014 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Independent control of gamma and theta activity by distinct interneuron networks in the olfactory bulb Authors (5) Izumi Fukunaga Jan T HerbMihaly Kollo Edward S BoydenAndreas Schaefer Nature Neuroscience Published 6 July 2014 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details
Two distinct channels of olfactory bulb output Authors (5) Izumi Fukunaga Manuel BerningMihaly Kollo Anja SchmaltzAndreas Schaefer Neuron Published 1 January 2012 Crick labsAndreas SchaeferFull details