ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-960805-37
Baier, Herwig
Email: hbaier@neuro.mpg.de
URL: http://www.neuro.mpg.de/baier
Affiliation: Baier Lab
Address: Department Genes –- Circuits –- Behavior Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Am Klopferspitz 18 82152 Martinsried near Munich Germany
Country: Germany
Phone: 011-49-8578-3200
Fax: 011-49-8578-3240
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS


PUBLICATIONS
Sherman, S., Arnold-Ammer, I., Schneider, M.W., Kawakami, K., Baier, H. (2023) Retina-derived signals control pace of neurogenesis in visual brain areas but not circuit assembly. Nature communications. 14:60206020
Shainer, I., Kuehn, E., Laurell, E., Al Kassar, M., Mokayes, N., Sherman, S., Larsch, J., Kunst, M., Baier, H. (2023) A single-cell resolution gene expression atlas of the larval zebrafish brain. Science advances. 9:eade9909eade9909
van der Plas, T.L., Tubiana, J., Le Goc, G., Migault, G., Kunst, M., Baier, H., Bormuth, V., Englitz, B., Debrégeas, G. (2023) Neural assemblies uncovered by generative modeling explain whole-brain activity statistics and reflect structural connectivity. eLIFE. 12:
Svara, F., Förster, D., Kubo, F., Januszewski, M., Dal Maschio, M., Schubert, P.J., Kornfeld, J., Wanner, A.A., Laurell, E., Denk, W., Baier, H. (2022) Automated synapse-level reconstruction of neural circuits in the larval zebrafish brain. Nature Methods. 19(11):1357-1366
Kappel, J.M., Förster, D., Slangewal, K., Shainer, I., Svara, F., Donovan, J.C., Sherman, S., Januszewski, M., Baier, H., Larsch, J. (2022) Visual recognition of social signals by a tectothalamic neural circuit. Nature. 608(7921):146-152
Fernandes, A.M., Mearns, D.S., Donovan, J.C., Larsch, J., Helmbrecht, T.O., Kölsch, Y., Laurell, E., Kawakami, K., Dal Maschio, M., Baier, H. (2020) Neural circuitry for stimulus selection in the zebrafish visual system. Neuron. 109(5):805-822.e6
Kölsch, Y., Hahn, J., Sappington, A., Stemmer, M., Fernandes, A.M., Helmbrecht, T.O., Lele, S., Butrus, S., Laurell, E., Arnold-Ammer, I., Shekhar, K., Sanes, J.R., Baier, H. (2020) Molecular classification of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells links genes to cell types to behavior. Neuron. 109(4):645-662.e9
Barker, A.J., Helmbrecht, T.O., Grob, A.A., Baier, H. (2020) Functional, molecular and morphological heterogeneity of superficial interneurons in the larval zebrafish tectum. The Journal of comparative neurology. 529(9):2159-2175
Förster, D., Helmbrecht, T.O., Mearns, D.S., Jordan, L., Mokayes, N., Baier, H. (2020) Retinotectal circuitry of larval zebrafish is adapted to detection and pursuit of prey. eLIFE. 9:
Wu, Y., Dal Maschio, M., Kubo, F., Baier, H. (2020) An Optical Illusion Pinpoints an Essential Circuit Node for Global Motion Processing. Neuron. 108(4):722-734.e5
Pantoja, C., Larsch, J., Laurell, E., Marquart, G., Kunst, M., Baier, H. (2020) Rapid Effects of Selection on Brain-wide Activity and Behavior. Current biology : CB. 30(18):3647-3656.e3
Robles, E., Fields, N.P., Baier, H. (2020) The zebrafish visual system transmits dimming information via multiple segregated pathways. The Journal of comparative neurology. 529(3):539-552
Antinucci, P., Dumitrescu, A., Deleuze, C., Morley, H.J., Leung, K., Hagley, T., Kubo, F., Baier, H., Bianco, I.H., Wyart, C. (2020) A calibrated optogenetic toolbox of stable zebrafish opsin lines. eLIFE. 9:
Mearns, D.S., Donovan, J.C., Fernandes, A.M., Semmelhack, J.L., Baier, H. (2019) Deconstructing Hunting Behavior Reveals a Tightly Coupled Stimulus-Response Loop. Current biology : CB. 30(1):54-69.e9
