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PD Dr. Thorsten Lau

Research Staff

Department Translational Brain Research

Phone: +49 621 1703-2908

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Laboratory Building, 3rd Floor, Room 308

cooperation partners:

Dr. Maren Engelhardt
Institute of Neuroanatomy, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Ludolf-Krehl-Str. 13-17, 68167 Mannheim, Germany

Dr. Nasser Haddjeri
Stem cell and Brain Research Institute, INSERM, U1208, 69500 Bron, France. Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, 69373, Lyon, France.

Prof. Dr. Mathias Hafner
Mannheim University of Applied Science, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Paul-Wittsack-Str. 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany

Dr. Parastoo Hashemi
Dept. Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Rudolf
Mannheim University of Applied Science, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Paul-Wittsack-Str. 10, 68163 Mannheim, Germany

Publications in peer reviewed journals since 2006

TOP 5 publications:

  1. Holmes J, Lau T, Saylor R, Fernández-Novel N, Hersey M, Keen D, Hampel L, Horschitz S, Ladewig J, Parke B, Reed MC, Nijhout HF, Best J, Koch P, Hashemi P. Voltammetric Approach for Characterizing the Biophysical and Chemical Functionality of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Serotonin Neurons.Anal Chem. 2022 94(25):8847-8856.
  2. Lau T, Horschitz S, Berger S, Bartsch D, Schloss P. Antidepressant-induced internalization of the serotonin transporter in serotonergic neurons.FASEB J. 2008 22(6):1702-14.
  3. Paul N, Raymond J, Lumbreras S, Bartsch D, Weber T, Lau T. Activation of the glucocorticoid receptor rapidly triggers calcium-dependent serotonin release in vitro.CNS Neurosci Ther. 2021 27(7):753-764. Epub 2021 Mar 14..
  4. Weber T, Vogt MA, Gartside SE, Berger SM, Luján R, Lau T, Herrmann E, Sprengel R, Bartsch D, Gass P. Adult AMPA GLUA1 Receptor Subunit Loss in 5-HT Neurons Results in a Specific Anxiety-Phenotype with Evidence for Dysregulation of 5-HT Neuronal Activity.Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 40(6):1471-84. Epub 2014 Dec 30.
  5. Glebov K, Löchner M, Jabs R, Lau T, Merkel O, Schloss P, Steinhäuser C, Walter J. Serotonin stimulates secretion of exosomes from microglia cells.Glia. 2015 63(4):626+34. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

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