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Volkmar Lessmann is affiliated with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. Their research largely focuses on neuroscience, with significant contributions in fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Lessmann's work spans several specialized subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Neurology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research topics primarily cover nerve injury and regeneration, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, stress responses and cortisol, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Lessmann has authored a number of papers, with recent notable publications including:

  • Lactate and BDNF: Key Mediators of Exercise Induced Neuroplasticity?, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • The physiology of regulated BDNF release, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • Cytosolic, but not matrix, calcium is essential for adjustment of mitochondrial pyruvate supply, 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in serotonergic neurons improves stress resilience and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis, 2022, Progress in Neurobiology
  • Neurotrophin signalling in amygdala-dependent cued fear learning, 2020, Cell and Tissue Research

Frequent collaborators in Lessmann's research include:

  • Tanja Brigadski
  • Thomas Endres
  • Notger G. Müller
  • Elke Edelmann
  • Patrick Müller

Their work has been published regularly in the following venues:

  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Best Publications

  • Huntingtin Controls Neurotrophic Support and Survival of Neurons by Enhancing BDNF Vesicular Transport along Microtubules

    Laurent R Gauthier;Bénédicte C Charrin;Maria Borrell-Pagès;Jim P Dompierre

  • Neurotrophin secretion: current facts and future prospects

    Volkmar Lessmann;Kurt Gottmann;Marzia Malcangio

  • Synaptic secretion of BDNF after high‐frequency stimulation of glutamatergic synapses

    Matthias Hartmann;Rolf Heumann;Volkmar Lessmann

  • BDNF and NT-4/5 enhance glutamatergic synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurones.

    Lessmann;Gottmann K;Heumann R

  • Mechanisms, locations, and kinetics of synaptic BDNF secretion: an update.

    Volkmar Leßmann;Tanja Brigadski

  • Relationships of peripheral IGF-1, VEGF and BDNF levels to exercise-related changes in memory, hippocampal perfusion and volumes in older adults

    Anne Maass;Anne Maass;Sandra Düzel;Tanja Brigadski;Monique Goerke

  • BDNF signaling in the formation, maturation and plasticity of glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses

    Kurt Gottmann;Thomas Mittmann;Volkmar Lessmann

  • Pre- and postsynaptic twists in BDNF secretion and action in synaptic plasticity.

    Elke Edelmann;Volkmar Lessmann;Tanja Brigadski

  • Dance Training Is Superior to Repetitive Physical Exercise in Inducing Brain Plasticity in the Elderly

    Kathrin Rehfeld;Angie Lüders;Anita Hökelmann;Volkmar Lessmann

  • Postsynaptic secretion of BDNF and NT-3 from hippocampal neurons depends on calcium calmodulin kinase II signaling and proceeds via delayed fusion pore opening.

    Richard Kolarow;Tanja Brigadski;Volkmar Lessmann

  • Evolution of Neuroplasticity in Response to Physical Activity in Old Age: The Case for Dancing.

    Patrick Müller;Kathrin Rehfeld;Marlen Schmicker;Anita Hökelmann

  • Neurotrophin-dependent modulation of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the mammalian CNS.

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  • BDNF-GFP containing secretory granules are localized in the vicinity of synaptic junctions of cultured cortical neurons

    W Haubensak;F Narz;R Heumann;V Lessmann

  • Lactate and BDNF: Key Mediators of Exercise Induced Neuroplasticity?

    Patrick Müller;Patrick Müller;Yves Duderstadt;Volkmar Lessmann;Notger G. Müller;Notger G. Müller

  • Activity-dependent dendritic release of BDNF and biological consequences.

    Nicola Kuczewski;Christophe Porcher;Volkmar Lessmann;Igor Medina

  • The physiology of regulated BDNF release

    Tanja Brigadski;Volkmar Leßmann

  • A common thread for pain and memory synapses? Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and trkB receptors

    Marzia Malcangio;Volkmar Lessmann

  • Modulation of unitary glutamatergic synapses by neurotrophin-4/5 or brain-derived neurotrophic factor in hippocampal microcultures: presynaptic enhancement depends on pre-established paired-pulse facilitation

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  • Differential Vesicular Targeting and Time Course of Synaptic Secretion of the Mammalian Neurotrophins

    Tanja Brigadski;Matthias Hartmann;Volkmar Lessmann

  • Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neuronal Apoptosis in Neonatal Mouse Cerebral Cortex

    Nicolas Heck;Antje Golbs;Therese Riedemann;Jyh-Jang Sun

  • N-cadherin transsynaptically regulates short-term plasticity at glutamatergic synapses in embryonic stem cell-derived neurons

    Kay Jüngling;Volker Eulenburg;Robert Moore;Rolf Kemler

  • Backpropagating Action Potentials Trigger Dendritic Release of BDNF during Spontaneous Network Activity

    Nicola Kuczewski;Christophe Porcher;Nadine Ferrand;Hervé Fiorentino

  • Essential cooperation of N-cadherin and neuroligin-1 in the transsynaptic control of vesicle accumulation

    A. Stan;K. N. Pielarski;T. Brigadski;N. Wittenmayer

  • Fast, convenient, and effective method to transiently transfect primary hippocampal neurons.

    M Köhrmann;W Haubensak;I Hemraj;C Kaether

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko J. Luhmann
Heiko J. Luhmann Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Notger G. Müller
Notger G. Müller German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Beat Lutz
Beat Lutz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Hans-Jochen Heinze
Hans-Jochen Heinze Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa
Jean-Luc Gaiarsa Grenoble Alpes University
Bharat B. Biswal
Bharat B. Biswal New Jersey Institute of Technology
Marzia Malcangio
Marzia Malcangio King's College London
Lars Bäckman
Lars Bäckman Karolinska Institute
Martin Lövdén
Martin Lövdén University of Gothenburg
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development

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