Read here about recent papers published by members of the Neuroscience Center Zurich.
Novel role of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in maintaining adult mouse olfactory neuronal homeostasis.
J Comp Neurol. 2014 Sep 30;
Authors: Pfister S, Weber T, Härtig W, Schwerdel C, Elsaesser R, Knuesel I, Fritschy JM
Protocadherins: not just neuron glue, more too!
Dev Cell. 2014 Sep 29;30(6):643-4
Authors: Stoeckli ET
Treatment of visuospatial neglect with biparietal tDCS and cognitive training: a single-case study.
Front Syst Neurosci. 2014 Sep 29;8:180
Authors: Brem AK, Unterburger E, Speight I, Jäncke L
Intrathecal baclofen therapy in children with acquired brain injuries after drowning: A case series.
Brain Inj. 2014 Sep 29;:1-6
Authors: Walter M, Altermatt S, Furrer C, Meyer-Heim A
Disturbed Body Integrity and the “Rubber Foot Illusion”.
Neuropsychology. 2014 Sep 29;
Authors: Lenggenhager B, Hilti L, Brugger P
Tactile frequency discrimination is enhanced by circumventing neocortical adaptation
Nature Neuroscience, 2014 Sep 21; doi:10.1038/nn.3821 (epub ahead of press)
Authors: Musall S, von der Behrens W, Mayrhofer JM, Weber B, Helmchen F, Haiss F
Single motor unit responses underlying cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials produced by bone-conducted stimuli.
Clin Neurophysiol. 2014 Sep 18;
Authors: Rosengren SM, Colebatch JG, Straumann D, Weber KP
Tickle me, I think I might be dreaming! Sensory attenuation, self-other distinction, and predictive processing in lucid dreams.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 Sep 17; 8:717
Authors: Windt JM, Harkness DL, Lenggenhager B
Dopamine-responsive pattern in tremor patients.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2014 Sep 16;
Authors: Imbach LL, Sommerauer M, Leuenberger K, Schreglmann SR, Maier O, Uhl M, Gassert R, Baumann CR
Cognitive flexibility in adolescence: Neural and behavioral mechanisms of reward prediction error processing in adaptive decision making during development.
Neuroimage. 2014 Sep 16;
Authors: Hauser TU, Iannaccone R, Walitza S, Brandeis D, Brem S
Affective State and Voice: Cross-Cultural Assessment of Speaking Behavior and Voice Sound Characteristics – a Normative Multicenter Study of 577 + 36 Healthy Subjects.
Psychopathology. 2014 Sep 16;
Authors: Braun S, Botella C, Bridler R, Chmetz F, Delfino JP, Herzig D, Kluckner VJ, Mohr C, Moragrega I, Schrag Y, Seifritz E, Soler C, Stassen HH
Withdrawal of voluntary inhibition unravels the off state of the spontaneous blink generator.
Neuropsychologia. 2014 Sep 16;
Authors: Moraitis T, Ghosh A
Insufficient coping behavior under chronic stress and vulnerability to psychiatric disorders.
Psychopathology. 2014; 47(4):235-43 Epub Sep 16
Authors: Mohr C, Braun S, Bridler R, Chmetz F, Delfino JP, Kluckner VJ, Lott P, Schrag Y, Seifritz E, Stassen HH
Selective and superselective angiography of pediatric moyamoya disease angioarchitecture in the posterior circulation.
Interv Neuroradiol. 2014 Sep 15;20(4):403-12
Authors: Baltsavias G, Khan N, Filipce V, Valavanis A
Immunomodulatory effects of the ether phospholipid edelfosine in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
J Neuroimmunol. 2014 Sep 15;274(1-2):111-24
Authors: Abramowski P, Steinbach K, Zander AR, Martin R
Preserved sensory-motor function despite large-scale morphological alterations in a series of patients with holocord syringomyelia.
J Neurotrauma. 2014 Sep 15;
Authors: Awai L, Curt A
MicroRNA-mediated down-regulation of NKG2D ligands contributes to glioma immune escape.
Oncotarget. 2014 Sep 15; 5(17):7651-62
Authors: Codo P, Weller M, Meister G, Szabo E, Steinle A, Wolter M, Reifenberger G, Roth P
Aggressive primary olfactory neuroblastoma of the sphenoclival region: A case report and literature review.
Laryngoscope. 2014 Sep 12;
Authors: Purohit B, Winder T, Maggio EM, Kollias SS
Treating Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy With Interleukin 7 and Vaccination With JC Virus Capsid Protein VP1.
