Lena V Kaufmann
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Schulz A, Kaufmann L, Reveyaz N, Ritter C, Hildebrandt T, Brecht M
R Soc Open Sci
. 2024 Oct;
11(10):240851.
PMID: 39386989
The trunks of elephants have prominent wrinkles from their base to the very tip. But neither the obvious differences in wrinkles between elephant species nor their development have been studied...
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Deiringer N, Schneeweiss U, Kaufmann L, Eigen L, Speissegger C, Gerhardt B, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2023 Jun;
6(1):591.
PMID: 37291455
Behavior and innervation suggest a high tactile sensitivity of elephant trunks. To clarify the tactile trunk periphery we studied whiskers with the following findings. Whisker density is high at the...
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Kaufmann L, Becker R, Ochs A, Brecht M
Curr Biol
. 2023 Apr;
33(7):R257-R258.
PMID: 37040704
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Kaufmann L, Brecht M, Ishiyama S
iScience
. 2022 Dec;
25(12):105718.
PMID: 36578320
The cellular mechanisms of emotional contagion are unknown. We investigated tickle contagion and the underlying neuronal representations in playful rats. We recorded trunk somatosensory cortex activity of observer rats while...
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Kaufmann L, Schneeweiss U, Maier E, Hildebrandt T, Brecht M
Sci Adv
. 2022 Oct;
8(43):eabq2789.
PMID: 36288305
We studied facial motor control in elephants, animals with muscular dexterous trunks. Facial nucleus neurons (~54,000 in Asian elephants, ~63,000 in African elephants) outnumbered those of other land-living mammals. The...
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Purkart L, Tuff J, Shah M, Kaufmann L, Altringer C, Maier E, et al.
Curr Biol
. 2022 Jan;
32(4):904-910.e3.
PMID: 35063122
Sensory nerves are information bottlenecks giving rise to distinct sensory worlds across animal species. Here, we investigate trigeminal ganglion and sensory nerves of elephants. The elephant trigeminal ganglion is very...
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Ishiyama S, Kaufmann L, Brecht M
Curr Biol
. 2019 Oct;
29(19):3153-3164.e3.
PMID: 31564493
The relationship between tickling, sensation, and laughter is complex. Tickling or its mere anticipation makes us laugh, but not when we self-tickle. We previously showed rat somatosensory cortex drives tickling-evoked...