Gitta Wörtwein

Gitta Wörtwein

Associate Professor

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    1. 2024
    2. Published

      Expression of erythropoietin receptor protein in the mouse hippocampus in response to normobaric hypoxia

      Fussing, F., Christensson, J. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 3, 8 p., e25051.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    3. 2023
    4. Published

      Did Stress Prevalence Among Adolescents in Scandinavia Change from 2000 to 2019? A literature review

      Flægstad, T. K., Åström, M., Baudocco, S. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2023, In: Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. 11, 1, p. 150-162 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    5. 2022
    6. Published

      Inactivation of the cholinergic M4 receptor results in a disinhibited endophenotype predicting alcohol use

      Molander, A., Thorbek, D. D., Lysne, C., Weikop, Pia, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2022, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 430, 10 p., 113921.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    7. Published

      Proinflammatory biomarkers are associated with prediabetes in patients with schizophrenia

      Mller, M., Fredholm, S., Jensen, M. E., Wörtwein, Gitta, Larsen, J. R., Vilsbøll, Tina, Ødum, Niels & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 2022, In: CNS Spectrums. 27, 3, 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    8. Published

      The role of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) in addictive disorders

      Kruse Klausen, M., Thomsen, Morgane, Wörtwein, Gitta & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 2022, In: British Journal of Pharmacology. 179, 4, p. 625-641 17 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

    9. 2021
    10. Published

      Disruption of the PDZ domain-binding motif of the dopamine transporter uniquely alters nanoscale distribution, dopamine homeostasis, and reward motivation

      Sørensen, G., Rickhag, Karl Mattias, Leo, D., Lycas, M. D., Ridderstrøm, P. H., Weikop, P., Lilja, J. H., Rifes, P., Herborg, Freja, Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wörtwein, Gitta, Gainetdinov, R. R., Fink-Jensen, Anders & Gether, Ulrik, 2021, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297, 6, 101361.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    11. 2020
    12. Published

      The effect of erythropoietin on electroconvulsive stimulation induced cognitive impairment in rats

      Kjær, K., Jørgensen, Martin Balslev, Hageman, Ida, Miskowiak, Kamilla & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2020, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 382, 112484.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    13. 2019
    14. Published

      G protein-coupled receptor signaling in VTA dopaminergic neurons bidirectionally regulates the acute locomotor response to amphetamine but does not affect behavioral sensitization

      Runegaard, A. H., Dencker, D., Wörtwein, Gitta & Gether, Ulrik, 2019, In: Neuropharmacology. 161, 107663.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

    15. Published

      Initial rewarding effects of cocaine and amphetamine assessed in a day using the single-exposure place preference protocol

      Runegaard, A. H., Jensen, Kathrine Louise, Wörtwein, Gitta & Gether, Ulrik, 2019, In: European Journal of Neuroscience. 50, 3, p. 2156-2163 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    16. Published

      Markers of HPA-axis activity and nucleic acid damage from oxidation after electroconvulsive stimulations in rats

      Jørgensen, Anders, Breitenstein, K., Kalliokoski, Otto, Weimann, A., Henriksen, T., Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen, Jørgensen, Martin Balslev & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2019, In: Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 31, 6, p. 287-293 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    17. 2018
    18. Published

      Ketogenic Diet suppresses Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome in Rats

      Dencker, D., Molander, A., Thomsen, M., Schlumberger, C., Wörtwein, Gitta, Weikop, P., Benveniste, H., Volkow, N. D. & Fink-Jensen, Anders, Feb 2018, In: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 42, 2, p. 270-277

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    19. Published

      The circadian oscillator of the cerebral cortex: molecular, biochemical and behavioral effects of deleting the Arntl clock gene in cortical neurons

      Bering, Tenna, Carstensen, M. B., Wörtwein, Gitta, Weikop, Pia & Rath, Martin Fredensborg, Feb 2018, In: Cerebral Cortex. 28, 2, p. 644–657

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    20. Published
    21. Published
    22. Published

      PICK1-Deficient Mice Exhibit Impaired Response to Cocaine and Dysregulated Dopamine Homeostasis