DeMarco, E., Xu, N., Baier, H., Robles, E. (2019) Neuron types in the zebrafish optic tectum labeled by an id2b transgene. The Journal of comparative neurology. 528(7):1173-1188
Yashina, K., Tejero-Cantero, Á., Herz, A., Baier, H. (2019) Zebrafish Exploit Visual Cues and Geometric Relationships to Form a Spatial Memory. iScience. 19:119-134
Kunst, M., Laurell, E., Mokayes, N., Kramer, A., Kubo, F., Fernandes, A.M., Förster, D., Dal Maschio, M., Baier, H. (2019) A Cellular-Resolution Atlas of the Larval Zebrafish Brain. Neuron. 103(1):21-38.e5
Kramer, A., Wu, Y., Baier, H., Kubo, F. (2019) Neuronal Architecture of a Visual Center that Processes Optic Flow. Neuron. 103(1):118-132.e7
Bernal Sierra, Y.A., Rost, B.R., Pofahl, M., Fernandes, A.M., Kopton, R.A., Moser, S., Holtkamp, D., Masala, N., Beed, P., Tukker, J.J., Oldani, S., Bönigk, W., Kohl, P., Baier, H., Schneider-Warme, F., Hegemann, P., Beck, H., Seifert, R., Schmitz, D. (2018) Potassium channel-based optogenetic silencing. Nature communications. 9:4611
Helmbrecht, T.O., Dal Maschio, M., Donovan, J.C., Koutsouli, S., Baier, H. (2018) Topography of a Visuomotor Transformation. Neuron. 100(6):1429-1445.e4
Larsch, J., Baier, H. (2018) Biological Motion as an Innate Perceptual Mechanism Driving Social Affiliation. Current biology : CB. 28(22):3523-3532.e4
Förster, D., Kramer, A., Baier, H., Kubo, F. (2018) Optogenetic precision toolkit to reveal form, function and connectivity of single neurons. Methods (San Diego, Calif.). 150:42-48
Freifeld, L., Odstrcil, I., Förster, D., Ramirez, A., Gagnon, J.A., Randlett, O., Costa, E.K., Asano, S., Celiker, O.T., Gao, R., Martin-Alarcon, D.A., Reginato, P., Dick, C., Chen, L., Schoppik, D., Engert, F., Baier, H., Boyden, E.S. (2017) Expansion microscopy of zebrafish for neuroscience and developmental biology studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114(50):E10799-E10808
Förster, D., Dal Maschio, M., Laurell, E., Baier, H. (2017) An optogenetic toolbox for unbiased discovery of functionally connected cells in neural circuits. Nature communications. 8:116
Förster, D., Arnold-Ammer, I., Laurell, E., Barker, A.J., Fernandes, A.M., Finger-Baier, K., Filosa, A., Helmbrecht, T.O., Kölsch, Y., Kühn, E., Robles, E., Slanchev, K., Thiele, T.R., Baier, H., Kubo, F. (2017) Genetic targeting and anatomical registration of neuronal populations in the zebrafish brain with a new set of BAC transgenic tools. Scientific Reports. 7:5230
Dal Maschio, M., Donovan, J.C., Helmbrecht, T.O., Baier, H. (2017) Linking Neurons to Network Function and Behavior by Two-Photon Holographic Optogenetics and Volumetric Imaging. Neuron. 94:774-789.e5
Filosa, A., Barker, A.J., Dal Maschio, M., Baier, H. (2016) Feeding State Modulates Behavioral Choice and Processing of Prey Stimuli in the Zebrafish Tectum. Neuron. 90(3):596-608
Hoffman, E.J., Turner, K.J., Fernandez, J.M., Cifuentes, D., Ghosh, M., Ijaz, S., Jain, R.A., Kubo, F., Bill, B.R., Baier, H., Granato, M., Barresi, M.J., Wilson, S.W., Rihel, J., State, M.W., Giraldez, A.J. (2016) Estrogens Suppress a Behavioral Phenotype in Zebrafish Mutants of the Autism Risk Gene, CNTNAP2. Neuron. 89(4):725-33
Barber, D.M., Schönberger, M., Burgstaller, J., Levitz, J., Weaver, C.D., Isacoff, E.Y., Baier, H., Trauner, D. (2016) Optical control of neuronal activity using a light-operated GIRK channel opener (LOGO). Chemical science. 7:2347-2352
Barker, A.J., Baier, H. (2015) Sensorimotor Decision Making in the Zebrafish Tectum. Current biology : CB. 25:2804-14
Temizer, I., Donovan, J.C., Baier, H., Semmelhack, J.L. (2015) A Visual Pathway for Looming-Evoked Escape in Larval Zebrafish. Current biology : CB. 25(14):1823-34
