Dr. Manuela Nowotny
Institut für Zellbiologie und Neurowissenschaft
Neurobiologie und Biosensorik
Max-von-Laue-Str. 13
60438 Frankfurt am Main
Tel +49 69 798-42084
E-Mail: Nowotny@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
Scientific Focus
Acoustic signal transduction
Comparative physiology of hearing
Inner Ear Damages and the generation of Tinnitus
Methods
in insects and mammals: Laser Doppler Vibrometery, extra- and intracellular recordings, multi-electrode recordings, ABR and DPOAE measurements, Acoustic Startle Response measurements, Sound recordings and phonotaxis experiments
Selected Publications
Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S, Nowotny M. (2017). Functional basis of the sexual dimorphism in the auditory fovea of the duetting bushcricket Ancylecha fenestrata. Proc Biol Sci. 284(1865).
Nowotny M, Kiefer L, Andre D, Fabrizius A, Hankeln T, Reuss S. (2017). Hearing without neuroglobin. Neuroscience. 366:138-148.
Scherberich J, Hummel J, Schöneich S, Nowotny M. (2016) Auditory fovea in the ear of a duetting katydid shows male-specific adaptation to the female call. Curr Biol. 26(23):R1222-R1223.
Hummel J, Schöneich S, Kössl M, Scherberich J, Hedwig B, Prinz S, Nowotny M. (2016) Gating of Acoustic Transducer Channels Is Shaped by Biomechanical Filter Processes. J Neurosci. 36(8):2377-2382.
Kiefer L, Schauen A, Abendroth S, Gaese BH, Nowotny M. (2015) Variation in acoustic overstimulation changes tinnitus characteristics. Neuroscience. 310: 176-187.