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Rainer Landgraf

Rainer Landgraf

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D-Index
105
Citations
31971
World Ranking
6860
National Ranking
392

Overview

Rainer Landgraf is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and conducts research primarily within the field of neuroscience. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including biological psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, and neurology.

The research topics addressed by Landgraf focus notably on tryptophan and brain disorders, stress responses and cortisol regulation, and mechanisms related to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. These themes reflect a concentration on the biochemical and physiological processes underlying brain function and dysfunction.

Landgraf's recent publication record includes the paper titled "Enhanced conditioning of adverse memories in the mouse modified swim test is associated with neuroinflammatory changes - Effects that are susceptible to antidepressants", published in 2020 in the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.

  • Enhanced conditioning of adverse memories in the mouse modified swim test is associated with neuroinflammatory changes - Effects that are susceptible to antidepressants (2020, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Dmitrii Pavlov, Anna Gorlova, Lucien Bettendorff, Allan V. Kalueff, and Aleksei Umriukhin. These coauthors have contributed to various works alongside Landgraf, indicating a collaborative approach in addressing complex research questions.

  • Dmitrii Pavlov
  • Anna Gorlova
  • Lucien Bettendorff
  • Allan V. Kalueff
  • Aleksei Umriukhin

Landgraf's research appears predominantly in the journal Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, where their published work has contributed to the understanding of learning mechanisms and associated neurobiological changes.

  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Overall, Rainer Landgraf's academic contributions focus on elucidating neurobiological bases of memory, stress, and neuroinflammatory processes with an emphasis on translational relevance to psychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Vasopressin and oxytocin release within the brain: a dynamic concept of multiple and variable modes of neuropeptide communication

    Rainer Landgraf;Inga D. Neumann

  • Balance of brain oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for anxiety, depression, and social behaviors

    Inga D. Neumann;Rainer Landgraf

  • The hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system regulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis under stress: an old concept revisited.

    Mario Engelmann;Rainer Landgraf;Carsten T. Wotjak

  • Increased brain and plasma oxytocin after nasal and peripheral administration in rats and mice

    Inga D. Neumann;Rodrigue Maloumby;Daniela I. Beiderbeck;Michael Lukas

  • Elevated cerebrospinal fluid and blood concentrations of oxytocin following its intranasal administration in humans

    Nadine Striepens;Keith M. Kendrick;Vanessa Hanking;Rainer Landgraf

  • V1 vasopressin receptor antisense oligodeoxynucleotide into septum reduces vasopressin binding, social discrimination abilities, and anxiety-related behavior in rats

    Rainer Landgraf;Riidiger Gerstberger;Alexandra Montkowski;Joseph C. Probst

  • Brain oxytocin inhibits basal and stress-induced activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in male and female rats: partial action within the paraventricular nucleus.

    I. D. Neumann;A. Wigger;L. Torner;F. Holsboer

  • Dissociated central and peripheral release of vasopressin, but not oxytocin, in response to repeated swim stress: New insights into the secretory capacities of peptidergic neurons

    C.T. Wotjak;J. Ganster;G. Kohl;F. Holsboer

  • Reduced Anxiety, Conditioned Fear, and Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1 Receptor-Deficient Mice

    Rudolph Marsch;Elisabeth Foeller;Gerhard Rammes;Mirjam Bunck

  • Behavioural profiles of two Wistar rat lines selectively bred for high or low anxiety-related behaviour.

    Gudrun Liebsch;Alexandra Montkowski;Florian Holsboer;Rainer Landgraf

  • Attenuated neuroendocrine responses to emotional and physical stressors in pregnant rats involve adenohypophysial changes

    I. D. Neumann;H. A. Johnstone;M. Hatzinger;G. Liebsch

  • Intracellular calcium stores regulate activity-dependent neuropeptide release from dendrites

    Mike Ludwig;Nancy Sabatier;Philip M Bull;Rainer Landgraf

  • Translocator Protein (18 kD) as Target for Anxiolytics Without Benzodiazepine-Like Side Effects

    Rainer Rupprecht;Rainer Rupprecht;Gerhard Rammes;Gerhard Rammes;Daniela Eser;Thomas C. Baghai

  • High vs low anxiety-related behavior rats: an animal model of extremes in trait anxiety.

    Rainer Landgraf;Alexandra Wigger

  • Acamprosate and alcohol: I. Effects on alcohol intake following alcohol deprivation in the rat

    Rainer Spanagel;Sabine M. Hölter;Karl Allingham;Rainer Landgraf

  • Characterization of the oxytocin system regulating affiliative behavior in female prairie voles.

    Heather E. Ross;Charlene D. Cole;Charlene D. Cole;Yoland Smith;Yoland Smith;Inga D. Neumann

  • Oxytocin and vasopressin release within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of pregnant, parturient and lactating rats: A microdialysis study

    I. Neumann;J.A. Russell;R. Landgraf

  • Identification of Glyoxalase-I as a Protein Marker in a Mouse Model of Extremes in Trait Anxiety

    Simone A. Krömer;Melanie S. Keßler;Dale Milfay;Isabel N. Birg

  • Social discrimination procedure: an alternative method to investigate juvenile recognition abilities in rats

    Mario Engelmann;Carsten T. Wotjak;Rainer Landgraf

  • Behavioral consequences of intracerebral vasopressin and oxytocin : Focus on learning and memory

    Mario Engelmann;Carsten T Wotjak;Inga Neumann;Mike Ludwig

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Holsboer
Florian Holsboer Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry
Inga D. Neumann
Inga D. Neumann University of Regensburg
Mario Engelmann
Mario Engelmann Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Carsten T. Wotjak
Carsten T. Wotjak Max Planck Society
Nicolas Singewald
Nicolas Singewald University of Innsbruck
Christoph W. Turck
Christoph W. Turck Max Planck Society
Marianne B. Müller
Marianne B. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Quentin J. Pittman
Quentin J. Pittman University of Calgary
Jan M. Deussing
Jan M. Deussing Max Planck Society
John A. Russell
John A. Russell University of Edinburgh

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