Publications

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Scherberich J, Stange-Marten A, Schöneich S, Merdan-Desik M, Nowotny M (2024). Multielectrode array use in insect auditory neuroscience to unravel the spatio-temporal response pattern in the prothoracic ganglion of Mecopoda elongata. J Exp Biol. 227(3):jeb245497. doi: 10.1242/jeb.245497.

Vavakou A, Scherberich J, Nowotny M, Heijden M (2024). Elliptical sound-induced motion in the bushcricket hearing organ. AIP Conference Proceedings 3062 (1). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0189475External link

Taszus R, del Rio J, Stoessel A, Nowotny M (2023)The Shape of Water – Adaptations of Cochlea Morphology in Seals and OttersZoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlad014:1–15.

Taszus R, del Rio J, Stößel A, Nowotny M. (2023)Variation in Auditory Brainstem Responses of Diversity Outbred Mice.bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.21.590454

del Rio J, Taszus R , Nowotny M & Stoessel A (2023) Variations in cochlea shape reveal different evolutionary adaptations in primates and rodents. Scientific Reports | 13:2235 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29478-zwww.nature.com/scientificreports#External link

V Regeler, B E Boudinot, T Woehrl (2023) Go thou to the ant: A comparative biomechanical analysis of locomotion in Hymenoptera (Hexapoda). bioRxiv | https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.24.529971External link preprint

Kiefer L, Koch L, Gaese BH Nowotny, M (2022) Comparing electrophysiological effects of traumatic noise exposure between rodents. J Neurophysiol 127:452-462 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00081.2021External link

Sansom TM, Oberst S, Richter A, Lai JCS, Saadatfar M, Nowotny M, Evans TA. (2022), Low radiodensity μCT scans to reveal detailed morphology of the termite leg and its subgenual organ. Arthropod Struct Dev. 70:101191. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2022.101191External link.

Hubancheva A, Senderov V, Nowotny M, Schöneich S, Goerlitz H (2022). Bush-crickets show lifelong flexibility in courtship signals to match predation threat. Authorea. DOI: 10.22541/au.165167283.37444741/v2External link.

Koch L, Gaese BH, Nowotny, M (2022) Strain comparison in rats differentiates strain-specific from more general correlates of noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus. JARO. doi.org/10.1007/s10162-021-00822-2. PDF: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10162-021-00822-2.pdfExternal link.

Tan MK, Schöneich S, Robillard T (2021) Inter-individual differences of calling and exploratory behaviour in a lebinthine cricket species hint at different mate-finding strategies. Behaviour (accepted for publication).

Clemens J, Schöneich S, Kostarakos K, Hennig RM, Hedwig B (2021) A small, computationally flexible network produces the phenotypic diversity of song recognition in crickets. eLIFE 10: e61475. https://elifesciences.org/articles/61475External link

Vavakou A, Scherberich J, Nowotny M, van der Heijden (2021) Tuned vibration modes in a miniature hearing organ - insights from the bushcricket. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 118(39):e2105234118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2105234118External link.

Warren B, Nowotny, M (2021). Bridging the Gap Between Mammal and Insect Ears - A Comparative and Evolutionary View of Sound-Reception. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:667218. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.667218External link

Wöhrl TExternal link, Richter A, Guo S, Reinhardt L, Nowotny, M Blickhan, R (2021) Comparative analysis of a geometric and an adhesive righting strategy against toppling in inclined hexapedal locomotion. J Exp Biol 224 (15): jeb242677. [DOIExternal link] [DataExternal link] [CodeExternal link]

Schöneich S (2020) Neuroethology of acoustic communication in crickets - from signal generation to song recognition in an insect brain. Prog Neurobiol. 194:101882. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2020.101882.External link

Scherberich JExternal link, Taszus RExternal link, Stoessel A, Nowotny, M (2020). Comparative micromechanics of bushcricket ears with and without a specialized auditory fovea region in the crista acustica. Proc Biol Sci. 2020 Jun 24;287(1929):20200909. doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0909External link

