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Hans-Christian Pape

Hans-Christian Pape

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Neuroscience

D-Index
79
Citations
23155
World Ranking
1680
National Ranking
149

Overview

Hans-Christian Pape is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research predominantly focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions also in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, social psychology, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

Their research topics encompass a broad spectrum within neuroscience and related areas. These include neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neuropeptides and animal physiology, receptor mechanisms and signaling, memory and neural mechanisms, sleep and wakefulness research, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Hans-Christian Pape has published several papers in notable scientific journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • On the objectivity, reliability, and validity of deep learning enabled bioimage analyses, 2020, eLife
  • Spike-wave discharges in absence epilepsy: segregation of electrographic components reveals distinct pathways of seizure activity, 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase B Signaling Controls Excitability and Long-Term Depression in Oval Nucleus of the BNST, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Human-Specific Neuropeptide S Receptor Variants Regulate Fear Extinction in the Basal Amygdala of Male and Female Mice Depending on Threat Salience, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • The µ-opioid system in midline thalamic nuclei modulates defence strategies towards a conditioned fear stimulus in male mice, 2020, Journal of Psychopharmacology

Frequent coauthors with whom Hans-Christian Pape has collaborated include Kay Jüngling, Dominik Fiedler, Annika Lüttjohann, Lena Goedecke, and Thomas Budde. These collaborations span various topics within neuroscience and related disciplines.

Their research has been published frequently in venues such as Pharmaceuticals, eLife, The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neuroscience, and Biological Psychiatry, indicating engagement with both general and specialized neuroscience journals.

Best Publications

  • QUEER CURRENT AND PACEMAKER: The Hyperpolarization- Activated Cation Current in Neurons

    Hans-Christian Pape

  • Properties of a hyperpolarization-activated cation current and its role in rhythmic oscillation in thalamic relay neurones.

    D A McCormick;H C Pape

  • Plastic Synaptic Networks of the Amygdala for the Acquisition, Expression, and Extinction of Conditioned Fear

    Hans-Christian Pape;Denis Pare

  • Amygdalar and Hippocampal Theta Rhythm Synchronization During Fear Memory Retrieval

    Thomas Seidenbecher;T. Rao Laxmi;Oliver Stork;Hans-Christian Pape

  • Absence epilepsy and sinus dysrhythmia in mice lacking the pacemaker channel HCN2

    Andreas Ludwig;Thomas Budde;Juliane Stieber;Sven Moosmang

  • Noradrenaline and serotonin selectively modulate thalamic burst firing by enhancing a hyperpolarization-activated cation current.

    Hans-Christian Pape;David A. McCormick

  • Selective increase in T-type calcium conductance of reticular thalamic neurons in a rat model of absence epilepsy

    E Tsakiridou;L Bertollini;M de Curtis;G Avanzini

  • Noradrenergic and serotonergic modulation of a hyperpolarization-activated cation current in thalamic relay neurones.

    D A McCormick;H C Pape

  • Nitration of tyrosine 10 critically enhances amyloid β aggregation and plaque formation.

    Markus P. Kummer;Michael Hermes;Andrea Delekarte;Thea Hammerschmidt;Thea Hammerschmidt

  • Reinforcement of early long-term potentiation (early-LTP) in dentate gyrus by stimulation of the basolateral amygdala: heterosynaptic induction mechanisms of late-LTP.

    Sabine Frey;Jorge Bergado-Rosado;Thomas Seidenbecher;Hans Christian Pape

  • Neuropeptide S-mediated control of fear expression and extinction: role of intercalated GABAergic neurons in the amygdala.

    Kay Jüngling;Thomas Seidenbecher;Ludmila Sosulina;Jörg Lesting

  • Acetylcholine inhibits identified interneurons in the cat lateral geniculate nucleus.

    David A. McCormick;Hans-Christian Pape

  • Nitric oxide controls oscillatory activity in thalamocortical neurons.

    Hans-Christian Pape;Ralph Mager

  • Patterns of coupled theta activity in amygdala-hippocampal-prefrontal cortical circuits during fear extinction.

    Jörg Lesting;Rajeevan T. Narayanan;Christian Kluge;Susan Sangha

  • Actions of norepinephrine in the cerebral cortex and thalamus: implications for function of the central noradrenergic system.

    D.A. McCormick;H.-C. Pape;A. Williamson

  • The endocannabinoid system controls food intake via olfactory processes

    Edgar Soria-Gómez;Luigi Bellocchio;Leire Reguero;Gabriel Lepousez

  • Direct synaptic connections of axons from superior colliculus with identified thalamo-amygdaloid projection neurons in the rat: possible substrates of a subcortical visual pathway to the amygdala

    R. Linke;A.D. De Lima;H. Schwegler;H.-C. Pape

  • Calcium-dependent inactivation of neuronal calcium channels

    Thomas Budde;Sven Meuth;Hans-Christian Pape

  • Loss of K‐Cl co‐transporter KCC3 causes deafness, neurodegeneration and reduced seizure threshold

    Thomas Boettger;Thomas Boettger;Marco B. Rust;Hannes Maier;Thomas Seidenbecher

  • Single dose of l-dopa makes extinction memories context-independent and prevents the return of fear

    Jan Haaker;Stefano Gaburro;Anupam Sah;Nina Gartmann

  • Neuropeptide S-mediated control of fear expression and extinction: role of intercalated GABAergic neurons in the amygdala

    K. Jüngling;T. Seidenbecher;L. Sosulina;J. Lesting

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Budde
Thomas Budde University of Münster
Thomas Seidenbecher
Thomas Seidenbecher University of Münster
Ulf T. Eysel
Ulf T. Eysel Ruhr University Bochum
Heiko J. Luhmann
Heiko J. Luhmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ulrike M. Krämer
Ulrike M. Krämer University of Lübeck
Andreas Draguhn
Andreas Draguhn Heidelberg University
Oliver Stork
Oliver Stork Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Ali Gorji
Ali Gorji University of Münster
Rainer K. Reinscheid
Rainer K. Reinscheid University of California, Irvine
Erwin-Josef Speckmann
Erwin-Josef Speckmann University of Münster

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