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Hans-Gert Bernstein is affiliated with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a focus on subfields including biological psychiatry, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, and behavioral neuroscience.

Their recent publications highlight investigations into neuropsychiatric and neuroimmunological topics. Notable papers include:

  • "Glial cell deficits are a key feature of schizophrenia: implications for neuronal circuit maintenance and histological differentiation from classical neurodegeneration" (2024, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • "Molecular mimicry of NMDA receptors may contribute to neuropsychiatric symptoms in severe COVID-19 cases" (2021, Journal of Neuroinflammation)
  • "Changes in leukocytes and CRP in different stages of major depression" (2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation)
  • "S11. PLASMA LEPTIN AND ANTHRANILIC ACID IN SCHIZOPHRENIA PATIENTS: NEW BIOMARKERS OF PREDISPOSITION TO METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES" (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • "Association of thyroid peroxidase antibodies with anti-neuronal surface antibodies in health, depression and schizophrenia - Complementary linkage with somatic symptoms of major depression" (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)

Their work has been published frequently in journals such as the Journal of Neuroinflammation, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Molecular Psychiatry, and Schizophrenia Bulletin.

Hans-Gert Bernstein's research topics cover:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress responses and cortisol
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Autoimmune neurological disorders and treatments
  • Regulation of appetite and obesity
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Frequent collaborators in their research include Johann Steiner, Henrik Dobrowolny, Paul C. Guest, Gabriela Meyer-Lotz, and Katrin Borucki.

Best Publications

  • Brain insulin and insulin receptors in aging and sporadic Alzheimer's disease

    L. Frölich;D. Blum-Degen;H.-G. Bernstein;S. Engelsberger

  • Immunological aspects in the neurobiology of suicide : Elevated microglial density in schizophrenia and depression is associated with suicide

    Johann Steiner;Hendrik Bielau;Ralf Brisch;Peter Danos

  • Severe depression is associated with increased microglial quinolinic acid in subregions of the anterior cingulate gyrus: Evidence for an immune-modulated glutamatergic neurotransmission?

    Johann Steiner;Johann Steiner;Martin Walter;Tomasz Gos;Tomasz Gos;Gilles J Guillemin

  • The Role of Dopamine in Schizophrenia from a Neurobiological and Evolutionary Perspective: Old Fashioned, but Still in Vogue

    Ralf Brisch;Arthur Saniotis;Arthur Saniotis;Rainer Wolf;Hendrik Bielau

  • Increased prevalence of diverse N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor antibodies in patients with an initial diagnosis of schizophrenia: specific relevance of IgG NR1a antibodies for distinction from N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor encephalitis.

    Johann Steiner;Martin Walter;Wenzel Glanz;Zoltán Sarnyai

  • Evidence for a wide extra-astrocytic distribution of S100B in human brain

    Johann Steiner;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Hendrik Bielau;Annika Berndt

  • C-reactive protein is increased in schizophrenia but is not altered by antipsychotics: meta-analysis and implications.

    Fernandes Bs;Steiner J;Bernstein Hg;Dodd S;Dodd S

  • Nitric oxide synthase-containing neurons in the human hypothalamus: reduced number of immunoreactive cells in the paraventricular nucleus of depressive patients and schizophrenics

    H.-G Bernstein;A Stanarius;B Baumann;H Henning

  • Social behaviour in rats lesioned with ibotenic acid in the hippocampus: quantitative and qualitative analysis.

    Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Volker Höllt

  • The dopaminergic midbrain participates in human episodic memory formation: evidence from genetic imaging.

    Björn H. Schott;Constanze I. Seidenbecher;Daniela B. Fenker;Corinna J. Lauer

  • Reduced volume of limbic system-affiliated basal ganglia in mood disorders: preliminary data from a postmortem study.

    Bruno Baumann;Peter Danos;Dieter Krell;Silvia Diekmann

  • Distribution of HLA-DR-positive microglia in schizophrenia reflects impaired cerebral lateralization.

    Johann Steiner;Christian Mawrin;Anke Ziegeler;Hendrik Bielau

  • Glial cells in schizophrenia: pathophysiological significance and possible consequences for therapy

    Hans-Gert Bernstein;Johann Steiner;Bernhard Bogerts

  • The many faces of nitric oxide in schizophrenia. A review

    Hans-Gert Bernstein;Bernhard Bogerts;Gerburg Keilhoff

  • Different distribution patterns of lymphocytes and microglia in the hippocampus of patients with residual versus paranoid schizophrenia: further evidence for disease course-related immune alterations?

    Stefan Busse;Mandy Busse;Kolja Schiltz;Hendrik Bielau

  • Glial cells as key players in schizophrenia pathology: recent insights and concepts of therapy

    Hans-Gert Bernstein;Johann Steiner;Paul C. Guest;Henrik Dobrowolny

  • Bridging the gap between the immune and glutamate hypotheses of schizophrenia and major depression: Potential role of glial NMDA receptor modulators and impaired blood–brain barrier integrity

    Johann Steiner;Bernhard Bogerts;Zolt Á N Sarnyai;Martin Walter

  • Evidence for structural abnormalities of the human habenular complex in affective disorders but not in schizophrenia

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  • Stereologic investigation of the posterior part of the hippocampus in schizophrenia.

    Andrea Schmitt;Corinna Steyskal;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Thomas Schneider-Axmann

  • S100B protein in neurodegenerative disorders.

    Johann Steiner;Bernhard Bogerts;Matthias L. Schroeter;Hans-Gert Bernstein

  • Schizophrenia and anteroventral thalamic nucleus: selective decrease of parvalbumin-immunoreactive thalamocortical projection neurons.

    Peter Danos;Bruno Baumann;Hans Gert Bernstein;Michael Franz

  • Volumes of association thalamic nuclei in schizophrenia: a postmortem study

    Peter Danos;Bruno Baumann;Andrea Krämer;Hans Gert Bernstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Bogerts
Bernhard Bogerts Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Martin Walter
Martin Walter Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Axel Becker
Axel Becker Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Andrea Schmitt
Andrea Schmitt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gisela Grecksch
Gisela Grecksch Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Matthias L. Schroeter
Matthias L. Schroeter Max Planck Society
Eckart D. Gundelfinger
Eckart D. Gundelfinger Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Hans-Jochen Heinze
Hans-Jochen Heinze Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Zoltán Sarnyai
Zoltán Sarnyai James Cook University
Michael R. Kreutz
Michael R. Kreutz Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

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