Education and Positions
| 2005 – Present | Consultant (Oberarzt) / Head of RG Animal Models in Psychiatry at the CIMH | | 2005 | Prof. (apl.) of Psychiatry, Clinical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg | | 2004 – Present | Registrar (Oberarzt) at the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim (CIMH) | | 2003 | University lecturer for Psychiatry (Prof. F.A. Henn), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany | | 2003 | Board certification for Psychiatry und Psychotherapy | | 1999 – 2003 | Residency in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim | | 1996 – 1998 | Research fellowship, Behavioral and neuropathological analyses of transgenic mice, Department of Molecular Biology of the Cell (Prof. G. Schütz), DKFZ Heidelberg | | 1996 | Habilitation in Neuropathology (Prof. M. Kiessling), University of Heidelberg | | 1990 – 1995 | Residency in Neuropathology, University of Heidelberg | | 1983 – 1990 | Studies in Medicine, University of Heidelberg, University of Charlottesville, University of Illinois, Cornell University | | 1988 | Thesis for MD, dissertation on pathobiochemistry, grade “Sehr gut” (magna cum laude) (Prof. H. Berlet), University of Heidelberg |
Selected Publications
2010
Modelling a negative emotional bias in an animal model of depression.
Enkel T, Gholizadeh D, v Bohlen Halbach O, Sanchis Segura C, Hurlemann R, Spanagel R, Gass P, Vollmayr B
Neuropsychopharmacology - 35: 1008-1015
2008
AMPA receptor subunit 1 (GluR-A) knockout mice show behavioural and biochemical features of depression.
Chourbaji S, Vogt MA, Fumagalli F, Sohr R, Frasca A, Brandwein C, Hörtnagl H, Riva MA, Sprengel R, Gass P - FASEB J 22: 3129-3134
2005
Mice with genetically altered glucocorticoid receptor expression show vulnerability for stress-induced depressive reactions.
Ridder S, Chourbaji S, Hellweg R, Urani A, Zacher C, Schmid W, Zink M, Hörtnagl H., Flor H, Henn FA, Schütz G, Gass P
J Neurosci - 25: 6243-6250
2003
Impaired long-term memory and NR2A-type NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in mice lacking c-Fos in the CNS.
Fleischmann A, Hvalby O, Jensen V, Strekalova S, Zacher C, Layer LE, Kvello A, Reschke M, Spanagel R, Sprengel R, Wagner EF, Gass P
J Neurosci - 23: 9116-9122
1999
Disruption of the glucocorticoid receptor gene in the nervous system results in altered stress-response and in reduced anxiety.
Tronche F, Kellendonk C, Kretz O, Gass P, Anlag K, Orban P, Bock R, Klein R, Schütz G
Nat Genet - 23: 99-103, 1999 |
