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Markus Wöhr is affiliated with Philipp University of Marburg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and psychology. Their research encompasses a diverse range of topics primarily focused on neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, stress responses and cortisol, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, infant health and development, autism spectrum disorder research, olfactory and sensory function studies, and memory and neural mechanisms.

Their recent publications include:

  • Reconsidering animal models used to study autism spectrum disorder: Current state and optimizing future, 2022, Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Translational outcomes in a full gene deletion of ubiquitin protein ligase E3A rat model of Angelman syndrome, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Mouse and rat ultrasonic vocalizations in neuroscience and neuropharmacology: State of the art and future applications, 2023, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • The continued need for animals to advance brain research, 2021, Neuron
  • Translational outcomes relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders following early life exposure of rats to chlorpyrifos, 2020, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Frequent co-authors in Markus Wöhr's research include:

  • Rainer K.W. Schwarting
  • Theresa M. Kisko
  • Ayse Özge Sungur
  • Tilo Kircher
  • Gerhard Schratt

Research published by Markus Wöhr has appeared repeatedly in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Autism
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Physiology & Behavior

The main fields of study covered in their work are:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Psychology

Subfields of particular emphasis include:

  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Stress revisited: a critical evaluation of the stress concept

    J.M. Koolhaas;A. Bartolomucci;B. Buwalda;S.F. de Boer

  • Reduced Excitatory Neurotransmission and Mild Autism-Relevant Phenotypes in Adolescent Shank3 Null Mutant Mice

    Mu Yang;Ozlem Bozdagi;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Maria Luisa Scattoni;Markus Wöhr;Markus Wöhr

  • Affective communication in rodents: ultrasonic vocalizations as a tool for research on emotion and motivation

    Markus Wöhr;Rainer K. W. Schwarting

  • Ultrasonic communication in rats: can playback of 50-kHz calls induce approach behavior?

    Markus Wöhr;Rainer K. W. Schwarting

  • Effects of experience and context on 50-kHz vocalizations in rats.

    Markus Wöhr;Bart Houx;Rainer K.W. Schwarting;Berry Spruijt

  • Lack of parvalbumin in mice leads to behavioral deficits relevant to all human autism core symptoms and related neural morphofunctional abnormalities.

    M. Wöhr;D. Orduz;Patrick Gregory;H Moreno

  • Reduction in parvalbumin expression not loss of the parvalbumin-expressing GABA interneuron subpopulation in genetic parvalbumin and shank mouse models of autism

    Federica Filice;Karl Jakob Vörckel;Ayse Özge Sungur;Markus Wöhr

  • Communication Impairments in Mice Lacking Shank1: Reduced Levels of Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Scent Marking Behavior

    Markus Wohr;Florence I. Roullet;Albert Y. Hung;Morgan Hwa-Tze Sheng

  • Behavioural methods used in rodent models of autism spectrum disorders: current standards and new developments.

    Markus Wöhr;Maria Luisa Scattoni

  • Overt behavior and ultrasonic vocalization in a fear conditioning paradigm: a dose-response study in the rat.

    Markus Wöhr;Andreas Borta;Rainer K.W. Schwarting

  • Rat ultrasonic vocalization in aversively motivated situations and the role of individual differences in anxiety-related behavior.

    A Borta;M Wöhr;R K W Schwarting

  • Situational factors, conditions and individual variables which can determine ultrasonic vocalizations in male adult Wistar rats

    Rainer K.W. Schwarting;Nikita Jegan;Markus Wöhr

  • Playback of 22-kHz and 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations induces differential c-fos expression in rat brain.

    Monika Sadananda;Markus Wöhr;Rainer K.W. Schwarting

  • Reduced scent marking and ultrasonic vocalizations in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism

    Markus Wöhr;Florence I. Roullet;Jacqueline N. Crawley

  • Reconsidering animal models used to study autism spectrum disorder: Current state and optimizing future

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  • Differential effects of social and physical environmental enrichment on brain plasticity, cognition, and ultrasonic communication in rats.

    Juan C. Brenes;Juan C. Brenes;Martin Lackinger;Günter U. Höglinger;Gerhard Schratt

  • Neurobiology of the major psychoses: a translational perspective on brain structure and function-the FOR2107 consortium.

    Tilo Kircher;Markus Wöhr;Igor Nenadic;Rainer Schwarting

  • Maternal care, isolation-induced infant ultrasonic calling, and their relations to adult anxiety-related behavior in the rat.

    Markus Wöhr;Rainer K. W. Schwarting

  • Phasic Dopamine Release in the Nucleus Accumbens in Response to Pro-Social 50 kHz Ultrasonic Vocalizations in Rats

    Ingo Willuhn;Amanda Tose;Matthew J. Wanat;Andrew S. Hart

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations in Shank mouse models for autism spectrum disorders: detailed spectrographic analyses and developmental profiles.

    Markus Wöhr

  • Pro-social ultrasonic communication in rats: insights from playback studies.

    Dominik Seffer;Rainer K.W. Schwarting;Markus Wöhr

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Jacqueline N. Crawley
Jacqueline N. Crawley University of California, Davis
Francesca R. D'Amato
Francesca R. D'Amato National Research Council (CNR)
Robert Murison
Robert Murison University of Bergen
Jaap M. Koolhaas
Jaap M. Koolhaas University of Groningen
David J. Segal
David J. Segal University of California, Davis
Joseph D. Buxbaum
Joseph D. Buxbaum Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sietse F. de Boer
Sietse F. de Boer University of Groningen
Per Hoffmann
Per Hoffmann University of Bonn
Markus M. Nöthen
Markus M. Nöthen University Hospital Bonn

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