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Markus Morawski

Markus Morawski

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6712
World Ranking
8077
National Ranking
678

Overview

Markus Morawski is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany with a research focus spanning medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their body of work emphasizes advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, with a strong specialization in magnetic resonance imaging and brain connectivity.

The scientist's research covers several key topics, including:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Morawski's publication record includes multiple papers in prominent venues. Some recent papers include:

  • "Superficial white matter imaging: Contrast mechanisms and whole-brain in vivo mapping" (2020), published in Science Advances
  • "Functional changes of the gastric bypass microbiota reactivate thermogenic adipose tissue and systemic glucose control via intestinal FXR-TGR5 crosstalk in diet-induced obesity" (2022), published in Microbiome
  • "Amyloid-Beta Peptides Trigger Aggregation of Alpha-Synuclein In Vitro" (2020), published in Molecules
  • "Myelin insulation as a risk factor for axonal degeneration in autoimmune demyelinating disease" (2023), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Cell specific quantitative iron mapping on brain slices by immuno-µPIXE in healthy elderly and Parkinson's disease" (2021), published in Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Morawski include:

  • Nikolaus Weiskopf
  • Evgeniya Kirilina
  • Carsten Jäger
  • Siawoosh Mohammadi
  • Kerrin Pine

The scientist's work has been presented predominantly in several publication venues, with notable appearances in:

  • Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • NeuroImage
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature Neuroscience

Within the broader fields of study, Morawski's research contributions focus significantly on:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Myelin and iron concentration in the human brain: A quantitative study of MRI contrast

    Carsten Stüber;Markus Morawski;Markus Morawski;Andreas Schäfer;Christian Labadie;Christian Labadie

  • Locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for noradrenergic dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

    Matthew J Betts;Matthew J Betts;Evgeniya Kirilina;Evgeniya Kirilina;Maria C G Otaduy;Dimo Ivanov

  • Perineuronal nets potentially protect against oxidative stress

    Markus Morawski;Martina K. Brückner;Peter Riederer;Gert Brückner

  • Aneuploidy and DNA Replication in the Normal Human Brain and Alzheimer's Disease

    Birgit Mosch;Markus Morawski;Anja Mittag;Dominik Lenz

  • Perineuronal net formation and structure in aggrecan knockout mice.

    K.A. Giamanco;M. Morawski;R.T. Matthews

  • Early neurone loss in Alzheimer's disease: cortical or subcortical?

    Thomas Arendt;Martina K Brückner;Markus Morawski;Carsten Jäger

  • Aggrecan, link protein and tenascin-R are essential components of the perineuronal net to protect neurons against iron-induced oxidative stress

    Anne Suttkus;S. Rohn;Solveig Weigel;P. Glöckner

  • Involvement of perineuronal and perisynaptic extracellular matrix in Alzheimer's disease neuropathology.

    Markus Morawski;Gert Brückner;Carsten Jäger;Gudrun Seeger

  • Neurons associated with aggrecan-based perineuronal nets are protected against tau pathology in subcortical regions in Alzheimer's disease.

    M Morawski;G Brückner;C Jäger;G Seeger

  • Iron concentrations in neurons and glial cells with estimates on ferritin concentrations

    Anja Reinert;Markus Morawski;Johannes Seeger;Thomas Arendt

  • Aggrecan: Beyond cartilage and into the brain.

    M. Morawski;G. Brückner;T. Arendt;R.T. Matthews

  • Ion exchanger in the brain: Quantitative analysis of perineuronally fixed anionic binding sites suggests diffusion barriers with ion sorting properties.

    Markus Morawski;Tilo Reinert;Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke;Friedrich E. Wagner

  • Glutaminyl Cyclase in Human Cortex: Correlation with (pGlu)-Amyloid-β Load and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease

    Markus Morawski;Stephan Schilling;Moritz Kreuzberger;Alexander Waniek

  • Aggrecan-based extracellular matrix is an integral part of the human basal ganglia circuit

    G Brückner;M Morawski;T Arendt

  • Protective Properties of Neural Extracellular Matrix

    Anne Suttkus;Markus Morawski;Thomas Arendt

  • Tenascin-R promotes assembly of the extracellular matrix of perineuronal nets via clustering of aggrecan

    Markus Morawski;Alexander Dityatev;Maike Hartlage-Rübsamen;Maren Blosa

  • Developing 3D microscopy with CLARITY on human brain tissue: Towards a tool for informing and validating MRI-based histology.

    Markus Morawski;Evgeniya Kirilina;Evgeniya Kirilina;Nico Scherf;Carsten Jäger

  • Superficial white matter imaging: Contrast mechanisms and whole-brain in vivo mapping.

    Evgeniya Kirilina;Evgeniya Kirilina;Saskia Helbling;Markus Morawski;Kerrin Pine

  • Early pathologic amyloid induces hypersynchrony of BOLD resting-state networks in transgenic mice and provides an early therapeutic window before amyloid plaque deposition

    Disha Shah;Jelle Praet;Amira Latif Hernandez;Corinna Höfling

  • Neurochemical mapping of the human hippocampus reveals perisynaptic matrix around functional synapses in Alzheimer’s disease

    Dávid Lendvai;Markus Morawski;Markus Morawski;László Négyessy;Georgina Gáti

  • Changes in neuronal DNA content variation in the human brain during aging

    Hans-Georg Fischer;Markus Morawski;Martina K. Brückner;Anja Mittag

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Arendt
Thomas Arendt Leipzig University
Nikolaus Weiskopf
Nikolaus Weiskopf Max Planck Society
Gert Brückner
Gert Brückner Leipzig University
Stefan Geyer
Stefan Geyer Max Planck Society
Pierre-Louis Bazin
Pierre-Louis Bazin University of Amsterdam
Angela D. Friederici
Angela D. Friederici Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Emrah Düzel
Emrah Düzel German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Robert Turner
Robert Turner Max Planck Society
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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