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Overview

Beat Lutz is affiliated with Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany. Their research spans mainly the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on various subfields such as Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Behavioral Neuroscience.

The scientist's work frequently appears in several publication venues, with notable recurring outlets including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Translational Psychiatry, Neuropsychopharmacology, and Scientific Reports.

Beat Lutz's core research topics cover a range of areas including Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Tryptophan and Brain Disorders, and Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms.

Their recent papers reflect these themes and include:

  • Glucose metabolism links astroglial mitochondria to cannabinoid effects, 2020, Nature
  • Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health in Germany: longitudinal observation of different mental health trajectories and protective factors, 2021, Translational Psychiatry
  • A specific prelimbic-nucleus accumbens pathway controls resilience versus vulnerability to food addiction, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Neurobiology of cannabinoid receptor signaling, 2020, Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
  • Long-term hippocampal interneuronopathy drives sex-dimorphic spatial memory impairment induced by prenatal THC exposure, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology

Collaborations form an important part of Beat Lutz's research profile. Frequent coauthors include Susanne Gerber, Iñigo Ruı́z de Azúa, Laura Bîndilă, Klaus Lieb, and Hristo Todorov, indicating a network of scientific partnerships supporting work in related areas.

Best Publications

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories

    Giovanni Marsicano;Carsten T. Wotjak;Shahnaz C. Azad;Shahnaz C. Azad;Tiziana Bisogno

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system affects energy balance via central orexigenic drive and peripheral lipogenesis

    Daniela Cota;Giovanni Marsicano;Matthias Tschöp;Yvonne Grübler

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptors and on-demand defense against excitotoxicity.

    Giovanni Marsicano;Sharon Goodenough;Sharon Goodenough;Krisztina Monory;Heike Hermann

  • The emerging role of the endocannabinoid system in endocrine regulation and energy balance.

    Uberto Pagotto;Giovanni Marsicano;Daniela Cota;Beat Lutz

  • Expression of the cannabinoid receptor CB1 in distinct neuronal subpopulations in the adult mouse forebrain

    Giovanni Marsicano;Beat Lutz

  • The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus.

    Krisztina Monory;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Michaela Egertová;Matthias Eder

  • The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders

    Raffael Kalisch;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Ulrike Basten;Ulrike Basten;Marco P. Boks

  • Cannabinoids mediate analgesia largely via peripheral type 1 cannabinoid receptors in nociceptors

    Nitin Agarwal;Pal Pacher;Irmgard Tegeder;Fumimasa Amaya

  • Hardwiring the brain: endocannabinoids shape neuronal connectivity.

    Paul Berghuis;Ann M. Rajnicek;Yury M. Morozov;Ruth A. Ross

  • Mitochondrial CB1 receptors regulate neuronal energy metabolism

    Giovanni Bénard;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Nagore Puente;Joana Lourenço

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system protects against colonic inflammation.

    Federico Massa;Giovanni Marsicano;Heike Hermann;Astrid Cannich

  • The endocannabinoid system in guarding against fear, anxiety and stress

    Beat Lutz;Giovanni Marsicano;Rafael Maldonado;Cecilia J. Hillard

  • Hepatic CB1 receptor is required for development of diet-induced steatosis, dyslipidemia, and insulin and leptin resistance in mice.

    Douglas Osei-Hyiaman;Jie Liu;Liang Zhou;Grzegorz Godlewski

  • Reduced Anxiety, Conditioned Fear, and Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1 Receptor-Deficient Mice

    Rudolph Marsch;Elisabeth Foeller;Gerhard Rammes;Mirjam Bunck

  • Cannabinoid modulation of hippocampal long-term memory is mediated by mTOR signaling

    Emma Puighermanal;Giovanni Marsicano;Arnau Busquets-Garcia;Beat Lutz

  • Direct suppression of CNS autoimmune inflammation via the cannabinoid receptor CB1 on neurons and CB2 on autoreactive T cells.

    Katarzyna Maresz;Gareth Pryce;Gareth Pryce;Eugene D Ponomarev;Giovanni Marsicano

  • Endogenous cannabinoid system as a modulator of food intake

    D Cota;G Marsicano;B Lutz;V Vicennati

  • The endocannabinoid system drives neural progenitor proliferation

    Tania Aguado;Krisztina Monory;Javier Palazuelos;Nephi Stella

  • Reduced anxiety-like behaviour induced by genetic and pharmacological inhibition of the endocannabinoid-degrading enzyme fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is mediated by CB1 receptors

    Fabricio A. Moreira;Nadine Kaiser;Krisztina Monory;Beat Lutz

  • Neuroprotective properties of cannabinoids against oxidative stress: role of the cannabinoid receptor CB1.

    Giovanni Marsicano;Bernd Moosmann;Heike Hermann;Beat Lutz

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux
Carsten T. Wotjak
Carsten T. Wotjak Max Planck Society
Ken Mackie
Ken Mackie Indiana University
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca Complutense University of Madrid
Matthias Klugmann
Matthias Klugmann University of New South Wales
Walter Zieglgänsberger
Walter Zieglgänsberger Max Planck Society
Pedro Grandes
Pedro Grandes University of the Basque Country
Juan Suárez
Juan Suárez University of Malaga
Gerhard Rammes
Gerhard Rammes Technical University of Munich
Hans-Christian Pape
Hans-Christian Pape University of Münster

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