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2019) Feedforward discharges couple the singing central pattern generator and ventilation central pattern generator in the cricket abdominal central nervous system. J Comp Physiol A 205(6): 881-895. doi link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00359-019-01377-7External link

Olson ES, Nowotny, M (2019) Experimental and Theoretical Explorations of Traveling Waves and Tuning in the Bushcricket Ear. Biophys J. 2019 Jan 8;116(1):165-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.3124External link

Li C, Wöhrl T, Lam HK, Full RJ (2019) Cockroaches use diverse strategies to self-right on the ground. J Exp Biol 222(15): 1618-1625.

Wulff NC, Schöneich S, Lehmann GUC (2018) Female perception of copulatory courtship by male titillators in a bushcricket. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (1884): 20181235. doi link: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1235External link

Guo S, Lin J, Wöhrl T, Liao M (2018) A Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Model for Insects With Data-driven Optimization. Sci Rep 8(1): 2129.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2017) Chapter 10: Neurons and networks underlying singing behaviour. In: The Cricket as a Model Organism. Eds: Horch HW, et al.; Springer, Tokyo; pp: 141-153. doi link: The Cricket as a Model Organism | SpringerLinkExternal link

Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S, Nowotny M. Functional basis of the sexual dimorphism in the auditory fovea of the duetting bushcricket Ancylecha fenestrata. Proc Biol Sci. 284(1865). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1426External link

Nowotny M, Kiefer L, Andre D, Fabrizius A, Hankeln T, Reuss S. Hearing without neuroglobin. Neuroscience. 366:138-148. doi link: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.10.010External link

Hummel J, Kössl M, Nowotny M. Morphological basis for a tonotopic design of an insect ear. J Comp Neurol. 525(10):2443-2455. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24218External link

Kiefer, L., Andre, D., Hankeln, T., Reuss, S. und Nowotny M. Neuroglobin is important for the regeneration of auditory processing after acoustic trauma. 40th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology 

Stange-Marten A, Nabel AL, Sinclair JL, Fischl M, Alexandrova O, Wohlfrom H, Kopp-Scheinpflug C,  Pecka M, Grothe B. Input timing for spatial processing is precisely tuned via constant synaptic delays and  myelination patterns in the auditory brainstem. PNAS 114:E4851-E4858 (2017)
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1702290114External link

Hummel J, Schöneich S, Kössl M, Scherberich J, Hedwig B, Prinz S, Nowotny M. Gating of Acoustic Transducer Channels Is Shaped by Biomechanical Filter Processes. J Neurosci. 36(8):2377-2382. doi link;: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3948-15.2016External link

Steube N,Nowotny M, Pilz PK, Gaese BH. Dependence of the Startle Response on Temporal and Spectral Characteristics of Acoustic Modulatory Influences in Rats and Gerbils. Front Behav Neurosci. 2016 Jun 30;10:133. doi link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00133External link. eCollection 2016.

Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S, Nowotny M. Auditory fovea in the ear of a duetting katydid shows male-specific adaptation to the female call. Curr Biol. 26(23):R1222-R1223. doi link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.035External link

Kiefer L, Schauen A, Abendroth S, Gaese BH, Nowotny M. Variation in acoustic overstimulation changes tinnitus characteristics. Neuroscience. 310: 176-187.

Hummel J, Schöneich S, Hedwig B, Nowotny M. Mechanical and electrical tuning in a tonotopical organized ear. In: Mechanics of Hearing. Corey D.P. and Karavitaki K.D. (Eds.). World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong,

Nowotny M., Hummel J., Kössl M., Palgath Udajashankar A. Mechanical investigations of sound-induced responses in a simple ear. In: Mechanics of Hearing. Corey D.P. and Karavitaki K.D. (Eds.). World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong. 