      Jensen, Kathrine Louise, Sørensen, G., Dencker, D., Owens, W. A., Rahbek-Clemmensen, T., Brett Lever, M., Runegaard, A. H., Riis Christensen, N., Weikop, Pia, Wörtwein, Gitta, Fink-Jensen, Anders, Madsen, Kenneth Lindegaard, Daws, L., Gether, Ulrik & Rickhag, Karl Mattias, 2018, In: eNeuro. 5, 3

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    23. 2017
    24. Published

      Erytropoietin behandling kan forbedre kognition ved neuropsykiatriske lidelser

      Kjær, K. S., Hageman, Ida, Wörtwein, Gitta, Jørgensen, Martin Balslev & Miskowiak, Kamilla, 14 Aug 2017, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 179, 22, p. 2-6 5 p., V01170037.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    25. Published

      A chronic increase of corticosterone age-dependently reduces systemic DNA damage from oxidation in rats

      Jørgensen, Anders, Kalliokoski, Otto, Forsberg, K., Breitenstein, K., Weimann, A., Henriksen, T., Hau, Jann, Wörtwein, Gitta, Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen & Jørgensen, Martin Balslev, Mar 2017, In: Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 104, p. 64-74 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    26. Published

      Electroconvulsive stimulation results in long-term survival of newly generated hippocampal neurons in rats

      Olesen, M. V., Wörtwein, Gitta, Folke, J. & Pakkenberg, B., Jan 2017, In: Hippocampus. 27, 1, p. 52-60 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    27. Published

      Subjective perception of cocaine reward in mice assessed by a single exposure place preference (sePP) paradigm

      Runegaard, A. H., Jensen, Kathrine Louise, Dencker, D., Wörtwein, Gitta & Gether, Ulrik, 2017, In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 289, p. 85-92 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    28. 2016
    29. Published

      5-HT2A Receptor Binding in the Frontal Cortex of Parkinson's Disease Patients and Alpha-Synuclein Overexpressing Mice: A Postmortem Study

      Rasmussen, N. B., Olesen, M. V., Brudek, T., Plenge, P., Klein, A. B., Westin, J. E., Fog, K., Wörtwein, Gitta & Aznar, S., 2016, In: Parkinson’s Disease. 2016, 8 p., 3682936.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    30. Published

      Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation regulates cocaine actions and dopamine homeostasis in the lateral septum by decreasing arachidonic acid levels

      Reddy, I. A., Pino, J. A., Weikop, Pia, Osses, N., Sørensen, G., Bering, T., Valle, C., Bluett, R. J., Erreger, K., Wörtwein, Gitta, Reyes, J. G., Graham, D., Stanwood, G. D., Hackett, T. A., Patel, S., Fink-Jensen, Anders, Torres, G. E. & Galli, A., 2016, In: Translational Psychiatry. 6, 11 p., e809.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    31. 2015
    32. Published

      The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist exendin-4 reduces cocaine self-administration in mice

      Sorensen, G., Reddy, I. A., Weikop, Pia, Graham, D. L., Stanwood, G. D., Wörtwein, Gitta, Galli, A. & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 1 Oct 2015, In: Physiology & Behavior. 149, p. 262-268 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    33. Published

      Dynamic regulation of cerebral DNA repair genes by psychological stress

      Forsberg, K., Aalling, Nadia, Wörtwein, Gitta, Loft, Steffen, Møller, Peter, Hau, Jann, Hageman, I., Jørgensen, M. B. & Jørgensen, Anders, 15 Jan 2015, In: Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 778, p. 37-43 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    34. Published

      Enhanced self-administration of alcohol in muscarinic acetylcholine M4 receptor knockout mice

      de la Cour, C., Sørensen, G., Wörtwein, Gitta, Weikop, Pia, Nielsen, D. D., Fink-Jensen, Anders & Molander, A., 5 Jan 2015, In: European Journal of Pharmacology. 746, p. 1-5 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    35. Published

      Electroconvulsive Stimulation, but not Chronic Restraint Stress, Causes Structural Alterations in Adult Rat Hippocampus: A Stereological Study

      Olesen, M. V., Wörtwein, Gitta & Pakkenberg, B., Jan 2015, In: Hippocampus. 25, 1, p. 72-80 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    36. Published

      Delayed restraint procedure enhances cognitive recovery of spatial function after fimbria-fornix transection

      Gram, M. G., Wogensen, E., Wörtwein, Gitta, Mogensen, J. & Rytter, Hana Malá, 2015, In: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 34, 1, p. 1-17

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    37. Published

      INACTIVATION OF THE CHOLINERGIC M4 RECEPTOR RESULTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW ANXIETY ENDOPHENOTYPE PREDICTING FUTURE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION

      Dencker, D., Wörtwein, Gitta, Lysne, C., Weikop, Pia, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Molander, A., 2015, In: Alcohol and Alcoholism. 50, suppl 1, p. i57-i58 2 p., P-49.

