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7063
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Best Publications

  • Mitochondria and neuronal activity.

    Oliver Kann;Richard Kovács

  • Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

    Stephen C. Cunnane;Eugenia Trushina;Cecilie Morland;Alessandro Prigione

  • Elevation of Basal Intracellular Calcium as a Central Element in the Activation of Brain Macrophages (Microglia): Suppression of Receptor-Evoked Calcium Signaling and Control of Release Function

    Anja Hoffmann;Oliver Kann;Carsten Ohlemeyer;Uwe-Karsten Hanisch

  • Highly energized inhibitory interneurons are a central element for information processing in cortical networks

    Oliver Kann;Ismini E Papageorgiou;Andreas Draguhn

  • The interneuron energy hypothesis: Implications for brain disease

    Oliver Kann

  • TLR4-activated microglia require IFN-γ to induce severe neuronal dysfunction and death in situ.

    Ismini E. Papageorgiou;Andrea Lewen;Lukas V. Galow;Tiziana Cesetti

  • Gamma oscillations in the hippocampus require high complex I gene expression and strong functional performance of mitochondria

    Oliver Kann;Christine Huchzermeyer;Richard Kovács;Stefanie Wirtz

  • Brain Endothelial- and Epithelial-Specific Interferon Receptor Chain 1 Drives Virus-Induced Sickness Behavior and Cognitive Impairment.

    Thomas Blank;Claudia N. Detje;Alena Spieß;Nora Hagemeyer

  • ERK activation causes epilepsy by stimulating NMDA receptor activity

    Abdolrahman S Nateri;Gennadij Raivich;Christine Gebhardt;Clive Da Costa

  • Free Radical–Mediated Cell Damage After Experimental Status Epilepticus in Hippocampal Slice Cultures

    Richard Kovács;Sebastian Schuchmann;Siegrun Gabriel;Oliver Kann

  • Microglia and lipids: how metabolism controls brain innate immunity.

    Bruno Chausse;Pamela A. Kakimoto;Oliver Kann

  • Metabolic dysfunction during neuronal activation in the ex vivo hippocampus from chronic epileptic rats and humans.

    Oliver Kann;Richard Kovács;Marleisje Njunting;Christoph Joseph Behrens

  • Activation of mouse microglial cells affects P2 receptor signaling.

    Thomas Möller;Oliver Kann;Alexej Verkhratsky;Helmut Kettenmann

  • Gamma Oscillations and Spontaneous Network Activity in the Hippocampus Are Highly Sensitive to Decreases in pO2 and Concomitant Changes in Mitochondrial Redox State

    Christine Huchzermeyer;Klaus Albus;Hans-Jürgen Gabriel;Jakub Otáhal

  • Microglial activation by components of gram-positive and -negative bacteria: distinct and common routes to the induction of ion channels and cytokines.

    Marco Prinz;Oliver Kann;Henning J. Draheim;Ralf R. Schumann

  • Priming of microglia with IFN-γ slows neuronal gamma oscillations in situ.

    Thuy-Truc Ta;Hasan Onur Dikmen;Simone Schilling;Bruno Chausse

  • Mitochondrial calcium ion and membrane potential transients follow the pattern of epileptiform discharges in hippocampal slice cultures

    Richard Kovács;Julianna Kardos;Uwe Heinemann;Oliver Kann

  • Coupling of neuronal activity and mitochondrial metabolism as revealed by nad(p)h fluorescence signals in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures of the rat

    O Kann;S Schuchmann;K Buchheim;U Heinemann

  • Endogenous Nitric Oxide Is a Key Promoting Factor for Initiation of Seizure-Like Events in Hippocampal and Entorhinal Cortex Slices

    Richard Kovács;Alexander Rabanus;Jakub Otáhal;Andreas Patzak

  • Complex III-dependent superoxide production of brain mitochondria contributes to seizure-related ROS formation.

    Dominika Malinska;Bogusz Kulawiak;Alexei P. Kudin;Richard Kovacs

  • The protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor AG126 prevents the massive microglial cytokine induction by pneumococcal cell walls.

    Uwe-Karsten Hanisch;Marco Prinz;Klemens Angstwurm;Karl Georg Häusler

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Heinemann
Uwe Heinemann Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Helmut Kettenmann
Helmut Kettenmann Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Andreas Draguhn
Andreas Draguhn Heidelberg University
Esper A. Cavalheiro
Esper A. Cavalheiro Federal University of Sao Paulo
Markus Schuelke
Markus Schuelke Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Oliver Stork
Oliver Stork Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Anne Eckert
Anne Eckert University of Basel
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm
William Martin
William Martin Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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