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Stephanie Küppers

PhD Student

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About me:

I joined the lab of Valery Grinevich for a laboratory internship during my Master studies over a year ago, and stayed to write my Master thesis in his lab and now to continue on with my PhD. During my Master thesis, I investigated the role of Oxytocin signalling in the insular cortex in the processing and perception of pain, more specifically the alterations in emotional valence towards painful stimuli. During my PhD I am now interested in further dissecting the interplay of pain perception and oxytocin in the context of reward and social interactions.

Publikationen in peer-reviewed Zeitschriften seit 2006

TOP 5 Publikationen:

  1. Schimmer S, Kania A, Lefevre A, Afordakos K, Wang KY, Lebedeva J, Rozov A, Raftogianni A, Tiwari R, Netser S, Zovko A, Shaheen H, Schimmer J, Patwell R, Denis C, Grelot V, Petitjean H, Geng L, Hefter D, Boender A, Podpecan Y, Schommer F, Schubert T, Sanetra A, Trenk A, Gugula A, Hurlemann R, Wagner S, Li Y, Althammer F, Blasiak A, Melzer S, Monyer H, Charlet A, Eliava M, Grinevich V. Oxytocin facilitates social behavior of female rats via selective modulation of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex.Nat Commun. 2026 17(1).
  2. Iwasaki M, Lefevre A, Althammer F, Clauss Creusot E, Łąpieś O, Petitjean H, Hilfiger L, Kerspern D, Melchior M, Küppers S, Krabichler Q, Patwell R, Kania A, Gruber T, Kirchner MK, Wimmer M, Fröhlich H, Dötsch L, Schimmer J, Herpertz SC, Ditzen B, Schaaf CP, Schönig K, Bartsch D, Gugula A, Trenk A, Blasiak A, Stern JE, Darbon P, Grinevich V, Charlet A. An analgesic pathway from parvocellular oxytocin neurons to the periaqueductal gray in rats.Nat Commun. 2023 14(1):1066.
  3. Keller D, Láng T, Cservenák M, Puska G, Barna J, Csillag V, Farkas I, Zelena D, Dóra F, Küppers S, Barteczko L, Usdin TB, Palkovits M, Hasan MT, Grinevich V, Dobolyi A. A thalamo-preoptic pathway promotes social grooming in rodents.Curr Biol. 2022 32(21):4593-4606. Epub 2022 Sep 15.
  4. Maier E, Lan W, Schimmer S, Ishiyama S, Grinevich V. Beyond lactation: Central oxytocin in maternal mental health and disease.Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2026 186:106697.
  5. Althammer F, Roy RK, Kirchner MK, Lira EC, Schimmer S, Charlet A, Grinevich V, Stern JE. Impaired oxytocin signalling in the central amygdala in rats with chronic heart failure.J Physiol. 2024 602(22):6259-6280. Epub 2024 Nov 12.

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