Dept. of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology
Center of Experimental Medicine
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40-7410-57046
Fax: +49-40-7410-57752
Email: a.kral@uke.de
 

February 27, 1969
 

1987-1993

1993

1998

1998-2002

2002

2002-2004

 
2004-present

 
2004-present

Studies of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava

Medical Doctorate (Dr. med.), Comenius University, Bratislava

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.), Comenius University, Bratislava

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physiology, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt

Habilitation for Physiology, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt

Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Medical Physiology, Medical School, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt

Professor of Neurophysiology (“C3”), Institute of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf

Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Cognition, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
 

Since 2004 1 PhD-student, 2 MD students, 2 MA students and 1 BA student.
 

Associate editor of the journal Gen Physiol Biophys

Member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, FENS, Society for

Neuroscience, German Neuroscience Society
 

 
Effects of auditory deprivation on development and plasticity of the auditory cortex, cortical plasticity

First description of the sensitive period for plasticity in congential deafness

Electrical and laser stimulation of the auditory nerve, electrical “beam forming” with cochlear implants

Computer modeling of artificial neuronal networks
 

• Klinke R, Kral A, Heid S, Tillein J, Hartmann R (1999): Recruitment of the auditory cortex in congenitally deaf cats by long-term cochlear electrostimulation. Science 285:1729-1733.

• Kral A, Hartmann R, Tillein J, Heid S, Klinke R (2000): Congenital auditory deprivation reduces synaptic activity within the auditory cortex in a layer-specific manner. Cereb Cortex 10: 714-726.

• Kral A, Hartmann R, Tillein J, Heid S, Klinke R (2001): Delayed maturation and sensitive periods in the auditory cortex. Audiol Neurootol 6: 346-362.

• Kral A, Hartmann R, Tillein J, Heid S, Klinke R (2002): Hearing after congenital deafness: central auditory plasticity and sensory deprivation. Cereb Cortex 12: 797-807.

• Kral A, Schröder J-H, Klinke R, Engel AK (2003): Absence of cross-modal reorganization in the primary auditory cortex of congenitally deaf cats. Exp Brain Res 153: 605-613.

• Kral A, Tillein J, Heid S, Hartmann R, Klinke R (2005): Postnatal cortical development in congenital auditory deprivation. Cereb Cortex 15: 552-562.

• Sharma A, Dorman M, Kral A (2005): The influence of a sensitive period on central auditory development in children with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implants. Hear Res 203: 134–143.

• Kral A, Tillein J, Heid S, Klinke R, Hartmann R (2006): Cochlear implants: Cortical plasticity in congenital deprivation. Prog Brain Res 157: 283-314.

• Kral A, Eggermont JJ (2007): What’s to lose and what’s to learn: development under auditory deprivation, cochlear implants and limits of cortical plasticity. Brain Res Rev 56(1): 259-269.

• Kral A, Tillein J, Hubka P, Schiemann D, Heid S, Hartmann R, Engel AK (2009): Spatiotemporal patterns of cortical activity with bilateral cochlear implants in congenital deafness. J Neurosci 29: 811-827.