Gitta Wörtwein

Gitta Wörtwein

Associate Professor

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    1. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    2. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    3. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    4. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    5. 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

    6. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    7. 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

    8. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    9. 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

    10. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    11. 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

    12. 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

    13. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    14. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    15. 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

    16. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    17. 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

    18. 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

    19. 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

    20. 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

    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

      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

    23. 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

    24. 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

    25. 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

    26. 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

    27. 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

    28. 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

    29. 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

    30. 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

    31. 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

    32. 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

    33. 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

    34. 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

    35. 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

    36. Published
    37. 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

    38. 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

    39. 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

    40. 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

    41. 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

    42. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    43. 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 journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    44. 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

    45. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    46. 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 journalResearchpeer-review

    47. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    48. 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

    49. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    50. 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.

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