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

    38. Published

      SUBCHRONIC LOW DOSE EXENDIN-4 PRETREATMENT INHIBITS RELAPSE TO ALCOHOL DRINKING IN HIGH ALCOHOL PREFERING C57BL6 MICE

      Dencker, D., Egecioglu, E., Jerlhag, E., Wörtwein, Gitta, Weikop, Pia, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Molander, A., 2015, In: Alcohol and Alcoholism. 50, suppl 1, p. i17-i18 2 p., SY15-2.

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalpeer-review

    39. 2014
    40. Published

      Neuropeptide Y-stimulated [(35) S]GTPγs functional binding is reduced in the hippocampus after kainate-induced seizures in mice

      Elbrønd-Bek, H., Olling, J. D., Gøtzsche, C. R., Waterfield, A., Wörtwein, Gitta & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, 9 Jul 2014, In: Synapse. 68, 10, p. 427-36 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    41. Published

      Addiction-Related Effects of DOV 216,303 and Cocaine: A Comparative Study in the Mouse

      Sørensen, G., Husum, H., Brennum, L. T., Bundgaard, C., Montezinho, L. C. P., Mørk, A., Wörtwein, Gitta & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Jun 2014, In: Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 114, 6, p. 451-9 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    42. 2013
    43. Published

      Neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor antagonism causes faster extinction and attenuates reinstatement in cocaine-induced place preference

      Sørensen, G., Wörtwein, Gitta, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Apr 2013, In: Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. 105, p. 151-6 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    44. Published

      Chronic restraint stress in rats causes sustained increase in urinary corticosterone excretion without affecting cerebral or systemic oxidatively generated DNA/RNA damage

      Jorgensen, A., Maigaard, K., Wörtwein, Gitta, Hageman, I., Henriksen, T., Weimann, A., Møller, Peter, Loft, Steffen, Hau, Jann, Poulsen, Henrik Enghusen & Jørgensen, Martin Balslev, 10 Jan 2013, In: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 40, p. 30-37

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    45. Published

      A C-terminal PDZ domain-binding sequence is required for striatal distribution of the dopamine transporter

      Rickhag, Karl Mattias, Herborg, Freja, Sørensen, G., Strandfelt, K. N., Andresen, B., Gotfryd, K., Madsen, Kenneth Lindegaard, Vestergaard-Klewe, I., Ammendrup-Johnsen, I., Eriksen, J., Newman, A. H., Füchtbauer, E., Gomeza, J., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wörtwein, Gitta & Gether, Ulrik, 2013, In: Nature Communications. 4, p. 1-13 13 p., 1580.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    46. Published

      Membrane permeable C-terminal dopamine transporter peptides attenuate amphetamine-evoked dopamine release.

      Rickhag, Karl Mattias, Owens, W., Winkler, M., Strandfelt, K. N., Rathje, Mette, Sørensen, G., Andresen, B., Madsen, Kenneth Lindegaard, Nygaard Jørgensen, T., Wörtwein, Gitta, Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Sitte, H. H., Daws, L. C. & Gether, Ulrik, 2013, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288, p. 27534-44 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    47. 2012
    48. Published

      Neuropeptide Y Y5 receptor antagonism attenuates cocaine-induced effects in mice.

      Sørensen, G., Jensen, M., Weikop, Pia, Nielsen, D. D., Christiansen, S. H. O., Loland, Claus Juul, Bengtsen, C. H., Petersen, Jørgen Holm, Fink-Jensen, Anders, Wörtwein, Gitta & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Feb 2012, In: Psychopharmacology. 222, p. 565-577 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    49. Published

      An allosteric enhancer of M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor function inhibits behavioral and neurochemical effects of cocaine

      Nielsen, D. D., Weikop, Pia, Sørensen, G., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wörtwein, Gitta, Wess, J. & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 2012, In: Psychopharmacology. 224, 2, p. 277-87 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    50. Published

