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Gitta Wörtwein is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines, primarily focusing on neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The subfields they contribute to include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and physiology.

The main topics of Wörtwein's work cover receptor mechanisms and signaling, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, diabetes treatment and management, neuropeptides and animal physiology, as well as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Their publication record includes several papers in well-recognized journals. Recent significant publications include:

  • The role of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in addictive disorders, 2021, British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide on alcohol consumption in alcohol-preferring male vervet monkeys, 2024, Psychopharmacology
  • Disruption of the PDZ domain-binding motif of the dopamine transporter uniquely alters nanoscale distribution, dopamine homeostasis, and reward motivation, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Proinflammatory biomarkers are associated with prediabetes in patients with schizophrenia, 2020, CNS Spectrums
  • The effect of erythropoietin on electroconvulsive stimulation induced cognitive impairment in rats, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research

Wörtwein frequently publishes research in venues such as Behavioural Brain Research, British Journal of Pharmacology, Psychopharmacology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and CNS Spectrums.

They collaborate often with a group of researchers including Anders Fink-Jensen, Pia Weikop, Morgane Thomsen, Mette Kruse Klausen, and G. Sørensen. These recurring co-authors contribute to a body of work that integrates diverse aspects of neuroscience with clinical and molecular research perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Arrested neuronal proliferation and impaired hippocampal function following fractionated brain irradiation in the adult rat

    T.M Madsen;P.E.G Kristjansen;T.G Bolwig;G Wörtwein

  • Effects of electroconvulsive seizures and antidepressant drugs on brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein in rat brain

    C.Anthony Altar;Richard E. Whitehead;Ruoyan Chen;Gitta Wörtwein

  • The impact of maternal separation on adult mouse behaviour and on the total neuron number in the mouse hippocampus

    Katrine Fabricius;Gitta Wörtwein;Bente Pakkenberg

  • A Subpopulation of Neuronal M4 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Plays a Critical Role in Modulating Dopamine-Dependent Behaviors

    Jongrye Jeon;Ditte Dencker;Gitta Wörtwein;David P.D. Woldbye

  • The role of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in addictive disorders.

    Mette Kruse Klausen;Morgane Thomsen;Gitta Wortwein;Anders Fink-Jensen

  • Role for M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in cocaine addiction.

    Anders Fink-Jensen;Irina Fedorova;Gitta Wörtwein;David P. D. Woldbye

  • Increased adult hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor and normal levels of neurogenesis in maternal separation rats

    Mia H. Greisen;C. Anthony Altar;Tom G. Bolwig;Richard Whitehead

  • Differential roles for neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y5 receptors in anxiety and sedation.

    Gunnar Sørensen;Camilla Lindberg;Gitta Wörtwein;Tom G. Bolwig

  • Reduced Cocaine Self-Administration in Muscarinic M5 Acetylcholine Receptor-Deficient Mice

    Morgane Thomsen;David P. D. Woldbye;Gitta Wörtwein;Anders Fink-Jensen

  • Fluoxetine reverts chronic restraint stress-induced depression-like behaviour and increases neuropeptide Y and galanin expression in mice

    S.H. Christiansen;M.V. Olesen;G. Wörtwein;D.P.D. Woldbye

  • Aβ(1–42) injection causes memory impairment, lowered cortical and serum BDNF levels, and decreased hippocampal 5-HT2A levels

    R. Christensen;A.B. Marcussen;G. Wörtwein;G.M. Knudsen

  • The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist exendin-4 reduces cocaine self-administration in mice

    Gunnar Sørensen;India A. Reddy;Pia Weikop;Devon L. Graham

  • Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation regulates cocaine actions and dopamine homeostasis in the lateral septum by decreasing arachidonic acid levels

    I A Reddy;J A Pino;P Weikop;N Osses

  • Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes as Potential Drug Targets for the Treatment of Schizophrenia, Drug Abuse, and Parkinson's Disease

    Ditte Dencker;Morgane Thomsen;Gitta Wörtwein;Pia Weikop

  • Search for biological correlates of depression and mechanisms of action of antidepressant treatment modalities. Do neuropeptides play a role

    Aleksander A. Mathé;Henriette Husum;Aram El Khoury;Patricia Jiménez-Vasquez

  • The glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist Exendin-4 decreases relapse-like drinking in socially housed mice

    Morgane Thomsen;Ditte Dencker;Gitta Wörtwein;Pia Weikop

  • Increased cocaine self-administration in M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice.

    Lene S. Schmidt;Morgane Thomsen;Pia Weikop;Ditte Dencker

  • Involvement of a Subpopulation of Neuronal M4 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Antipsychotic-like Effects of the M1/M4 Preferring Muscarinic Receptor Agonist Xanomeline

    Ditte Dencker;Gitta Wörtwein;Pia Weikop;Jongrye Jeon

  • Effects of acute and chronic aripiprazole treatment on choice between cocaine self-administration and food under a concurrent schedule of reinforcement in rats

    Morgane Thomsen;Anders Fink-Jensen;David P. D. Woldbye;Gitta Wörtwein

  • Increased dopaminergic activity in socially isolated rats: an electrophysiological study.

    Katrine Fabricius;Lone Helboe;Anders Fink-Jensen;Gitta Wörtwein

  • Egocentric spatial orientation in a water maze by rats subjected to transection of the fimbria-fornix and/or ablation of the prefrontal cortex

    Jesper Mogensen;Anette Moustgaard;Usman Khan;Gitta Wörtwein

Frequent Co-Authors

David P.D. Woldbye
David P.D. Woldbye University of Copenhagen
Aleksander A. Mathé
Aleksander A. Mathé Karolinska University Hospital
Kamilla W. Miskowiak
Kamilla W. Miskowiak Copenhagen University Hospital
Åsa Petersén
Åsa Petersén Lund University
Bente Pakkenberg
Bente Pakkenberg University of Copenhagen
Gregers Wegener
Gregers Wegener Aarhus University
Ivan Divac
Ivan Divac University of Copenhagen
Nils Henrik Diemer
Nils Henrik Diemer University of Southern Denmark
Gregg D. Stanwood
Gregg D. Stanwood Florida State University
Allan I. Levey
Allan I. Levey Emory University

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