Auer, T.O., Xiao, T., Bercier, V., Gebhardt, C., Duroure, K., Concordet, J.P., Wyart, C., Suster, M., Kawakami, K., Wittbrodt, J., Baier, H., Del Bene, F. (2015) Deletion of a kinesin I motor unmasks a mechanism of homeostatic branching control by neurotrophin-3. eLIFE. 4
Semmelhack, J.L., Donovan, J.C., Thiele, T.R., Kuehn, E., Laurell, E., Baier, H. (2014) A dedicated visual pathway for prey detection in larval zebrafish. eLIFE. 4:299-307
Robles, E., Laurell, E., Baier, H. (2014) The Retinal Projectome Reveals Brain-Area-Specific Visual Representations Generated by Ganglion Cell Diversity. Current biology : CB. 24(18):2085-96
Thiele, T.R., Donovan, J.C., Baier, H. (2014) Descending Control of Swim Posture by a Midbrain Nucleus in Zebrafish. Neuron. 83(3):679-691
Jia, S., Muto, A., Orisme, W., Henson, H.E., Parupalli, C., Ju, B., Baier, H., and Taylor, M.R. (2014) Zebrafish Cacna1fa is required for cone photoreceptor function and synaptic ribbon formation. Human molecular genetics. 23(11):2981-94
Kubo, F., Hablitzel, B., Dal Maschio, M., Driever, W., Baier, H., Arrenberg, A.B. (2014) Functional architecture of an optic flow-responsive area that drives horizontal eye movements in zebrafish. Neuron. 81:1344-59
Gonçalves, P.J., Arrenberg, A.B., Hablitzel, B., Baier, H., Machens, C.K. (2014) Optogenetic perturbations reveal the dynamics of an oculomotor integrator. Frontiers in neural circuits. 8:10
Muto, A., Taylor, M.R., Suzawa, M., Korenbrot, J.I., and Baier, H. (2013) Glucocorticoid receptor activity regulates light adaptation in the zebrafish retina. Frontiers in neural circuits. 7:145
Gebhardt, C., Baier, H., and Bene, F.D. (2013) Direction selectivity in the visual system of the zebrafish larva. Frontiers in neural circuits. 7:111
Ziv, L., Muto, A., Schoonheim, P.J., Meijsing, S.H., Strasser, D., Ingraham, H.A., Schaaf, M.J., Yamamoto, K.R., and Baier, H. (2013) An affective disorder in zebrafish with mutation of the glucocorticoid receptor. Molecular psychiatry. 18(6):681-91
Barker, A.J., and Baier, H. (2013) SINs and SOMs: neural microcircuits for size tuning in the zebrafish and mouse visual pathway. Frontiers in neural circuits. 7:89
Robles, E., Filosa, A., and Baier, H. (2013) Precise lamination of retinal axons generates multiple parallel input pathways in the tectum. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 33(11):5027-5039
Griffiths, B.B., Schoonheim, P.J., Ziv, L., Voelker, L., Baier, H., and Gahtan, E. (2012) A zebrafish model of glucocorticoid resistance shows serotonergic modulation of the stress response. Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience. 6:68
Akerboom, J., Chen, T.W., Wardill, T.J., Tian, L., Marvin, J.S., Mutlu, S., Calderón, N.C., Esposti, F., Borghuis, B.G., Sun, X.R., Gordus, A., Orger, M.B., Portugues, R., Engert, F., Macklin, J.J., Filosa, A., Aggarwal, A., Kerr, R.A., Takagi, R., Kracun, S., Shigetomi, E., Khakh, B.S., Baier, H., Lagnado, L., Wang, S.S., Bargmann, C.I., Kimmel, B.E., Jayaraman, V., Svoboda, K., Kim, D.S., Schreiter, E.R., and Looger, L.L. (2012) Optimization of a GCaMP Calcium Indicator for Neural Activity Imaging. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 32(40):13819-13840
Robles, E., and Baier, H. (2012) Assembly of synaptic laminae by axon guidance molecules. Current opinion in neurobiology. 22(5):799-804
Warp, E., Agarwal, G., Wyart, C., Friedmann, D., Oldfield, C.S., Conner, A., Del Bene, F., Arrenberg, A.B., Baier, H., and Isacoff, E.Y. (2012) Emergence of Patterned Activity in the Developing Zebrafish Spinal Cord. Current biology : CB. 22(2):93-102