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 11;
Authors: Sospedra M, Schippling S, Yousef S, Jelcic I, Bofill-Mas S, Planas R, Stellmann JP, Demina V, Cinque P, Garcea R, Croughs T, Girones R, Martin R
Early adolescent cognitive gains are marked by increased sleep EEG coherence.
PLoS One. 2014, Sep 10;9(9):e106847
Authors: Tarokh L, Carskadon MA, Achermann P
Botulinum Toxin-A dose dependent perceptual loss on the hand after its cosmetic use on the face.
Cortex. 2014 Sep 10; 63C:118-120
Authors: Haenzi S, Stefanics G, Lanaras T, Calcagni M, Ghosh A
Impaired threat prioritisation after selective bilateral amygdala lesions.
Cortex. 2014 Sep 10; 63C:206-213
Authors: Bach DR, Hurlemann R, Dolan RJ
Sleep slow-wave activity reveals developmental changes in experience-dependent plasticity.
J Neurosci. 2014 Sep 10;34(37):12568-75
Authors: Wilhelm I, Kurth S, Ringli M, Mouthon AL, Buchmann A, Geiger A, Jenni OG, Huber R
Perception of individual and joint action in infants and adults.
PLoS One. 2014, Sept 9;9(9):e107450
Authors: Keitel A, Prinz W, Daum MM
Reciprocal modulation of Aβ42 aggregation by copper and homocysteine.
Front Aging Neurosci. 2014, Sep 8;6:237
Authors: Keskitalo S, Farkas M, Hanenberg M, Szodorai A, Kulic L, Semmler A, Weller M, Nitsch RM, Linnebank M
Plasticity of neural systems in tinnitus.
Neural Plast. 2014 Sep 8;2014:968029
Authors: Meyer M, Langguth B, Kleinjung T, Møller AR
Using mixed methods to evaluate efficacy and user expectations of a virtual reality-based training system for upper-limb recovery in patients after stroke: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trials. 2014, Sep 6;15(1):350
Authors: Schuster-Amft C, Eng K, Lehmann I, Schmid L, Kobashi N, Thaler I, Verra ML, Henneke A, Signer S, McCaskey M, Kiper D
Disentangling tinnitus distress and tinnitus presence by means of EEG power analysis.
Neural Plast. 2014 Sep 3; 2014:468546
Authors: Meyer M, Luethi MS, Neff P, Langer N, Büchi S
Whole brain myelin mapping using T1- and T2-weighted MR imaging data.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2014, Sep 2;8:671
Authors: Ganzetti M, Wenderoth N, Mantini D
Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulates sequential fate decisions of murine cortical precursor cells.
Stem Cells. 2014 Sep 2;
Authors: Draganova K, Zemke M, Zurkirchen L, Valenta T, Cantù C, Okoniewski M, Schmid MT, Hoffmans R, Götz M, Basler K, Sommer L
In Vivo Imaging of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Regulation in a Subcutaneous and Orthotopic GL261 Glioma Tumor Model Using a Reporter Gene Assay.
Mol Imaging. 2014 Sep 1;13(0):1-11
Authors: Bürgi S, Seuwen A, Keist R, Vom Berg J, Grandjean J, Rudin M
No effect of odor-induced memory reactivation during REM sleep on declarative memory stability.
Front Syst Neurosci. 2014, Sep 1;8:157
Authors: Cordi MJ, Diekelmann S, Born J, Rasch B
3-Nitropropionic acid-induced ischemia tolerance in the rat brain is mediated by reduced metabolic activity and cerebral blood flow.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2014 Sep; 34(9):1522-30
Authors: Bracko O, Di Pietro V, Lazzarino G, Amorini AM, Tavazzi B, Artmann J, Wong EC, Buxton RB, Weller M, Luft AR, Wegener S
In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of N-{2-[4-(3-Cyanopyridin-2-yl)piperazin-1-yl]ethyl}-3-[(11) C]methoxybenz-amide, a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radioligand for Dopamine D4 Receptors, in Rodents.
Chem Biodivers. 2014 Sep;11(9):1298-308
Authors: Leopoldo M, Selivanova SV, Müller A, Lacivita E, Schetz JA, Ametamey SM
Myosin VIIA is a marker for the cone accessory outer segment in zebrafish.
Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2014 Sep;297(9):1777-84
Authors: Hodel C, Niklaus S, Heidemann M, Klooster J, Kamermans M, Biehlmaier O, Gesemann M, Neuhauss SC
The physiologist Ewald Hering (1834-1918): Curriculum vitae.