      Electroconvulsive stimulations prevent chronic stress-induced increases in L-type calcium channel mRNAs in the hippocampus and basolateral amygdala

      Maigaard, K., Hageman, Ida, Jørgensen, A., Jørgensen, Martin Balslev & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2012, In: Neuroscience Letters. 516, 1, p. 24-8 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    51. Published

      The effect of subchronic fluoxetine treatment on learning and memory in adolescent rats

      Sass, A. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2012, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 228, 1, p. 169-75 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    52. Published

      Time course and duration of changes in Kv7.2 and Kv11.1 mRNA expression in the hippocampus and piriform cortex following electroconvulsive stimulations

      Hjaeresen, M., Hageman, I., Wörtwein, Gitta & Jørgensen, Martin Balslev, 2012, In: Brain Stimulation. 5, 1, p. 55-60 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    53. 2011
    54. Published

      Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes as Potential Drug Targets for the Treatment of Schizophrenia, Drug Abuse and Parkinson's Disease

      Dencker, D., Thomsen, M., Wörtwein, Gitta, Weikop, Pia, Cui, Y., Jeon, J., Wess, J. & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 22 Nov 2011, In: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 3, 2, p. 80-89 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    55. Published

      Antipsychotic-induced catalepsy is attenuated in mice lacking the M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor.

      Fink-Jensen, Anders, Schmidt, L. S., Dencker, D., Schülein, C., Wess, J., Wörtwein, Gitta & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, 10 Apr 2011, In: European Journal of Pharmacology. 656, 1-3, p. 39-44 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    56. Published

      Fluoxetine reverts chronic restraint stress-induced depression-like behaviour and increases neuropeptide Y and galanin expression in mice

      Christiansen, S. H. O., Olesen, M. V., Wörtwein, Gitta & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, 20 Jan 2011, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 216, 2, p. 585-91 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    57. Published

      Increased cocaine self-administration in M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice.

      Schmidt, L. S., Thomsen, M., Weikop, Pia, Nielsen, D. D., Wess, J., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wörtwein, Gitta & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 2011, In: Psychopharmacology. 216, 3, p. 367-378 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    58. Published

      Increased numbers of orexin/hypocretin neurons in a genetic rat depression model

      Mikrouli, E., Wörtwein, Gitta, Soylu, R., Mathé, A. A. & Petersén, Å., 2011, In: Neuropeptides (Sheffield). 45, 6, p. 401-6 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    59. Published

      Involvement of a subpopulation of neuronal M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the antipsychotic-like effects of the M1/M4 preferring muscarinic receptor agonist xanomeline

      Dencker, D., Wörtwein, Gitta, Weikop, Pia, Jeon, J., Thomsen, M., Sager, T. N., Mørk, A., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wess, J. & Fink-Jensen, Anders, 2011, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 31, 16, p. 5905-8 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    60. Published

      Pharmacological characterization of social isolation-induced hyperactivity

      Fabricius, K., Helboe, L., Fink-Jensen, Anders, Wörtwein, Gitta & Steiniger-Brach, B., 2011, In: Psychopharmacology. 215, 2, p. 257-66 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    61. Published

      Socially isolated rats exhibit changes in dopamine homeostasis pertinent to schizophrenia

      Fabricius, K., Steiniger-Brach, B., Helboe, L., Fink-Jensen, Anders & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2011, In: International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 29, 3, p. 347-50 4 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    62. 2010
    63. Published

      Increased dopaminergic activity in socially isolated rats: an electrophysiological study

      Fabricius, K., Helboe, L., Fink-Jensen, Anders, Wörtwein, Gitta, Steiniger-Brach, B., Sotty, F., Fabricius, K., Helboe, L., Fink-Jensen, Anders, Wörtwein, G., Steiniger-Brach, B. & Sotty, F., 27 Sep 2010, In: Neuroscience Letters. 482, 2, p. 117-22 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    64. Published

      A subpopulation of neuronal M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors plays a critical role in modulating dopamine-dependent behaviors

