1998
Metzger, M., Jiang, S. and Braun, K. (1998) Organization of the dorsocaudal neostriatum complex: a retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the domestic chick with special emphasis on pathways relevant to imprinting. J. Comp. Neurol. 395, 380–404
Zuschratter, W., Steffen, T., Braun, K., Scheich, H., Herzog, A. and Michaelis, B. (1998) Acquisition of multiple image stacks with a confocal laser scanning microscope. SPIE Proc. Vol., Proc. Of Three-Dimensional and Multidimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing V, SPIE Vol. 3261, 177–186
Daisley, J. N., Gruss, M., Rose, S. P. R. and Braun, K. (1998) Passive avoidance training and recall are associated with increased glutamate levels in the intermediate hyperstriatum ventrale of the day-old chick. Neural Plasticity 6 (3), 53–61
Bock, J. and Braun, K. (1998) Differential emotional ex- perience leads to pruning of dendritic spines in the forebrain of domestic chicks. Neural Plasticity 6(3), 17–27
1999
Bock, J. and Braun, K. (1999) Blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor activation suppresses learning-induced synaptic elimination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96(5), 2485–2490
Braun, K., Bock, J., Metzger, M., Jiang, S. and Schnabel, R. (1999) The dorso-caudal neostriatum of the domestic chick: a structure serving higher associative functions. Behav. Brain Res. 98, 211–218
Bock, J. and Braun, K. (1999) Filial imprinting in domestic chicks is associated with spine pruning in the associative area, dorsocaudal neostriatum. Eur. J. Neurosci. 11, 1–5
Gruss, M., Bredenkötter, M. and Braun, K. (1999) Effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated modulation of monoaminergic metabolites and amino acids in the chick forebrain: An in vivo microdialysis and electrophysiology study. J. Neurobiol. 40(1), 116–135
Poeggel, G., Lange, E., Haase, C., Metzger, M., Gulyaeva, N. and Braun, K. (1999) Maternal separation and early social deprivation in Octodon degus: Quantitative changes of NADPH-diaphorase reactive neurons in the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience 94, 497–504.
Reiser, M., Poeggel, G., Schnabel, R., Schröder, H., Braun, K. (1999) Effect of social experience on dopamine stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity and G protein composition in chick forebrain. J. Neurochem. 73, 1293–1299
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Braun, K., Lange, E., Metzger, M. and 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. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 72 (in press)
1998
Braun, K. (1998) Plastizität der Gehirnbiologie bei frühkindlichen Lern- und Erfahrungsprozessen: Relevanz für die Enstehung psychischer Erkrankungen. In: Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Generalisierung und Integration – Perspektiven der Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde. Hrsg.: W. Gaebel, P. Falkai. Springer Verlag Wien, New York, 4–9
Endepols, H. and Braun, K. (1998) Neuroantomical and physilolgical changes of avian forebrain regions involved in acoustic imprinting in roller tube coculture. In: "The Neuron in Tissue Culture". Int. Brain Res. Organisation (IBRO) Handbook Series: Methods in Neurosciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 203–218
1999
Watzel, R., Hilberg, W., Scheich, H. and Braun, K. (1999) Detection of dendritic spine synapses in confocal microscope images. In: Handbook on Computer Vision and Applications. Eds: Jähne, B., Haußecker, H., Geißler, P. Academic Press, 821–838
1998
Braun, K., Helmeke, C. and Poeggel, G. (1998) Maternal deprivation leads to changes of spine frequencies in the anterior cingulate cortex of Octodon degus. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 28, 518.9
Braun, K., Bock, J. and Poeggel, G. (1998) Einfluß der vokalen Mutter-Kind-Kommunikation auf die Entwicklung des Verhaltens: tierexperimentelle Analyse neuronaler Veränderungen bei Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie und Nervenheilkunde, Kongreß 17.-20. Juni Essen 1998, S33
Lange, E., Metzger, M., Meyer, D., Braun, K. and Poeggel, G. (1998) Changes of NADH-d reactive neurons in the prefrontal cortex of the degu (Octodon degus) after maternal separation. 91. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, Juni 1998, Leipzig, Zoology 101 Suppl. 1, S. 48
Lopez-Bermejo, M., Schnabel, R. and Braun, K. (1998) A 3D-analysis of activity-dependent changes of spine shape and distribution in vitro. Proceedings of the 26th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1998, 524
Jiang, J., Ovtscharoff jr, W. and Braun, K. (1998) Increase of synaptic density in the chick forebrain after brief emotional experience. Proc. of the 26th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1998, 531
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Ziabreva, I., Schnabel, R., Poeggel, G. and Braun, K. (1999) Upregulation of D1-receptors in the limbic system after brief maternal separation is suppressed by maternal vocalizations. 5th IBRO World Congress fo Neuroscience, Jerusalem, Israel, Juli 1999, p 54
Bock, J., Thode, C., Darlison, M. G. and Braun, K. (1999) Induction of the immediate-early gene ZENK in associative forebrain areas of the chick brain during auditory imprinting. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 29, 778.3
Metzger, M. and Braun, K. (1999) Distribution of noradrenaline and serotonin in the forebrain of the domestic chick. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 29, 72.2
Bock, J. and Braun, K. (1999) Early maternal separation to changes of spine density on the anterior cingulate cortex of the rat. 31st Annual General Meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society, Rom, Italy, E17
Ovtscharoff, W.jr. and Braun, K. (1999) Maternal deprivation leads to changes of synaptic connectivity in the anterior eingulate cortex of Octodon degus. Proc. of the 27th Göttingen Neurobiology Conference 1999, 580
Jörg Bock (1998) Dr. rer. nat., "Lerninduzierte synaptische Veränderungen in assoziativen Vorderhirnarealen des Haushuhnkükens (Gallus gallus domesticus): metabolische, morphologische und pharmakologische Untersuchungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des NMDA-Rezeptors", Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, OvGU
Michael Gruss (1998) Dr. rer. nat., "Neurochemische Korrelate des Verhaltens: Mikrodialytische Untersuchungen im medio-rostralen Neostriatum/Hyperstriatum ventrale des Haushuhnkükens (Gallus gallus domesticus)", Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften, OvGU