Reimers A, Hummel CA, Eis-Hübinger AM, Surges R, Niehusmann P, Schoch S, Becker AJ*, Pitsch J*. Analysis of autoantibody spectrum and human herpesvirus 6 in adult patients with ‘early’ versus ‘late’ diagnosis of ‘possible limbic encephalitis’ (2021). Epilepsy Res 176:106698. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106698 (IF 2020: 3,045)
Pitsch J*, van Loo KMJ*, Gallus M*, Dik A*, Kamalizade D, Baumgart A, Gnatkovsky V, Opitz, T, Hicking G, Naik VA, Wachsmuth L, Faber C, Surges R, Kurts C, Schoch S, Melzer N, Becker AJ. Experimental, solely CD8+ T-lymphocyte driven limbic encephalitis results in temporal lobe epilepsy (2021). Ann Neurol 89(4):666–85 (IF 2020: 10,422)
Kuehn JC, Meschede C, Helmstaedter C, Surges R, von Wrede R, Hattingen E, Vatter H, Elger CE, Schoch S, Becker AJ*, Pitsch J* (2020). Adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy suspicious for autoimmune pathogenesis: antibody prevalence and clinical correlates. PLoS One 5(10):e0241289 (IF 2020: 3,240)
Pitsch J, Kamalizade D, Braun A, Kuehn JC, Gulakova PE, Ruber T, Lubec G, Dietrich D, von Wrede R, Helmstaedter C, Surges R, Elger CE, Hattingen E, Vatter H, Schoch S, Becker AJ (2020). Drebrin Autoantibodies in Patients with Seizures and Suspected Encephalitis. Ann Neurol 87:869-884 (IF: 10,422)
Pitsch J, Schoch S, Müller JA, de Curtis M, Gnatkovsky V, Becker AJ (2019). Anti-epileptogenic and Anti-convulsive Effects of Fingolimod in Experimental Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Mol Neurobiol 56, 1825-1840 (IF: 4,586)
Pitsch J, Becker AJ, Schoch S, Müller JA, de Curtis M, Gnatkovsky V (2017). Circadian clustering of spontaneous epileptic seizures emerges after pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus. Epilepsia 58: 1159-1171 (IF: 5,482)
Pitsch J, Opitz T, Borm V, Woitecki A, Staniek M, Beck H, Becker AJ, Schoch S (2012). The Presynaptic Active Zone Protein RIM1alpha Controls Epileptogenesis following Status Epilepticus. J Neurosci 32:12384-12395 (IF: 6,908)
Pitsch J, Schoch S, Gueler N, Flor PJ, van der Putten H, Becker AJ (2007). Functional role of mGluR1 and mGluR4 in pilocarpine-induced temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurobiol Dis 26, 623-633 (IF: 4,996)
Matthews EA, Sun W, McMahon SM, Doengi M, Halka L, Anders S, Muller JA, Steinlein P, Vana S, van Dyk G, Pitsch J, Becker AJ, Pfeifer A, Kavalali ET, Lamprecht A, Henneberger C, Stein V, Schoch S, Dietrich D (2022). Optical Analysis of Glutamate Spread in the Neuropil. Cereb Cortex. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhab440
Cases-Cunillera S, van Loo KMJ, Pitsch J, Quatraccioni A, Sivalingam S, Salomoni S, Borger V, Dietrich D, Schoch S, Becker AJ (2021). Heterogeneity and excitability of BRAFV600E-induced tumors is determined by PI3K/mTOR-signaling state and Trp53-loss. Neuro-oncology. doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noab268
Dik A, Widman G, Schulte-Mecklenbeck A, Witt JA, Pitsch J, Golombeck KS, Wagner J, Gallus M, Strippel C, Hansen N, Monig C, Rauber S, Wiendl H, Elger CE, Surges R, Meuth SG, Helmstaedter C, Gross CC, Becker AJ, Melzer N (2021). Impact of T cells on neurodegeneration in anti-GAD65 limbic encephalitis. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 8(12): 2289-2301
Schoch S, Quatraccioni A, Robens BK, Maresch R, van Loo KMJ, Cases-Cunillera S, Kelly T, Opitz T, Borger V, Dietrich D, Pitsch J, Beck H, Becker AJ (2021). Ste20-like kinase is critical for inhibitory synapse maintenance and its deficiency confers a developmental dendritopathy. J Neurosci. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0352-21.2021 (IF 2020: 6,167)
Levesque M, Biagini G, de Curtis M, Gnatkovsky V, Pitsch J, Wang S, Avoli M (2021). The Pilocarpine Model of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Over One Decade Later, with More Rodent Species and New Investigative Approaches. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.08.020 (IF 2020: 8,989)
de los Santos RM, Rivalan M, David FS, Stumpf A, Pitsch J, Tsortouktzidis D, Moreno Velasquez L, Voigt A, Schilling K, Mattei D, Long M, Vogt G, Knaus A, Fischer-Zirnsak B, Wittler L, Timmermann B, Robinson PN, Horn D, Mundlos S, Kornak U, Becker AJ, Schmitz D, Winter Y, Krawitz PM (2020). A CRISPR-Cas9–engineered mouse model for GPI-anchor deficiency mirrors human phenotypes and exhibits hippocampal synaptic dysfunctions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 118(2):e2014481118 (IF 2020: 11,205)
Jeub M, Taha O, Opitz T, Racz I, Pitsch J, Becker A, Beck H (2019). Partial sciatic nerve ligation leads to an upregulationof Ni2+-resistant T-type Ca2+ currents in capsaicin-responsive nociceptive dorsal root ganglion neurons. J Pain Res 12: 1-13 (IF: 4,621)
