ABOUT MANFRED
ABOUT ME
After studying Biology in Munich and Tübingen and postdoc experience in cochlear hair cell physiology at the University of Sussex, in 2001 I established an auditory research group at Frankfurt University. My focus is the auditory system of mammals and insects since I am fascinated by evolutionary sensory adaptations. Special topics covered by my department are echolocation of bats, inner ear mechanics and otoacoustic emissions, and neuropharmacology of the auditory system.
10 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Wetekam J, Reissig C, Hechavarria JC, Kössl M (2019) Auditory brainstem responses in the bat Carollia perspicillata: threshold calculation and relation to audiograms based on otoacoustic emission measurement. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
Cobo-Cuan A, Kössl M, Mora EC (2017) Hearing diversity in moths confronting a neotropical bat Assemblage. J Comp Physiol A DOI 10.1007/s00359-017-1170
Macías S, Hechavarría JC, Kössl M. 2016. Sharp temporal tuning in the bat auditory midbrain overcomes spectral-temporal trade-off imposed by cochlear mechanics. Scientific Reports 6:29129. doi: 10.1038/srep29129.
Kössl M, Hechavarria J, Voss C, Schaefer M, Vater M (2015) Bat auditory cortex - model for general mammalian auditory computation or special design solution for active time perception? European Journal of Neuroscience 41:518-32.
Kössl, M., Hechavarria, J.C., Voss, C., Macias, S., Mora, E.C. and Vater, M., 2014. Neural maps for target range in the auditory cortex of echolocating bats. Current opinion in neurobiology, 24, pp.68-75.
Hechavarría JC, Macías S, Vater M, Mora EC, Kössl M. 2013. Blurry topography for precise target-distance computations in the auditory cortex of echolocating bats. Nature Communications. 4:2587, doi: 10.1038/ncomms3587.
Kössl M Voss C Mora E Macias S Foeller E Vater M (2012) Auditory Cortex of Newborn Bats is Prewired for Echolocation. Nature Communications 3:773, 1-7.
Abel C Wittekindt A Kössl M (2009) Contralateral Acoustic Stimulation Modulates Low-Frequency Biasing of DPOAE: Efferent Influence on Cochlear Amplifier Operating State? J Neurophysiol 101: 2362–2371.
Kössl M Boyan G (1998) Acoustic distortion-products from the ear of a grasshopper. J Acoust Soc Am 104:326-335.
Kössl M Russell IJ (1995) Basilar membrane resonance in the cochlea of the mustached bat. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92:276-279. {3}