Michael Pecka

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Pecka is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Pecka has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Sensory Systems and 8 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael Pecka's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers), Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (14 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (9 papers). Michael Pecka is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers), Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (14 papers) and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (9 papers). Michael Pecka collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Michael Pecka's co-authors include Benedikt Grothe, David McAlpine, Alice G. Brand, Oliver Behrend, Olga Alexandrova, A. Klug, Marc C Ford, Ida Siveke, James L. Sinclair and Conny Kopp‐Scheinpflug and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Michael Pecka

24 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mechanisms of Sound Localization in Mammals

2010 624 citations Benedikt Grothe, Michael Pecka et al. Physiological Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Pecka Germany	15	1.2k	832	449	330	165	25	1.7k
Vibhakar C. Kotak United States	26	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	929 2.1×	145 0.4×	92 0.6×	48	2.0k
George A. Spirou United States	26	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	938 2.1×	215 0.7×	108 0.7×	51	2.5k
Rudolf Rübsamen Germany	31	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	784 1.7×	232 0.7×	444 2.7×	86	2.9k
Leonard M. Kitzes United States	29	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.5×	443 1.0×	240 0.7×	183 1.1×	44	2.5k
Nell B. Cant United States	26	1.5k 1.3×	1.9k 2.3×	669 1.5×	237 0.7×	91 0.6×	36	2.4k
Victoria M. Bajo United Kingdom	25	1.5k 1.3×	754 0.9×	448 1.0×	129 0.4×	455 2.8×	51	1.9k
Terry T. Takahashi United States	27	1.4k 1.2×	906 1.1×	376 0.8×	746 2.3×	250 1.5×	44	2.0k
David T. Larue United States	21	1.2k 1.1×	826 1.0×	612 1.4×	170 0.5×	177 1.1×	28	1.9k
Thomas J. Imig United States	25	2.3k 2.0×	837 1.0×	678 1.5×	255 0.8×	332 2.0×	35	2.7k
Malcolm N. Semple United States	32	2.6k 2.2×	1.6k 1.9×	439 1.0×	461 1.4×	371 2.2×	45	3.1k

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Mariani, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Latency correction in sparse neuronal spike trains with overlapping global events. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 416. 110378–110378.

Alexandrova, Olga, et al.. (2024). Development of myelination and axon diameter for fast and precise action potential conductance. Glia. 72(4). 794–808. 3 indexed citations

Müller, Michaela, et al.. (2023). Temporal hyper-precision of brainstem neurons alters spatial sensitivity of binaural auditory processing with cochlear implants. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 1021541–1021541. 5 indexed citations

Grothe, Benedikt, et al.. (2022). An Active Sensing Paradigm for Studying Human Auditory Perception. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 16. 892951–892951. 1 indexed citations

Grothe, Benedikt, et al.. (2021). Source identity shapes spatial preference in primary auditory cortex during active navigation. Current Biology. 31(17). 3875–3883.e5. 12 indexed citations

Beebe, Nichole L., et al.. (2020). Endogenous Cholinergic Signaling Modulates Sound-Evoked Responses of the Medial Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(4). 674–688. 6 indexed citations

Sirota, Anton, et al.. (2020). Sensory Island Task (SIT): A New Behavioral Paradigm to Study Sensory Perception and Neural Processing in Freely Moving Animals. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 14. 576154–576154. 5 indexed citations

Pecka, Michael, et al.. (2018). A novel concept for dynamic adjustment of auditory space. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8335–8335. 19 indexed citations

Myoga, Michael H., et al.. (2018). Precisely timed inhibition facilitates action potential firing for spatial coding in the auditory brainstem. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1771–1771. 65 indexed citations

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Sinclair, James L., et al.. (2017). Input timing for spatial processing is precisely tuned via constant synaptic delays and myelination patterns in the auditory brainstem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(24). E4851–E4858. 37 indexed citations

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Yassin, Lina M., et al.. (2016). Differences in synaptic and intrinsic properties result in topographic heterogeneity of temporal processing of neurons within the inferior colliculus. Hearing Research. 341. 79–90. 9 indexed citations

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Ford, Marc C, Olga Alexandrova, Lee Cossell, et al.. (2015). Tuning of Ranvier node and internode properties in myelinated axons to adjust action potential timing. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8073–8073. 198 indexed citations

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Grothe, Benedikt & Michael Pecka. (2014). The natural history of sound localization in mammals â€“ a story of neuronal inhibition. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 8. 116–116. 105 indexed citations

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Dietz, Mathias, Torsten Marquardt, Annette Stange, et al.. (2014). Emphasis of spatial cues in the temporal fine structure during the rising segments of amplitude-modulated sounds II: single-neuron recordings. Journal of Neurophysiology. 111(10). 1973–1985. 28 indexed citations

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Stange, Annette, Michael H. Myoga, Marc C Ford, et al.. (2013). Adaptation in sound localization: from GABAB receptor–mediated synaptic modulation to perception. Nature Neuroscience. 16(12). 1840–1847. 51 indexed citations

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Grothe, Benedikt, Michael Pecka, & David McAlpine. (2010). Mechanisms of Sound Localization in Mammals. Physiological Reviews. 90(3). 983–1012. 624 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pecka, Michael, Alice G. Brand, Oliver Behrend, & Benedikt Grothe. (2008). Interaural Time Difference Processing in the Mammalian Medial Superior Olive: The Role of Glycinergic Inhibition. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(27). 6914–6925. 172 indexed citations

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Magnusson, Anna, Thomas J. Park, Michael Pecka, Benedikt Grothe, & Ursula Koch. (2008). Retrograde GABA Signaling Adjusts Sound Localization by Balancing Excitation and Inhibition in the Brainstem. Neuron. 59(1). 125–137. 76 indexed citations

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Pecka, Michael, Ida Siveke, Felix Felmy, et al.. (2007). Inhibiting the Inhibition: A Neuronal Network for Sound Localization in Reverberant Environments. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(7). 1782–1790. 52 indexed citations

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Siveke, Ida, et al.. (2006). Binaural Response Properties of Low-Frequency Neurons in the Gerbil Dorsal Nucleus of the Lateral Lemniscus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 96(3). 1425–1440. 45 indexed citations

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