Prof. Dr. Alexander Gail

Dipl. Phys., Dr. rer. nat. (Neurophysik) Philipps Universität Marburg

Work focus:
Computational Neuroscience, Kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Systemneurobiologie

Education:
Diplom in Physik, Universität Augsburg und Philipps Universität Marburg

Graduation:
Dipl. Phys., Dr. rer. nat. (Neurophysik) Philipps Universität Marburg

Position / Activity:
Leiter der Forschungsgruppe Sensomotorik, DPZ, Göttingen

Publications in science journals

Ausgewählte Artikel:

Klaes C, Westendorff S, Chakrabarti S, Gail A (2011) Choosing goals, not rules: Deciding among rule-based action plans. Neuron, 70, 536-548

Westendorff S, Gail A (2010) What is 'anti' about anti-reaches? - How reference frames affect reach reaction times. Experimental Brain Research, 208(2), 287-296.

Westendorff S, Klaes C, Gail A. (2010) The cortical timeline for deciding on reach motor-goals. J Neurosci 30:5426-5436.

Gail A, Klaes C, Westendorff S. (2009) Implementation of spatial transformation rules for goal-directed reaching via gain modulation in monkey parietal and premotor cortex. J Neurosci 29: 9490-9499.

Brozovic M*, Gail A*, Andersen, RA (2007) Gain mechanisms for contextually guided visuomotor transformations. J Neurosci 27: 10588-10596.

Gail A, Andersen RA (2006) Neural Dynamics in Monkey Parietal Reach Region Reflect Context-Specific Sensorimotor Transformations. J Neurosci 26: 9376-9384.

Gail A, Brinksmeyer H-J, Eckhorn R (2004) Perception-related modulations of local field potential power and coherence in primary visual cortex of awake monkey during binocular rivalry. Cerebral Cortex 14: 300-313.

Gail A, Brinksmeyer H-J, Eckhorn R (2003) Simultaneous mapping of binocular and monocular receptive fields in awake monkeys for calibrating eye alignment in a dichoptical setup. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 126: 41-56.

Gail A, Brinksmeyer H-J, Eckhorn R (2000) Contour decouples gamma activity across texture representation in monkey striate cortex. Cerebral Cortex 10:840?850.

Publications in the media

Gail A (2007) Bewegungsplanung in der Großhirnrinde ? Signale zur Steuerung von kognitiven Neuroprothesen. Neuroforum 1/07: 12-21.

Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH

Öffentliche Forschung

Institute:
Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung

Work focus:
Kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Systemneurobiologie

Address:
Kellnerweg 4
37077 Göttingen
DE

Phone:
+49 (0) 551-3851 358

E-Mail:
agail@gwdg.de

Homepage:
http://www.dpz.eu/de/abteilung/sensomotorik/ueber-uns.html