Pre- and postnatal development of topographic transformations in the brain [Elektronische Ressource] / von Urs Michael Bergmann

Pre- and Postnatal Development of TopographicTransformations in the BrainDISSERTATIONzur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Naturwissenschaftenvorgelegt beim Fachbereich fur Physikder Johann Wolfang Goethe-Universit atin Frankfurt am MainvonUrs Michael BergmannausLudwigsburgFrankfurt (2010)vom Fachbereich fur Physik derJohann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit at als Dissertation angenommen.Dekan: Prof. Dr. Dirk-Hermann RischkeGutachter: Prof. Dr. Christoph von der Malsburg, Prof. Dr. Jochen TrieschDatum der Disputation: 4. April 2011AcknowledgementsFirst of all, special gratitude is dedicated to my supervisor, Christoph von der Malsburg,for the positive and creative support throughout the development of my thesis. I wouldlike to thank Jochen Triesch, for being my second supervisor and for many interestingdiscussions. Further, I would like to voice my appreciation for my colleagues at FIAS,with its interdisciplinary background, that inspired and broadened my perspective evenbeyond the already interdisciplinary eld of Neuroscience.Special thanks goes to Gervasio Puertas, for fruitful collaboration and many interestingdiscussions on the analytical parts of chapter 2. I am very grateful to Junmei Zhu forthe collaboration on turning chapter 4 into a paper. Further, I would like to thank JeniaJitsev, Gervasio Puertas and Junmei Zhu for proof-reading parts of the thesis.