Translational research:
Thalman C*, Horta G*, Qiao L, Endle H, Tegeder I, Cheng H, Laube G, Sigurdsson T, Hauser MJ, Tenzer S, Distler U, Aoki J, Morris AJ, Geisslinger G, Röper J, Kirischuk S, Luhmann HJ, Radyushkin K, Nitsch R*, Vogt J* (2018) Synaptic phospholipids as a new target for cortical hyperexcitability and E/I balance in psychiatric disorders. Mol Psychiatry. 23(8):1699-1710. *equal contribution
Cheng J*, Sahani S*, Hausrat TJ*, Yang JW, Ji H, Schmarowski N, Endle H, Liu X, Li Y, Böttche R, Radyushkin K, Maric HM, Hoerder-Suabedissen A, Molnár Z, Prouvot PH, Trimbuch T, Ninnemann O, Huai J, Fan W, Visentin B, Sabbadini R, Strømgaard K, Stroh A, Luhmann HJ, Kneussel M, Nitsch R* Vogt J* (2016) Precise Somatotopic Thalamocortical Axon Guidance Depends on LPA-Mediated PRG-2/Radixin Signaling. Neuron. 5;92(1):126-142: *equal contribution
Vogt J*, Yang J*, Mobascher A*, Cheng J, Li J, Liu X, Baumgart J, Thalman C, Kirischuk S, Unichenko P, Horta G, Radyushkin K, Stroh A, Richers S, Sahragard N, Distler U, Tenzer S, Qiao L, Lieb K, Tüscher O, Binder H, Ferreiros N, Tegeder I, Morris A, Groppa S, Winterer G*, Luhmann H*, Huai J*, Nitsch R* (2016) Molecular cause and functional impact of altered synaptic lipid signaling due to a prg-1 gene SNP. EMBO Mol Med. 8: 25–38. *equal contribution; see also News & Views: Stutz B and Horvath TL (2016) Synaptic lipids in cortical function and psychiatric disorders EMBO Mol Med. 8: 3-5.
Trimbuch T*, Beed P*, Vogt J*, Schuchmann S, Maier N, Kintscher M, Breustedt J, Schuelke M, Streu N, Kieselmann O, Brunk I, Laube G, Strauss U, Battefeld A, Wende H, Birchmeier C, Wiese S, Sendtner M, Kawabe H, Kishimoto-Suga M, Brose N, Baumgart J, Geist B, Aoki J, Savaskan NE, Bräuer AU, Chun J, Ninnemann O, Schmitz D*, Nitsch R* (2009) Synaptic PRG-1 modulates excitatory transmission via lipid phosphate-mediated signaling. Cell 138:1222-35. *equal contribution
Eljaschewitsch E, Witting A, Mawrin C, Lee T, Schmidt PM, Wolf S, Hörtnagl H, Raine CS, Schneider-Stock R, Nitsch R*, Ullrich O* (2006) The endocannabinoid anandamide protects neurons during CNS inflammation by induction of MKP-1 in Microglial Cells. Neuron 49: 67-79. *equal contribution
Aktas O, Smorodchenko A, Brocke S, Infante-Duarte C, Topphoff US, Vogt J, Prozorovski T, Meier S, Osmanova V, Pohl E, Bechmann I, Nitsch R*, Zipp F* (2005) Neuronal damage in autoimmune neuroinflammation mediated by the death ligand TRAIL. Neuron 46:421-432. *equal contribution
Bräuer AU, Savaskan NE, Kühn H, Prehn S, Ninnemann O, Nitsch R (2003) A new phospholipid phosphatase, PRG-1, is involved in axon growth and regenerative sprouting. Nat Neurosci 6:572-78.
Ullrich O, Diestel A, Eyüpoglu I, Nitsch R (2001) Regulation of microglial expression of integrins by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1. Nat Cell Biol 3:1035-42.
Nitsch R, Bechmann I, Deisz RA, Haas D, Lehmann TN, Wendling U, Zipp F (2000) Human brain-cell death induced by tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). Lancet 356:827-828.
Nitsch R and Frotscher M (1992) Reduction of posttraumatic transneuronal "early gene" activation and dendritic atrophy by the NMDA-receptor antagonist MK-801. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89: 5197-5200.
Philosophical studies:
Nitsch R, Stahnisch FW. (2018) Neuronal Mechanisms Recording the Stream of Consciousness-A Reappraisal of Wilder Penfield's (1891-1976) Concept of Experiential Phenomena Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Human Cortex. Cerebral Cortex 28(9):3347-3355.
Nitsch R (2012) Gehirn, Geist und Bedeutung. Zur Stellung der Hirnforschung in der Leib-Seele-Diskussion. Mentis.
Stahnisch FW, Nitsch R. (2002) Santiago Ramón y Cajal's concept of neuronal plasticity: the ambiguity lives on. Trends Neurosci. 25(11):589-91.