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Mario F. Wullimann is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their work predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Key subfields in their research include Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their main research topics cover Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Retinal Development and Disorders, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are Herwig Baier, Gabriele Gerlach, Jaime Eugenin von Bernhardi, Daniela Biechl, and Laura Miek.

Wullimann has contributed to publications in several scientific journals, notably:

  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • Journal of Morphology
  • Brain Behavior and Evolution
  • Cell Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Wullimann include:

  • Neural origins of basal diencephalon in teleost fishes: Radial versus tangential migration (2020, Journal of Morphology)
  • The Neuromeric/Prosomeric Model in Teleost Fish Neurobiology (2022, Brain Behavior and Evolution)

Other related publications by collaborators but relevant to the broader research network include:

  • Anatomy and function of retinorecipient arborization fields in zebrafish (2021, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)
  • Neural pathways of olfactory kin imprinting and kin recognition in zebrafish (2021, Cell and Tissue Research)
  • A versatile transcription factor: Multiple roles of orthopedia a (otpa) beyond its restricted localization in dopaminergic systems of developing and adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) brains (2022, The Journal of Comparative Neurology)

Best Publications

  • Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain: A Topological Atlas

    Mario F. Wullimann;Barbara Rupp;Heinrich Reichert

  • Neuroanatomy of the zebrafish brain

    Mario F. Wullimann;Barbara Rupp;Heinrich Reichert

  • Teleostean and mammalian forebrains contrasted: Evidence from genes to behavior.

    Mario F. Wullimann;Thomas Mueller

  • The teleostean (zebrafish) dopaminergic system ascending to the subpallium (striatum) is located in the basal diencephalon (posterior tuberculum).

    Elke Rink;Mario F. Wullimann

  • Axonal regrowth after spinal cord transection in adult zebrafish

    Thomas Becker;Mario F. Wullimann;Catherina G. Becker;Robert R. Bernhardt

  • Optimized Gal4 genetics for permanent gene expression mapping in zebrafish

    Martin Distel;Mario F. Wullimann;Reinhard W. Köster

  • Connections of the ventral telencephalon and tyrosine hydroxylase distribution in the zebrafish brain (Danio rerio) lead to identification of an ascending dopaminergic system in a teleost.

    Elke Rink;Mario F Wullimann

  • Development of the catecholaminergic system in the early zebrafish brain: an immunohistochemical study

    Elke Rink;Mario F Wullimann

  • The adult central nervous cholinergic system of a neurogenetic model animal, the zebrafish Danio rerio.

    Thomas Mueller;Philippe Vernier;Mario F Wullimann

  • Connections of the ventral telencephalon (subpallium) in the zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Elke Rink;Mario F Wullimann

  • Postembryonic neural proliferation in the zebrafish forebrain and its relationship to prosomeric domains.

    Mario F. Wullimann;Luis Puelles

  • An evolutionary interpretation of teleostean forebrain anatomy.

    Thomas Mueller;Mario F. Wullimann

  • The teleostean forebrain: a comparative and developmental view based on early proliferation, Pax6 activity and catecholaminergic organization.

    Mario F Wullimann;Elke Rink

  • Atlas of Early Zebrafish Brain Development: A Tool for Molecular Neurogenetics

    Thomas Mueller;Mario F. Wullimann

  • Early teleostean basal ganglia development visualized by zebrafish Dlx2a, Lhx6, Lhx7, Tbr2 (eomesa), and GAD67 gene expression.

    Thomas Mueller;Mario F. Wullimann;Su Guo

  • Two tyrosine hydroxylase genes in vertebrates New dopaminergic territories revealed in the zebrafish brain.

    Kei Yamamoto;Jori O. Ruuskanen;Jori O. Ruuskanen;Mario F. Wullimann;Philippe Vernier

  • A phylotypic stage in vertebrate brain development: GABA cell patterns in zebrafish compared with mouse.

    Thomas Mueller;Philippe Vernier;Mario F. Wullimann

  • The central nervous system

    Mario F. Wullimann

  • Molecular neuroanatomy and chemoarchitecture of the neurosecretory preoptic‐hypothalamic area in zebrafish larvae

    Ulrich Herget;Andrea Wolf;Mario F. Wullimann;Soojin Ryu

  • Anatomy of neurogenesis in the early zebrafish brain.

    Thomas Mueller;Mario F. Wullimann

  • Brain Evolution and Cognition

    Gerhard Roth;Mario F. Wullimann

Frequent Co-Authors

Benedikt Grothe
Benedikt Grothe Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Gerhard Roth
Gerhard Roth University of Bremen
Heinrich Reichert
Heinrich Reichert University of Basel
R. Glenn Northcutt
R. Glenn Northcutt University of California, San Diego
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Luis Puelles
Luis Puelles University of Murcia
Ann B. Butler
Ann B. Butler George Mason University
Ichiro Fujita
Ichiro Fujita Osaka University
Hans Straka
Hans Straka Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Walter Wilczynski
Walter Wilczynski Georgia State University

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