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1. Schmid, S (2020) No Filter – Sensory Processing in Autism. Youtube, uploaded by UTHSC Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8nFWHUXb3s.
   
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Publications

Trainees under Dr. Schmid’s supervision are underlined
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* denotes co-senior authorship

1. Doornaert EE, El-Cheikh Mohamad A, Johal G,, Allman BL, Möhrle D*, Schmid S^# (2024) Not a deficit, just different – Prepulse inhibition disruptions associated with autism depend on startle stimulus intensities.
   eNeuro, 11(9):ENEURO.0179-24.2024
   doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0179-24.2024

2. Maroon M, Haddad FL,, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2024) Investigating gene-environment interaction on attention in a double-hit model for autism spectrum disorder.
   PLOS ONE, 19(5):e0299380
   doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299380

3. Zheng A, Mann R, Solaja D, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2024) Properties of the caudal pontine reticular nucleus neurons determine the acoustic startle response in Cntnap2 KO rats.
   J Integr Neuroscience, 23(3):63
   doi: 10.31083/j.jin2303063

4. El-Cheikh Mohamad A, Möhrle D, Haddad FL, Rose A, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2023) Assessing the Cntnap2 knockout rat prepulse inhibition deficit through prepulse scaling of the baseline startle response curve.
   Transl. Psychiatry, 13(1):321
   doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02629-6

5. Sarikahaya MH, Cousineau S, De Felice M, Szkudlarek H, Wong K, DeVuono MV, Lee K, Rodriguez-Ruiz, Gummerson D, Proud E, Ng THJ, Hudson R, Jung T, Hardy D, Yeung KKC, Schmid S, Rushlow W, Laviolette SR^# (2023) Prenatal THC Exposure Induces Long-Term, Sex-Dependent Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Lipidomic and Neuronal Pathology in the Prefrontal Cortex-Hippocampal Network.
   Molecular Psychiatry, 28(10):4234–4250
   doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02190-0

6. Mann RS, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2023) Developmental changes in electrophysiological properties of auditory cortical neurons in the Cntnap2 knockout rat.
   J Neurophysiol, 129(4):937-947
   doi: 10.1152/jn.00029.2022

7. Zheng A, Schmid S^# (2023) A review of the neural basis underlying the acoustic startle response with a focus on recent developments in mammals.
   Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 148:105129
   doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105129

8. Iredale E^#, Voigt B, Rankin A, Kim WK, Chen JZ, Schmid S, Hebb MO, Peters TM, Wong E (2023) Spatiotemporally Dynamic Electric Fields for Brain Cancer Treatment.
   Physics in Med & Biol, 68 (8): 085012
   doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/acc308

9. Haddad FL, De Oliveira C, Schmid S^# (2023) Investigating behavioural phentotypes related to Autism Spectrum Disorder in a gene-environment interaction model of Cntnap2 deficiency and Poly I:C maternal immune activation.
   Frontiers in Neuroscience, 17:1160243
   doi: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1160243

10. Möhrle D, Yuen PMM, Zheng A, Haddad FL, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2023) Characterizing maternal isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations in a gene-environment interaction rat model for autism.
    Genes, Brains, Behavior, e12841
    doi: 10.1111/gbb.12841

11. Zheng A, Scott K, Schormans AL, Mann RS, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2023) Differences in startle and prepulse inhibition in contactin-associated protein-like 2 knock-out rats are associated with sex-specific alterations in brainstem neural activity.
    Neuroscience, 513: 96-110.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2023.01.020

12. Iredale E^#, Voigt B, Rankin A, Kim WK, Chen JZ, Schmid S, Hebb MO, Peters TM, Wong E (2022) Planning system for the optimization of electric field delivery using implanted electrodes for brain tumor control.
    Medical Physics, 49 (9): 6055-6067.
    doi: 10.1002/mp.15825

13. Haddad F, Patel S, Doornaert E, De Oliveira C, Allman B, Baines K, Renaud S, Schmid S^# (2022) Interleukin 15 modulates the effects of poly I:C maternal immune activation on offspring behaviour.
    Brain Behav Immun Health, 23:100473.
    doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100473

