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Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology

Prof. Dr. Alexander Groh

since 2010

Full Professor for General Neurophysiology (W3), Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Germany

2009

Habilitation and venia legendi for Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

2005-2006

Guest scientist, Department of Neurobiology, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel 

2004-2010

Senior Research Assistent, Neuronal Mitochondria Research Group (PI), Institute for Neurophysiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin 

2003

Licence to practise medicine

2001

Conferral of doctorate (MD), Humboldt-University of Berlin 

2000-2004

Research Assistent, Institute for Neurophysiology and Department of  Neurology, Charité, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

2000

State examination (Staatsexamen) in Human Medicine 

1999

Medical internship (internal medicine, surgery and neurology)

1998

Intermediate examination (Zwischenprüfung) in Philosophy 

1996-1998

Experimental work for dissertation, Department of Cellular Neurosciences, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany

1992-2000

Studies of Human Medicine and Philosophy, Philipps-University of Marburg and Free-University of Berlin, Germany


Recent Publications

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Integrated information theory does not make plant consciousness more convincing. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Jan 21:S0006-291X(21)00057-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.01.022. Online ahead of print.

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AAV-mediated AP-1 decoy oligonucleotide expression inhibits aortic elastolysis in a mouse model of marfan syndrome. Cardiovasc Res. 2021 Jan 20:cvab012. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvab012. Online ahead of print.

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Voltage-independent GluN2A-type NMDA receptor Ca2+ signaling promotes audiogenic seizures, attentional and cognitive deficits in mice. Commun Biol. 2021 Jan 8;4(1):59. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01538-4.

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Endothelial cells control vascular smooth muscle cell cholesterol levels by regulating 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase expression. Exp Cell Res. 2021 Jan 7:112446. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112446. Online ahead of print.

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Assessable learning outcomes for the EU Education and Training Framework core and Function A specific modules: Report of an ETPLAS WORKING Group. Lab Anim. 2020 Dec 7:23677220968589. doi: 10.1177/0023677220968589. Online ahead of print.

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Pflügers Archiv - European journal of physiology becomes the official journal of the German Physiological Society. 2020 Dec;472(12):1657. doi: 10.1007/s00424-020-02493-z. Editorial. No abstract available.

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Mild metabolic stress is sufficient to disturb the formation of pyramidal cell ensembles during gamma oscillations. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2020 Dec;40(12):2401-2415. doi: 10.1177/0271678X19892657. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

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Gene transfer to the vascular system: Novel translational perspectives for vascular diseases. Biochem Pharmacol. 2020 Dec;182:114265. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114265. Epub 2020 Oct 6. Review.

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Alterations of distributed neuronal network oscillations during acute pain in freely-moving mice. IBRO Rep. 2020 Dec;9:195-206. doi: 10.1016/j.ibror.2020.08.001. eCollection 2020 Dec. Epub 2020 Aug 11.

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A thalamic bridge from sensory perception to cognition. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2020 Nov 24:S0149-7634(20)30647-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.013. Review. Online ahead of print.

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Debunking a myth: plant consciousness. Protoplasma. 2020 Nov 16. doi: 10.1007/s00709-020-01579-w. Review. Online ahead of print.

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VEGF-D Downregulation in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons Exerts Asymmetric Changes of Dendritic Morphology without Correlated Electrophysiological Alterations. Neuroscience. 2020 Nov 10;448:28-42. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Sep 11.

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The mitochondrial calcium uniporter is crucial for the generation of fast cortical network rhythms. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2020 Nov;40(11):2225-2239. doi: 10.1177/0271678X19887777. Epub 2019 Nov 13.

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Processing of hippocampal network activity in the receiver network of the medial entorhinal cortex layer V. J Neurosci. 2020 Oct 28;40(44):8413-8425. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0586-20.2020. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

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Anesthetics and plants: no pain, no brain, and therefore no consciousness. Protoplasma. 2020 Sep 2. doi: 10.1007/s00709-020-01550-9. Online ahead of print.

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Microglia and lipids: how metabolism controls brain innate immunity. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2020 Aug 14;S1084-9521(19)30197-1. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.08.001. Online ahead of print.


Institute of
Physiology and Pathophysiology

Heidelberg University

Im Neuenheimer Feld 326

69120 Heidelberg

Germany

Phone:+49 6221 54-4056
Fax:+49 6221 54-6364
E-mail:susanne.bechtel@
physiologie.uni-heidelberg.de