      Jeon, J., Dencker, D., Wörtwein, G., Woldbye, D. P. D., Cui, Y., Davis, A. A., Levey, A. I., Schütz, G., Sager, T. N., Mørk, A., Li, C., Deng, C-X., Fink-Jensen, A., Wess, J., Jeon, J., Nielsen, D. D., Wörtwein, G., Woldbye, D. P. D., Cui, Y., Davis, A. A. & 8 others, Levey, A. I., Schütz, G., Sager, T. N., Mørk, A., Li, C., Deng, C., Fink-Jensen, Anders & Wess, J., 10 Feb 2010, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 30, 6, p. 2396-405 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    65. Published

      Increased amphetamine-induced locomotor activity, sensitization, and accumbal dopamine release in M5 muscarinic receptor knockout mice

      Schmidt, L. S., Miller, A. D., Lester, D. B., Bay-Richter, C., Schülein, C., Frikke-Schmidt, H., Wess, J., Blaha, C. D., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2010, In: Psychopharmacology. 207, 4, p. 547-58 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    66. 2009
    67. Published

      Adult Brain and Behavioral Effect of Early Life Maternal Deprivation

      Mathe, A. A., El Khoury, A., Gruber, S. H. M., Husum, H., Wörtwein, Gitta & Arlinde, C., 2009, Beyond neuropsychiatric diagnostics: Symptoms not disorders. Palomo, T., Beninger, R. J., Kostzewa, R. M. & Archer, T. (eds.). Mountain Home, TN, USA: F. P. Graham Publishing Co.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

    68. Published

      Electroconvulsive stimulations normalizes stress-induced changes in the glucocorticoid receptor and behaviour

      Hageman, Ida, Nielsen, M., Wörtwein, Gitta, Diemer, N. H. & Jorgensen, M. B., 2009, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 196, 1, p. 71-7 6 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    69. Published

      Mekanismer ved funktionel restitution efter hjerneskader

      Wörtwein, Gitta, 2009, Klinisk neuropsykologi. Gade, A., Gerlach, C., Starrfelt, R. & Møller Pedersen, P. (eds.). København: Frydenlund Academic, p. 480-488

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterCommunication

    70. Published

      Neuropeptide Y infusion into the shell region of the rat nucleus accumbens increases extracellular levels of dopamine

      Sørensen, G., Wegener, G., Hasselstrøm, J., Hansen, T. V. O., Wörtwein, Gitta, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, 2009, In: NeuroReport. 20, 11, p. 1023-6 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    71. Published

      Nortriptyline mediates behavioral effects without affecting hippocampal cytogenesis in a genetic rat depression model

      Petersén, A., Wörtwein, Gitta, Gruber, S. H. M., El-Khoury, A. & Mathé, A. A., 2009, In: Neuroscience Letters. 451, 2, p. 148-51 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    72. 2008
    73. Published

      Abeta(1-42) injection causes memory impairment, lowered cortical and serum BDNF levels, and decreased hippocampal 5-HT(2A) levels

      Christensen, R., Marcussen, A. B., Wörtwein, Gitta, Knudsen, G. M. & Aznar, S., 2008, In: Experimental Neurology. 210, 1, p. 164-71 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    74. Published

      Aripiprazole blocks acute self-administration of cocaine and is not self-administered in mice

      Sørensen, G., Sager, T. N., Petersen, Jørgen Holm, Brennum, L. T., Thøgersen, P., Hee Bengtsen, C., Thomsen, M., Wörtwein, Gitta, Fink-Jensen, Anders & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, 2008, In: Psychopharmacology. 199, 1, p. 37-46 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    75. Published
    76. Published

      Effects of acute and chronic aripiprazole treatment on choice between cocaine self-administration and food under a concurrent schedule of reinforcement in rats

      Thomsen, M., Fink-Jensen, Anders, Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wörtwein, Gitta, Sager, T., Holm, R., Pepe, L. & Barak Caine, S., 2008, In: Psychopharmacology.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    77. Published

      Electroconvulsive stimulations prevent stress-induced morphological changes in the hippocampus

      Hageman, I., Nielsen, M., Wörtwein, Gitta, Diemer, N. H. & Jorgensen, M. B., 2008, In: Stress: The International Journal on the Biology of Stress . 11, 4, p. 282-9 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    78. Published

      Escitalopram reduces increased hippocampal cytogenesis in a genetic rat depression model

      Petersén, A., Wörtwein, Gitta, Gruber, S. H. M. & Mathé, A. A., 2008, In: Neuroscience Letters. 436, 3, p. 305-8 3 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    79. Published