14. Scott KE, Mann RS, Schormans AL, Schmid S^#*, Allman BL* (2022) Hyper-excitable and immature-like neuronal activity in the auditory cortex of adult rats lacking the language-linked CNTNAP2 gene.
    Cereb Cortex, 32 (21): 4797–4817.
    doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab517

15. Hudson R, Norris C, Szkuldlarek HJ, Khan D, Schmid S, Rushlow WJ, Laviolette SR^# (2021) Anxiety and Cognitive-Related Effects of Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are Differentially Mediated Through Distinct GSK-3 vs. Akt-mTOR Pathways in the Nucleus Accumbens.
    Psychopharmacol., 239 (2): 509-524.
    doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-06029-w

16. Seif A, Shea C, Schmid S^#, Stevenson RA (2021) Systematic review of brainstem contributions to autism spectrum disorder.
    Front Integr Neurosci, 15:760116.
    doi: 10.3389/fnint.2021.760116

17. Möhrle D^#, Wang W, Whitehead S, Schmid S (2021) GABA_B receptor agonist R-Baclofen reverses altered auditory reactivity and filtering in the Cntnap2 knock-out rat.
    Front Integr Neurosci, 15:710593.
    doi: 10.3389/fnint.2021.710593

18. Scott KE, Schulz SE, Möhrle D, Allman BL, Cardy JO, Stevenson RA, Schmid S^# (2021) Closing the species gap: Translational approaches to studying sensory processing differences relevant for autism spectrum disorder.
    Autism Research, 14 (7): 1322-1331.
    doi: 10.1002/aur.2533

19. Haddad FL*, Ghahremani M*, De Oliveira C, Doornaert E, Johnston KD, Everling S, Schmid S^# (2021) A novel three-choice touchscreen task to examine spatial attention and orienting responses in rodents.
    eNeuro, 8 (4): 0032-20.2021.
    doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0032-20.2021

20. Haddad FL, Lu L, Baines KJ, Schmid S^# (2020) Sensory filtering disruption caused by poly I:C – timing of exposure and other experimental considerations.
    Brain Behav Immun Health, 9: 100156.
    doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100156

21. Iredale E, Deweyert A, Hoover D, Chen J, Schmid S, Hebb MO, Peters T, Wong E (2020) Optimization of multi-electrode implant configurations and programming for the delivery of non-ablative electric fields in intratumoral modulation therapy.
    Medical Physics, 47 (11): 5441-5454.
    doi: 10.1002/mp.14496

22. DeFelice M, Renard J, Hudson R, Szkudlarek HJ, Pereira BJ, Schmid S, Rushlow WJ, Laviolette SR (2020) L-theanine prevents long-term affective and cognitive side-effects of adolescent Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure and blocks schizophrenia-like molecular and neuronal phenotypes in the mesocorticolimbic circuitry.
    J. Neurosci, 41 (4): 739-750.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1050-20.2020

23. Scott KE, Kazazian K, Mann RS, Möhrle D, Schormans AL, Schmid S^#, Allman BL^# (2020) Loss of Cntnap2 in the rat causes autism-related alterations in social interactions, stereotypic behaviour and sensory processing.
    Autism Res, 13 (10): 1698-1717.
    doi: 10.1002/aur.2364

