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Overview

Jens Hannibal is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and neuroscience, concentrating on areas such as physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Frequent coauthors in Jens Hannibal's publications are:

  • Birgitte Georg
  • Messoud Ashina
  • Henrik L. Jørgensen
  • Nicolai J. Wewer Albrechtsen
  • Lanfranco Pellesi

They have published extensively in several scientific journals, with notable recurring publication venues including:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cephalalgia
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Jens Hannibal include:

  • Effect of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide on Development of Migraine Headaches, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • Circadian regulation of protein cargo in extracellular vesicles, 2022, Science Advances
  • Two-hour infusion of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide induces delayed headache and extracranial vasodilation in healthy volunteers, 2020, Cephalalgia
  • Early treatment with sumatriptan prevents PACAP38-induced migraine: A randomised clinical trial, 2021, Cephalalgia
  • Prevention of Cell Death by Activation of Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Receptor 1 (GPR81) in Retinal Explants, 2022, Cells

Their scholarly output indicates a cross-disciplinary focus integrating molecular mechanisms with clinical neuroscience, particularly in the study of migraines, retinal disorders, and neuropeptide function.

Best Publications

  • The photopigment melanopsin is exclusively present in pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-containing retinal ganglion cells of the retinohypothalamic tract.

    Jens Hannibal;Peter Hindersson;Sanne M. Knudsen;Birgitte Georg

  • Melanopsin retinal ganglion cell loss in Alzheimer disease

    Chiara La Morgia;Fred N. Ross‐Cisneros;Yosef Koronyo;Jens Hannibal

  • Neurotransmitters of the retino-hypothalamic tract.

    Jens Hannibal

  • Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Peptide (PACAP) in the Retinohypothalamic Tract: A Potential Daytime Regulator of the Biological Clock

    Jens Hannibal;Jian M. Ding;Dong Chen;Jan Fahrenkrug

  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase‐activating peptide in the rat central nervous system: An immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study

    Jens Hannibal

  • PACAP and glutamate are co-stored in the retinohypothalamic tract.

    Jens Hannibal;Jens Hannibal;Morten Moller;Ole Petter Ottersen;Jan Fahrenkrug

  • Melanopsin as a Sleep Modulator: Circadian Gating of the Direct Effects of Light on Sleep and Altered Sleep Homeostasis in Opn4−/− Mice

    Jessica W. Tsai;Jens Hannibal;Grace Hagiwara;Damien Colas

  • Melanopsin Is Expressed in PACAP-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells of the Human Retinohypothalamic Tract

    Jens Hannibal;Peter Hindersson;Jens Østergaard;Jens Østergaard;Birgitte Georg

  • Dissociation between Light-Induced Phase Shift of the Circadian Rhythm and Clock Gene Expression in Mice Lacking the Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Type 1 Receptor

    Jens Hannibal;Francoise Jamen;Harriette S. Nielsen;Laurant Journot

  • Gene expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the rat hypothalamus.

    J. Hannibal;J.D. Mikkelsen;H. Clausen;J.J. Holst

  • Melanopsin retinal ganglion cells are resistant to neurodegeneration in mitochondrial optic neuropathies.

    Chiara La Morgia;Fred N. Ross-Cisneros;Alfredo A. Sadun;Jens Hannibal

  • Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating peptide: a pivotal modulator of glutamatergic regulation of the suprachiasmatic circadian clock.

    Dong Chen;Gordon F. Buchanan;Jian M. Ding;Jian M. Ding;Jens Hannibal

  • Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide expression in the rat dorsal root ganglia : up-regulation after peripheral nerve injury

    Yuan Zhang;J Hannibal;Q Zhao;K Moller

  • Target areas innervated by PACAP-immunoreactive retinal ganglion cells.

    Jens Hannibal;Jens Hannibal;Jan Fahrenkrug

  • Diurnal Rhythmicity of the Clock Genes Per1 and Per2 in the Rat Ovary

    Jan Fahrenkrug;Birgitte Georg;Jens Hannibal;Peter Hindersson

  • Characterization and synaptic connectivity of melanopsin-containing ganglion cells in the primate retina.

    Patricia Regina Jusuf;Sammy Lee;Jens Hannibal;Ulrike Grunert

  • Melanopsin expressing human retinal ganglion cells: Subtypes, distribution, and intraretinal connectivity.

    Jens Hannibal;Anders Tolstrup Christiansen;Steffen Heegaard;Jan Fahrenkrug

  • Light and darkness regulate melanopsin in the retinal ganglion cells of the albino wistar rat

    Jens Hannibal;Birgitte Georg;Peter Hindersson;Jan Fahrenkrug

  • Central projections of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the macaque monkey

    J. Hannibal;L. Kankipati;C.E. Strang;B.B. Peterson

  • Central projections of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the macaque monkey: Central projections of intrinsically photosensitive RGCs in macaque

    J. Hannibal;L. Kankipati;C.E. Strang;B.B. Peterson

  • Identification of a major human high molecular weight salivary mucin (MG1) as tracheobronchial mucin MUC5B

    Peter A. Nielsen;Eric P. Bennett;Hans H. Wandall;Marianne H. Therkildsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerio Carelli
Valerio Carelli University of Bologna
Anders Hay-Schmidt
Anders Hay-Schmidt University of Copenhagen
Pasquale Montagna
Pasquale Montagna University of Bologna
Messoud Ashina
Messoud Ashina University of Copenhagen
Martha U. Gillette
Martha U. Gillette University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Morten Møller
Morten Møller University of Copenhagen
Paul D. Gamlin
Paul D. Gamlin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hitoshi Hashimoto
Hitoshi Hashimoto Osaka University
Sulev Kõks
Sulev Kõks Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science
Troy W. Margrie
Troy W. Margrie University College London

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