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Dirk Montag is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research spans the fields of neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, sensory systems, and developmental neuroscience.

The main topics Dirk Montag investigates include:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Lipid membrane structure and behavior
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research

Dirk Montag has contributed to research published in several journals, including:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Genes
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Dirk Montag are:

  • "Plasma Membrane Calcium ATPase-Neuroplastin Complexes Are Selectively Stabilized in GM1-Containing Lipid Rafts," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Syndapin I Loss-of-Function in Mice Leads to Schizophrenia-Like Symptoms," 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • "Neuroplastin expression is essential for hearing and hair cell PMCA expression," 2021, Brain Structure and Function
  • "Neuroplastin in Neuropsychiatric Diseases," 2021, Genes
  • "Neuroplastin Expression in Male Mice Is Essential for Fertility, Mating, and Adult Testosterone Levels," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Dirk Montag frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Xiao Lin
  • Rodrigo Herrera-Molina
  • Katarina Ilić
  • Ayse Malci
  • Mario Stojanović

Best Publications

  • Autistic-like behaviours and hyperactivity in mice lacking ProSAP1/Shank2

    Michael J. Schmeisser;Elodie Ey;Stephanie Wegener;Juergen Bockmann

  • Mice deficient for the myelin-associated glycoprotein show subtle abnormalities in myelin.

    Dirk Montag;Karl Peter Giese;Udo Bartsch;Rudolf Martini

  • Glutaminyl cyclase inhibition attenuates pyroglutamate Abeta and Alzheimer's disease-like pathology.

    Stephan Schilling;Ulrike Zeitschel;Torsten Hoffmann;Ulrich Heiser

  • Brevican-deficient mice display impaired hippocampal CA1 long-term potentiation but show no obvious deficits in learning and memory

    Cord Brakebusch;Constanze I. Seidenbecher;Fredrik Asztely;Uwe Rauch

  • Mice deficient for tenascin-R display alterations of the extracellular matrix and decreased axonal conduction velocities in the CNS.

    P Weber;U Bartsch;U Bartsch;M N Rasband;R Czaniera

  • Crucial role for the myelin-associated glycoprotein in the maintenance of axon-myelin integrity.

    M. Fruttiger;D. Montag;M. Schachner;R. Martini

  • Disruption of the Gene for the Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein Improves Axonal Regrowth along Myelin in C57BL/Wlds Mice

    Marcel Schäfer;Marcus Fruttiger;Dirk Montag;Melitta Schachner

  • Systematic substrate identification indicates a central role for the metalloprotease ADAM10 in axon targeting and synapse function

    Peer-Hendrik Kuhn;Alessio Vittorio Colombo;Benjamin Schusser;Daniela Dreymueller

  • Misguided axonal projections, neural cell adhesion molecule 180 mRNA upregulation, and altered behavior in mice deficient for the close homolog of L1

    M. Montag-Sallaz;M. Schachner;D. Montag;D. Montag

  • Novelty-induced increased expression of immediate-early genes c-fos and arg 3.1 in the mouse brain.

    M. Montag-Sallaz;H. Welzl;D. Kuhl;D. Montag

  • Structural Features of a Close Homologue of L1 (CHL1)in the Mouse: A New Member of the L1 Family of Neural Recognition Molecules

    Jürgen Holm;Rainer Hillenbrand;Volker Steuber;Udo Bartsch

  • Galantamine slows down plaque formation and behavioral decline in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Soumee Bhattacharya;Christin Haertel;Alfred Maelicke;Dirk Montag

  • The close homologue of the neural adhesion molecule L1 (CHL1): patterns of expression and promotion of neurite outgrowth by heterophilic interactions.

    Rainer Hillenbrand;Martin Molthagen;Dirk Montag;Melitta Schachner

  • Distinct Effects of Recombinant Tenascin-R Domains in Neuronal Cell Functions and Identification of the Domain Interacting with the Neuronal Recognition Molecule F3/11

    Zhi-cheng Xiao;Joanne Taylor;Dirk Montag;Geneviève Rougon

  • Chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection enhances β-amyloid phagocytosis and clearance by recruited monocytes

    Luisa Möhle;Nicole Israel;Kristin Paarmann;Kristin Paarmann;Kristin Paarmann;Markus Krohn

  • ZEBRAFISH TENASCIN-W, A NEW MEMBER OF THE TENASCIN FAMILY

    Philipp Weber;Dirk Montag;Melitta Schachner;Melitta Schachner;Robert R. Bernhardt

  • Receptor-recognizing proteins of T-even type bacteriophages. The receptor-recognizing area of proteins 37 of phages T4 TuIa and TuIb.

    Dirk Montag;Said Hashemolhosseini;Ulf Henning

  • Dying-back oligodendrogliopathy: a late sequel of myelin-associated glycoprotein deficiency.

    Hans LAssmann;Udo Bartsch;Dirk Montag;Melitta Schachner

  • Increased number of unmyelinated axons in optic nerves of adult mice deficient in the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG)

    Susanne Bartsch;Dirk Montag;Melitta Schachner;Udo Bartsch

  • Absence of the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and the neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) interferes with the maintenance, but not with the formation of peripheral myelin

    Stefano Carenini;Dirk Montag;Harold Cremer;Melitta Schachner

  • Isolation of a Tenascin-R Binding Protein from Mouse Brain Membranes A PHOSPHACAN-RELATED CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN

    Zhi-Cheng Xiao;Udo Bartsch;Renée K. Margolis;Geneviève Rougon

Frequent Co-Authors

Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eckart D. Gundelfinger
Eckart D. Gundelfinger Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Udo Bartsch
Udo Bartsch Universität Hamburg
Rudolf Martini
Rudolf Martini University of Würzburg
Constanze I. Seidenbecher
Constanze I. Seidenbecher Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Björn H. Schott
Björn H. Schott University of Göttingen
Michael R. Kreutz
Michael R. Kreutz Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Zhi-Cheng Xiao
Zhi-Cheng Xiao Monash University
Oliver Stork
Oliver Stork Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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