Prof. Dr. Andreas Schierwagen
University of Leipzig, Intelligent Systems Department
Neuronal and Cognitive Modelling

Selected Publications

 

 Journal Papers

Schierwagen, A., A. Alpár, U. Gärtner:  Scaling properties of pyramidal neurons in mice neocortex, Mathematical Biosciences 207 (2007) 352–364  PDF

Costa, L. F., M.S. Barbosa,
 A. Schierwagen, A. Alpár, U. Gärtner,  T. Arendt: Active percolation analysis of pyramidal neurons of somatosensory
cortex: A comparison of wildtype and
p21H-rasVal12 transgenic mice. Int. J. Mod. Phys. C , 16, 4 (2005) 655–667   PDF

Van Pelt, J. and A. Schierwagen:  Morphological analysis and modeling of neuronal dendrites. Math. Biosciences 188, 1-2 (2004) 147-155    PDF

Alpár, A., K. Palm, A. Schierwagen, T. Arendt, U. Gärtner: Expression of constitutively active p21H-rasVal12 in postmitotic pyramidal neurons results in increased dendritic size and complexity. J. Compar. Neurol. 467 (2003) 119–133. PDF

Van Pelt, J., A. Schierwagen, H.B.M. Uylings: Modeling dendritic complexity of deep layer superior colliculus neurons. Neurocomputing 38-40, 1-4 (2001) 403-408.  

Schierwagen, A., C. Claus: Dendritic morphology and signal delay in superior colliculus neurons. Neurocomputing 38-40, 1-4 (2001) 343-350   PDF

Ohme, M. and A. Schierwagen: An equivalent cable model for neuronal trees with active membrane. Biol. Cybernet.  1998, 78, 227-243   PDF

Van Pelt, J. and A. Schierwagen: Impact of topological variability on dendritic geometry. J. Biol. Syst. 1995, 3, 1201-1210.

Schierwagen, A. and J. van Pelt: Shaping neuronal dendrites: Interplay of topological and metrical parameters. J. Biol. Syst. 3, 1995,1193-1200    PDF

Francu, J. and A. Schierwagen: A continuum description of membrane voltage changes in branching dendrites of neurons. Syst.Anal.Model.Simul. 9, 1992, 57-68.

Villmann, T. and A. Schierwagen: The symmetries of a nerve conduction equation. Appl.Math.Lett. 4, 1991, 33-36   PDF

Schierwagen, A.: Growth, structure and dynamics of real neurons : Model studies and experimental results. Biomed. Biochim. Acta 49 (1990) 709-722.

Schierwagen, A.: Identification problems in distributed parameter neuron models. Automatica 26 (1990), 739-755.

Schierwagen, A.: A non-uniform equivalent cable model of membrane voltage changes in a passive dendritic tree. J. theor. Biol. 141, 159-180, 1989   PDF

Francu, J. and A. Schierwagen: Wave transmission in cable structures of tree type. Appl. Math. Lett. 2, 131-133, 1989   PDF

Schierwagen, A. and R. Grantyn: Quantitative morphological analysis of deep superior colliculus neurons stained intracellularly with HRP in the cat. J. Hirnforsch. 27 , 611-623, 1986

Schierwagen, A: Segmental cable modelling of electrotonic transfer properties of deep superior colliculus neurons in the cat. J. Hirnforsch. 27, 679-690, 1986

Holden, A., M.A. Muhamad and A. Schierwagen: Repolarizing currents and periodic activity in nerve membrane. J. Theor. Neurobiol. 4, 61-71, 1985   PDF

Grantyn, A., R. Grantyn and A. Schierwagen: Passive membrane properties, afterpotentials and repetitive firing of superior colliculus neurons studied in the anaesthetized cat. Exp. Brain Res. 50, 377-391, 1983


Books and Book Chapters


Schierwagen, A. and M. Ohme: A Model for the Propagation of Action Potentials in Nonuniform Axons. In: A. Buonocore, E. Pirozzi, L.M. Ricciardi, eds., AIP Proceedings, Vol. 1028 (2008).  COLLECTIVE DYNAMICS: TOPICS ON COMPETITION AND COOPERATION IN THE BIOSCIENCES: A Selection of Papers in the Proceedings of the BIOCOMP2007 International Conference,  Vietri sul Mare (Italy), 24–28 September 2007, pp. 98-112. PDF (preprint)

