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Stefan Boehm is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their research focuses particularly on neuroscience and neuropharmacology, ion channel regulation and function, mitochondrial function and pathology, and pain mechanisms and treatments.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, clinical biochemistry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Boehm has published research predominantly in journals related to pharmacology and neuroscience.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Science Signaling
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Boehm comprise:

  • L-type Ca 2+ channel-mediated Ca 2+ influx adjusts neuronal mitochondrial function to physiological and pathophysiological conditions, 2020, Science Signaling
  • Glycerol-3-Phosphate Shuttle Is a Backup System Securing Metabolic Flexibility in Neurons, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Orchestration of Dopamine Neuron Population Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area by Caffeine: Comparison With Amphetamine, 2021, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Analgesic Action of Acetaminophen via Kv7 Channels, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The paracetamol metabolite N-acetyl-4-benzoquinoneimine (NAPQI) prevents modulation of KV7 channels via G-protein coupled receptors by interference with PIP2 and Ca2+ sensitivity, 2024, British Journal of Pharmacology

Their collaborative work is indicated by frequent co-authorship with several researchers, such as:

  • Matej Hoťka
  • Helmut Kubista
  • Klaus Schicker
  • Isabella Salzer
  • Karlheinz Hilber

The main research topics covered in Boehm's publications include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Best Publications

  • Fine Tuning of Sympathetic Transmitter Release via Ionotropic and Metabotropic Presynaptic Receptors

    Stefan Boehm;Helmut Kubista

  • Carrier-Mediated Release, Transport Rates, and Charge Transfer Induced by Amphetamine, Tyramine, and Dopamine in Mammalian Cells Transfected with the Human Dopamine Transporter

    H. H. Sitte;S. Huck;H. Reither;S. Boehm

  • Somatostatin Inhibits Excitatory Transmission at Rat Hippocampal Synapses via Presynaptic Receptors

    Stefan Boehm;Heinrich Betz

  • ATP Stimulates Sympathetic Transmitter Release via Presynaptic P2X Purinoceptors

    Stefan Boehm

  • Calmodulin dependence of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling.

    V. O'Connor;O. El Far;E. Bofill-Cardona;C. Nanoff

  • Suramin analogues as subtype-selective G protein inhibitors.

    M Freissmuth;S Boehm;W Beindl;P Nickel

  • The ubiquitin-specific protease Usp4 regulates the cell surface level of the A2A receptor.

    Tetyana Milojević;Veronika Reiterer;Eduard Stefan;Vladimir M. Korkhov

  • Unifying concept of serotonin transporter-associated currents.

    Klaus Schicker;Zeljko Uzelac;Joan Gesmonde;Simon Bulling

  • The mechanistic basis for noncompetitive ibogaine inhibition of serotonin and dopamine transporters.

    Simon Bulling;Klaus Schicker;Yuan-Wei Zhang;Thomas Steinkellner

  • Serotonin-transporter mediated efflux: a pharmacological analysis of amphetamines and non-amphetamines.

    Birgit Hilber;Petra Scholze;Mario M. Dorostkar;Walter Sandtner

  • The brain-specific double-stranded RNA-binding protein Staufen2 is required for dendritic spine morphogenesis

    Bernhard Goetze;Fabian Tuebing;Yunli Xie;Mario M. Dorostkar

  • Presynaptic α2-adrenoceptors control excitatory, but not inhibitory, transmission at rat hippocampal synapses

    Stefan Boehm

  • Two different signaling mechanisms involved in the excitation of rat sympathetic neurons by uridine nucleotides.

    Elisa Bofill-Cardona;Nina Vartian;Christian Nanoff;Michael Freissmuth

  • Functions of neuronal P2Y receptors.

    Simon Hussl;Stefan Boehm

  • Amphetamine actions at the serotonin transporter rely on the availability of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate

    Florian Buchmayer;Klaus Schicker;Thomas Steinkellner;Petra Geier

  • Pharmacological characterization of P2 purinoceptor types in rat locus coeruleus neurons

    Rainer Fröhlich;Stefan Boehm;Peter Illes

  • Mapping of calmodulin and Gbetagamma binding domains within the C-terminal region of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 7A.

    Oussama El Far;Elisa Bofill-Cardona;José M. Airas;Vincent O'Connor

  • RECEPTORS CONTROLLING TRANSMITTER RELEASE FROM SYMPATHETIC NEURONS IN VITRO

    Stefan Boehm;Sigismund Huck

  • Concomitant facilitation of GABAA receptors and KV7 channels by the non-opioid analgesic flupirtine.

    Felicia Klinger;Petra Geier;Mario M Dorostkar;Mario M Dorostkar;Giri K Chandaka

  • Distribution of M-channel subunits KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 in rat hippocampus.

    Felicia Klinger;Georgianna Grimshaw Gould;Stefan Boehm;Mark Steven Shapiro

  • The human D2 dopamine receptor synergizes with the A2A adenosine receptor to stimulate adenylyl cyclase in PC12 cells.

    Oliver Kudlacek;Herwig Just;Vladimir M Korkhov;Nina Vartian

  • Selective inhibition of M‐type potassium channels in rat sympathetic neurons by uridine nucleotide preferring receptors

    Stefan Boehm

  • UTP‐ and ATP‐triggered transmitter release from rat sympathetic neurones via separate receptors

    Stefan Boehm;Sigismund Huck;Peter Illes;Peter Illes

  • Inhibition of N-type calcium channels: the only mechanism by which presynaptic alpha 2-autoreceptors control sympathetic transmitter release.

    Stefan Boehm;Sigismund Huck

Frequent Co-Authors

Ottavio Arancio
Ottavio Arancio Columbia University
Christian Pifl
Christian Pifl Medical University of Vienna
Christoph Schwarzer
Christoph Schwarzer Innsbruck Medical University
Keiji Wada
Keiji Wada Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
Daniela Puzzo
Daniela Puzzo University of Catania
Hermann Rohrer
Hermann Rohrer Goethe University Frankfurt

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