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Overview

Dan Ehninger is affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology and Physiology as subfields. The scientist's work engages with aging processes, cognitive neuroscience, and immunology.

The main research topics covered by Dan Ehninger include:

  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Dan Ehninger has coauthored multiple scientific publications with frequent collaborators such as Daniele Bano, Enzo Scifo, Kan Xie, Lena Wischhof, and Pierluigi Nicotera.

Their research has been published in various venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Cell Death Discovery
  • Scientific Reports

Some of Dan Ehninger's recent papers include:

  • A toolbox for the longitudinal assessment of healthspan in aging mice, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • Targeting the "hallmarks of aging" to slow aging and treat age-related disease: fact or fiction?, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Memory trace interference impairs recall in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Targeting senescent cells with NKG2D-CAR T cells, 2024, Cell Death Discovery
  • AIFM1 beyond cell death: An overview of this OXPHOS-inducing factor in mitochondrial diseases, 2022, EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • Reversal of learning deficits in a Tsc2+/− mouse model of tuberous sclerosis

    Dan Ehninger;Sangyeul Han;Carrie Shilyansky;Yu Zhou

  • Physical exercise prevents age-related decline in precursor cell activity in the mouse dentate gyrus

    Golo Kronenberg;Golo Kronenberg;Anika Bick-Sander;Anika Bick-Sander;Eva Bunk;Claudia Wolf

  • Additive effects of physical exercise and environmental enrichment on adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice.

    Klaus Fabel;Susanne A Wolf;Susanne A Wolf;Susanne A Wolf;Dan Ehninger;Dan Ehninger;Harish Babu;Harish Babu

  • Variability of doublecortin-associated dendrite maturation in adult hippocampal neurogenesis is independent of the regulation of precursor cell proliferation

    Tobias Plümpe;Dan Ehninger;Dan Ehninger;Barbara Steiner;Barbara Steiner;Friederike Klempin;Friederike Klempin

  • Regional Effects of Wheel Running and Environmental Enrichment on Cell Genesis and Microglia Proliferation in the Adult Murine Neocortex

    Dan Ehninger;Gerd Kempermann

  • Rapamycin extends murine lifespan but has limited effects on aging

    Frauke Neff;Diana Flores-Dominguez;Devon P. Ryan;Marion Horsch

  • Why and How Physical Activity Promotes Experience-Induced Brain Plasticity

    Gerd Kempermann;Klaus Fabel;Dan Ehninger;Harish Babu

  • Neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Dan Ehninger;Gerd Kempermann

  • Rapamycin for treating Tuberous sclerosis and Autism spectrum disorders

    Dan Ehninger;Alcino J. Silva

  • Specific developmental disruption of disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1 function results in schizophrenia-related phenotypes in mice

    Weidong Li;Yu Zhou;J. David Jentsch;Robert A. M. Brown

  • Reversing Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Adults

    Dan Ehninger;Weidong Li;Kevin Fox;Michael P. Stryker

  • Interactions between the NR2B Receptor and CaMKII Modulate Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Learning

    Yu Zhou;Eiki Takahashi;Weidong Li;Amy Halt

  • Longevity, aging and rapamycin

    Dan Ehninger;Frauke Neff;Kan Xie

  • Neurofibromin regulates corticostriatal inhibitory networks during working memory performance

    Carrie Shilyansky;Katherine H. Karlsgodt;Damian M. Cummings;Kyriaki Sidiropoulou

  • Mechanism and treatment for learning and memory deficits in mouse models of Noonan syndrome

    Yong Seok Lee;Dan Ehninger;Miou Zhou;Jun Young Oh

  • Paradoxical effects of learning the Morris water maze on adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice may be explained by a combination of stress and physical activity

    D. Ehninger;G. Kempermann

  • A toolbox for the longitudinal assessment of healthspan in aging mice.

    Ilaria Bellantuono;R. de Cabo;D. Ehninger;C. Di Germanio

  • From mTOR to cognition: molecular and cellular mechanisms of cognitive impairments in tuberous sclerosis

    D. Ehninger;P. J. de Vries;A. J. Silva

  • Neuronal Glucose Transporter Isoform 3 Deficient Mice Demonstrate Features of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Yuanzi Zhao;Camille Fung;Don Shin;Bo-Chul Shin

  • Gestational immune activation and Tsc2 haploinsufficiency cooperate to disrupt fetal survival and may perturb social behavior in adult mice.

    Dan Ehninger;Dan Ehninger;Y Sano;P J de Vries;K Dies

Frequent Co-Authors

Alcino J. Silva
Alcino J. Silva University of California, Los Angeles
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Golo Kronenberg
Golo Kronenberg University of Leicester
J. David Jentsch
J. David Jentsch Binghamton University
Sebastian Jessberger
Sebastian Jessberger University of Zurich
Barbara Steiner
Barbara Steiner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Mustafa Sahin
Mustafa Sahin Boston Children's Hospital
Jochen Graw
Jochen Graw Technical University of Munich
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles
Leena Peltonen
Leena Peltonen University of Helsinki

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