Schöneich S*, Kostarakos K*, Hedwig B (2015) An auditory feature detection circuit for sound pattern recognition. Science Advances 1(8): e1500325. (*contributed equally)

Hofstede H*, Schöneich S*, Robillard T, Hedwig B (2015) Evolution of a communication system by sensory exploitation of startle behavior. Current Biology 25(24): 3245-3252. (*Co-first author)

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2015) Corollary discharge inhibition of wind-sensitive cercal giant fibers in the singing field cricket. Journal of Neurophysiology 113(1): 390-399.

Ford MC, Alexandrova O, Cossell L, Stange-Marten A, Sinclair J, Kopp-Scheinpflug C, Pecka M, Attwell D, Grothe B. Tuning of Ranvier node and internode properties in myelinated axons to adjust action potential timing. Nat Commun 6:8073-8087 (2015)
doi: 10.1038/ncomms9073External link

Hummel J., Wolf K., Kössl M., Nowotny M. Processing of simple and complex acoustic signals in a tonotopically organized ear. Proc Biol Sci. 281(1796): 20141872.

Palgath Udajashankar A., Kössl M., Nowotny M. Traveling wave energy is lateralized in the hearing organ of bushcrickets. Plos One 9(1): e86090.

Stumpner A., Nowotny M. Neural processing in the bushcricket auditory pathway. In: Topics of Acoustic Communication in Insects. Hedwig B (Ed.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. Volume 1, 2014, pp 143-166. 

Möckel D., Nowotny M., Kössl M. Mechanical basis of otoacoustic emissions in tympanal hearing organs. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 200(7):681-691. 

Dietz M, Marquardt T, Stange A, Pecka M, Grothe B, McAlpine D. 2014 Emphasis of spatial cues in the temporal fine structure during the rising segments of amplitude-modulated sounds II: single-neuron recordings. J Neurophysiol 111(10):1973-1985 (2014)
doi: 10.1152/jn.00681.2013External link

Mora E C; Cobo-Cuan A; Macías F; Pérez M; Nowotny M; Kössl M. Mechanical tuning of the moth ear: distortion-product otoacoustic emissions and tympanal vibrations. J Exp Biol.216:3863-3872.

Stange A, Myoga MH, Lingner A, Ford MC, Alexandrova O, Felmy F, Pecka M, Siveke I, Grothe B. Adaptation in sound localization: from GABA(B) receptor-mediated synaptic modulation to perception. Nat Neurosci 16(12):1840-1847 (2013)
doi: 10.1038/nn.3548External link

Palghat Udayashankar A.; Kössl M.; Nowotny M. In-vivo measurements of tonotopically ordered traveling waves. PLoS One. 7(2): e31008.

Möckel, D.; Lang, J.; Kössl, M. Nowotny M. Temperature-dependence of DPOAEs in tympanal organs. J Exp Biol accepted.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2012) Cellular basis for singing motor pattern generation in the field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer). Brain and Behavior 2(6): 707-725.

Nowotny M.; Remus M.; Kössl M.; Gaese B.H. Characterization of the Perceived Sound of Trauma-Induced Tinnitus in Gerbils. J Acoust Soc Am 130(5): 2827-2834.

Hummel J.; Kössl M.; Nowotny M. Sound-induced tympanal membrane motion in bushcrickets and its relation to the sensory output. J Exp Biol 214: 3596-3604.

Nowotny M.; Gummer A.W. Vibration responses of the organ of Corti and the tectorial membrane to electrical stimulation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 130: 3852-3872.

Palghat Udayashankar A.; Kössl M.; Nowotny M. Tonotopically ordered traveling waves in the hearing organs of bushcrickets in-vivo. In: Mechanics of Hearing. Shera C. and Olson E. (Eds.). World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, pp. 466-472.

Nowotny M.; Weber M.; Palghat Udayashankar A.; Hummel J.; Kössl M. Sound Transduction in the Auditory System of Bushcrickets. In: Mechanics of Hearing. Shera C. and Olson E. (Eds.). World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, pp. 461-465.