24. Baines KJ, Jillier DM, Haddad FL, Rajakumar N, Schmid S^#, Renaud SJ^# (2020) Maternal immune activation alters fetal brain development and enhances proliferation of neural precursor cells in rats.
    Frontiers Immunol, 11: 1145.
    doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01145
25. Haddad FL, Patel VS, Schmid S^# (2020) Maternal immune activation by Poly I:C as a preclinical model for neurodevelopmental disorders: A focus on autism and schizophrenia.
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 113: 546-567.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.04.012
    Free Access
26. Benoit SM, Xu H, Schmid S, Alexandrova R, Kaur G, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Pereira S, Jog M, Hebb MO^# (2020) Expanding the search for genetic biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease into the living brain.
    Neurobiol of Disease, 140: 7.
    doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.104872
27. Möhrle D, Fernández M, Peñagarikano O, Frick A, Allman BL, Schmid S^# (2020) What we can learn from a genetic rodent model about autism.
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 109: 29-53.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.12.015
    Free Access
28. Fulcher N, Azzopardi E, De Oliveira C, Hudson R, Schormans AL, Zaman T, Allman BL, Laviolette SR, Schmid S^# (2020) Deciphering midbrain mechanisms underlying prepulse inhibition of startle.
    Prog Neurobiol, 185: 101734.
    doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101734
    Free Access
29. Moszcynski AJ, Harvey M, Fulcher N, De Oliveira C, McCunn P, Donison N, Bartha R, Schmid S, Strong MJ^#, Volkening K (2019) Synergistic toxicity in an in vivo model of neurodegeneration through the co-expression of human TDP-43^M337V and tau^T175D protein.
    Acta Neuropathologica Comms, 7: 170.
    doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.101734