Schierwagen, A.: Brain Organization and Computation. In: J. Mira and J.R. Alvarez (Eds.): IWINAC 2007, Part I: Bio-inspired Modeling of Cognitive Tasks, LNCS 4527, pp. 31–40, 2007.   PDF

Schierwagen, A., L. F. Costa, A. Alpar, U. Gärtner, T. Arendt: Neuromorphological Phenotyping in Transgenic Mice: A Multiscale Fractal Analysis. In: Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems, Volume II. A. Deutsch, R. Bravo de la Parra, R. de Boer, O. Diekmann, P. Jagers, E. Kisdi, M. Kretzschmar, P. Lansky and H. Metz (eds). Birkhäuser, Boston, 191-199 (2007)  PDF

Schierwagen, A.: Das Gehirn als selbstorganisierendes System. In: W. Eisenberg u.a. (Hg.), Symposium 2005 „Naturwissenschaftliche und technische Systeme im Fokus von Fremd- und Selbstorganisation“, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Gesellschaft Leipzig, Leipziger Universitätsverlag 2007, S. 36-43

Schierwagen, A.: Der Computer als Modell des Geistes?  Probleme mit der 'Denkmaschine'. In: W. Eisenberg, H. Herre u.a. (Hg.), Symposium 2002 "Physik, Information und Informationssysteme", Leipziger Universitätsverlag 2005, S. 141-147.   PDF

Schierwagen, A.: Vision as Computation, or: Does a Computer Vision System Really Assign Meaning to Images? In: M. Matthies, H. Malchow & J. Kriz (eds.) Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Sciences - Systems Science 2000.  Springer-Verlag Berlin  Heidelberg, 2001, pp.579-787.   PDF

Brewka, G., Der, R., Gottwald, S., Schierwagen, A. (eds.): Fuzzy-Neuro Systems ´99. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 1999.

Schierwagen, A.: Bildverstehen in der KI: Konzepte und Probleme. In: Vom Realismus der Bilder. Interdisziplinäre Forschungen zur Semantik bildhafter Darstellungsformen.    (K. Sachs-Hombach, K. Rehkämper, Hg.). Scriptum Verlag, Magdeburg 1999   PDF

Schierwagen, A.: Visuelle Wahrnehmung und Augenbewegungen: Neurale Mechanismen der Sakkadenkontrolle. In: Bild - Bildwahrnehmung - Bildverarbeitung (K. Sachs-Hombach, K. Rehkämper, Hg.) Dt. Universitätsverlag 1998, pp. 275-284.   PDF

Wellner, J. and Schierwagen, A.: Cellular-Automata-like Simulations of Dynamic Neural Fields. In: M. Holcombe and R.C. Paton, eds.: Information Processing in Cells and Tissues, Plenum New York 1998, pp. 295-304.  PDF

Schierwagen, A. and H. Werner: Fast orienting movements to visual targets: Neural field model of dynamic gaze control. In: 6th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks - ESANN ?98, D-facto publications Brussels 1998, pp. 91-98.  PDF

Van Pelt, J., A.E. Dityatev, A. Schierwagen: On the generation of random dendritic shapes. In: J. M. Bower (ed.): Computational Neuroscience: Trends in Research, 1997. Plenum Press New York 1997, pp. 203-207.

Schierwagen, A.: Gaze control in active vision: neural field model of dynamic motor error coding. In: B. Mertsching (Hrsg.): Aktives Sehen in technischen und biologischen Systemen. Workshop der GI-Fachgruppe 1.0.4 Bildverstehen, Hamburg, 3.-4.12.1996. Infix, Sankt Augustin 1996, pp. 46-51.

Ohme, M. and A. Schierwagen: A reduced model for dendritic trees with active membrane. In: C. von der Malsburg, W. von Seelen, J.C. Vorbrüggen, B. Sendhoff (eds.): Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 96 (Lect. Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 1112), Springer Berlin etc. 1996, pp. 691-696.

Schierwagen, A. and H. Werner: Saccade control through the collicular motor map: A two-dimensional neural field model. In: C. von der Malsburg, W. von Seelen, J.C. Vorbrüggen, B. Sendhoff (eds.): Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 96 (Lect. Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 1112), Springer-Verlag, Berlin etc. 1996, pp. 439-444.  PDF

Ohme, M. and A. Schierwagen: A method for analysing transients in dendritic trees with nonuniform segments. In: R. Trappl (ed.): Cybernetics and Systems '96, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, Vienna 1996, pp. 542-547.

