Publications
Selected Publications
Wolff SBE, Ko R, Ölveczky BP (2022) Distinct roles for motor cortical and thalamic inputs to striatum during motor learning and execution. Science Advances
Dhawale AK*, Wolff SBE*, Ko R, Ölveczky BP. (2021). The basal ganglia control the detailed kinematics of learned motor skills. Nat Neurosci.
Dhawale AK, Poddar R, Wolff SBE, Normand VA, Kopelowitz E, Ölveczky BP (2017) Automated long-term recording and analysis of neural activity in behaving animals. Elife, 6:e27702
Otchy TM, Wolff SBE, Rhee JY, Pehlevan C, Kawai R, Kempf A, Gobes SM, Ölveczky BP (2015) Acute off-target effects of neural circuit manipulations. Nature, 528(7582):358-63
Wolff SBE*, Gründemann J*, Tovote P, Krabbe S, Jacobson GA, Müller C, Herry C, Ehrlich I, Friedrich RW, Letzkus JJ, Lüthi A (2014) Amygdala interneuron subtypes control fear learning through disinhibition. Nature, 509(7501):453-8
All Publications
2023
Robertson CD, Davis P, Richardson RR, Iffland PH, Vieira DCO, Steyert M, McKeon PN, Romanowski AJ, Crutcher G, Jašarević E, Wolff SBE, Mathur BN, Crino PB, Bale TL, Dick IE, Poulopoulos A (2023). Rapid modeling of an ultra-rare epilepsy variant in wild-type mice by in utero prime editing. bioRxiv
2022
Jensen KT, Harpaz NK, Dhawale AK, Wolff SBE, Ölveczky BP (2022). Long-term stability of neural activity in the motor system. Nat Neurosci.
Wolff SBE, Ko R, Ölveczky BP (2022) Distinct roles for motor cortical and thalamic inputs to striatum during motor learning and execution. Science Advances
2021
Jensen KT, Harpaz NK, Dhawale AK, Wolff SBE, Ölveczky BP (2021). Long-term stability of neural activity in the motor system. BioRxiv
Dhawale AK*, Wolff SBE*, Ko R, Ölveczky BP. (2021). The basal ganglia control the detailed kinematics of learned motor skills. Nat Neurosci.
Whittle, N, Fadok, J, MacPherson, KP, Nguyen, R, Botta, P, Wolff, SBE, Müller, C, Herry, C, Tovote, P, Holmes, A, Singewald, N, Lüthi, A, Ciocchi, S (2021). Central amygdala micro-circuits mediate fear extinction. Nat Commun 12, 4156.
2020
Guitchounts, G, Masís, J, Wolff, SBE, and Cox, D (2020). Encoding of 3D Head Orienting Movements in the Primary Visual Cortex. Neuron, 108, 512-525.e4
2019
Wolff SBE, Ko R, Ölveczky BP (2019) Distinct roles for motor cortical and thalamic inputs to striatum during motor learning and execution. BioRxiv 825810
Dhawale AK*, Wolff SBE*, Ko R, Ölveczky BP. The basal ganglia can control learned motor sequences independently of motor cortex. BioRxiv 827261
2018
Masis J, Mankus D, Wolff SBE, Guitchounts G, Joesch M, Cox DD (2018) A micro-CT-based method for quantitative brain lesion characterization and electrode localization. JoVE, 141:e58585
Masis J, Mankus D, Wolff SBE, Guitchounts G, Joesch M, Cox DD (2018) A micro-CT-based method for quantitative brain lesion characterization and electrode localization. Sci Rep, 8(1):5184
Wolff SBE, Ölveczky BP (2018) The promise and perils of causal circuit manipulations. Curr Opin Neurobiol, 49:84-94
2017
Dhawale AK, Poddar R, Wolff SBE, Normand VA, Kopelowitz E, Ölveczky BP (2017) Automated long-term recording and analysis of neural activity in behaving animals. Elife, 6:e27702
2016
Tovote P, Esposito MS, Botta P, Chaudun F, Fadok JP, Markovic M, Wolff SBE, Ramakrishnan C, Fenno L, Deisseroth K, Herry C, Arber S, Lüthi A (2016) Midbrain circuits for defensive behavior. Nature, 534(7606):206-12
2015
Otchy TM, Wolff SBE, Rhee JY, Pehlevan C, Kawai R, Kempf A, Gobes SM, Ölveczky BP (2015) Acute off-target effects of neural circuit manipulations. Nature, 528(7582):358-63
Letzkus JJ, Wolff SBE, Lüthi A (2015) Disinhibition, a Circuit Mechanism for Associative Learning and Memory. Neuron, 88(2):264-76
2014
Wolff SBE*, Gründemann J*, Tovote P, Krabbe S, Jacobson GA, Müller C, Herry C, Ehrlich I, Friedrich RW, Letzkus JJ, Lüthi A (2014) Amygdala interneuron subtypes control fear learning through disinhibition. Nature, 509(7501):453-8
Senn V*, Wolff SBE*, Herry C, Grenier F, Fadok JP, Gründemann J, Ehrlich I, Müller C, Letzkus JJ, Lüthi A (2014) Long-range connectivity defines behavioral specificity of amygdala neurons. Neuron, 81(2):428-37
2013
Rubehn B, Wolff SBE, Tovote P, Lüthi A, Stieglitz T (2013) A polymer-based neural microimplant for optogenetic applications: design and first in vivo study. Lab Chip, 13(4): 579-88
2012
Johansen JP, Wolff SBE, Lüthi A, LeDoux JE (2012) Controlling the elements: an optogenetic approach to understanding the neural circuits of fear. Biological Psychiatry, 71(12): 1053-1060
2011
Letzkus JJ*, Wolff SBE*, Meyer EMM, Tovote P, Courtin J, Herry C, Lüthi A (2011) A disinhibitory microcircuit for associative fear learning in auditory cortex. Nature, 480(7377):
2010
Ciocchi S, Herry C, Grenier F, Wolff SBE, Letzkus JJ, Vlachos I, Ehrlich I, Sprengel R, Deisseroth K, Stadler MB, Müller C, Lüthi A (2010) Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits. Nature, 468(7321): 277-82
2009
Tang W, Ehrlich I, Wolff SBE, Michalski AM, Wölfl S, Hasan MT, Lüthi A, Sprengel R (2009) Faithful expression of multiple proteins via 2A-peptide self-processing: a versatile and reliable method for manipulating brain circuits. J Neurosci, 29(27):8621-8629
2008
Cho RW, Park JM, Wolff SBE, Xu D, Hopf C, Kim JA, Reddy RC, Petralia RS, Perin MS, Linden DJ, Worley PF (2008) mGluR1/5-dependent LTD requires the regulated ectodomain cleavage of neuronal pentraxin NPR by TACE. Neuron 57:858-871