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Overview

Heinz Breer is affiliated with the University of Hohenheim in Germany and focuses primarily on Neuroscience, with a special emphasis on Sensory Systems. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Nutrition and Dietetics, Genetics, and Insect Science. The scope of their work addresses multiple core topics, such as Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior. Additional topics covered in their research include Insect Utilization and Effects, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Heinz Breer include:

  • "The Sensilla-Specific Expression and Subcellular Localization of SNMP1 and SNMP2 Reveal Novel Insights into Their Roles in the Antenna of the Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria" (2022), published in Insects
  • "Sniffing the human body volatile hexadecanal blocks aggression in men but triggers aggression in women" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Distinct Cell Types With the Bitter Receptor Tas2r126 in Different Compartments of the Stomach" (2020), published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • "Sniffing the Human Body-Volatile Hexadecanal Blocks Aggression in Men but Triggers Aggression in Women" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Short-term high fat feeding induces inflammatory responses of tuft cells and mucosal barrier cells in the murine stomach." (2023), featured in PubMed

Heinz Breer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Joerg Strotmann, Sina Cassau, Jürgen Krieger, Eva Mishor, and Daniel Amir. Publication venues where their work has appeared include Insects, Science Advances, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Physiology, and BMC Biology.

Best Publications

  • MHC Class I Peptides as Chemosensory Signals in the Vomeronasal Organ

    Trese Leinders-Zufall;Peter Brennan;Patricia Widmayer;Prashanth Chandramani S.

  • Rapid kinetics of second messenger formation in olfactory transduction

    H. Breer;I. Boekhoff;E. Tareilus

  • Actions of imidacloprid and a related nitromethylene on cholinergic receptors of an identified insect motor neurone

    Donglin Bai;Sarah C. R. Lummis;Wolfgang Leicht;Heinz Breer

  • Rapid activation of alternative second messenger pathways in olfactory cilia from rats by different odorants.

    I. Boekhoff;E. Tareilus;J. Strotmann;H. Breer

  • Olfactory reception in invertebrates.

    Jürgen Krieger;Heinz Breer

  • Cloning and expression of odorant receptors

    K Raming;J Krieger;J Strotmann;I Boekhoff

  • Positive feedback between acetylcholine and the neurotrophins nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the rat hippocampus.

    Marlies Knipper;Maria da Penha Berzaghi;Andrea Blöchl;Heinz Breer

  • Implications of the NO/cGMP system for olfaction

    Heinz Breer;Gordon M. Shepherd

  • A candidate olfactory receptor subtype highly conserved across different insect orders.

    J. Krieger;O. Klink;C. Mohl;K. Raming

  • Two classes of olfactory receptors in xenopus laevis

    Joachim Freitag;Jürgen Krieger;Jörg Strotmann;Heinz Breer

  • Access to the odor world: olfactory receptors and their role for signal transduction in insects.

    Joerg Fleischer;Pablo Pregitzer;Heinz Breer;Jürgen Krieger

  • Identification of a Phospholipase C Beta Subtype in Rat Taste Cells

    Patricia Rössler;Christine Kroner;Joachim Freitag;Johannes Noè

  • A divergent gene family encoding candidate olfactory receptors of the moth Heliothis virescens.

    Jürgen Krieger;Klaus Raming;Youssef M. E. Dewer;Stefanie Bette

  • The sense of smell: multiple olfactory subsystems.

    H. Breer;J. Fleischer;J. Strotmann

  • Genes encoding candidate pheromone receptors in a moth (Heliothis virescens)

    J. Krieger;E. Grosse-Wilde;T. Gohl;Y. M. E. Dewer

  • Binding proteins from the antennae of Bombyx mori

    J. Krieger;E. von Nickisch-Rosenegk;M. Mameli;P. Pelosi

  • Local Permutations in the Glomerular Array of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb

    Jörg Strotmann;Sidonie Conzelmann;Anja Beck;Paul Feinstein

  • Olfactory receptors in aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates

    J. Freitag;G. Ludwig;I. Andreini;P. Rössler

  • Candidate pheromone receptors provide the basis for the response of distinct antennal neurons to pheromonal compounds.

    Ewald Grosse-Wilde;Thomas Gohl;Elisabeth Bouché;Heinz Breer

  • Molecular properties and functions of insect acetylcholine receptors

    Heinz Breer;David B. Sattelle

Frequent Co-Authors

Jürgen Krieger
Jürgen Krieger Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Paolo Pelosi
Paolo Pelosi Austrian Institute of Technology
Ruey-Bing Yang
Ruey-Bing Yang Academia Sinica
Andrea Scaloni
Andrea Scaloni National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
David B. Sattelle
David B. Sattelle University College London
Thomas Gudermann
Thomas Gudermann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Robert J. Lefkowitz Duke University
Aleš Svatoš
Aleš Svatoš Max Planck Society
Frank Zufall
Frank Zufall Saarland University
Silke Sachse
Silke Sachse Max Planck Society

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