Miri, A., Daie, K., Arrenberg, A.B., Baier, H., Aksay, E., and Tank, D.W. (2011) Spatial gradients and multidimensional dynamics in a neural integrator circuit. Nature Neuroscience. 14(9):1150-9
Xiao, T., Staub, W., Robles, E., Gosse, N.J., Cole, G.J., and Baier, H. (2011) Assembly of Lamina-Specific Neuronal Connections by Slit Bound to Type IV Collagen. Cell. 146(1):164-176
Nevin, L.M., Xiao, T., Staub, W., and Baier, H. (2011) Topoisomerase II{beta} is required for lamina-specific targeting of retinal ganglion cell axons and dendrites. Development (Cambridge, England). 138(12):2457-2465
Robles, E., Smith, S.J., and Baier, H. (2011) Characterization of genetically targeted neuron types in the zebrafish optic tectum. Frontiers in neural circuits. 5:1
Arrenberg, A.B., Stainier, D.Y., Baier, H., and Huisken, J. (2010) Optogenetic control of cardiac function. Science (New York, N.Y.). 330(6006):971-974
Del Bene, F., Wyart, C., Robles, E., Tran, A., Looger, L., Scott, E.K., Isacoff, E.Y., and Baier, H. (2010) Filtering of visual information in the tectum by an identified neural circuit. Science (New York, N.Y.). 330(6004):669-673
Nevin, L.M., Robles, E., Baier, H., and Scott, E.K. (2010) Focusing on optic tectum circuitry through the lens of genetics. BMC Biology. 8:126
Schoonheim, P.J., Arrenberg, A.B., Del Bene, F., and Baier, H. (2010) Optogenetic localization and genetic perturbation of saccade-generating neurons in zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 30(20):7111-7120
Chao, R., Nevin, L., Agarwal, P., Riemer, J., Bai, X., Delaney, A., Akana, M., JimenezLopez, N., Bardakjian, T., Schneider, A., Chassaing, N., Schorderet, D.F., FitzPatrick, D., Kwok, P.Y., Ellgaard, L., Gould, D.B., Zhang, Y., Malicki, J., Baier, H., and Slavotinek, A. (2010) A male with unilateral microphthalmia reveals a role for TMX3 in eye development. PLoS One. 5(5):e10565
Arrenberg, A.B., Del Bene, F., and Baier, H. (2009) Optical control of zebrafish behavior with halorhodopsin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(42):17968-17973
Scott, E.K., and Baier, H. (2009) The cellular architecture of the larval zebrafish tectum, as revealed by gal4 enhancer trap lines. Frontiers in neural circuits. 3:13
Baier, H., and Scott, E.K. (2009) Genetic and optical targeting of neural circuits and behavior-zebrafish in the spotlight. Current opinion in neurobiology. 19(5):553-560
Wyart, C., Bene, F.D., Warp, E., Scott, E.K., Trauner, D., Baier, H., and Isacoff, E.Y. (2009) Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural module in the vertebrate spinal cord. Nature. 461(7262):407-410
Seipold, S., Priller, F.C., Goldsmith, P., Harris, W.A., Baier, H., and Abdelilah-Seyfried, S. (2009) Non-SMC condensin I complex proteins control chromosome segregation and survival of proliferating cells in the zebrafish neural retina. BMC Developmental Biology. 9:40
Kurrasch, D.M., Nevin, L.M., Wong, J., Baier, H., and Ingraham, H.A. (2009) Neuroendocrine transcriptional programs adapt dynamically to the supply and demand for neuropeptides as revealed in NSF mutant zebrafish. Neural Development. 4:22
Maddison, L.A., Lu, J., Victoroff, T., Scott, E., Baier, H., and Chen, W. (2009) A gain-of-function screen in zebrafish identifies a guanylate cyclase with a role in neuronal degeneration. Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG. 281(5):551-563
Mason, L., Scott, E.K., Staub, W., Finger-Baier, K., and Baier, H. (2009) Expression patterns from GAL4 enhancer trap screen. ZFIN Direct Data Submission.
