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Christian Steinhäuser

Christian Steinhäuser

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Neuroscience

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72
Citations
22477
World Ranking
2275
National Ranking
201

Overview

Christian Steinhäuser is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology. Their research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning neurological function and disease, with a particular emphasis on epilepsy and neuroinflammation.

The scientist's work spans multiple closely related subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Developmental Neuroscience

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Connexins and Lens Biology
  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Ion Channel Regulation and Function
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies

Steinhäuser has published papers in several scientific journals, notably frequently contributing to the following venues:

  • Glia
  • Neurochemical Research
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Epilepsia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Significant recent publications include:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Astrocytes in the initiation and progression of epilepsy, 2022, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Astrocytes and Epilepsy, 2021, Neurochemical Research
  • Reactive microglia are the major source of tumor necrosis factor alpha and contribute to astrocyte dysfunction and acute seizures in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy, 2022, Glia
  • Astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in the thalamus jointly maintain synaptic activity by supplying metabolites, 2021, Cell Reports

The researcher has collaborated extensively with several co-authors throughout their career, including:

  • Peter Bedner (20 collaborations)
  • Lukas Henning (14 collaborations)
  • Gerald Seifert (13 collaborations)
  • Julia Müller (7 collaborations)
  • Ronald Jabs (7 collaborations)

Christian Steinhäuser's publication record includes a substantial focus on the neurobiological processes involved in epilepsy as well as broader neurological and neuropharmacological topics, reflecting sustained investigative activity in understanding brain function and pathology at the molecular and cellular levels.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Brain tumour cells interconnect to a functional and resistant network

    Matthias Osswald;Matthias Osswald;Erik Jung;Erik Jung;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Gergely Solecki;Gergely Solecki

  • Astrocyte dysfunction in neurological disorders: a molecular perspective

    Gerald Seifert;Karl Schilling;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Astrocytes contain a vesicular compartment that is competent for regulated exocytosis of glutamate

    Paola Bezzi;Vidar Gundersen;Vidar Gundersen;José Luis Galbete;Gerald Seifert

  • Astrocytes: a central element in neurological diseases

    Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Milos Pekny;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Marcela Pekna;Albee Messing;Christian Steinhäuser

  • The Impact of Astrocytic Gap Junctional Coupling on Potassium Buffering in the Hippocampus

    Anke Wallraff;Rüdiger Köhling;Uwe Heinemann;Martin Theis

  • Viscoelastic properties of individual glial cells and neurons in the CNS

    Yun-Bi Lu;Kristian Franze;Gerald Seifert;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Ion channels in glial cells.

    Alexej Verkhratsky;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Segregated expression of AMPA-type glutamate receptors and glutamate transporters defines distinct astrocyte populations in the mouse hippocampus.

    Katja Matthias;Frank Kirchhoff;Gerald Seifert;Kerstin Hüttmann

  • News on glutamate receptors in glial cells

    Christian Steinhäuser;Vittorio Gallo

  • Functional changes in astroglial cells in epilepsy.

    Devin K. Binder;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Connexin 47 (Cx47)-Deficient Mice with Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Reporter Gene Reveal Predominant Oligodendrocytic Expression of Cx47 and Display Vacuolized Myelin in the CNS

    Benjamin Odermatt;Kerstin Wellershaus;Anke Wallraff;Gerald Seifert

  • Astrocyte uncoupling as a cause of human temporal lobe epilepsy

    Peter Bedner;Alexander Dupper;Kerstin Hüttmann;Julia Müller

  • Astrocytes in the hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy display changes in potassium conductances

    Stefan Hinterkeuser;Wolfgang Schröder;Gerhard Hager;Gerald Seifert

  • Accelerated hippocampal spreading depression and enhanced locomotory activity in mice with astrocyte-directed inactivation of connexin43.

    Martin Theis;Regina Jauch;Lang Zhuo;Dina Speidel

  • Astrocyte dysfunction in epilepsy

    Gerald Seifert;Giorgio Carmignoto;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Commonalities in epileptogenic processes from different acute brain insults: Do they translate?

    Pavel Klein;Raymond Dingledine;Eleonora Aronica;Christophe Bernard

  • Role of Astrocytes in Epilepsy

    Douglas A. Coulter;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Distinct types of astroglial cells in the hippocampus differ in gap junction coupling.

    Anke Wallraff;Benjamin Odermatt;Klaus Willecke;Christian Steinhäuser

  • Astrocytes in the initiation and progression of epilepsy

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  • Seizures preferentially stimulate proliferation of radial glia-like astrocytes in the adult dentate gyrus: functional and immunocytochemical analysis

    Kerstin Huttmann;Matthew Sadgrove;Anke Wallraff;Stefan Hinterkeuser

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald Seifert
Gerald Seifert University of Bonn
Martin Theis
Martin Theis Columbia University
Christian Henneberger
Christian Henneberger University of Bonn
Helmut Kettenmann
Helmut Kettenmann Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Giorgio Carmignoto
Giorgio Carmignoto National Research Council (CNR)
Devin K. Binder
Devin K. Binder University of California, Riverside
Christine R. Rose
Christine R. Rose Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Milos Pekny
Milos Pekny University of Gothenburg
Andrea Volterra
Andrea Volterra University of Lausanne
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm

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