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Overview

Walter Schunack was affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focused on areas intersecting immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, and medicine.

The main fields of study in Schunack's work included:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Their research extended into specific subfields such as:

  • Immunology
  • Sensory Systems
  • Immunology and Allergy

Major topics addressed in their publications involved:

  • Mast cells and histamine
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

Schunack's recent published papers featured the following works:

  • Histamine receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1 (2023) in IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Histamine receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.3 (2021) in IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Histamine receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.3 (2025) in IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE

All of these publications were released through the venue IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, which was a frequent publication outlet for Schunack.

Their work was conducted in collaboration with several coauthors, regularly partnering with:

  • Paul L. Chazot
  • Marlon Cowart
  • Hiroyuki Fukui
  • C. Robin Ganellin
  • Ralf Gutzmer

Best Publications

  • Highly potent and selective ligands for histamine H3-receptors.

    J M Arrang;M Garbarg;J C Lancelot;J M Lecomte

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XIII. Classification of Histamine Receptors

    S. J. Hill;C. R. Ganellin;H. Timmerman;J. C. Schwartz

  • Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Ciproxifan, A Potent Histamine H3-Receptor Antagonist

    X. Ligneau;J.-S. Lin;G. Vanni-Mercier;M. Jouvet

  • BF2.649 [1-{3-[3-(4-Chlorophenyl)propoxy]propyl}piperidine, hydrochloride], a nonimidazole inverse agonist/antagonist at the human histamine H3 receptor: Preclinical pharmacology.

    X. Ligneau;D. Perrin;L. Landais;J.-C. Camelin

  • Reversible and irreversible labeling and autoradiographic localization of the cerebral histamine H2 receptor using [125I]iodinated probes

    M Ruat;E Traiffort;M L Bouthenet;J C Schwartz

  • Synthesis of Potent Non‐imidazole Histamine H3‐Receptor Antagonists

    CR Ganellin;F Leurquin;A Piripitsi;JM Arrang

  • [125I]iodoproxyfan, a new antagonist to label and visualize cerebral histamine H3 receptors.

    X Ligneau;M Garbarg;M L Vizuete;J Diaz

  • Distinct pharmacology of rat and human histamine H3 receptors: role of two amino acids in the third transmembrane domain

    X Ligneau;S Morisset;J Tardivel-Lacombe;F Gbahou

  • Influence of imidazole replacement in different structural classes of histamine H3-receptor antagonists

    Galina Meier;Joachim Apelt;Ulrich Reichert;Sven Graßmann

  • DEVELOPMENTS OF HISTAMINE H3-RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS

    H. Stark;E. Schlicker;W. Schunack

  • Lipophilic β-adrenoceptor antagonists and local anesthetics are effective direct activators of g-proteins

    Astrid Hagelüken;Lore Grünbaum;Bernd Nürnberg;Rainer Harhammer

  • Histamine H3 receptor binding sites in rat brain membranes: modulations by guanine nucleotides and divalent cations.

    Jean-Michel Arrang;Jean Roy;Jean-Louis Morgat;Walter Schunack

  • Bioavailability, Antinociceptive and Antiinflammatory Properties of BP 2-94, a Histamine H3 Receptor Agonist Prodrug

    A. Rouleau;M. Garbarg;X. Ligneau;C. Mantion

  • Development of a New Class of Nonimidazole Histamine H3 Receptor Ligands with Combined Inhibitory Histamine N-Methyltransferase Activity

    Apelt J;Ligneau X;Pertz Hh;Arrang Jm

  • Antidepressant-like effects of endogenous histamine and of two histamine H1 receptor agonists in the mouse forced swim test

    Claudia Lamberti;Alessandro Ipponi;Alessandro Bartolini;Walter Schunack

  • Improvement by FUB 181, a novel histamine H3-receptor antagonist, of learning and memory in the elevated plus-maze test in mice.

    K. Onodera;Shuichi Miyazaki;Masahiro Imaizumi;Holger Stark

  • Histamine H3 receptor-mediated inhibition of noradrenaline release in pig retina discs.

    Eberhard Schlicker;Walter Schunack;Manfred Göthert

  • Evidence for hypernociception induction following histamine H1 receptor activation in rodents

    Petra Malmberg-Aiello;Claudia Lamberti;Alessandra Ipponi;Alessandro Bartolini

  • Multiple Differences in Agonist and Antagonist Pharmacology between Human and Guinea Pig Histamine H1-Receptor

    Roland Jürgen Seifert;Katharina Wenzel-Seifert;Tilmann Bürckstümmer;Heinz H. Pertz

  • Synthesis and histamine H1 receptor agonist activity of a series of 2-phenylhistamines, 2-heteroarylhistamines, and analogues.

    Christian Leschke;Sigurd Elz;Monique Garbarg;Walter Schunack

  • Endogenous histamine in the medial septum-diagonal band complex increases the release of acetylcholine from the hippocampus: a dual-probe microdialysis study in the freely moving rat

    Lucia Bacciottini;Maria Beatrice Passani;Lisa Giovannelli;Iacopo Cangioli

  • Medicinal Chemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Imidazole-Containing Histamine H3 Receptor Antagonists

    Holger Stark;Markus Kathmann;Eberhard Schlicker;Walter Schunack

  • Reversible and irreversible labeling and autoradiographic localization of the cerebral histamine H_2-receptor

    Martial Ruat;Elisabeth Traiffort;M. L. Bouthenet;Jean-Charles Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin Buschauer
Armin Buschauer University of Regensburg
Holger Stark
Holger Stark Max Planck Society
Jean-Charles Schwartz
Jean-Charles Schwartz Bioprojet (France)
Roland Seifert
Roland Seifert Hannover Medical School
Peter Luger
Peter Luger Freie Universität Berlin
Bernd Nürnberg
Bernd Nürnberg University of Tübingen
Elisabeth Traiffort
Elisabeth Traiffort Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Martial Ruat
Martial Ruat Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jian-Sheng Lin
Jian-Sheng Lin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Rob Leurs
Rob Leurs Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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