van Loo KMJ, Rummel CK, Pitsch J, Muller JA, Bikbaev AF, Martinez-Chavez E, Blaess S, Dietrich D, Heine M, Becker AJ, Schoch S (2019). Calcium Channel Subunit alpha2delta4 Is Regulated by Early Growth Response 1 and Facilitates Epileptogenesis. J Neurosci 39(17): 3175-3187 (IF: 5,673)
Beckonert NM, Opitz T, Pitsch J, Soares da Silva P, Beck H (2018). Polyamine Modulation of Anticonvulsant Drug Response: A Potential Mechanism Contributing to Pharmacoresistance in Chronic Epilepsy. J Neurosci 38(24): 5596-5605 (IF: 6,02)
Kovacevic J, Maroteaux G, Schut D, Loos M, Dubey M, Pitsch J, Remmelink E, Koopmans B, Crowley J, Cornelisse LN, Sullivan PF, Schoch S, Toonen RF, Stiedl O, Verhage M (2018). Protein instability, haploinsufficiency, and cortical hyper-excitability underlie STXBP1 encephalopathy. Brain 141(5): 1350-1374 (IF: 11,236)
Frigerio F, Flynn C, Han Y, Lyman K, Lugo JN, Ravizza T, Ghestem A, Pitsch J, Becker A, Anderson AE, Vezzani A, Chetkovich D, Bernard C (2018). Neuroinflammation Alters Integrative Properties of Rat Hippocampal Pyramidal Cells. Mol Neurobiol 55(9): 7500-7511 (IF: 4,586)
Taha O, Opitz T, Mueller M, Pitsch J, Becker A, Evert B. O.,Beck H, Jeub M (2017). Neuropathic pain in experimental autoimmune neuritis is associated with altered electrophysiological properties of nociceptive DRG neurons. Exp Neurol 297: 25-35 (IF: 4,483)
Robens BK, Grote A, Pitsch J, Schoch S, Cardoso C, Becker AJ (2016) Minute amounts of hamartin wildtype rescue the emergence of tuber-like lesions in conditional Tsc1 ablated mice. Neurobiol Dis 95:134-144 (IF: 5,02)
Royeck M, Kelly T, Opitz T, Otte DM, Rennhack A, Woitecki A, Pitsch J, Becker A, Schoch S, Kaupp UB, Yaari Y, Zimmer A, Beck H (2015) Downregulation of Spermine Augments Dendritic Persistent Sodium Currents and Synaptic Integration after Status Epilepticus. J Neurosci 35:15240-15253 (IF: 5,924)
van Loo KM, Schaub C, Pitsch J, Kulbida R, Opitz T, Ekstein D, Dalal A, Urbach H, Beck H, Yaari Y, Schoch S, Becker AJ (2015). Zinc regulates a key transcriptional pathway for epileptogenesis via metal-regulatory transcription factor 1. Nat Commun 6: 8688 (IF: 11,329)
Siskova Z, Justus D, Kaneko H, Friedrichs D, Henneberg N, Beutel T, Pitsch J, Schoch S, Becker A, von der Kammer H, Remy S (2014). Dendritic structural degeneration is functionally linked to cellular hyperexcitability in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neuron 84(5): 1023-1033 (IF: 13,436)
Ekstein D, Benninger F, Daninos M, Pitsch J, van Loo KM, Becker AJ, Yaari Y (2012). Zinc Induces Long-Term Upregulation of T-Type Calcium Current in Hippocampal Neurons in Vivo. J Physiol 590:5895-905 (IF: 4,38)
Jung S, Warner LN, Pitsch J, Becker AJ, Poolos NP (2011). Rapid loss of dendritic HCN channel expression in hippocampal pyramidal neurons following status epilepticus. J Neurosci 31:14291-14295 (IF: 7,115)
Albayram O, Alferink J, Pitsch J, Piyanova A, Neitzert K, Poppensieker K, Mauer D, Michel K, Legler A, Becker A, Monory K, Lutz B, Zimmer A, Bilkei-Gorzo A (2011). Role of CB1 cannabinoid receptors on GABAergic neurons in brain aging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:11256-11261 (IF: 10,975)
Liao Y, Deprez L, Maljevic S, Pitsch J, Claes L, Hristova D, Jordanova A, Ala-Mello S, Bellan-Koch A, Blazevic D, Schubert S, Thomas EA, Petrou S, Becker AJ, De Jonghe P, Lerche H (2010). Molecular correlates of age-dependent seizures in an inherited neonatal-infantile epilepsy. Brain 133:1403-1414 (IF: 10,528)
Becker AJ, Pitsch J, Sochivko D, Opitz T, Staniek M, Chen CC, Campbell KP, Schoch S, Yaari Y, Beck H (2008). Transcriptional upregulation of Cav3.2 mediates epileptogenesis in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy. J Neurosci 28, 13341-13353 (IF: 7,452)
Eckhardt M, Hedayati KK, Pitsch J, Lullmann-Rauch R, Beck H, Fewou SN, Gieselmann V (2007). Sulfatide storage in neurons causes hyperexcitability and axonal degeneration in a mouse model of metachromatic leukodystrophy. J Neurosci 27, 9009-9021 (IF: 7,490)
Chen J, Larionov S, Pitsch J, Hoerold N, Ullmann C, Elger CE, Schramm J, Becker AJ (2005). Expression analysis of metabotropic glutamate receptors I and III in mouse strains with different susceptibility to experimental temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurosci Lett 375, 192-197 (IF: 1,898)
Schulte JH, Pitsch J, Becker AJ (2004). Functional genomics and target gene validation in experimental and human disease. Drug Discovery Today: Technologies 1, 105-111 (IF: 6,928)