Gitta Wörtwein
Associate Professor
Section of Environmental Health
Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1014 København K, 05 Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building: 05-1-08
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- 2022
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Review › peer-review
- 2021
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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., Reis Rifes, Pedro Goncalo, 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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2020
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2019
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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 journal › Review › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2018
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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. 270-277Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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. 644–657Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Erythropoietin prevents the effect of chronic restraint stress on the number of hippocampal CA3c dendritic terminals-relation to expression of genes involved in synaptic plasticity, angiogenesis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in male rats
Aalling, Nadia, Hageman, Ida, Miskowiak, Kamilla, Orlowski, D., Wegener, G. & Wörtwein, Gitta, Jan 2018, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 96, 1, p. 103–116Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Locomotor- and Reward-Enhancing Effects of Cocaine Are Differentially Regulated by Chemogenetic Stimulation of Gi-Signaling in Dopaminergic Neurons
Runegaard, A. H., Sørensen, Andreas Toft, Fitzpatrick, C. M., Jørgensen, Søren Heide, Petersen, A. V., Hansen, Nikolaj Winther, Weikop, Pia, Andreasen T., Jesper, Mikkelsen, Jens D., Perrier, Jean-Francois Marie, Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Rickhag, Karl Mattias, Wörtwein, Gitta & Gether, Ulrik, 2018, In: eNeuro. 5, 3, 26 p., e0345.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2017
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Electroconvulsive stimulation results in long-term survival of newly generated hippocampal neurons in rats
Olesen, M. V., Wörtwein, Gitta, Folke, J. & Pakkenberg, Bente, Jan 2017, In: Hippocampus. 27, 1, p. 52-60 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2016
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2015
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Electroconvulsive Stimulation, but not Chronic Restraint Stress, Causes Structural Alterations in Adult Rat Hippocampus: A Stereological Study
Olesen, M. V., Wörtwein, Gitta & Pakkenberg, Bente, Jan 2015, In: Hippocampus. 25, 1, p. 72-80 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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. 1-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Conference abstract in journal › peer-review
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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 journal › Conference abstract in journal › peer-review
- 2014
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2013
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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. 30-37Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2012
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Time course and duration of changes in K(v)7.2 and K(v)11.1 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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2011
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2010
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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A subpopulation of neuronal M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors plays a critical role in modulating dopamine-dependent behaviors
Jeon, J., Dencker, D., Wörtwein, Gitta, Woldbye, David Paul Drucker, Cui, Y., Davis, A. A., Levey, A. I., Schütz, G., Sager, T. N., Mørk, A., Li, C., Deng, C., Fink-Jensen, Anders, Wess, J., Jeon, J., Nielsen, D. 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., Fink-Jensen, Anders & Wess, J., 10 Feb 2010, In: Journal of Neuroscience. 30, 6, p. 2396-405 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
- 2009
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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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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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 journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Locomotor- and Reward-Enhancing Effects of Cocaine Are Differentially Regulated by Chemogenetic Stimulation of Gi-Signaling in Dopaminergic Neurons
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PICK1-Deficient Mice Exhibit Impaired Response to Cocaine and Dysregulated Dopamine Homeostasis
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Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor activation regulates cocaine actions and dopamine homeostasis in the lateral septum by decreasing arachidonic acid levels
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