Gosse, N.J., and Baier, H. (2009) An essential role for Radar (Gdf6a) in inducing dorsal fate in the zebrafish retina. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106(7):2236-2241
Nevin, L.M., Taylor, M.R., and Baier, H. (2008) Hardwiring of fine synaptic layers in the zebrafish visual pathway. Neural Development. 3:36
Sumbre, G., Muto, A., Baier, H., and Poo, M.M. (2008) Entrained rhythmic activities of neuronal ensembles as perceptual memory of time interval. Nature. 456(7218):102-106
Del Bene, F., Wehman, A.M., Link, B.A., and Baier, H. (2008) Regulation of neurogenesis by interkinetic nuclear migration through an apical-basal notch gradient. Cell. 134(6):1055-1065
Chi, N.C., Shaw, R.M., Jungblut, B., Huisken, J., Ferrer, T., Arnaout, R., Scott, I., Beis, D., Xiao, T., Baier, H., Jan, L.Y., Tristani-Firouzi, M., and Stainier, D.Y. (2008) Genetic and Physiologic Dissection of the Vertebrate Cardiac Conduction System. PLoS Biology. 6(5):e109
Gosse, N.J., Nevin, L.M., and Baier, H. (2008) Retinotopic order in the absence of axon competition. Nature. 452(7189):892-895
Xiao, T., and Baier, H. (2007) Lamina-specific axonal projections in the zebrafish tectum require the type IV collagen Dragnet. Nature Neuroscience. 10(12):1529-1537
Campbell, D.S., Stringham, S.A., Timm, A., Xiao, T., Law, M.Y., Baier, H., Nonet, M.L., and Chien, C.B. (2007) Slit1a inhibits retinal ganglion cell arborization and synaptogenesis via Robo2-dependent and -independent pathways. Neuron. 55(2):231-245
Jin, S.W., Herzog, W., Santoro, M.M., Mitchell, T.S., Frantsve, J., Jungblut, B., Beis, D., Scott, I.C., D'Amico, L.A., Ober, E.A., Verkade, H., Field, H.A., Chi, N.C., Wehman, A.M., Baier, H., and Stainier, D.Y. (2007) A transgene-assisted genetic screen identifies essential regulators of vascular development in vertebrate embryos. Developmental Biology. 307(1):29-42
Szobota, S., Gorostiza, P., Del Bene, F., Wyart, C., Fortin, D.L., Kolstad, K.D., Tulyathan, O., Volgraf, M., Numano, R., Aaron, H.L., Scott, E.K., Kramer, R.H., Flannery, J., Baier, H., Trauner, D., and Isacoff, E.Y. (2007) Remote control of neuronal activity with a light-gated glutamate receptor. Neuron. 54(4):535-545
Davison, J.M., Akitake, C.M., Goll, M.G., Rhee, J.M., Gosse, N., Baier, H., Halpern, M.E., Leach, S.D., and Parsons, M.J. (2007) Transactivation from Gal4-VP16 transgenic insertions for tissue-specific cell labeling and ablation in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 304(2):811-824
Scott, E.K., Mason, L., Arrenberg, A.B., Ziv, L., Gosse, N.J., Xiao, T., Chi, N.C., Asakawa, K., Kawakami, K., and Baier, H. (2007) Targeting neural circuitry in zebrafish using GAL4 enhancer trapping. Nature Methods. 4(4):323-326
Scott, I.C., Masri, B., D'Amico, L.A., Jin, S.W., Jungblut, B., Wehman, A.M., Baier, H., Audigier, Y., and Stainier, D.Y. (2007) The G protein-coupled receptor agtrl1b regulates early development of myocardial progenitors. Developmental Cell. 12(3):403-413
Wehman, A.M., Staub, W., and Baier, H. (2007) The anaphase-promoting complex is required in both dividing and quiescent cells during zebrafish development. Developmental Biology. 303(1):144-156
Smear, M.C., Tao, H.W., Staub, W., Orger, M.B., Gosse, N.J., Liu, Y., Takahashi, K., Poo, M.M., and Baier, H. (2007) Vesicular Glutamate Transport at a Central Synapse Limits the Acuity of Visual Perception in Zebrafish. Neuron. 53(1):65-77
Mumm, J.S., Williams, P.R., Godinho, L., Koerber, A., Pittman, A.J., Roeser, T., Chien, C.B., Baier, H., and Wong, R.O. (2006) In vivo imaging reveals dendritic targeting of laminated afferents by zebrafish retinal ganglion cells. Neuron. 52(4):609-621
