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Overview

Robert Nitsch is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on several specialized subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, and Physiology.

The main topics covered in Robert Nitsch's work reflect diverse aspects of brain function and molecular processes. These include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Robert Nitsch has contributed to a number of recent scientific publications. Notable papers include:

  • A Systematic Evaluation of Machine Learning-Based Biomarkers for Major Depressive Disorder (2024, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • The neural signature of psychomotor disturbance in depression (2023, Molecular Psychiatry)
  • Inhibition of the enzyme autotaxin reduces cortical excitability and ameliorates the outcome in stroke (2022, Science Translational Medicine)
  • Multivariate analysis of speech envelope tracking reveals coupling beyond auditory cortex (2022, NeuroImage)
  • AgRP neurons control feeding behaviour at cortical synapses via peripherally derived lysophospholipids (2022, Nature Metabolism)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), JAMA Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, Science Translational Medicine, and Cerebral Cortex.

Robert Nitsch collaborates regularly with several coauthors, with frequent collaborations involving Susanne Meinert, Elisabeth J. Leehr, Frederike Stein, Nina Alexander, and Igor Nenadić.

Best Publications

  • A feedback loop comprising lin-28 and let-7 controls pre-let-7 maturation during neural stem-cell commitment.

    Agnieszka Rybak;Heiko Fuchs;Lena Smirnova;Christine Brandt

  • Regulation of miRNA expression during neural cell specification.

    Lena Smirnova;Anja Gräfe;Andrea Seiler;Stefan Schumacher

  • OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling

    Simone A Fietz;Iva Kelava;Johannes Vogt;Michaela Wilsch-Bräuninger

  • An unconventional role for miRNA: let-7 activates Toll-like receptor 7 and causes neurodegeneration

    Sabrina M Lehmann;Christina Krüger;Boyoun Park;Katja Derkow

  • Proteasome inhibition by paired helical filament-tau in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    Susi Keck;Robert Nitsch;Tilman Grune;Oliver Ullrich

  • The endocannabinoid anandamide protects neurons during CNS inflammation by induction of MKP-1 in microglial cells.

    Eva Eljaschewitsch;Anke Witting;Christian Mawrin;Thomas Lee

  • Sirt1 contributes critically to the redox-dependent fate of neural progenitors

    Timour Prozorovski;Ulf Schulze-Topphoff;Robert Glumm;Jan Baumgart

  • Post-transcriptional regulation of the let-7 microRNA during neural cell specification

    F. Gregory Wulczyn;Lena Smirnova;Agnieszka Rybak;Christine Brandt

  • Selenium and brain function: a poorly recognized liaison.

    Ulrich Schweizer;Anja U Bräuer;Josef Köhrle;Robert Nitsch

  • Human brain-cell death induced by tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)

    Robert Nitsch;Ingo Bechmann;Rudolf A Deisz;Dorit Haas

  • A Vicious Cycle Involving Release of Heat Shock Protein 60 from Injured Cells and Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Mediates Neurodegeneration in the CNS

    Seija Lehnardt;Eckart Schott;Thorsten Trimbuch;Dinah Laubisch

  • Transcriptomes of germinal zones of human and mouse fetal neocortex suggest a role of extracellular matrix in progenitor self-renewal

    Simone A. Fietz;Robert Lachmann;Holger Brandl;Martin Kircher

  • Indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase is expressed in the CNS and down-regulates autoimmune inflammation

    Erik Kwidzinski;Jörg Bunse;Orhan Aktas;Daniel Richter

  • Neuronal damage in brain inflammation

    Orhan Aktas;Oliver Ullrich;Carmen Infante-Duarte;Robert Nitsch

  • FasL (CD95L, Apo1L) is expressed in the normal rat and human brain: evidence for the existence of an immunological brain barrier.

    Ingo Bechmann;Gil Mor;Jon Nilsen;Mariel Eliza

  • Toll-like receptor 2 mediates CNS injury in focal cerebral ischemia.

    Seija Lehnardt;Sabrina Lehmann;David Kaul;Katharina Tschimmel

  • CXCR3-Dependent Microglial Recruitment Is Essential for Dendrite Loss after Brain Lesion

    Angelika Rappert;Ingo Bechmann;Tatyana Pivneva;Jacqueline Mahlo

  • The let-7 target gene mouse lin-41 is a stem cell specific E3 ubiquitin ligase for the miRNA pathway protein Ago2.

    Agnieszka Rybak;Heiko Fuchs;Kamyar Hadian;Lena Smirnova

  • Neuronal damage in autoimmune neuroinflammation mediated by the death ligand TRAIL

    Orhan Aktas;Alina Smorodchenko;Stefan Brocke;Carmen Infante-Duarte

  • Immune surveillance of mouse brain perivascular spaces by blood-borne macrophages.

    Ingo Bechmann;Josef Priller;Adam Kovac;Matthias Böntert

Frequent Co-Authors

Frauke Zipp
Frauke Zipp Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Heiko J. Luhmann
Heiko J. Luhmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Michael Frotscher
Michael Frotscher Universität Hamburg
Cedric S. Raine
Cedric S. Raine Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bernd Heimrich
Bernd Heimrich University of Freiburg
Barbara Steiner
Barbara Steiner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Csaba Leranth
Csaba Leranth Yale University
Maarten H.P. Kole
Maarten H.P. Kole Utrecht University
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Markus Schuelke
Markus Schuelke Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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