30. Deweyert A, Iredale E, Xu H, Wong E, Schmid S, Hebb MO^# (2019) Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma cells are vulnerable to low intensity electric fields delivered by intratumoral modulation therapy.
    J. Neuro-Oncology, 143 (1): 49-56.
    doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03145-8
31. Azzopardi E, Louttit AG, De Oliveira C, Laviolette SR, Schmid S^# (2018) The role of cholinergic midbrain neurons in startle and prepulse inhibition.
    J. Neurosci, 38 (41): 8798-8808.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0984-18.2018
32. Scott KE, Schormans AL, Pacoli K , De Oliveira C, Allman BL*, Schmid S*^# (2018) Altered auditory processing, filtering, and reactivity in the Cntnap2 knockout rat model for neurodevelopmental disorders.
    J. Neurosci, 38 (40) 8588-8604.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0759-18.2018
33. Moszczynski AJ, Gopaul J, McCunn P, Volkening K, Harvey M, Bartha R, Schmid S, Strong MJ^# (2018) Somatic gene transfer using a recombinant adenoviral vector (rAAV9) encoding pseudophosphorylated human Thr175 tau in adult rat hippocampus induces a tau pathology.
    J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 77 (8): 685-695.
    doi: 10.1093/jnen/nly044
34. Di Sebastiano AR, Deweyert A, Benoit S, Iredale E, Xu H, De Oliveira C, Wong E, Schmid S, Hebb MO^# (2018) Preclinical outcomes using intratumoral modulation therapy for glioblastoma.
    Scientific Reports, 8: 7301.
    doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25639-7
35. Zaman T, De Oliveira C, Smoka M, Narla C, Poulter M, Schmid S^# (2017) BK channels mediate synaptic plasticity underlying habituation in rats.
    J. Neurosci, 37 (17): 4540-4551.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3699-16.2017
36. Sinclair D, Oranje B, Razak KA, Siegel SJ, Schmid S^# (2017) Sensory processing in autism spectrum disorders and Fragile X syndrome – from the clinic to animal models.
    Neurosci Biobeh Rev, 76 (Part B): 235-253.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.05.029
37. Renard J, Rosen L, Loureiro M, DeOliveira C, Schmid S, Rushlow W, Laviolette S^# (2017) Adolescent cannabinoid exposure induces a persistent sub-cortical hyper-dopaminergic state and molecular disturbances in the prefrontal cortex resembling schizophrenia.
    Cerebral Cortex, 27 (2): 1297-1310.
    doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv335
38. Staudt MD, Di Sebastiano AR, Xu H, Jog H, Schmid S, Foster P, Hebb MO (2016) Advances in neurotrophic factor and cell-based therapies for Parkinson’s disease.
    Gerontology, 62 (3): 371-380
    doi: 10.1159/000438701
39. Di Sebastiano AR, Staudt MD, Benoit S, Xu H, Hebb MO, Schmid S^# (2016) Cell-Based therapies for Parkinson’s disease: Preclinical and clinical perspectives. In “Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease”, Dr. Jolanta Dorszewska and Wojciech Kozubski (editors), InTech, ISBN 978-953-51-2464-1, Print ISBN 978-953-51-2463-4, doi: 10.5772/63747
40. Di Sebastiano AR, Fahim S, Walther C, Ribeiro FM, Cregan SP, Angers S, Schmid S, Ferguson SSG (2016) Role of spinophilin in group I metabotropic glutamate receptor endocytosis, signaling, and synaptic plasticity.
    J. Biol. Chem., 291: 17602-17615.
    doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.722355
41. Renard J, Loureiro M, Rosen L, Zunder J, DeOliveira C, Schmid S, Rushlow W, Laviolette S^# (2016) Cannabidiol counteracts amphetamine-induced neuronal and behavioural sensitization of the mesolimbic dopamine pathway through a novel mTOR/p70S6 kinase signaling pathway.
    J Neurosci, 36 (18): 5160-5169.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3387-15.2016
42. Xu H, Bihari F, Whitehead S, Wong E, Schmid S, Hebb MO (2016) In vitro validation of intratumoral modulation therapy for glioblastoma.
    Anticancer Res, 36 (1): 71-80.
43. Yang A, Daya T, Carlton K, Yan JH, Schmid S^# (2015) Differential effect of chlomipramine on habituation and prepulse inhibition in dominant versus subordinate rats.
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 26 (3): 591-601.
    doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.12.025
44. Shaikh K, Yang A, Youshin K, Schmid S^# (2015) Transgenic LRRK2^R1441G rats – a model for Parkinson disease?
    PeerJ, 3: e945.
    doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00030
45. Pinnock F, Bosch D, Brown T, Simons-Weidenmaier N, Yeomans JR, DeOliveira C, Schmid S^# (2015) Nicotine receptors mediating sensorimotor gating and its enhancement by systemic nicotine.
    Front Behav Neurosci, 9: 30.
    doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00030
46. Schmid S^#, Wilson DA, Rankin CH (2014) Habituation mechanisms and their importance for cognitive function.
    Front Integr Neurosci, 8: 97.
    doi: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00097
47. Shaikh KT, Schmid S^# (2014) There are no sex-specific differences in habituation and prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle response in Sprague Dawley rats.
    WURJ: Health and Natural Sciences, 4 (1): 11.
    doi: 10.5206/wurjhns.2013-14.11
48. Valsamis B, Chang M, Typlt M, Schmid S^# (2014) Activation of mGluR2/3 receptors in the ventral prefrontal cortex reverses sensorimotor gating deficits induced by a systemic NMDA receptor antagonist.
    Int J Neuropsychopharmacol, 17 (2): 303-312.
    doi: 10.1017/S1461145713001041
49. Typlt M, Mirkowski M, Azzopardi E, Pilz P, Ruth P, Schmid S# (2013) Habituation of reflexive and motivated behaviour in mice with deficient BK channel function.
    Front Integr Neurosci, 7: 79.
    doi: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00079
50. Typlt M, Mirkowski M, Azzopardi E, Ruettiger L, Ruth P, Schmid S^# (2013) Mice with deficient BK channel function show impaired prepulse inhibition and spatial learning, but normal working and spatial reference memory.
    PLoS ONE, 8 (11): e81217.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081270
51. Azzopardi E, Typlt M, Jenkins B, Schmid S^#(2013) Sensorimotor gating and spatial learning in α7- nicotinic receptor knock-out mice.
    Genes, Brains and Behavior, (4): 414-23.
    doi: 10.1111/gbb.12038
52. Pitchers KK, Schmid S, Di Sebastiano AR, Wang X, Laviolette SR, Lehman MN, Coolen LM (2012) Natural reward experience alters AMPA and NMDA receptor distribution and function in the nucleus accumbens.
    PLoS ONE, 7 (4): e34700.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.003470
53. Poon, C-S, Schmid S^# (2012) Non-Associative Learning. In: Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Part 14, 2475-2477, Seel, N.M. (editor), Springer, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-1-4419-1427-9, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_1849
54. Valsamis B, Schmid S^# (2011) Habituation and prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle in rodents.
    J. Vis. Exp., (55): e3446.
    doi: 10.3791/3446
55. Guzman MS, De Jaeger X, Raulic S, Souza IA, Li AX, Schmid S, Menon RS, Gainetdinov RR, Caron MG, Bartha R, Prado VF, Prado MA^#(2011) Elimination of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the striatum reveals regulation of behaviour by cholinergic-glutamatergic co-transmission.
    PLOS Biology, 9 (11): e1001194.
    doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001194
56. Geis H-R, Schmid S^# (2011) Glycine inhibits startle-mediating neurons in the caudal pontine reticular formation but is not involved in synaptic depression underlying short-term habituation of startle.
    J. Neurosci. Res., 71 (2): 114-123.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.06.007
57. Schmid S^#, Azzopardi E, De Jaeger X, Prado MAM, Prado VF (2011) VAChT knock-down mice show normal prepulse inhibition but disrupted long-term habituation.
    Genes, Brains and Behavior, 10 (4): 457-64.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00686.x.
58. Schmid S^# (2011): Assessing sensory gating deficits in rodents using the acoustic startle reflex. Medlines, Vol. 13
59. Schmid S^#, Brown T, Simons-Weidenmaier N, Weber M, Fendt M (2010) Group III metabotropic glutamate receptors inhibit giant neurons in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus but do not mediate synaptic depression/short-term habituation of startle.
    J. Neuroscience, 30 (31): 10422-30.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0024-10.2010
60. Yeomans JS^#, Bosch D, Alves N, Daros A, Ure RJ, Schmid S (2010) GABA receptors and prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle in mice and rats.
    Eur. J. Neurosci, . 31 (11): 2053-2061.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07236.x
    