Muto, A., Orger, M.B., Wehman, A.M., Smear, M.C., Kay, J.N., Page-McCaw, P.S., Gahtan, E., Xiao, T., Nevin, L.M., Gosse, N.J., Staub, W., Finger-Baier, K., Baier, H. (2005) Forward Genetic Analysis of Visual Behavior in Zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 1(5):e66
Gahtan. E., Tanger. P., and Baier, H. (2005) Visual prey capture in larval zebrafish is controlled by identified reticulospinal neurons downstream of the tectum. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 25(40):9294-9303
Beis, D., Bartman, T., Jin, S.W., Scott, I.C., D'Amico, L.A., Ober, E.A., Verkade, H., Frantsve, J., Field, H.A., Wehman, A., Baier, H., Tallafuss, A., Bally-Cuif, L., Chen, J.N., Stainier, D.Y., and Jungblut, B. (2005) Genetic and cellular analyses of zebrafish atrioventricular cushion and valve development. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(18):4193-4204
Xiao, T., Roeser, T., Staub, W., and Baier, H. (2005) A GFP-based genetic screen reveals mutations that disrupt the architecture of the zebrafish retinotectal projection. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(13):2955-2967
Kay, J.N., Link, B.A., and Baier, H. (2005) Staggered cell-intrinsic timing of ath5 expression underlies the wave of ganglion cell neurogenesis in the zebrafish retina. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(11):2573-2585
Wehman, A.M., Staub, W., Meyers, J.R., Raymond, P.A., and Baier, H. (2005) Genetic dissection of the zebrafish retinal stem-cell compartment. Developmental Biology. 281(1):53-65
Orger, M.B., and Baier, H. (2005) Channeling of red and green cone inputs to the zebrafish optomotor response. Visual neuroscience. 22(3):275-281
Hua, J.Y., Smear, M.C., Baier, H., and Smith, S.J. (2005) Regulation of axon growth in vivo by activity-based competition. Nature. 434(7036):1022-1026
Baraban, S.C., Taylor, M.R., Castro, P.A., and Baier, H. (2005) Pentylenetetrazole induced changes in zebrafish behavior, neural activity and c-fos expression. Neuroscience. 131(3):759-768
Page-McCaw, P.S., Chung, S.C., Muto, A., Roeser, T., Staub, W., Finger-Baier, K.C., Korenbrot, J.I., and Baier, H. (2004) Retinal network adaptation to bright light requires tyrosinase. Nature Neuroscience. 7(12):1329-1336
Gahtan, E., and Baier, H. (2004) Of lasers, mutants, and see-through brains: Functional neuroanatomy in zebrafish. Journal of neurobiology. 59(1):147-161
Kay, J.N., Roeser, T., Mumm, J.S., Godinho, L., Mrejeru, A., Wong, R.O., and Baier, H. (2004) Transient requirement for ganglion cells during assembly of retinal synaptic layers. Development (Cambridge, England). 131(6):1331-1342
Orger, M.B., Gahtan, E., Muto, A., Page-McCaw, P., Smear, M.C., and Baier, H. (2004) Behavioral screening assays in zebrafish. The Zebrafish: Genetics, Genomics and Informatics, 2nd ed., Methods Cell Biol.. 77:53-68
Goldsmith, P., Baier, H., and Harris, W.A. (2003) Two zebrafish mutants, ebony and ivory, uncover benefits of neighborhood on photoreceptor survival. Journal of neurobiology. 57(3):235-245
Loosli, F., Staub, W., Finger-Baier, K.C., Ober, E.A., Verkade, H., Wittbrodt, J., and Baier, H. (2003) Loss of eyes in zebrafish caused by mutation of chokh/rx3. EMBO reports. 4(9):894-899
Roeser, T. and Baier, H. (2003) Visuomotor behaviors in larval zebrafish after GFP-guided laser ablation of the optic tectum. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 23(9):3726-3734
Baraban, S., Castro, P., and Baier, H. (2002) Identification of seizure-resistant zebrafish mutants. Epilepsia. 43(7):238
Kay, J.N., Finger-Baier, K.C., Roeser, T., Staub, W., and Baier, H. (2001) Retinal ganglion cell genesis requires lakritz, a zebrafish atonal homolog. Neuron. 30(3):725-736
