Gitta Wörtwein

Gitta Wörtwein

Associate Professor

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    1. 2011
    2. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    3. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    4. 2012
    5. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    6. 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

    7. 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

    8. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    9. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    10. 2013
    11. 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

    12. 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

    13. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    14. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    15. 2014
    16. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    17. 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

    18. 2015
    19. 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

    20. 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 journalResearchpeer-review

    21. 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

    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

      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

    24. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    25. 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

    26. 2016
    27. 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

    28. 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

    29. 2017
    30. 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

    31. 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

    32. 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

    33. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    34. 2018
    35. Published
    36. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    37. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    38. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    39. Published
    40. 2019
    41. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    42. 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 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. 2020
    45. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    46. 2021
    47. 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

    48. 2022
    49. 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 journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    50. 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 articleResearchpeer-review

    51. 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

    52. 2023
    53. 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

    54. 2024
    55. 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

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