      Gene-environment interaction affects substance P and neurokinin A in the entorhinal cortex and periaqueductal grey in a genetic animal model of depression: implications for the pathophysiology of depression

      Husum, H., Wörtwein, Gitta, Andersson, W., Bolwig, T. G. & Mathé, A. A., 2008, In: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 11, 1, p. 93-101 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    80. Published

      The impact of maternal separation on adult mouse behaviour and on the total neuron number in the mouse hippocampus

      Fabricius, K., Wörtwein, Gitta & Pakkenberg, B., 2008, In: Brain Structure and Function (Print Edition). 212, 5, p. 403-416 13 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    81. 2007
    82. Published

      Involvement of Y5 receptors in neuropeptide Y agonist-induced analgesic-like effect in the rat hot plate test

      Thomsen, M., Wörtwein, Gitta, Olesen, M. V., Begtrup, M., Havez, S., Bolwig, T. G. & Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, 2007, In: Brain Research. 1155, p. 49-55

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    83. 2006
    84. Published

      Effects of maternal separation on neuropetide Y and calcitonin gene-related peptide in "depressed" Flinders Sensitive Line rats: A study of gene-environment interactions

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Husum, H., Andersson, W., Bolwig, T. G. & Mathe, A. A., 2006, In: Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 30, 4, p. 684-693 9 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    85. Published

      Exacerbated loss of cell survival, neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive (IR) cells, and serotonin-IR fiber lengths in the dorsal hippocampus of the aged flinders sensitive line "depressed" rat: Implications for the pathophysiology of depression?

      Husum, H., Aznar, S., Hoyer-Hansen, S., Larsen, M. H., Mikkelsen, J. D., Moller, A., Mathe, A. A. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2006, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 84, 6, p. 1292-1302 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    86. 2005
    87. Published

      Cholecystokinin tetrapeptide effects on HPA axis function and elevated plus maze behaviour in maternally separated and handled rats

      Greisen, M. H., Bolwig, T. G. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2005, In: Behavioural Brain Research. Vol 161, p. 204-12

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    88. Published

      Egocentric spatial orientation in a water maze by rats subjected to transection of the fimbria-fornix and/or ablation of the prefrontal cortex

      Mogensen, J., Moustgaard, A., Khan, U., Wörtwein, Gitta & Sandager Nielsen, K., 2005, In: Brain Research Bulletin. 65, 1, p. 41-58

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    89. Published

      Increased adult hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor and normal levels of neurogenesis in maternal separation rats

      Greisen, M. H., Altar, C. A., Bolwig, T. G., Whitehead, R. E. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2005, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 79/6, p. 772-778

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    90. Published

      Maternal separation affects male rat copulatory behaviour and hypothalamic corticotropin releasing factor in concert

      Greisen, M. H., Bolwig, T. G., Husum, H., Nedergaard, P. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2005, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 158(2), p. 367-375

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    91. Published

      Reduced cocaine self-administration in muscarinic M5 acetylcholine receptor-deficient mice

      Thomsen, M. M., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Wörtwein, Gitta, Fink-Jensen, A., Wess, J. & Caine, S. B., 2005, In: Journal of Neuroscience. Vol. 25, p. 8141-49

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    92. 2004
    93. Published

      Differential roles for neuropeptide Y Y1 and Y5 receptors in anxiety and sedation

      Sørensen, G., Lindberg, C., Wörtwein, Gitta, Bolwig, T. G., Woldbye, David Paul Drucker & Sørensen, G., 1 Sep 2004, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 77, 5, p. 723-9 7 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    94. Published

      Place learning and object recognition by rats subjected to transection of the fimbria-fornix and/or ablation of the prefrontal cortex

      Mogensen, J., Lauritsen, K. T., Elvertorp, S., Hasman, A., Moustgaard, A. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2004, In: Brain Research Bulletin. Vol. 63, no. 3, p. 217-36

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    95. 2003
    96. Published

      Analysis of response patterns during prefrontally ablated rats acquisition of an egocentric spatial task in an 8-arm radialmaze

      Mogensen, J., Montero, A. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2003, In: Homeostasis. Vol. 42, no.1-2, p. 52-59

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    97. Published

      Arrested neuronal proliferation and impaired hippocampal function following fractionated brain irradiation in the adult rat

