Gitta Wörtwein

Gitta Wörtwein

Associate Professor

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    1. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    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 articleResearchpeer-review

    3. 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

    4. 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

    5. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    6. Published
    7. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    8. 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

    9. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    10. 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

    11. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    12. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    13. 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

    14. 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

    15. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    16. 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

    17. 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

    18. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    19. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    20. 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

    21. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    22. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    23. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    24. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    25. 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

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