61. Bosch D, Schmid S^# (2008) Cholinergic mechanism underlying prepulse inhibition of the startle response in rats.
    Neuroscience, 155 (1): 326-335.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.018
62. Kustermann S, Schmid S, Biehlmaier O, Kohler K^# (2008) Survival, excitability, and transfection of retinal neurons in anorganotypic culture of mature zebrafish retina.
    Cell Tiss. Res., 332 (2): 195-209.
    doi: 10.1007/s00441-008-0589-5
63. Kuci S^#, Kuci Z, Schmid S, Handgretinger R, Dufke A, Jurecic R, Müller I, Schumm M, Lang P, Bruchelt G, Niethammer D (2008) Efficient in vitro generation of adult multipotent cells from mobilized peripheral blood CD133(+) cells.
    Cell Proliferation, 41 (1): 12-27.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2007.00502
64. Fendt M*, Schmid S*, Thakker DR*, Jacobson LH*, Yamamota R, Mitsukawa K, Maier R, Natt F, Huesken D, Kelly PH, McAllister KH, Hoyer D, van der Putten H, Cryan JF, Flor PJ^#(2008) mGluR7 facilitates extinction of aversive memories and controls amygdala plasticity.
    Mol. Psychiatry, 13: 970-979.
    doi: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002073
65. Simons-Weidenmeier N, Weber M, Plappert C , Pilz PKD, Schmid S^#(2006) Synaptic depression and short-term habituation are located on the sensory part of the mammalian startle pathway.
    BMC Neuroscience, 7: 38.
    doi: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-38
66. Bosch D, Schmid S^# (2006) Activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors inhibits giant neurons in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus.
    Eur. J. Neurosci., 24 (7): 1967-1975.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05085.x
67. Schmid S^#, Fendt M (2006) Effects of the mGluR8 agonist (S)-3,4,-DCPG in the lateral amygdala on acquisition/expression of fear-potentiated startle, synaptic transmission, and plasticity.
    Neuropharmacology, 50 (2): 154-164.
    doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.08.002
68. Hölscher C^#, Schmid S, Pilz PKD, Sansig G, Van der Putten H, Plappert CF (2005) Lack of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 7 selectively modulates theta rhythm and working memory.
    Learning & Memory, 12: 450-455.
    doi: 10.1101/lm.98305
69. Guenther E^#, Schmid S, Wheeler-Schilling T, Albach G, Gründer T, Fauser S, Kohler K (2004) Developmental plasticity of NMDA receptor function in the retina and the influence of light.
    FASEB, 8 (12): 1433-35.
    doi: 10.1096/fj.03-0618fje
70. Hölscher C^#, Schmid S, Pilz P, Van der Putten H, Plappert C (2004) Lack of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 7 selectively impairs short-term working memory but not long-term memory.
    Behav. Brain Res., 154: 783-481.
    doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.015
71. Schmid S^#, Simons NS, Schnitzler H-U (2003) Cellular mechanisms of the trigeminally evoked startle response.
    Eur. J. Neurosci., 17: 1438-1444.
    doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02565.x
72. Schmid S^#, Weber M (2002) Neurons in the superior olivary complex do not excite giant neurons of the caudal pontine reticular formation.
    Neuroreport, 13: 2223-2227.
    doi: 10.1097/00001756-200212030-00012
73. Weber M, Schnitzler H-U, Schmid S^#(2002) Synaptic plasticity in the acoustic startle pathway: the neuronal basis for short-term habituation?
    Eur. J. Neurosci. , 16: 1325-1332.
    doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02194.x
74. Fendt M, Schmid S^# (2002) Metabotropic glutamate receptors are involved in amygdaloid plasticity.
    Eur. J. Neurosci., 15 (9): 1535-1541.
    doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01988.x
75. Schmid S^#, Guthmann A, Ruppersberg JP, Herbert H (2001) Expression of AMPA receptor subunit flip/flop splice variants in the rat auditory brainstem and inferior colliculus.
    J. Comp. Neurol., 430 (2): 160-171.
    doi: 10.1002/1096-9861(20010205)430:2<160::AID-CNE1022>3.0.CO;2-3
76. Gnügge L, Schmid S, Neuhaus SCF^# (2001) Analysis of the activity-deprived zebrafish mutant macho reveals an essential requirement of neuronal activity for the development of a fine grained visuotopic map.
    J. Neurosci., 21 (10): 3542-3548.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-10-03542.2001
77. Guenther E^#, Schmid S, Reiff D (1999) Maturation of intrinsic membrane properties in rat retinal ganglion cells.
    Vision Res., 39 (15): 2477-2484.
    doi: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00004-8
78. Schmid S, Guenther E^# (1999) Voltage-activated calcium currents in rat retinal ganglion cells in situ: Changes during prenatal and postnatal development.
    J. Neurosci., 19 (9): 3486-3494.
    doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-09-03486.1999
79. Schmid S, Guenther E^# (1998) Alterations in channel density and kinetic properties of the sodium current in retinal ganglion cells of the rat during in vivo differentiation.
    Neuroscience, 85 (1): 249-258.
    doi: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00644-1
80. Schmid, S (1997): Expression and properties of voltage-activated sodium and calcium channels during prenatal and postnatal development of rat retinal ganglion cells [in German]. Dissertation der Fakultät für Biologie an der Universität Tübingen
81. Guenther E^#, Schmid S, Hewig B, Kohler K (1996) Two-fold effects of Angiotensin II on voltage-dependent calcium currents in rat retinal ganglion cells.
    J. Brain Res., 718: 112-116.
    doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00077-7
82. Schmid S, Guenther E^# (1996) Developmental regulation of voltage-gated sodium and calcium currents in rat retinal ganglion cells.
    Neuroreport, 7 (2): 677-681.
    doi: 10.1097/00001756-199601310-00070
83. Schmid S, Guenther E, Kohler K^# (1995) Changes in Thy-1 antigen immunoreactivity in the rat retina during pre- and postnatal development.
    Neuroscience Letters, 199: 1-4.
    doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12020-5
84. Guenther E^#, Schmid S, Grantyn R, Zrenner E (1994) In vitro identification of retinal ganglion cells of all stages of development without the need of any dye labeling.
    J. Neurosci. Methods, 51: 177-181.
    doi: 10.1016/0165-0270(94)90008-6
85. Schmid, S (1993): Regulation of calcium homeostasis in retinal ganglion cells: Effect of angiotensin on voltage-activated calcium channels [in German]. Diplomathesis der Fakultät für Biologie an der Universität Tübingen