      Madsen, T. M., Kristjansen, P. E. G., Bolwig, T. G. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2003, In: Neuroscience. Vol. 119, p. 635-42

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    98. Published

      Associative an nonassociative learning after chronic imipramine in rats

      Mogensen, J., Svendsen, G., Tølbøll Lauritsen, K., Ermens, P., Hasman, A., Elvertorp, S., Plenge, P. K., Mellerup, Erling Thyge & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2003, In: Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior. Vol. 76, p. 197-212

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    99. Published

      Effects of electroconvulsive seizures and antidepressant drugs on brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein in rat brain

      Altar, C. A., Whitehead, R. E., Chen, R., Wörtwein, Gitta & Madsen, T. M., 2003, In: Biological Psychiatry. VOl. 54, no. 7, p. 703-9

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    100. Published

      Role for M5 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in cocaine addiction

      Fink-Jensen, A., Fedorova, I., Wörtwein, Gitta, Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Rasmussen, T., Thomsen, M., Bolwig, T. G., Knitowski, K. M., McKinzie, D. L., Yamada, M., Wess, J. & Basile, A., 2003, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 74, 1, p. 91-6

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    101. 2002
    102. Published

      Characterization of epibatidine binding to medial habenula: potential role in analgesia

      Plenge, P. K., Mellerup, Erling Thyge & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2002, In: Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. vol. 302, p. 759-65

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    103. Published

      Place learning in scolopamine-treated rats: the role of distal cues and catecholaminergic mediation

      Mogensen, J., Christensen, L. H., Johansson, A., Wörtwein, Gitta, Bang, L. E. & Holm, S., 2002, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 78(1), p. 139-66

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    104. 2000
    105. Published

      Model for aging inthe basal forebrain cholinergic system

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Gu, Z., Yu, J. & Perez-Polo, J. R., 2000, In: Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. 2,3, p. 437-447

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    106. 1999
    107. Published

      Dyremodeller i neuropsykiatrisk forskning

      Mogensen, J. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 1999, Neuropsykiatriske Aspekter. Danmark, p. 116-123

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

    108. 1998
    109. Published

      Cholinergic control of nerve growth factor in adult rats: evidence from cortical cholinergic deafferentation and chronic drug treatment

      Rossner, S., Wörtwein, Gitta, Gu, Z., Yu, J., Schliebs, R., Bigl, V. & Perez-Polo, J., 1998, In: Journal of Neurochemistry. Vol. 69, p. 947-953

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    110. Published

      Responses of young and aged rat CNS to partial cholinergic immunolesions and NGF treatment

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Yu, J., Toliver-Kinsky, T. & Perez-Polo, J., 1998, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. Vol. 52, p. 322-333

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    111. 1995
    112. Published

      Functional and neurochemical profile of place learning after L-nitro-arginine in the rat

      Mogensen, J., Wörtwein, Gitta, Hasman, A., Nielsen, P. & Wang, Q., 1995, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 63, p. 54-65

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    113. Published

      L-Nitroarginine reduces hippocampal mediation of place learning in the rat

      Mogensen, J., Wörtwein, Gitta, Gustafson, B. & Ermens, P., 1995, In: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 64, p. 17-24

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    114. Published

      Place learning by fimbria-fornix transected rats in a modified water maze

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Særup, L. H., Charlottenfeld-Starpov, D. & Mogensen, J., 1995, In: International Journal of Neuroscience. 82, p. 71-81

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    115. Published

      Place learning during inhibition of nitric oxide synthase in the rat

      Mogensen, J., Hasman, A. & Wörtwein, Gitta, 1995, In: Homeostasis. 36, p. 12-18

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    116. 1994
    117. Published

      Cortical area in the rat that mediates visual pattern discrimination

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Mogensen, J., Williams, G., Carlos, J. H. & Divac, I., 1994, In: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 54, p. 365-376

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    118. Published

      Retention and relearning of spatial delayed alternation in rats after ablation of the prefrontal or total non-prefrontal isocortex

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Mogensen, J. & Divac, I., 1994, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 63, p. 127-131

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

    119. 1993
    120. Published

      Retention and relearning of spatial delayed alternation in rats after combined or sequential lesions of the prefrontal and parietal cortex

      Wörtwein, Gitta, Mogensen, J. & Divac, I., 1993, In: Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 53, p. 357-366

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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