Fleischer M.; Harasztosi C.; Nowotny M.; Zahnert T.; Gummer A.W. Continuum Mechanical Model of the Outer Hair Cell. In: Mechanics of Hearing. Shera C. and Olson E. (Eds.). World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong, pp. 160-165.

Schöneich S, Schildberger K, Stevenson PA (2011) Neuronal organization of a fast-mediating cephalothoracic pathway for antennal-tactile information in the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer). Journal of Comparative Neurology 519(9): 1677-1690.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2011) Neural basis of singing in crickets: Central pattern generation in abdominal ganglia. Naturwissenschaften 98(12): 1069-1073.

Escalante-Pérez M, Krol E, Stange A, Geiger D, Al-Rasheid KA, Hause B, Neher E, Hedrich R. A special pair of phytohormones controls excitability, slow closure, and external stomach formation in the Venus flytrap. PNAS 108(37):15492-15497 (2011)
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1112535108External link

Nowotny M; Hummel, J.; Weber, M.; Möckel, D.; Kössl, M. Acoustic-induced motion of the bushcricket (Mecopoda elongata, Tettigoniidae) tympanum. J Comp Physiol A 196: 939-945.

Schöneich S, Hedwig B (2010) Hyperacute directional hearing and phonotactic steering in the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer). PLoS ONE 5(12): e15141.

Gaese, B. H. ; Nowotny M. ; Pilz, P. K. D. Acoustic startle and prepulse inhibition in the Mongolian gerbil. Physiology & Behavior 98: 460-466.

Nowotny M.; Gummer, A.W. Nanomechanics of the subtectorial space caused by electromechanics of cochlear outer hair cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103: 2120-2125.

Nowotny M.; Gummer, A.W. Elektromechanische Transduktion: Einfluss der äußeren Haarsinneszellen auf das Bewegungsmuster des Corti-Organs. HNO 54: 536-543.

Gummer, A. W.; Nowotny M.; Scherer, M. P.; Vete?ník, A. Pulsating fluid motion and deflecting of the stereocilia of the inner hair cells due to the electromechanics of the outer hair cells. In: Nuttall, A.. L.; Ren, T.; Gillespie, P.; Grosh, K.; de Boer, E. (Hrsg.): Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models. World Scientific, New Jersey, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, pp. 101?102.

Scherer, M. P.; Nowotny M.; Dalhoff, E.; Zenner, H. P.; Gummer, A. W. High-frequency vibration of the organ of Corti in vitro.
In: Gummer, A. W. (Hrsg.): Biophysics of the Cochlea: from Molecules to Models. World Scientific, New Jersey, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, pp. 271-277.

Nowotny M., Remus M., Kössl M., Gaese B. 2011.Trauma-induced tinnitus in gerbils centers around the induction frequency. In: Santi PA (ed.) Abstracts of the 34th Annual Midwinter Research Meeting., Association for Research in Otolaryngology.# 188

Hummel J., Kössl M.,Nowotny M. 2011. Does the auditory nerve activity reflect the tympanal membrane motion in bushcrickets? 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society. # T17-8A.

Lang J., Kössl M.,Nowotny M. 2011. Temperature dependence of DPOAEs in grasshoppers. 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society. # T17-2C.

Hummel, J., Kössl, M.;Nowotny M. (2011). Functional coupling of tympanal membrane motion and tympanal nerve response. ?Invertebrate Sound and Vibration, 13th International Meeting?.

Remus M., Gaese B., Kössl M.,Nowotny M. 2011. Trauma-induced tinnitus in gerbils centers around the induction frequency. 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society. # T17-8C.

Udajashankar A.P., Kössl M., Nowotny M 2011. Auditory mechanics of bushcrickets in-vivo. 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society. # T17-4A.

Fleischer, M.; Zahnert, T.; Harasztosi, C.; Nowotny M.; Baumgart, J.; Gummer, A.W. (2010). ?OHC Somatic Electromechanical Force Coupled Directly to the IHC Stereocilia. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 670.