Strabismus. 2014 Sep;22(3):143-6
Authors: Baumann C
Inferring on the intentions of others by hierarchical bayesian learning.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2014 Sep;10(9):e1003810
Authors: Diaconescu AO, Mathys C, Weber LA, Daunizeau J, Kasper L, Lomakina EI, Fehr E, Stephan KE
Absolute Pitch: Evidence for Early Cognitive Facilitation during Passive Listening as Revealed by Reduced P3a Amplitudes.
J Cogn Neurosci. 2014 Aug 29;:1-15
Authors: Rogenmoser L, Elmer S, Jäncke L
PyNCS: a microkernel for high-level definition and configuration of neuromorphic electronic systems.
Front Neuroinform. 2014, Aug 29;8:73
Authors: Stefanini F, Neftci EO, Sheik S, Indiveri G
Optimization of anesthesia protocol for resting-state fMRI in mice based on differential effects of anesthetics on functional connectivity patterns.
Neuroimage. 2014 Aug 28;102P2:838-847
Authors: Grandjean J, Schroeter A, Batata I, Rudin M
Brain size, sex, and the aging brain.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2014 Aug 27;
Authors: Jäncke L, Mérillat S, Liem F, Hänggi J
Differential regulation of TGF-β-induced, ALK-5-mediated VEGF release by SMAD2/3 versus SMAD1/5/8 signaling in glioblastoma.
Neuro Oncol. 2014 Aug 27. pii: nou218. [Epub ahead of print]
Authors: Seystahl K, Tritschler I, Szabo E, Tabatabai G, Weller M.
The role of GABAB receptors in human reinforcement learning.
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Aug 26;
Authors: Ort A, Kometer M, Rohde J, Seifritz E, Vollenweider FX
Real-Time Impedance-based Cell Analyzer as a Tool to Delineate Molecular Pathways Involved in Neurotoxicity and Neuroprotection in a Neuronal Cell Line.
J Vis Exp. 2014, Aug 26;(90)
Authors: Marinova Z, Walitza S, Grünblatt E
Regional Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) at 7 Tesla correlates with amyloid beta in hippocampus and brainstem of cognitively normal elderly subjects.
Front Aging Neurosci. 2014, Aug 22;6:240
Authors: Schreiner SJ, Liu X, Gietl AF, Wyss M, Steininger SC, Gruber E, Treyer V, Meier IB, Kälin AM, Leh SE, Buck A, Nitsch RM, Pruessmann KP, Hock C, Unschuld PG
Role of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Impaired Decision Making in Juvenile Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Aug 20;
Authors: Hauser TU, Iannaccone R, Ball J, Mathys C, Brandeis D, Walitza S, Brem S
Preclinical evaluation and test-retest studies of [(18)F]PSS232, a novel radioligand for targeting metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5).
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014 Aug 20;
Authors: Sephton SM, Herde AM, Mu L, Keller C, Rüdisühli S, Auberson Y, Schibli R, Krämer SD, Ametamey SM
A head-to-head comparison of SCRalyze and Ledalab, two model-based methods for skin conductance analysis.
Biol Psychol. 2014 Aug 19;103C:63-68
Authors: Bach DR
Protocol for a prospective magnetic resonance imaging study on supraspinal lower urinary tract control in healthy subjects and spinal cord injury patients undergoing intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxinA injections for treating neurogenic detrusor overactivity.
BMC Urol. 2014, Aug 18;14(1):68
Authors: Leitner L, Walter M, Freund P, Mehnert U, Michels L, Kollias S, Kessler TM
Aβ-specific DARPins as a novel class of potential therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease.
J Biol Chem. 2014 Aug 12;
Authors: Hanenberg M, McAfoose J, Kulic L, Welt T, Wirth F, Parizek P, Strobel L, Cattepoel S, Späni C, Derungs R, Maier M, Plückthun A, Nitsch RM
Adult neurogenesis: bridging the gap between mice and humans.
Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Aug 11;
Authors: Jessberger S, Gage FH
The clinical significance of small copy number variants in neurodevelopmental disorders.
J Med Genet. 2014 Aug 8;
Authors: Asadollahi R, Oneda B, Joset P, Azzarello-Burri S, Bartholdi D, Steindl K, Vincent M, Cobilanschi J, Sticht H, Baldinger R, Reissmann R, Sudholt I, Thiel CT, Ekici AB, Reis A, Bijlsma EK, Andrieux J, Dieux A, FitzPatrick D, Ritter S, Baumer A, Latal B, Plecko B, Jenni OG, Rauch A
Neurodegeneration: Alzheimer’s disease under strain.
