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Stephanie Schimmer

PhD Student

Abteilung Neuropeptidforschung in der Psychiatrie

About me

Over a year ago, I joined Valery Grinevich's lab for a laboratory internship during my Master's degree. I then stayed to write my Master's thesis in his lab, and I am now continuing with my PhD. For my Master's thesis, I investigated the role of oxytocin signalling in the insular cortex in processing and perceiving pain, specifically alterations in emotional valence towards painful stimuli. For my PhD, I am interested in further investigating the relationship between pain perception and oxytocin in the context of reward and social interactions.

 

Stephanie holds an MSc in Neuroscience from the University of Heidelberg and a BSc in Biology from LMU Munich. She is currently a PhD student working in our team and is enrolled in the HBIGS graduate school.

Expertise

Animal behaviorStereotactic Injections
ImmunohistochemistryGraphical design
Publikationen in peer-reviewed Zeitschriften seit 2006

TOP 5 Publikationen:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Althammer F, Wimmer MC, Krabichler Q, Küppers S, Schimmer J, Fröhlich H, Dötsch L, Gruber T, Wunsch S, Schubert T, Kirchner MK, Stern JE, Charlet A, Grinevich V, Schaaf CP. Analysis of the hypothalamic oxytocin system and oxytocin receptor-expressing astrocytes in a mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome.J Neuroendocrinol. 2022 34(12):e13217. Epub 2022 Dec 1.
  5. Althammer F, Roy RK, Kirchner MK, Lira EC, Schimmer S, Charlet A, Grinevich V, Stern JE. Impaired oxytocin signaling in the central amygdala in rats with chronic heart failure.bioRxiv. 2023.

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