Publications

Gierer, A.: The Hydra model: a model for what? International Journal of Developmental Biology 56 (6-8), pp. 437 - 445 (2012)

Gierer, A.: Brain, mind and limitations of a scientific theory of human consciousness. Bioessays 30 (5), pp. 499 - 505 (2008)

Gierer, A.: Human brain evolution, theories of innovation, and lessons from the history of technology. Journal of Biosciences 29 (3), pp. 235 - 244 (2004)

Gierer, A.: Theoretical approaches to holistic biological features: Pattern formation, neural networks and the brain-mind relation. Journal of Biosciences 27 (3), pp. 195 - 205 (2002)

Meinhardt, H.; Gierer, A.: Pattern formation by local self-activation and lateral inhibition. Bioessays 22 (8), pp. 753 - 760 (2000)

Reimann, S.; Fuster, J.; Gierer, A.; Mayer-Kress , G.; Neumann, T.; Roelfsema, P.; Rotter, S.; Schoner , G.; Stephan, A.; Vaadia, E. et al.; Walter, H.: Emergent properties of natural and artificial systems. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C: Journal of Biosciences 53 (7-8), pp. 770 - 774 (1998)

Müller, C.; Griesinger, C.: Tissue plasminogen activator mediates reverse occlusion plasticity in visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience 1 (1), pp. 47 - 53 (1998)

Gierer, A.: Possible involvement of gradients in guidance of receptor cell axons towards their target position on the olfactory bulb. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 10 (1), pp. 388 - 391 (1998)

Schoop, V.; Gardziella, S.; Müller, C.: Critical period-dependent reduction of the permissiveness of cat visual cortex tissue for neuronal adhesion and neurite growth. European Journal of Neuroscience: European Neuroscience Association 9 (9), pp. 1911 - 1922 (1997)

Meinhardt, H.: Biological pattern formation as a complex dynamic phenomenon. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering 7 (1), pp. 99 - 132 (1997)

Weiss, B.; Del Turco, D.; Layer, P.: Proliferating and differentiating Schwann cell cultures from embryonic chick sciatic nerve maintained for months in vitro without antimitotics or growth factors. European Journal of Cell Biology: EJCB 70 (2), pp. 106 - 116 (1996)

Gierer, A.; Müller, C.: Development of layers, maps and modules. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 5 (1), pp. 91 - 97 (1995)

Baier, H.; Rotter, S.; Korsching, S.: 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 (24), pp. 11646 - 11650 (1994)

Meinhardt, H.: Biological pattern formation: new observations provide support for theoretical predictions. Bioessays 16 (9), pp. 627 - 632 (1994)

Gierer, A.: Networks of gene regulation, neural development and the evolution of general capabilities, such as human empathy. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, C: Journal of Biosciences 53 (7-8), pp. 716 - 722 (1988)

Gierer, A.: Spatial organization and genetic information in brain development. Biological Cybernetics 59 (1), pp. 13 - 21 (1988)

Layer, P.; Rommel, S.; Bülthoff, H.; Hengstenberg, R.: Independent spatial waves of biochemical differentiation along the surface of chicken brain as revealed by the sequential expression of acetylcholinesterase. Cell and Tissue Research 251 (3), pp. 587 - 595 (1988)

Meinhardt, H.; Klingler, M.: A model for pattern formation on the shells of molluscs. Journal of Theoretical Biology 126 (1), pp. 63 - 89 (1987)

Vollmer, G.; Layer, P.; Gierer, A.: Reaggregation of embryonic chick retina cells: pigment epithelial cells induce a high order of stratification. Neuroscience Letters 48 (2), pp. 191 - 196 (1984)

Gierer, A.: Eriugena, al-Kindi, Nikolaus von Kues: Protagonisten einer wissenschaftsfreundlichen Wende im philosophischen und theologischen Denken. Barth, Leipzig, Germany (1999), 61 pp.