Nature. 2014 Aug 7;512(7512):32-4
Authors: Aguzzi A
Whole-genome duplication in teleost fishes and its evolutionary consequences.
Mol Genet Genomics. 2014 Aug 5;
Authors: Glasauer SM, Neuhauss SC
Palmitoylation and depalmitoylation defects.
J Inherit Metab Dis. 2014 Aug 5;
Authors: Hornemann T
Gone for 60 seconds: Reactivation length determines motor memory degradation during reconsolidation.
Cortex. 2014 Aug 4;59C:138-145
Authors: de Beukelaar TT, Woolley DG, Wenderoth N
Hippocampal and posterior parietal contributions to developmental increases in visual short-term memory capacity.
Cortex. 2014 Aug 4;59C:95-102
Authors: von Allmen DY, Wurmitzer K, Klaver P
Trio study and meta-analysis support the association of genetic variation at the serotonin transporter with early-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Neurosci Lett. 2014 Aug 2;
Authors: Walitza S, Marinova Z, Grünblatt E, Lazic SE, Remschmidt H, Vloet TD, Wendland JR
IL-12-and IL-23 in health and disease.
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2014 Aug 1;
Authors: Croxford AL, Kulig P, Becher B
Transcription factor 4 (TCF4) and schizophrenia: integrating the animal and the human perspective.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2014 Aug;71(15):2815-35
Authors: Quednow BB, Brzózka MM, Rossner MJ
Isolation of leukocytes from mouse central nervous system.
Methods Mol Biol. 2014, Aug;1193:15-9
Authors: Lelios I, Greter M
DEPDC1/LET-99 participates in an evolutionarily conserved pathway for anti-tubulin drug-induced apoptosis.
Nat Cell Biol. 2014 Aug;16(8):812-20
Authors: Sendoel A, Maida S, Zheng X, Teo Y, Stergiou L, Rossi CA, Subasic D, Pinto SM, Kinchen JM, Shi M, Boettcher S, Meyer JN, Manz MG, Bano D, Hengartner MO
Sphingosine-1 phosphate and central nervous system.
Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2014;378:149-70
Authors: Martin R, Sospedra M
The neurobiology of rewards and values in social decision making.
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2014 Aug;15(8):549-62
Authors: Ruff CC, Fehr E
Sleep respiratory disturbances and arousals at moderate altitude have overlapping electroencephalogram spectral signatures.
J Sleep Res. 2014 Aug;23(4):463-8
Authors: Stadelmann K, Latshang TD, Tarokh L, Lo Cascio CM, Tesler N, Stoewhas AC, Kohler M, Bloch KE, Huber R, Achermann P
Lack of paraoxonase 1 alters phospholipid composition, but not morphology and function of the mouse retina.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014;55(8):4714-27
Authors: Oczos J, Sutter I, Kloeckener-Gruissem B, Berger W, Riwanto M, Rentsch K, Hornemann T, von Eckardstein A, Grimm C
Circadian clock-mediated control of stem cell division and differentiation: beyond night and day.
Development. 2014 Aug;141(16):3105-3111
Authors: Brown SA
The level of audiovisual print-speech integration deficits in dyslexia.
Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jul 30;
Authors: Kronschnabel J, Brem S, Maurer U, Brandeis D
Sleep Spindles Are Related to Schizotypal Personality Traits and Thalamic Glutamine/Glutamate in Healthy Subjects.
Schizophr Bull. 2014 Jul 29;
Authors: Lustenberger C, O’Gorman RL, Pugin F, Tüshaus L, Wehrle F, Achermann P, Huber R
Phenotypic Reversion of Fair Hair upon Gene Therapy of the Phenylketonuria Mice.
Hum Gene Ther. 2014 Jul;25(7):573-4
Authors: Thöny B, Ding Z, Rebuffat A, Viecelli HM
The architecture of the chess player׳s brain.
Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jul 24;62C:152-162
Authors: Hänggi J, Brütsch K, Siegel AM, Jäncke L
Sox5 and chromatophores: Switching pigment cell fates.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2014 Jul 23;
Authors: Debbache J, Sommer L
Health-related quality of life and emotional distress in patients with dizziness: a cross-sectional approach to disentangle their relationship.
