Gitta Wörtwein

Gitta Wörtwein

Associate Professor

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    1. 2009
    2. 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

    3. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    4. 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

    5. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    6. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    7. 2008
    8. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    9. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    10. Published

      Chronic electroconvulsive stimulation but not chronic restraint stress modulates mRNA expression of voltage-dependent potassium channels Kv7.2 and Kv11.1 in the rat piriform cortex.

      Hjæresen, M., Hageman, Ida, Wörtwein, Gitta, Plenge, P., Jørgensen, Martin Balslev & Wörtwein, Gitta, 2008, In: Brain Research. 1217C, p. 179-184 5 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    12. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    13. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    14. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    15. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    16. 2007
    17. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    18. 2006
    19. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    20. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    21. 2005
    22. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    23. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    24. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    25. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    26. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    27. 2004
    28. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    29. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    30. 2003
    31. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    32. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

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