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Preprints
	*Baltruschat L, Tavosanis G, Cuntz H (Preprint, 2020)* A developmental stretch-and-fill process that optimises dendritic space filling. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.07.191064.
	*Weigand M, Cuntz H (Preprint, 2020)* A simple model for detailed visual cortex maps. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.01.277319.
Published
	Groden M, Moessinger HM, Schaffran B, DeFelipe J, Benavides-Piccione R, Cuntz H, Jedlicka P** (2024) A biologically inspired repair mechanism for neuronal reconstructions with a focus on human dendrites. PLoS Computational Biology 20(2):e1011267.
	*Bird AD, Cuntz H, Jedlicka P (Preprint, 2022)* Robust and consistent measures of pattern separation based on information theory and demonstrated in the dentate gyrus. PLoS Computational Biology 20(2):e1010706.
	*Liao M, Bird AD, Cuntz H, Howard J (2023)* Topology recapitulates morphogenesis of neuronal dendrites. Cell Reports 42(11):113268.
	**Roessler N, Jungenitz T, Sigler A, Bird AD, Mittag M, Rhee JS, Deller T, Cuntz H, Brose N, Schwarzacher S, Jedlicka P (2023)** Skewed distribution of spines is independent of presynaptic transmitter release and synaptic plasticity, and emerges early during adult neurogenesis. Open Biology 13(8):230063. *equal first author
	*Schneider M, Gidon A, Triesch J, Jedlicka P, Cuntz H (2023)* Biological complexity facilitates tuning of the neuronal parameter space. PLoS Computational Biology 19(7):e1011212. **equal senior author
	**Mittag M, Mediavilla L, Remy S, Cuntz H, Jedlicka P* (2023)*** Modelling the contributions to hyperexcitability in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Physiology doi.org/10.1113/JP283401. equal first author *equal senior author
	*Jedlicka P, Alex D Bird, Cuntz H (2023)* Pareto optimality, economy-effectiveness trade-offs and ion channel degeneracy: Improving population models of neurons. Open Biology doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2203.06391. **equal author
	*Stürner T, Ferreira Castro A, Philipps M, Cuntz H, Tavosanis G (2022)* The branching code: a model of actin-driven dendrite arborisation. Cell Reports 39(4):110746. **equal senior author
	Cuntz H, Bird AD, Mittag M, Beining M, Schneider M, Mediavilla L, Hoffmann FZ, Deller T, Jedlicka P (2021) A general principle of dendritic constancy - a neuron's size- and shape-invariant excitability. Neuron 109(22):3647-3662. **equal senior author
	*Bird AD, Jedlicka P, Cuntz H (2021)* Dendritic normalisation improves learning in sparsely connected artificial neural networks. PLoS Computational Biology 17(8):e1009202.
	*Bird AD, Deters LH, Cuntz H (2021)* Excess neuronal branching allows for local innervation of specific dendritic compartments in mature cortex. Cerebral Cortex bhaa271.
	*Ferreira Castro A, Baltruschat L, Stürner T, Bahramid A, Jedlicka P, Tavosanis G, Cuntz H (2020)* Achieving functional neuronal dendrite structure through sequential stochastic growth and retraction. eLife 9:e60920. Press release **equal senior author
	**Groden M, Weigand M, Triesch J, Jedlicka P, Cuntz H (2020)** A model of brain folding based on strong local and weak long-range connectivity requirements. Cerebral Cortex 30(4):2434-2451. *equal first author
	*Ebner C, Clopath C, Jedlicka P, Cuntz H (2019)* Unifying long-term plasticity rules for excitatory synapses by modeling dendrites of cortical pyramidal neurons. Cell Reports 29(13):4295-4307. Cover **equal senior author
	*Bird AD, Cuntz H (2019)* Dissecting Sholl analysis into its functional components. Cell Reports 27(10):3081-3096.
	**Stürner T, Tatarnikova A, Mueller J, Schaffran B, Cuntz H, Zhang Y, Nemethova M, Bogdan S, Small V, Tavosanis G (2019)** Transient localization of the Arp2/3 complex initiates neuronal dendrite branching in vivo. Development 146(7) *equal first author
	**Anton-Sanchez L, Effenberger F, Bielza C, Larranaga P, Cuntz H (2018)** A regularity index for dendrites - local statistics of a neuron's input space. PLoS Computational Biology 14(11):e1006593 *equal first author
	**Jungenitz T, Beining M, Radic T, Deller T, Cuntz H, Jedlicka P, Schwarzacher SW* (2018)*** Structural homo- and heterosynaptic plasticity in mature and adult newborn rat hippocampal granule cells. PNAS 201801889 epub Press release in German equal first author *equal senior author
	*Nanda S, Chen H, Das R, Bhattacharjee S, Cuntz H, Torben-Nielsen B, Peng H, Cox DN, De Schutter E, Ascoli GA (2018)* Design and implementation of multi-signal and time-varying neural reconstructions. Scientific Data 5:170207
	*Cuntz H (2018)* Perspective: Mixing audio and video in dendrites. Journal of Physiology 596(4):553-554
	*Beining M, Mongiat LA, Schwarzacher SW, Cuntz H, Jedlicka P (2017)* T2N as a new tool for robust electrophysiological modeling demonstrated for mature and adult-born dentate granule cells.. eLife 13(7):e1005615 Paper of the month, German Anatomical Society **equal senior author
	*Vormberg A, Effenberger F, Muellerleile J, Cuntz H (2017)* Universal features of dendrites through centripetal branch ordering. PLoS Computational Biology 13(7):e1005615 strahler_tree function
	*Weigand M, Sartori F, Cuntz H (2017)* Universal transition from unstructured to structured neural maps. PNAS 114(20):E4057-E4064 Press release
	*Radic T, Jungenitz T, Singer M, Beining M, Cuntz H, Vlachos A, Deller T, Schwarzacher SW (2017)* Time-lapse imaging reveals highly dynamic structural maturation of postnatally born dentate granule cells in organotypic entorhino-hippocampal slice cultures. Scientific Reports 7:43724
	**Beining M, Jungenitz T, Radic T, Deller T, Cuntz H, Jedlicka P, Schwarzacher SW* (2017)*** Structural plasticity in the critical period of adult born dentate granule cell maturation. Brain Structure and Function 222(3):1427-1446 equal first author *equal senior author
	*Bird AD, Cuntz H (2016)* Optimal current transfer in dendrites. PLoS Computational Biology 12(5):e1004897
	*Cuntz H (2016)* Book chapter: Modelling dendrite shape.