BMC Health Serv Res. 2014, July 22;14:317
Authors: Weidt S, Bruehl AB, Straumann D, Hegemann SC, Krautstrunk G, Rufer M
Configurable analog-digital conversion using the neural engineering framework.
Front Neurosci. 2014, July 22;8:201
Authors: Mayr CG, Partzsch J, Noack M, Schüffny R
Apathy But Not Diminished Expression in Schizophrenia Is Associated With Discounting of Monetary Rewards by Physical Effort.
Schizophr Bull. 2014 Jul 22;
Authors: Hartmann MN, Hager OM, Reimann AV, Chumbley JR, Kirschner M, Seifritz E, Tobler PN, Kaiser S
Immunomodulatory effects of the ether phospholipid edelfosine in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
J Neuroimmunol. 2014 Jul 21;
Authors: Abramowski P, Steinbach K, Zander AR, Martin R
Imaging genetics in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Linking genetic variations to alterations in neuroimaging.
Prog Neurobiol. 2014 Jul 19;
Authors: Grünblatt E, Hauser TU, Walitza S
A mouse model for studying cone photoreceptor pathologies.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Jul 17;
Authors: Samardzija M, Caprara C, Heynen SR, Willcox DeParis S, Meneau I, Traber GL, Agca C, von Lintig J, Grimm C
State-dependent value representation: evidence from the striatum.
Front Neurosci. 2014, July 15;8:193
Authors: Burke CJ, Dreher JC, Seymour B, Tobler PN
Intraindividual variability across cognitive tasks as a potential marker for prodromal Alzheimer’s disease.
Front Aging Neurosci. 2014, July 14;6:147
Authors: Kälin AM, Pflüger M, Gietl AF, Riese F, Jäncke L, Nitsch RM, Hock C
The neurobiological link between OCD and ADHD.
Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2014 Jul 14;
Authors: Brem S, Grünblatt E, Drechsler R, Riederer P, Walitza S
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of (18)F-Labeled Fluoroethoxy Tryptophan Analogues as Potential PET Tumor Imaging Agents.
Mol Pharm. 2014 Jul 14;
Authors: Chiotellis A, Muller A, Mu L, Keller C, Schibli R, Krämer SD, Ametamey SM
Region-specific regulation of the serotonin 2A receptor expression in development and aging in postmortem human brain.
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2014 Jul 8;
Authors: Marinova Z, Monoranu CM, Fetz S, Walitza S, Grünblatt E
A method to study precision grip control in viscoelastic force fields using a robotic gripper.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2014 Jul 8;
Authors: Lambercy O, Metzger JC, Santello M, Gassert R
Changes in Corticomotor Excitability and Intracortical Inhibition of the Primary Motor Cortex Forearm Area Induced by Anodal tDCS.
PLoS One. 2014 July 7;9(7):e101496
Authors: Zhang X, Woolley DG, Swinnen SP, Feys H, Meesen R, Wenderoth N
New oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation – Authors’reply.
Lancet. 2014 Jul 5;384(9937):25-6
Authors: Ruff CT, Giugliano RP, Braunwald E, Antman EM
Diffusion tensor imaging for anatomical localization of cranial nerves and cranial nerve nuclei in pontine lesions: Initial experiences with 3T-MRI.
J Clin Neurosci. 2014 Jul 3;
Authors: Ulrich NH, Ahmadli U, Woernle CM, Alzarhani YA, Bertalanffy H, Kollias SS
A model-based analysis of impulsivity using a slot-machine gambling paradigm.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; July 3;8:428
Authors: Paliwal S, Petzschner FH, Schmitz AK, Tittgemeyer M, Stephan KE
Intraindividual variability across cognitive tasks as a potential marker for prodromal Alzheimer’s disease.
Front Aging Neurosci. 2014, July 3;6:147
Authors: Kälin AM, Pflüger M, Gietl AF, Riese F, Jäncke L, Nitsch RM, Hock C
Being in two minds: The neural basis of experiencing action crises in personal long-term goals.
Soc Neurosci. 2014 Jul 2;:1-14
Authors: Herrmann M, Baur V, Brandstätter V, Hänggi J, Jäncke L
The neurobiology of rewards and values in social decision making.
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2014 Jul 2;
Authors: Ruff CC, Fehr E
Neuronal oscillations and functional interactions between resting state networks.
Hum Brain Mapp. 2014 Jul;35(7):3517-28
Authors: Lei X, Wang Y, Yuan H, Mantini D