Orger, M.B., Smear, M.C., Anstis, S.M., and Baier, H. (2000) Perception of Fourier and non-Fourier motion by larval zebrafish. Nature Neuroscience. 3(11):1128-1133
Baier, H. (2000) Zebrafish on the move: towards a behavior-genetic analysis of vertebrate vision. Current opinion in neurobiology. 10(4):451-455
Baier, H. and Copenhagen, D. (2000) Combining physiology and genetics in the zebrafish retina. The Journal of physiology. 524(1):1
Neuhauss, S.C.F., Biehlmaier, O., Seeliger, M.W., Das, T., Kohler, K., Harris, W.A., and Baier, H. (1999) Genetic disorders of vision revealed by a behavioral screen of 400 essential loci in zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 19(19):8603-8615
Geisler, R., Rauch, G.J., Baier, H., van Bebber, F., Brobeta, L., Dekens, M.P., Finger, K., Fricke, C., Gates, M.A., Geiger, H., Geiger-Rudolph, S., Gilmour, D., Glaser, S., Gnugge, L., Habeck, H., Hingst, K., Holley, S., Keenan, J., Kirn, A., Knaut, H., Lashkari, D., Maderspacher, F., Martyn, U., Neuhauss, S., Neumann, C., Nicolson, T., Pelegri, F., Ray, R., Rick, J.M., Roehl, H., Roeser, T., Schauerte, H.E., Schier, A.F., Schönberger, U., Schönthaler, H.-B., Schulte-Merker, S., Seydler, C., Talbot, W.S., Weiler, C., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Haffter, P. (1999) A radiation hybrid map of the zebrafish genome. Nature Genetics. 23(1):86-89
Karlstrom, R.O., Trowe, T., Klostermann, S., Baier, H., Brand, M., Crawford, A.D., Grunewald, B., Haffter, P., Hoffman, H., Meyer, S.U., Muller, B.K., Richter, S., van Eeden, F.J., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Bonhoeffer, F. (1996) Zebrafish mutations affecting retinotectal axon pathfinding. Development (Cambridge, England). 123:427-438
Trowe, T., Klostermann, S., Baier, H., Granato, M., Crawford, A.D., Grunewald, B., Hoffman, H., Karlstrom, R.O., Meyer, S.U., Muller, B., Richter, S., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Bonhoeffer, F. (1996) Mutations disrupting the ordering and topographic mapping of axons in the retinotectal projection of the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Development (Cambridge, England). 123:439-450
Baier, H., Klostermann, S., Trowe, T., Karlstrom, R.O., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Bonhoeffer, F. (1996) Genetic dissection of the retinotectal projection. Development (Cambridge, England). 123:415-425
Baier, H., Rotter, S., and Korsching, S. (1994) Connectional topography in the zebrafish olfactory system: random positions but regular spacing of sensory neurons projecting to an individual glomerulus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 91:11646-11650
Baier, H. and Korsching, S. (1994) Olfactory glomeruli in the zebrafish form an invariant pattern and are identifiable across animals. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 14:219-230

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Baier H. (1998) Genetic approaches to axon pathfinding.
In: Mechanistic Relationships Between Development and Learning. Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Goodhill G., Baier H. (1998) Axon guidance: Stretching gradients to the limit.
Neural Computation 10: 521-527.

Voigt T., Baier H., de Lima A. (1997) Synchronization of neuronal activity promotes survival of individual neocortical neurons in early development.
Eur. J. Neurosci. 9: 990-999.

Baier H., Bonhoeffer F. (1994) Attractive axon guidance molecules.
Science 265: 1541-1542.

Baier H., Bonhoeffer F. (1992) Axon guidance by gradients of a target-derived component.
Science 255: 472-475.