Publications of the Group

Peer reviewed publications

2000

Braun K, Lange, E., Metzger M, Poeggel G (2000) Maternal separation followed by early social isolation affects the development of monoaminergic fiber systems in the medial prefrontal cortex of Octodon degus. Neuroscience 95, 309–318

Bredenkötter M, Braun K. (2000) Development of neuronal responsiveness in the mediorostral neostriatum/hyperstriatum ventrale during auditory filial imprinting in domestic chicks. Neurobiol. Learn. Mem. 73, 114–126

Poeggel G, Haase C, Gulyaeva N, Braun K (2000) Quantitative changes of NADPH-diaphorase-reactive neurons in the brain of Octodon degus after periodic maternal separation and early social isolation. Neuroscience 99, 381–387

Braun K, Bogerts B (2000) Einfluß frühkindlicher Erfahrungs- und Lernprozesse auf die funktionelle Reifung des Gehirns: Relevanz für die Entstehung und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen. Psychother. Psychosom. Med. Psychol. 50, 1–8

Braun K, Segal M (2000) FMRP-involvement in the formation of synaptic connections among cultured hippocampal neurons. Cerebral Cortex, 10, 1045–1052

Stepanichev M, Onufriev M, Bock J, Gulyaeva N, Poeggel G, Braun K (2000) Changes of nitric oxide synthase activity in response to different levels of social separation in two day old domestic chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus). Neurosci. Res. Commun. 27, 175–181

2001

Braun K, Bogerts B (2001) Erfahrungsgesteuerte neuronale Plastizität: Bedeutung für Pathogenese und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen. Der Nervenarzt 72, 3–10

Ovtscharoff jr W, Braun K (2001) Maternal separation and social isolation modulates the postnatal development of synaptic composition in the infralimbic cortex of Octodon degus. Neuroscience 104, 33–40

Braun K, Poeggel G (2001) Recognition of motherīs voice evokes metabolic activation in the medial prefrontal cortex and thalamus of Octodon degus pups. Neuroscience 103, 861–864

Ziabreva I, Schnabel R, Braun K (2001) Parental deprivation induces N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor upregulation in limbic brain areas of Octodon degus: protective role of the maternal call. Neural Plasticity 7, 233–244

Helmeke C, Ovtscharoff jr W, Poeggel G, Braun K (2001) Juvenile emotional experience alters synaptic composition in the anterior cingulate cortex. Cerebral Cortex 11, 717–727

Helmeke C, Poeggel G, Braun K (2001) Differential emotional experience induces elevated spine densities on basal dendrites of pyramidal neurons in the anterior cingulate cortex. Neuroscience 104, 927–931

2002/In press

Metzger M, Toledo C, Braun K (2002) Serotonergic innervation of the telencephalon in the domestic chick. Brain Res. Bull. (in press)

Endepols H, Jungnickel J, Braun K (2002) Physiological and morphological characterization of organotypic cocultures of the chick forebrain area MNH and its main input area DMA/DMP. Neural Plasticity (in press)

Metzger M, Jiang S, Braun K (2002) Ultrastructural features of the dopamine innervation in avian forebrain areas relevant to filial imprinting: A quantitative electron microscopic study in the domestic chick. Neuroscience (in press)

Gruss M, Braun K (2002) Neurochemical correlates of the Fragile X mental retardation syndrome: altered amino acids and monoamine metabolism in Fmr1 knock-out mice. Neural Plasticity (in press)

Book chapters and other publications

2000/2001

Braun K, Bock J, Gruss M, Helmeke C, Ovtscharoff jr W. Schnabel R, Ziabreva I, Poeggel G (2000) Frühe emotionale Erfahrungen und ihre Relevanz für die Entstehung und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen. In: Strauss B, Buchheim A, Kächele H (Hrsg.) "Klinische Bindungsforschung – Methoden und Konzepte", Schattauer Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften, Stuttgart

Braun K (2001) Frühe Erfahrungen beeinflussen die Entwicklung des Gehirns. Die Hebamme 4, 195–199

Braun K (2001) Die Bedeutung der Umwelt für die Entwicklung des kindlichen Gehirns. Frühe Kindheit 4, 22–25

Abstracts (selected)

2000

Braun K, Segal M (2000) FMRP involvement in the formation of functional synaptic connnections among cultured hippocampal neurons. Eur. J. Neurosci. 12 (Suppl. 11), p104

Richter-Levin, G, Braun K, Shapira M (2000) Emotional and cognitive effects in adulhood of early life trauma in the rat. Eur. J. Neurosci. 12 (Suppl. 11), p88

Bock J, Poeggel G, Braun K (2000) Maternal separation induces enhanced metabolic activation in limbic structures of Octodon degus. Soc. Neurosci. 30, 179.18

Bock J, Braun K (2000) Maternal separation alters spine density in the prefrontal cortex of the rat. Soc. Neurosci. 30, 206.1

2001

Helmeke C, Braun K, Poeggel G (2001) Influence of differential emotional experience on synaptic development of the anterior cingulate cortex. Soc. Neurosci. 31, 738.2

Ovtscharoff W jr, Braun K (2001) Influence of the sensory and psychosocial environment on the development of synaptic composition in the anterior cingulate cortex. Soc. Neurosci. 31, 738.1

Thesis

Ph.D. Theses

Dipl. Biochem. Ziabreva, Irina: Charakterisierung neurochemischer Veränderungen im limbischen System von Strauchratten (Octodon degus) nach früher Sozialdeprivation mittels quantitativer Rezeptorautoradiographie. Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, November 2000

Dipl. Biol. Jungnickel, Julia: Mechanismen der synaptischen Plastizität in prägungsrelevanten Hirnarealen des Haushuhnkükens (Gallus gallus domesticus): Autoradiographische, immuncytochemische und elektrophysiologische Untersuchungen in vivo und in vitro. Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, April 2001

Diploma Thesis

Dipl. Biol. Cathleen Haase: Einfluß gestörter Kind-Mutter-Interaktion auf die funktionelle Reifung des limbischen Systems: quantiatative histochemische und zellmorphologische Untersuchungen im Nucleus accumbens. Dezember 1999, Universität Leipzig