Schierwagen, A. and H. Werner: Analog computations with mapped neural fields. In: R. Trappl (ed.): Cybernetics and Systems '96, Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies, Vienna 1996, pp. 1084-1089.

Schierwagen, A.: The collicular motor map as modelled by a two-dimensional mapped neural field. In: Zangemeister, W.H., Stiehl, H.S. and Freska, C. (eds.): Visual Attention and Cognition, Elsevier, Amsterdam 1996, pp. 45-52.    

Schierwagen, A.: Saccade control in active vision: Mapped neural field model of the collicular motor map. In: Dautenhahn, K. u.a. (Hrsg.) Workshop Artificial Life, GMD, Sankt Augustin, 1995, pp. 127-136.  

Schierwagen, A.: Blickkontrolle in neuraler Architektur für Aktive Sehsysteme. Report Nr.9/1995 des Institutes für Informatik der Universität Leipzig    PDF

Schierwagen, A.: Dynamic representation of gaze shifts in active vision systems. In: Proc. 3rd International Workshop "On the Role of Dynamics and Representation in Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition", San Sebastian, The Basque Country, Spain, December 8-11, 1994, pp. 189-192

Van Pelt, J., A.K. Schierwagen: Electrotonic properties of passive dendritic trees - effect of dendritic topology. In: J. van Pelt, M.A.Corner, H.B.M.Uylings and F.H. Lopes da Silva (Eds.):The Selforganizing Brain - from Growth Cones to Functional Networks ( Progress in Brain Research, Vol.102). Elsevier, Amsterdam 1994, pp. 127-150.

Schierwagen, A.: Exploring the computational capabilities of single neurons by continuous cable modelling. In: J. van Pelt, M.A.Corner, H.B.M.Uylings and F.H. Lopes da Silva (Eds.): The Selforganizing Brain - from Growth Cones to Functional Networks ( Progress in Brain Research, Vol.102). Elsevier, Amsterdam 1994, p. 151-168.

Schierwagen, A.: Modelle der Neuroinformatik als Mittler zwischen neurobiologischen Fakten und Kognitionstheorien. In: Das sichtbare Denken (Hrsg. J. Maaz), Rodopi-Verlag, Amsterdam 1993, pp.131-152.

Schierwagen, A.: Towards "realistic" models of neural networks: Exactly solvable cable model for dendritic neurons. In: Cybernetics and Systems Research '92, Vol.1 (ed. R. Trappl) World Scientific, Singapore etc. 1992, pp. 781-788.

Schierwagen, A.: Impulse propagation in nonuniform fibres : analytical treatment. In: Nonlinear Waves and Dissipative Effects (D. Fusco and A. Jeffrey, eds.) (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 227). Longman, London 1991, pp. 133-140.

Schierwagen, A.: Travelling wave solutions of a simple nerve conduction equation for inhomogeneous axons. In: Nonlinear Waves in Excitable Media (eds. A. V. Holden, M. Markus, H. Othmer) Manchester University Press, Manchester 1991, pp. 107-114.

Schierwagen, A.: Model equations for passive dendritic integration in spatially complex neurons. In: Artificial Neural Networks (eds. T. Kohonen et al.) Elsevier, Amsterdam 1991, pp. 1427-1430.

Schierwagen, A.: Scale-invariant diffusive growth: A dissipative principle relating neuronal form to function. In: Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution (J. Maynard-Smith, G. Vida, eds.). Manchester University Press, Manchester 1990, pp. 167-189.

Schierwagen, A.: Real neurons and their circuitry: Implications for brain theory. iir-reporte (1989) (Hrsg. AdW, Institut für Informatik und Rechentechnik), Sonderheft zum Seminar "Neuroinformatik" der AdW und des MHF der DDR, Eberswalde, März 1989, pp. 17-20.

Schierwagen, A., and J. Francu: The continuum approach as applied to wave phenomena in physiological systems. In: Nonlinear Waves in Active Media (J. Engelbrecht, ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Tokyo 1989, pp. 185-191.

Schierwagen, A.: Dendritic branching patterns. In: Chaos in Biological System (eds. H. Degn, A. V. Holden, L. F. Olsen), Plenum Press 1987, New York and London, pp. 191-193.



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