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Andreas Zimmer

Andreas Zimmer

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Neuroscience

D-Index
94
Citations
36809
World Ranking
935
National Ranking
70

Overview

Andreas Zimmer is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. His work encompasses specialized subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology, Neurology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in Zimmer's research include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, Pancreatic Function and Diabetes, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, and Sleep and Wakefulness Research.

Zimmer's recent publications feature a focus on cannabinoid receptor function and related neurological processes. Selected recent papers include:

  • Protective role of neuronal and lymphoid cannabinoid CB2 receptors in neuropathic pain, 2020, eLife
  • Cannabinoid receptor 2 is necessary to induce toll-like receptor-mediated microglial activation, 2021, Glia
  • Age-dependent Alteration in Mitochondrial Dynamics and Autophagy in Hippocampal Neuron of Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor-deficient Mice, 2020, Brain Research Bulletin
  • Cannabinoid receptor 1 signalling modulates stress susceptibility and microglial responses to chronic social defeat stress, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • An astrocytic signaling loop for frequency-dependent control of dendritic integration and spatial learning, 2022, Nature Communications

Zimmer's collaborations include frequent co-authorships with the following researchers:

  • András Bilkei-Gorzó
  • Este Leidmaa
  • Eva C. Beins
  • Bolanle Fatimat Olabiyi
  • Joanna Agnieszka Komorowska-Müller

The most frequent venues where Zimmer's research has been published comprise Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, and eLife.

Best Publications

  • The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome

    P. Carninci;T. Kasukawa;S. Katayama;J. Gough

  • Animal Models of Nociception

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  • Increased mortality, hypoactivity, and hypoalgesia in cannabinoid CB1 receptor knockout mice

    Andreas Zimmer;Anne M. Zimmer;Andrea G. Hohmann;Miles Herkenham

  • Beta-caryophyllene is a dietary cannabinoid

    Jürg Gertsch;Marco Leonti;Stefan Raduner;Ildiko Racz

  • A humanized version of Foxp2 affects cortico-basal ganglia circuits in mice

    Wolfgang Enard;Sabine Gehre;Kurt Hammerschmidt;Sabine M. Hölter

  • Endocannabinoid signaling at the periphery: 50 years after THC

    Mauro Maccarrone;Itai Bab;Tamás Bíró;Guy A. Cabral

  • Cannabinoid-induced mesenteric vasodilation through an endothelial site distinct from CB1 or CB2 receptors.

    Zoltán Járai;Jens A. Wagner;Jens A. Wagner;Károly Varga;Kristy D. Lake

  • GlyR alpha3: an essential target for spinal PGE2-mediated inflammatory pain sensitization.

    Robert J. Harvey;Ulrike B. Depner;Heinz Wässle;Seifollah Ahmadi

  • Immunomodulation by cannabinoids is absent in mice deficient for the cannabinoid CB2 receptor

    Nancy E Buckley;Kathleen L McCoy;Éva Mezey;Tom Bonner

  • Low dose oral cannabinoid therapy reduces progression of atherosclerosis in mice

    Sabine Steffens;Niels R. Veillard;Claire Arnaud;Graziano Pelli

  • Antifibrogenic role of the cannabinoid receptor CB2 in the liver.

    Boris Julien;Boris Julien;Pascale Grenard;Pascale Grenard;Fatima Teixeira-Clerc;Fatima Teixeira-Clerc;Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu;Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu

  • Pain responses, anxiety and aggression in mice deficient in pre-proenkephalin

    Monika König;Anne M. Zimmer;Heinz Steiner;Philip V. Holmes;Philip V. Holmes

  • Endocannabinoid signalling and the deteriorating brain

    Vincenzo Di Marzo;Nephi Stella;Andreas Zimmer

  • The expression pattern of a novel gene encoding brain-fatty acid binding protein correlates with neuronal and glial cell development

    A. Kurtz;A. Zimmer;F. Schnutgen;G. Bruning

  • Rapamycin extends murine lifespan but has limited effects on aging

    Frauke Neff;Diana Flores-Dominguez;Devon P. Ryan;Marion Horsch

  • Endothelial apoptosis in Braf-deficient mice

    Leszek Wojnowski;Anne M. Zimmer;Thomas W. Beck;Heidi Hahn

  • A role for ASIC3 in the modulation of high-intensity pain stimuli

    Chih Cheng Chen;Anne Zimmer;Anne Zimmer;Wei Hsin Sun;Jennifer Hall

  • Endocannabinoid signaling via cannabinoid receptor 1 is involved in ethanol preference and its age-dependent decline in mice

    Lei Wang;Jie Liu;Judith Harvey-White;Andreas Zimmer

  • Presynaptic cannabinoid sensitivity is a major determinant of depolarization-induced retrograde suppression at hippocampal synapses.

    Takako Ohno-Shosaku;Hiroshi Tsubokawa;Ichiro Mizushima;Norihide Yoneda

  • Locus ceruleus degeneration promotes Alzheimer pathogenesis in amyloid precursor protein 23 transgenic mice.

    Michael T. Heneka;Mutiah A. Ramanathan;Andreas H. Jacobs;Lucia Dumitrescu-Ozimek

  • Embryonic expression of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) suggests multiple developmental roles in neural differentiation and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions

    Helen L. Hellmich;Lidia Kos;Edward S. Cho;Kathleen A. Mahon

  • Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variation in Neurocan as a Susceptibility Factor for Bipolar Disorder

    Sven Cichon;Thomas W. Mühleisen;Franziska A. Degenhardt;Manuel Mattheisen

  • The Oral Antidiabetic Pioglitazone Protects from Neurodegeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Like Symptoms in Superoxide Dismutase-G93A Transgenic Mice

    Burkhard Schütz;Jens Reimann;Lucia Dumitrescu-Ozimek;Karin Kappes-Horn

  • Cannabinoid CB2 receptors protect against alcoholic liver disease by regulating Kupffer cell polarization in mice

    Alexandre Louvet;Alexandre Louvet;Fatima Teixeira-Clerc;Fatima Teixeira-Clerc;Marie-Noële Chobert;Marie-Noële Chobert;Vanessa Deveaux;Vanessa Deveaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Beat Lutz
Beat Lutz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Jochen Graw
Jochen Graw Technical University of Munich
Martin Hrabé de Angelis
Martin Hrabé de Angelis Technical University of Munich
Heinz Beck
Heinz Beck University of Bonn
Florence Noble
Florence Noble Université Paris Cité
Tom I. Bonner
Tom I. Bonner National Institutes of Health
Srdjan Djurovic
Srdjan Djurovic Oslo University Hospital
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia

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