2026

• German, A., Akdas, E.Y., Flügel-Koch, C., Erterek, E., Frischknecht, R., Fejtová, A.,... Zheng, F. (2026). Functional recovery of the adult murine hippocampus after cryopreservation by vitrification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(10). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2516848123
• Müller, C.P., Chestnykh, D., Lourdusamy, A., Alzheimer, C., Gulbins, E., Kornhuber, J., & Kalinichenko, L. (2026). Sphingolipid mechanisms in schizophrenia and its pharmacotherapy. Current Opinion in Physiology, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cophys.2026.100972
• Schmuda von Trzebiatowski, P., Alzheimer, C., & Zheng, F. (2026). Tipsy signals: new electrophysiological perspectives on alcohol use and addiction. Current Opinion in Physiology, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cophys.2026.100970

2025

• Chestnykh, D., Mühle, C., Schumacher, F., Kalinichenko, L., Löber, S., Gmeiner, P.,... Müller, C.P. (2025). Acid sphingomyelinase activity suggests a new antipsychotic pharmaco-treatment strategy for schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry, 30, 2891-2906. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-025-02893-6
• Heininger, H., Feng, X., Altunkaya, A., Zheng, F., Stockinger, F., Wefers, B.,... Huth, T. (2025). BACE1 regulates sleep–wake cycle through both enzymatic and non–enzymatic actions. EMBO Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44319-025-00604-4
• Ruxanda, C., Alzheimer, C., & Zheng, F. (2025). Forebrain-Specific B-raf Deficiency Reduces NMDA Current and Enhances Small-Conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ (SK) Current. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26157172
• Stürzenberger, S., Bülow, N., Kalinichenko, L., Licha, R., Eulenburg, V., Dahlmanns, M.,... Alzheimer, C. (2025). Heavy adolescent drinking makes the adult brain more vulnerable to ethanol by permanently altering the age-dependent interplay between alcohol, GIRK channels and activin. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-025-03210-x
• Wiessler, A.L., Zheng, F., Werner, C., Habib, M., Tuzun, E., Alzheimer, C.,... Villmann, C. (2025). Impaired Presynaptic Function Contributes Significantly to the Pathology of Glycine Receptor Autoantibodies. Neurology, Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, 12(2), e200364-. https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000200364

2024

• Zheng, F., Dahlmanns, M., Keßler, P., & Alzheimer, C. (2024). Increase in activin A may counteract decline in synaptic plasticity with age. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2024.1382492

2023

• Bertalan, G., Becker, J., Tzschätzsch, H., Morr, A., Herthum, H., Shahryari, M.,... Sack, I. (2023). Mechanical behavior of the hippocampus and corpus callosum: An attempt to reconcile ex vivo with in vivo and micro with macro properties. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105613
• Dahlmanns, M., Valero-Aracama, M.J., Dahlmanns, J., Zheng, F., & Alzheimer, C. (2023). Tonic activin signaling shapes cellular and synaptic properties of CA1 neurons mainly in dorsal hippocampus. iScience, 26(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108001
• Oikonomou, E., Gruber, T., Achanta, R.C., Höller, S., Alzheimer, C., Wellein, G., & Huth, T. (2023). 2D-dwell-time analysis with simulations of ion-channel gating using high-performance computing. Biophysical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.02.023
• Valero Aracama, M.J., Zheng, F., & Alzheimer, C. (2023). Dorsal–Ventral Gradient of Activin Regulates Strength of GABAergic Inhibition along Longitudinal Axis of Mouse Hippocampus in an Activity-Dependent Fashion. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713145
• Zheng, F., Wess, J., & Alzheimer, C. (2023). Long-Term—But Not Short-Term—Plasticity at the Mossy Fiber–CA3 Pyramidal Cell Synapse in Hippocampus Is Altered in M1/M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Double Knockout Mice. Cells, 12(14). https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12141890

2022

• Dahlmanns, M., Dahlmanns, J., Schmidt, C.C., Valero Aracama, M.J., Zheng, F., & Alzheimer, C. (2022). Environmental enrichment recruits activin A to recalibrate neural activity in mouse hippocampus. Cerebral Cortex. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac092
• El Hamdaoui, Y., Zheng, F., Fritz, N., Ye, L., Tran, M.A., Schwickert, K.,... Friedland, K. (2022). Analysis of hyperforin (St. John’s wort) action at TRPC6 channel leads to the development of a new class of antidepressant drugs. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01804-3
• Schmidt, C., Zheng, F., & Alzheimer, C. (2022). Activin A regulates the excitability of hippocampal mossy cells. Hippocampus. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23415
• Schneider, J., Weigel, J., Wittmann, M.-T., Svehla, P., Ehrt, S., Zheng, F.,... Beckervordersandforth-Bonk, R. (2022). Astrogenesis in the murine dentate gyrus is a life-long and dynamic process. The EMBO Journal. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2021110409
• Zheng, F., Valero Aracama, M.J., Schaefer, N., & Alzheimer, C. (2022). Activin A Reduces GIRK Current to Excite Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2022.920388

2021

• Alzheimer, C. (2021). Commentary on: Bassetti, D., Luhmann, H.J., Kirischuk, S. Presynaptic GABAB receptor-mediated network excitation in the medial prefrontal cortex of Tsc2 + / − mice. Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-021-02584-5
• Lin, C.-H., Kornhuber, J., Zheng, F., & Alzheimer, C. (2021). Tonic Control of Secretory Acid Sphingomyelinase Over Ventral Hippocampal Synaptic Transmission and Neuron Excitability. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2021.660561
• Uzuneser, T., Weiss, E.M., Dahlmanns, J., Kalinichenko, L., Amato, D., Kornhuber, J.,... Müller, C.P. (2021). Presynaptic vesicular accumulation is required for antipsychotic efficacy in psychotic-like rats. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 35, 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881120965908
• Zheng, F., Nixdorf-Bergweiler, B., van Brederode, J., Alzheimer, C., & Meßlinger, K. (2021). Excitatory effects of calcitonin gene‐related peptide (Cgrp) on superficial sp5c neurons in mouse medullary slices. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22073794