Gitta Wörtwein

Gitta Wörtwein

Associate Professor

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    1. 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

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    2. 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

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    3. 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.

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    4. 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.

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    5. 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.

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    6. 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.

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    7. 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.

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    8. 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.

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    9. 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

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    10. 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.

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    11. 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.

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    12. 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.

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    13. 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.

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    14. 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

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    15. 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.

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    16. Published
    17. 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.

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    18. 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.

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    19. 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.

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    20. 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.

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    21. 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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    22. 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.

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    23. 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.

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    24. 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.

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    25. 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.

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