	**Platschek S, Cuntz H, Vuksic M, Deller T, Jedlicka P (2016)** A general homeostatic principle following lesion induced dendritic remodeling. Acta Neuropathologica Communications 4(1): 19 *equal contribution
	*Budd JML, Cuntz H, Eglen SJ, Krieger P (2016)* Quantitative analysis of neuroanatomy. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, Special Topic ISBN: 978-2-88919-796-5 *Budd JML, Cuntz H, Eglen SJ, Krieger P (2016)* Editorial: Quantitative analysis of neuroanatomy. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 9: 143
	*Mazzoni A, Lindén H, Cuntz H, Lansner A, Panzeri S, Einevoll GT (2015)* Computing the Local Field Potential (LFP) from Integrate-and-Fire Network Models. PLoS Computational Biology 11(12): e1004584
	*Schneider CJ, Cuntz H, Soltesz I (2014)* Linking Macroscopic with Microscopic Neuroanatomy Using Synthetic Neuronal Populations. PLoS Computational Biology 10(10): e1003921 Featured image
	*Cuntz H (2014)* Models of fly lobula plate tangential cells (LPTCs). Model *Cuntz H (2013)* The TREES toolbox - code for neuronal branching.
	*Cuntz H, Remme MWH, Torben-Nielsen B (2014)* The Computing Dendrite - From Structure to Function. Springer Series in Computational Neuroscience, Vol. 11 ISBN: 978-1-4614-8093-8 (Print) 978-1-4614-8094-5 (Online) *Torben-Nielsen B, Cuntz H (2014)* Dendrite morphology and quantitative analysis. *Cuntz H (2014)* Modelling dendrite shape from wiring principles. *Cuntz H, Haag J, Borst A (2014)* Modelling the cellular mechanisms of fly optic flow.
	*Cuntz H, Forstner F, Schnell B, Raghu SV, Borst A (2013)* Preserving dendrite function under extreme scaling. PLoS One 8 (8): e71540 Data
	*Cuntz H, Mathy A, Häusser M (2012)* A scaling law derived from optimal dendritic wiring. PNAS 109 (27): 11014-11018 Press release medicalXpress
	*Cuntz H (2012)* The dendritic density field of a cortical pyramidal cell. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 6:2
	*Cuntz H, Forstner F, Borst A, Häusser M (2011)* The TREES Toolbox - Probing the Basis of Axonal and Dendritic Branching. Neuroinformatics 9(1):91-6
	*Cuntz H, Forstner F, Borst A, Häusser M (2010)* One rule to grow them all: A general theory of neuronal branching and its practical application. PLoS Computational Biology 6(8): e1000877 Featured image Faculty 1000
	**Phoka E, Cuntz H, Roth A, Häusser M (2010)** A new approach for determining phase response curves reveals that Purkinje cells can act as perfect integrators. PLoS Computational Biology 6(4):e1000768 *equal contribution
	*Watt AJ, Cuntz H, Mori M, Nusser Z, Sjöström PJ, Häusser M (2009)* Traveling waves in developing cerebellar cortex mediated by asymmetrical Purkinje cell connectivity. Nature Neuroscience 12:463-473 Cover Faculty 1000
	**Cuntz H, Forstner F, Haag J, Borst A (2008)** The morphological identity of insect dendrites. PLoS Computational Biology 4(12):e1000251 Featured image Faculty 1000 *equal contribution
	*Weber F, Eichner H, Cuntz H, Borst A (2008)* Eigenanalysis of a neural network for optic flow processing. New Journal of Physics 10:015013
	*Cuntz H, Haag J, Forstner F, Segev I, Borst A (2007)* Robust coding of flow-field parameters by axo-axonal gap junctions between fly visual interneurons. PNAS 104(24):10229-10233
	*Cuntz H, Borst A, Segev I (2007)* Optimization principles of dendritic structure. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 4(1):21
	*Cuntz H, Haag J, Borst A (2003)* Neural image processing by dendritic networks. PNAS 100 (19): 11082-11085 Press release

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