Brain Research Institute

Walter Metzner, Ph.D.

Email Address:
metzner@ucla.edu

Office Address:
Office
LSB 4365
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Work Address:
Laboratory
LSB 4357, 4353, 4347
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES

Fax Number:
(310) 825-3679
Work Phone Number:
(310) 206-2023
(310) 825-3679

Department / Division Affiliations

Professor, Integrative Biology and Physiology

Member, ACCESS Program: Dept. of Molecular, Cell & Integrative Physiology, Neuroengineering Training Program, Neuroscience IDP, Brain Research Institute

Faculty, Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology IDP

Publications:

Ma, J. Liang, B. Zhang, S. Metzner, W. Dietary composition and echolocation call design of three sympatric insectivorous bat species from China. Ecological Research 2007; DOI 10.1007/s11284-007-0344-5: .

Smotherman, M. Kobayasi, K. Ma, J. Zhang, S. Metzner, W. A mechanism for vocal-respiratory coupling in the mammalian parabrachial nucleus.. Journal of Neuroscience 2006; 26: 4860-4869.

Ma, J. Zhang, J. Liang, B. Zhang, L. Zhang, S. Metzner, W. Dietary characteristics of Myotis ricketti in Beijing, North China.. Journal of Mammalogy 2006; 87: 339-344.

Smotherman, M. Metzner, W. Auditory-feedback control of temporal call patterns in echolocating horseshoe bats. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2005; 93(3): 1295-303.

Gozalo, A. S. Schwiebert, R. S. Metzner, W. Lawson, G. W. Spontaneous, generalized lipidosis in captive greater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci. 2005; 44(6): 49-52.

Ma, Jie Metzner, W. Liang, B. Zhang, L. Zhang, J. Zhang, S. Shen, J.. Differences in diet and echolocation in four sympatric bat species and their respective ecological niches.. Acta Zoologica Sinica 2004; 50(2): 145-150.

Tian, L. Liang, B. Maeda, K. Metzner, W. Zhang, S. Molecular studies on the classification of Miniopterus schreibersii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences.. Folia Zoologica 2004; 53(3): .

Smotherman, M.S. Zhang, S. Metzner, W. A neural basis for auditory feedback control of vocal pitch. Journal of Neuroscience 2003; 23: 1464-1477.

Ma, Jie Jones, G. Zhang, S. Shen, J. Metzner, W. Zhang, L. Liang, B. Dietary analysis confirms that Rickett's big-footed bat (Myotis ricketti) is a piscivore.. Journal of Zoology (London) 2003; 261(3): 245-248.

Smotherman, M.S. Metzner, W. Effects of echo intensity on Doppler-shift compensation behavior in horseshoe bats.. Journal of Neurophysiology 2003; 89: 814-821.

Smotherman, M. Metzner, W. Fine control of call frequency by horseshoe bats.. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 2003; 189: 435-446.

Metzner, W. Zhang, S.Y. Smotherman, M.S. Doppler-shift compensation behavior in horseshoe bats revisited: auditory feedback controls both a decrease and an increase in call frequency.. Journal of Experimental Biology 2002; 205: 1607-1616.

Kreiman, G. Krahe, R. Metzner, W. Koch, C. Gabbiani, F. Robustness and variability of neuronal coding by amplitude-sensitive afferents in the weakly electric fish eigenmannia. J Neurophysiol. 2000; 84(1): 189-204.

Gabbiani, F. Metzner, W. Encoding and processing of sensory information in neuronal spike trains. J Exp Biol. 1999; 202(# (Pt 10)): 1267-79.

Metzner, W. Neural circuitry for communication and jamming avoidance in gymnotiform electric fish. J Exp Biol. 1999; 202: 1365-75.

Juranek, J. Metzner, W. Cellular characterization of synaptic modulations of a neuronal oscillator in electric fish.. J Comp Physiol A 1997; 181(4): 393-414.

Metzner, W. Anatomical basis for audio-vocal integration in echolocating horseshoe bats. Journal of Comparative Neurology 1996; 368(2): 252-69.

Heiligenberg, W. Metzner, W. Wong, C. J. Keller, C. H. Motor control of the jamming avoidance response of Apteronotus leptorhynchus: evolutionary changes of a behavior and its neuronal substrates. J Comp Physiol A. 1996; 179(5): 653-74.

Metzner, W. An audio-vocal interface in echolocating horseshoe bats. Journal of Neuroscience 1993; 13(5): 1899-915.

Metzner, W. The jamming avoidance response in Eigenmannia is controlled by two separate motor pathways. Journnal of Neuroscience. 1993; 13(5): 1862-78.

Metzner, W. Echolocation behaviour in bats. Science Progress 1991; 75(298): 453-465.

Krull, D. Schumm, A. Metzner, W. Neuweiler, G. Foraging areas and foraging behavior in the notch-eared bat Myotis emarginatus.. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1991; 28(4): 247-254.

Heiligenberg, W. Keller, C. H. Metzner, W. Kawasaki, M. Structure and function of neurons in the complex of the nucleus electrosensorius of the gymnotiform fish Eigenmannia: detection and processing of electric signals in social communication. J Comp Physiol [A]. 1991; 169(2): 151-64.

Metzner, W. Heiligenberg, W. The coding of signals in the electric communication of the gymnotiform fish Eigenmannia: from electroreceptors to neurons in the torus semicircularis of the midbrain. J Comp Physiol [A]. 1991; 169(2): 135-50.

Metzner, W. A possible neuronal basis for Doppler-shift compensation in echo-locating horseshoe bats. Nature 1989; 341(6242): 529-32.

Neuweiler, G. Metzner, W. Heilmann, U. R????bsamen, R. Eckrich, M. Costa, H.H. Foraging behaviour and echolocation in the rufous horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus rouxi, of Sri Lanka.. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1987; 20: 53-67.

Metzner, W. Radtke-Schuller, S. The nuclei of the lateral lemniscus in the rufous horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus rouxi. A neurophysiological approach. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 1987; 160(3): 395-411.

Luo F Metzner W Wu F Zhang S Chen Q Duration sensitive neurons in the inferior colliculus of horseshoe bats: adaptations for using CF-FM echolocation pulses.. J Neurophysiol. 2008; 99: 284-296.

Ma, Jie Kobayasi, K. Zhang, S. Metzner, W. Vocal communication in adult greater horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 2006; 1-16.

Krahe, R. Kreiman, G. Gabbiani, F. Koch, C. Metzner, W. Stimulus encoding and feature extraction by multiple sensory neurons. J Neurosci. 2002; 22(6): 2374-82.

Metzner, W. Why are there so many sensory brain maps?. Cell Mol Life Sci. 1999; 56(1-2): 1-4.

Juranek, J. Metzner, W. Segregation of behavior-specific synaptic inputs to a vertebrate neuronal oscillator. J Neurosci. 1998; 18(21): 9010-9.

Metzner, W. Measuring distance in two dimensions. Nature. 1998; 395(6705): 838-9.

Metzner, W. Koch, C. Wessel, R. Gabbiani, F. Feature extraction by burst-like spike patterns in multiple sensory maps. J Neurosci. 1998; 18(6): 2283-300.

Metzner, W. Juranek, J. A sensory brain map for each behavior?. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997; 94(26): 14798-803.

Metzner, W. Juranek, J. A method to biotinylate and histochemically visualize ibotenic acid for pharmacological inactivation studies. J Neurosci Methods. 1997; 76(2): 143-50.

Gabbiani, F. Metzner, W. Wessel, R. Koch, C. From stimulus encoding to feature extraction in weakly electric fish. Nature. 1996; 384(6609): 564-7.