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Christoph Kellendonk

Christoph Kellendonk

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Neuroscience

D-Index
58
Citations
16838
World Ranking
4110
National Ranking
1868

Overview

Christoph Kellendonk is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their research spans multiple specialized subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and social psychology. The primary focus of their work lies in understanding neural mechanisms, receptor functions, and brain connectivity related to behavior and neurological disorders.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of subjects:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Kellendonk's recent publications include:

  • Reset of hippocampal-prefrontal circuitry facilitates learning, 2021, Nature
  • Cortical overgrowth in a preclinical forebrain organoid model of CNTNAP2-associated autism spectrum disorder, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Functional and molecular heterogeneity of D2R neurons along dorsal ventral axis in the striatum, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Adolescent thalamic inhibition leads to long-lasting impairments in prefrontal cortex function, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • How changes in dopamine D2 receptor levels alter striatal circuit function and motivation, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of coauthors, including Julia Greenwald, Marie A. Labouesse, Sarah Canetta, Peter D. Balsam, and Kelly Martyniuk. These collaborations have contributed to a range of publications across notable neuroscience and molecular biology topics.

Kellendonk has published extensively in prominent journals and repositories. Their most frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • eLife

Across their career, Kellendonk has produced 62 publications in the field of neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience (30 publications) and cellular and molecular neuroscience (27 publications). Their work often investigates neural circuitry and receptor influences, which remain relevant for understanding behavioral patterns and neurological conditions.

Best Publications

  • Resetting of circadian time in peripheral tissues by glucocorticoid signaling.

    Aurélio Balsalobre;Steven A. Brown;Lysiane Marcacci;François Tronche

  • Disruption of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in the nervous system results in reduced anxiety

    François Tronche;Christoph Kellendonk;Oliver Kretz;Peter Gass

  • Disruption of CREB function in brain leads to neurodegeneration

    Theo Mantamadiotis;Thomas Lemberger;Susanne C. Bleckmann;Heidrun Kern

  • Transient and selective overexpression of dopamine D2 receptors in the striatum causes persistent abnormalities in prefrontal cortex functioning.

    Christoph Kellendonk;Eleanor H. Simpson;H. Jonathan Polan;Gaël Malleret

  • A Possible Role for the Striatum in the Pathogenesis of the Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia

    Eleanor H. Simpson;Christoph Kellendonk;Eric Kandel

  • Thalamic projections sustain prefrontal activity during working memory maintenance.

    Scott S Bolkan;Joseph M Stujenske;Sebastien Parnaudeau;Timothy J Spellman

  • Identification of a low–molecular weight TrkB antagonist with anxiolytic and antidepressant activity in mice

    Maxime Cazorla;Joël Prémont;Andre Mann;Nicolas Girard

  • Inhibition of mediodorsal thalamus disrupts thalamofrontal connectivity and cognition.

    Sebastien Parnaudeau;Pia Kelsey O'Neill;Scott S. Bolkan;Ryan D. Ward

  • STAT3 contributes to the mitogenic response of hepatocytes during liver regeneration.

    Wei Li;Xianping Liang;Christoph Kellendonk;Valeria Poli

  • The glucocorticoid receptor is required for stress erythropoiesis

    Anton Bauer;Francois Tronche;Oliver Wessely;Oliver Wessely;Christoph Kellendonk

  • Regulation of Cre Recombinase Activity by the Synthetic Steroid RU 486

    Christoph Kellendonk;François Tronche;A. Paula Monaghan;Pierre Olivier Angrand

  • Inducible site-specific recombination in the brain

    Christoph Kellendonk;François Tronche;Emilio Casanova;Katrin Anlag

  • Genetic evidence for the bidirectional modulation of synaptic plasticity in the prefrontal cortex by D1 receptors

    Yan-You Huang;Eleanor Simpson;Christoph Kellendonk;Eric R. Kandel

  • The Mediodorsal Thalamus: An Essential Partner of the Prefrontal Cortex for Cognition.

    Sébastien Parnaudeau;Scott S. Bolkan;Christoph Kellendonk

  • Inactivation of the glucocorticoid receptor in hepatocytes leads to fasting hypoglycemia and ameliorates hyperglycemia in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus.

    Christian Opherk;François Tronche;Christoph Kellendonk;Dirk Kohlmüller

  • Dopamine D2 Receptors Regulate the Anatomical and Functional Balance of Basal Ganglia Circuitry

    Maxime Cazorla;Fernanda Delmondes de Carvalho;Muhammad O. Chohan;Mariya Shegda

  • Transient overexpression of striatal D2 receptors impairs operant motivation and interval timing.

    Michael R. Drew;Eleanor H. Simpson;Christoph Kellendonk;William G. Herzberg;William G. Herzberg

  • Genetic Dissection of Glucocorticoid Receptor Function in Mice

    François Tronche;Christoph Kellendonk;Holger M Reichardt;Günther Schütz

  • Elevated Maternal C-Reactive Protein and Increased Risk of Schizophrenia in a National Birth Cohort

    Sarah Canetta;Andre Sourander;Heljä-Marja Surcel;Susanna Hinkka-Yli-Salomäki

  • Impairment of mossy fiber long-term potentiation and associative learning in pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide type I receptor-deficient mice.

    Christiane Otto;Yury Kovalchuk;David Paul Wolfer;Peter Gass

  • Maternal immune activation leads to selective functional deficits in offspring parvalbumin interneurons.

    Sarah Canetta;Scott Bolkan;Nancy Padilla-Coreano;LouJin Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Balsam
Peter D. Balsam Columbia University
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Holly Moore
Holly Moore Columbia University
Neil L. Harrison
Neil L. Harrison Columbia University
Peter Gass
Peter Gass Heidelberg University
Stephen Fairhurst
Stephen Fairhurst Cardiff University
Hans-Peter Lipp
Hans-Peter Lipp University of Zurich
Un Jung Kang
Un Jung Kang New York University
Andre Sourander
Andre Sourander University of Turku
Paul L. Harris
Paul L. Harris Harvard University

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