Michael Hausser Explained

Michael Häusser
Birth Name:	Michael A. Häusser
Alma Mater:	University of Oxford (DPhil)
Thesis Title:	Intrinsic properties and sympatic inhibition of substantia nigra neurones
Thesis Url:	http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=oxfaleph015970677
Thesis Year:	1992
Doctoral Advisor:	Julian Jack

Michael A. Häusser FRS^[1] FMedSci is professor of Neuroscience, based in the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research at University College London (UCL).^{[2] [3]}

Education

Hausser was educated at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a DPhil in 1992^[4] for research supervised by James Julian Bennett Jack^[4] on neurons in the substantia nigra.^[5]

Research

Häusser's research interests are in neuroscience, dendrites, biological neural networks and artificial neural networks.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Awards and honours

Häusser was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:

Häusser was also elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Michael Häusser FMedSci FRS . The Royal Society . 2015-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502203627/https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2015/michael-hausser/ . London.
2. 9331356. 1997. Häusser. M. Tonic synaptic inhibition modulates neuronal output pattern and spatiotemporal synaptic integration. Neuron. 19. 3. 665–78. Clark. B. A. . 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80379-7. free.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131229184450/http://www.dendrites.org/. Neural Computation Lab. 2013-12-29.
4. DPhil . Michael. Häusser . Intrinsic properties and sympatic inhibition of substantia nigra neurones . University of Oxford . 1992 . 62252234.
5. 2061849. 1181526. 1991. Yung. W. H.. Electrophysiology of dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic neurones of the guinea-pig substantia nigra pars compacta in vitro. The Journal of Physiology. 436. 643–67. Häusser. M. A.. Jack. J. J.. 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018571.
6. 11052929. 2000. Häusser. M. Diversity and dynamics of dendritic signaling. Science. 290. 5492. 739–44. Spruston. N. Stuart. G. J. . 10.1126/science.290.5492.739. 2000Sci...290..739H.
7. 10.1016/S0166-2236(96)10075-8. Action potential initiation and backpropagation in neurons of the mammalian CNS. Trends in Neurosciences. 20. 3. 125–31. 1997. Stuart . G. . Spruston . N. . Sakmann . B. . Häusser . M. . 9061867. 889625.
8. 10.1146/annurev.neuro.28.061604.135703. Dendritic Computation. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 28. 503–532. 2005. London . M. . Häusser . M. . 16033324.
9. 15103377. 2004. Chadderton. P. Integration of quanta in cerebellar granule cells during sensory processing. Nature. 428. 6985. 856–60. Margrie. T. W.. Häusser. M. 10.1038/nature02442. 2004Natur.428..856C. 98598.