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Overview

Cord-Michael Becker is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research spans key areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience.

Their work primarily concentrates on Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, contributing to knowledge in these subfields through focused study.

The topics explored by Becker include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Becker's publication record includes a paper titled A proline-rich motif in the large intracellular loop of the glycine receptor α1 subunit interacts with the Pleckstrin homology domain of collybistin, published in 2020 in the Journal of Advanced Research. This work has been cited multiple times by the research community.

Collaborations are an integral part of Becker's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ulrike Breitinger
  • Kristina Weinländer
  • Yvonne Pechmann
  • Georg Langlhofer
  • Ralf Enz

The Journal of Advanced Research is a notable publication venue for Becker's work.

Best Publications

  • Glycine receptor heterogeneity in rat spinal cord during postnatal development

    C M Becker;W Hoch;H Betz

  • Progressive encephalomyelitis, rigidity, and myoclonus: a novel glycine receptor antibody.

    M. Hutchinson;P. Waters;J. McHugh;G. Gorman

  • Alpha subunit variants of the human glycine receptor: primary structures, functional expression and chromosomal localization of the corresponding genes.

    Gabriele Grenningloh;Volker Schmieden;Peter R. Schofield;Peter H. Seeburg

  • Glycine and GABA receptors in the mammalian retina.

    Heinz Wässle;Peter Koulen;Johann Helmut Brandstätter;Erica L Fletcher

  • Autoimmunity to gephyrin in Stiff-Man syndrome.

    Margaret Husta Butler;Akito Hayashi;Norio Ohkoshi;Carmen Villmann

  • The spastic mouse: Aberrant splicing of glycine receptor β subunit mRNA caused by intronic insertion of Ll element

    Cornel Mülhardt;Maria Fischer;Peter Gass;Dominique Simon-Chazottes

  • Inhibitory Glycine Receptors: An Update

    Sébastien Dutertre;Cord Michael Becker;Heinrich Betz

  • The Mr 93,000 polypeptide of the postsynaptic glycine receptor complex is a peripheral membrane protein.

    Bertram Schmitt;Petra Knaus;Cord Michael Becker;Heinrich Betz

  • The inhibitory glycine receptor: a ligand-gated chloride channel of the central nervous system.

    Dieter Langosch;Cord‐Michael Becker;Heinrich Betz

  • Influence of valproic acid on hepatic carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

    Cord Michael Becker;Robert A. Harris

  • Functional chloride channels by mammalian cell expression of rat glycine receptor subunit

    Harald Sontheimer;Cord−Michael Becker;Dolan B. Pritchett;Peter R. Schofield

  • Primary cultures of mouse spinal cord express the neonatal isoform of the inhibitory glycine receptor.

    Werner Hoch;Heinrich Betz;Cord-Michael Becker

  • On the Hypes and Falls in Neuroprotection: Targeting the NMDA Receptor

    Carmen Villmann;Cord-Michael Becker

  • Oxidative stress-induced posttranslational modifications of alpha-synuclein: specific modification of alpha-synuclein by 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal increases dopaminergic toxicity.

    Wei Xiang;Johannes C.M. Schlachetzki;Stefan Helling;Julia C. Bussmann;Julia C. Bussmann

  • Polymorphisms of TLR4: rapid genotyping and reduced response to lipopolysaccharide of TLR4 mutant alleles.

    Christopher Schmitt;Andreas Humeny;Cord-Michael Becker;Kay Brune

  • The mammalian glycine receptor: biology and structure of a neuronal chloride channel protein.

    Heinrich Betz;Cord-Michael Becker

  • The glycine receptor deficiency of the mutant mouse spastic: evidence for normal glycine receptor structure and localization

    CM Becker;I Hermans-Borgmeyer;B Schmitt;H Betz

  • Critical illness polyneuropathy: clinical findings and cell culture assay of neurotoxicity assessed by a prospective study.

    A. Druschky;M. Herkert;M. Radespiel-Tröger;K. Druschky

  • Cellular and subcellular localization of the 2B-subunit of the NMDA receptor in the adult rat telencephalon.

    Jean Pierre Charton;Matthias Herkert;Cord-Michael Becker;Hannsjörg Schröder

  • Point mutation of glycine receptor α1 subunit in the spasmodic mouse affects agonist responses

    Brigitta Saul;Volker Schmieden;Claudia Kling;Cornel Mülhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich Betz
Heinrich Betz Max Planck Society
Monika Pischetsrieder
Monika Pischetsrieder University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz
Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz Heidelberg University
Thomas Kislinger
Thomas Kislinger University of Toronto
Heinrich Sticht
Heinrich Sticht University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dieter Langosch
Dieter Langosch Technical University of Munich
Peter Gass
Peter Gass Heidelberg University
Marlies Knipper
Marlies Knipper University of Tübingen
Stefan Stamm
Stefan Stamm University of Kentucky
Nicolas Vogel
Nicolas Vogel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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