Martin, T.; Nowotny M.; Fischer, M. (2010). New data on tooth replacement in the Late Jurassic docodont mammal Haldanodon expectatus. 70th Anniversary Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abs: 130A

Nowotny M. ; Möckel, D. ; Weber, M. ; Kössl, M. (2009). ?Sound induced vibration pattern on the tympanal membranes of the bushcricket Mecopoda elongata.? 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society: T17-1C.

Gaese, B. ;Nowotny M. ; Pilz, P. K. D. (2009). ?Acoustic startle response in the wild-type and domesticated Mongolian gerbil? 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society: T18-6B.

Gummer, A.W. ; Chiaradia, C. ; Nowotny M (2009). OHC Somatic Electromechanical Force Coupled Directly to the IHC Stereocilia.
Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 256.

Chiaradia C. ; Nowotny M; Gummer A.W. (2009). OHC induced vibration pattern of the basilar membrane. In: Cooper, N.P. and Kemp, D.T. (Eds.): Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing. World Scientific, Singapore, New Jersey, London, Hong Kong: 283-287.

Chiaradia, C.; Nowotny M; Gummer, A. W. (2008): Deflection of IHC Stereocilia by OHC Somatic Electromotility.
Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 176.

Eckrich, T.; Nowotny M; Harasztosi, C.; Scherer, M.; Gummer, A. W. (2008): Impedance Measurements of Isolated Outer Hair Cells. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 179.

Nowotny M; Gummer, A. W. (2006). Influence of electrically-induced mobility of outer hair cells on the organ of Corti motion. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 997.

Nowotny M; Gummer, A. W. (2005). Outer hair cell induced motion of the organ of Corti: Mechanisms of active amplification.

In: Elsner, N. ; Zimmermann, H. (Hrsg.): The Neurosciences from Basic Research to Therapy. Proceedings of the 30th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2005. Stuttgart, Georg Thieme: 98.

Nowotny M; Gummer, A. W. (2005). Influence of electrically-induced somatic mobility of outer hair cells on the basilar membrane motion. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 328.

Nowotny M; Gummer, A. W. (2005). OHC-induced motion of the organ of Corti. Abstract book of the 42nd Workshop on Inner Ear Biology: O11.

Nowotny M; Zenner, H.-P.; Gummer, A. W. (2004). Impact of outer hair cell electromotility on organ of Corti vibration ? results from an in situ preparation. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 1002.

Nowotny M; Zenner, H.-P.; Gummer, A. W. (2003). The motion of the subtectorial space and its resulting fluid motion in the guinea pig cochlea. In: Elsner, N.; Zimmermann, H. (Hrsg.): The Neurosciences from Basic Research to Therapy. Proceedings of the 29th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 2003. Stuttgart, Georg Thieme: 328.

Nowotny M; Scherer, M. P.; Zenner, H.-P.; Gummer, A. W. (2003). Stimulus induced volume change in the subtectorial space of the organ of Corti. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 112.

Nowotny M; Zenner, H.-P.; Gummer, A. W. (2003). Electrically induced motion of the organ of Corti in the guinea-pig cochlea and its possible effect on the response of inner hair cells. Abs 96. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft: P5.

Gummer, A. W.; Nowotny M; Scherer, M. P.; Zenner, H.-P.(2003). Laserinterferometrische Untersuchung des subtectorialen Spaltes der Säugetiercochlea. HNO 28: 147.

Gummer, A. W.; Scherer, M. P.; Nowotny M (2002). Coupling of electromechanical force into the organ of Corti. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 720.

Scherer, M. P.; Nowotny M.; Gummer, A. W. (2002). High frequency vibration modes in the organ of Corti. Assoc Res Otolaryngol Abs: 911.

Nowotny M.; Martin, T.; Fischer, M. (2001). Dental anatomy and tooth replacement of Haldanodon exspectatus (Docodonta, Mammalia) from the Upper Jura of Portugal. Journal of Morphology 248, 3: 268.