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Overview

Christian Alzheimer is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, Christian Alzheimer focuses on subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Physiology

Their work addresses several key topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases

Christian Alzheimer has published in a number of prominent venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Preprints.org
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Among their recent papers are:

  • Analysis of hyperforin (St. John's wort) action at TRPC6 channel leads to the development of a new class of antidepressant drugs, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Pyridoxal kinase inhibition by artemisinins down-regulates inhibitory neurotransmission, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Astrogenesis in the murine dentate gyrus is a life-long and dynamic process, 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • Environmental enrichment recruits activin A to recalibrate neural activity in mouse hippocampus, 2022, Cerebral Cortex
  • Mechanical behavior of the hippocampus and corpus callosum: An attempt to reconcile ex vivo with in vivo and micro with macro properties, 2022, Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Fang Zheng
  • Christian P. Müller
  • Tobias Huth
  • María Jesús Valero-Aracama
  • Liubov S. Kalinichenko

Best Publications

  • Acid sphingomyelinase-ceramide system mediates effects of antidepressant drugs

    Erich Gulbins;Erich Gulbins;Monica Palmada;Martin Reichel;Anja Lüth

  • Tau-Induced Defects in Synaptic Plasticity, Learning, and Memory Are Reversible in Transgenic Mice after Switching Off the Toxic Tau Mutant

    Astrid Sydow;Anneke Van der Jeugd;Fang Zheng;Tariq Ahmed

  • Modal gating of Na+ channels as a mechanism of persistent Na+ current in pyramidal neurons from rat and cat sensorimotor cortex

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  • M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knock-out mice show deficits in behavioral flexibility, working memory, and hippocampal plasticity.

    Thomas Seeger;Irina Fedorova;Fang Zheng;Tsuyoshi Miyakawa

  • Dendritic Na+ channels amplify EPSPs in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells.

    R. Lipowsky;T. Gillessen;C. Alzheimer

  • Anticancer drug oxaliplatin induces acute cooling-aggravated neuropathy via sodium channel subtype NaV1.6-resurgent and persistent current

    Ruth Sittl;Angelika Lampert;Tobias Huth;E. Theresa Schuy

  • Induction of activin A is essential for the neuroprotective action of basic fibroblast growth factor in vivo

    Y. P. Tretter;Moritz Hertel;B. Munz;B. Munz;G. ten Bruggencate

  • More than being protective: functional roles for TGF-β/activin signaling pathways at central synapses.

    Kerstin Krieglstein;Fang Zheng;Klaus Unsicker;Christian Alzheimer

  • Fibroblast growth factors and neuroprotection.

    Christian Alzheimer;Sabine Werner

  • Amplification of EPSPs by Low Ni2+- and Amiloride-Sensitive Ca2+ Channels in Apical Dendrites of Rat CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Thomas Gillessen;Christian Alzheimer

  • A novel role of activin in inflammation and repair.

    B Munz;G Hubner;Y Tretter;C Alzheimer

  • Activin: an important regulator of wound repair, fibrosis, and neuroprotection.

    Silke Sulyok;Miriam Wankell;Christian Alzheimer;Sabine Werner

  • G protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK) currents in dendrites of rat neocortical pyramidal cells

    Tomoko Takigawa;Christian Alzheimer

  • Axonal and synaptic failure suppress the transfer of firing rate oscillations, synchrony and information during high frequency deep brain stimulation.

    Robert Rosenbaum;Andrew Zimnik;Fang Zheng;Robert S. Turner

  • Phasic and tonic attenuation of EPSPs by inward rectifier K+ channels in rat hippocampal pyramidal cells

    Tomoko Takigawa;Christian Alzheimer

  • Actions of BRL 34915 (Cromakalim) upon convulsive discharges in guinea pig hippocampal slices

    C. Alzheimer;G. ten Bruggencate

  • Axonal failure during high frequency stimulation of rat subthalamic nucleus

    Fang Zheng;Fang Zheng;Katja Lammert;Barbara E. Nixdorf-Bergweiler;Barbara E. Nixdorf-Bergweiler;Frank Steigerwald;Frank Steigerwald

  • Strong induction of activin expression after hippocampal lesion.

    Y. P. Tretter;B. Munz;G. Hübner;G. Ten Bruggencate

  • Muscarinic Inhibition of Persistent Na+ Current in Rat Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

    Thomas Mittmann;Christian Alzheimer

  • Transient and selective blockade of adenosine A1-receptors by 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX) causes sustained epileptiform activity in hippocampal CA3 neurons of guinea pigs.

    C. Alzheimer;B. Sutor;G. ten Bruggencate

  • Deletion of Interleukin-6 Signal Transducer gp130 in Small Sensory Neurons Attenuates Mechanonociception and Down-Regulates TRPA1 Expression

    Philipp Malsch;Manfred Andratsch;Christian Vogl;Andrea S. Link

  • Connective tissue growth factor: a novel player in tissue reorganization after brain injury?

    Moritz Hertel;Yvonne Tretter;Christian Alzheimer;Sabine Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Sabine Werner
Sabine Werner ETH Zurich
Peter Grafe
Peter Grafe Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernd Sutor
Bernd Sutor Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Rudi D'Hooge
Rudi D'Hooge KU Leuven
Gabriele M. Rune
Gabriele M. Rune Universität Hamburg
Beate Winner
Beate Winner University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Patricia J. Conrod
Patricia J. Conrod University of Montreal
Eva Maria Mandelkow
Eva Maria Mandelkow Center of Advanced European Studies and Research
Arif B. Ekici
Arif B. Ekici University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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