Publications
apl. Prof. Dr. Hermann Rohrer
Schmidt, M., S. Lin, M. Pape, U. Ernsberger, M. Stanke, K. Kobayashi, M.J. Howard and H. Rohrer (2009)
The bHLH transcription factor Hand2 is essential for the maintenance of
noradrenergic properties in differentiated sympathetic neurons.
Dev Biol. 2009 May 15;329(2):191-200

Tsarovina, K., Schellenberger, J., Schneider, C., and Rohrer, H., (2008)
Progenitor cell maintenance and neurogenesis in sympathetic ganglia involves Notch signaling.
Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 37, 20-31

Pape, M., Doxakis, E., Duong, C.V., Davies, A., Geissen, M. and Rohrer, H. (2008)
A function for the calponin family member NP25 in neurite outgrowth.
Dev. Biol. 321, 434-443, [Epub 2008 Jul 9]

Doxakis, E., Howard, L., Rohrer, H and Davies, A.M. (2008)
Hand transcription factors are required for neonatal sympathetic neuron survival.
EMBO Rep. 9, 1041-1047, [Epub 2008 Aug 22]

Huber, K., Franke, A., Brühl, B., Krispin, S., Ernsberger, U., Schober, A., von Bohlen und Halbach, O., Rohrer, H., Kalcheim, C., and Unsicker, K. (2008)
Persistent expression of BMP-4 in embryonic chick adrenal cortical cells and its role in chromaffin cell development.
Neural Development, 3, 28

Müller, F., H. Rohrer and A. Vogel-Höpker (2007)
Bone morphogenetic proteins are required for retinal pigment epithelium specification in the developing chick embryo.
Development, 134, 3483-3493

Politis, P.K., H. Rohrer and R. Matsas (2007)
Expression pattern of BM88 in the developing nervous system of the chick and mouse embryo.
Gene Expr. Patterns, 7, 165-177

Politis, P.K., G. Makri, D. Thomaidu, M. Geissen, H. Rohrer and R. Matsas (2007)
BM88/CEND1 coordinates cell cycle exit and differentiation of neuronal precursors.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 104, 17861-17866

Ernsberger, U. and H. Rohrer (2006)
Phox2a and Phox2b - essential transcription factors for neuron specification and differentiation.
In: Transcription Factors in the Nervous System - development, Brain Function and Disease; Thiel, G. Ed., Wiley-Vch, Weinheim, pp. 53-73

Kalcheim, C., M. Stanke, H. Rohrer, K. Jessen and R. Mirsky (2006)
Novel perspectives in research on the neural crest and its derivatives.
In: Cell signaling and growth factors in development; Unsicker, Krieglstein Eds. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim pp395-448

Lucas, M.E., F. Müller, R. Rüdiger, P.D. Henion and H. Rohrer (2006)
The bHLH transcription factor hand2 is essential for noradrenergic differentiation of sympathetic neurons.
Development 133, 4015-4024

Stanke M., C.V. Duong, M. Pape, M. Geissen, G. Burbach, T. Deller, H. Gascan, R. Parlato, G. Schutz and H. Rohrer (2006)
Target-dependent specification of the neurotransmitter phenotype: cholinergic differentiation of sympathetic neurons is mediated in vivo by gp130 signaling.
Development, 133(1):141-150

Beltran W.A., H. Rohrer and G.D. Aguirre (2005)
Immunolocalization of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor alpha (CNTFRalpha) in mammalian photoreceptor cells.
Mol Vis.; 11: 232-244

Stanke, M., J. Stubbusch and H. Rohrer (2004)
Interaction of Mash1 and Phox2b in sympathetic neuron development.
Mol Cell Neurosci., 25(3) : 374-382

Tsarovina, K., A. Pattyn, J. Stubbusch, F. Müller, J. van der Wees, C. Schneider, J.F. Brunet and H. Rohrer (2004)
Essential role of Gata transcription factors in sympathetic neuron development.
Development,131(19) : 4775-4786

Rohrer, H. (2003)
The role of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs).
In: sympathetic neuron development. Drug News & Perspectives 16, 589-596

Beltran, W.A., Q. Zhang, J.W. Kijas, D. Gu, H. Rohrer, J.A. Jordan und G.D. Aguirre (2003)
Cloning, mapping, and retinal expression of the canine ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor a (CNTFRa).
IOVS 44, 3642-3649

Goridis, C. and Rohrer, H. (2002)
Specification of catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurons.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 3, 531-541

Duong, C.V., Geissen, M. and Rohrer, H. (2002)
The developmental expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in cholinergic sympathetic neurons depends on cytokines signaling through LIFRß-containing receptors.
Development 129, 1387-1396

Vogel-Höpker, A. and Rohrer, H. (2002)
The specification of noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) neurones depends on bone morphogenetic proteins.
Development 129, 983-991

Müller, F. and Rohrer, H. (2002)
Molecular control of ciliary neuron development: BMPs and downstream transcriptional control in the parasympathetic lineage.
Development 129 (24), 5707-5717

Hashino, E., Shero, M., Junghans, D., Rohrer, H., Milbrandt, J. and Johnson, Jr., E.M. (2001)
DGNF and neurturin are target-derived neurotrophic factors essential for cranial parasynpathetic neuron development.
Development 128, 3773-3782

Ernsberger, U., E. Reissmann, I. Mason, H. Rohrer (2000)
The expression of dopamine
b-hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, and Phox2 transcription factors in sympathetic neurons: evidence for common regulation during noradrenergic induction and diverging regulation later in development.
Mech. Dev. 92, 169-177

Harvey, R. J., V. Schmieden, A. von Holst, B. Laube, H. Rohrer and H. Betz (2000)
Glycine receptors containing the
a4 subunit in the embryonic sympathetic nervous system, spinal cord and male genital ridge.
Eur. J. Neurosci. 12, 994-1001

Howard, M., M. Stanke, C. Schneider, X. Wu, H. Rohrer (2000)
The transcription factor dHand is a downstream effector of BMPs in sympathetic neuron specification.
Development 127, 4073-4081

Stanke, M., M. Geissen, R. Götz, U. Ernsberger, H. Rohrer (2000)
The early expression of VAChT and VIP in mouse sympathetic ganglia is not induced by cytokine acting through LIFR
b or CNTFRa.
Mech. Dev. 91, 91-96

Ernsberger, U., E. Reissmann, I. Mason and H. Rohrer (2000)
The expression of dopamine
b-hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, and Phox2 transcription factors in sympathetic neurons: evidence for common regulation during noradrenergic induction and diverging regulation later in development.
Mech. Dev. 2000 Apr;92(2),169-77

Ernsberger, U. and H. Rohrer (1999)
The development of the cholinergic neurotransmitter phenotype in postganglionic sympathetic neurons.
Cell Tissue Res. 297, 339-361

Schneider, C., H. Wicht, J. Enderich, M. Wegner and H. Rohrer (1999)
Bone morphogenetic proteins are essential for the development of sympathetic neurons.
Neuron 24, 861-870

Stanke, M., D. Junghans, M. Geissen, C. Goridis, U. Ernsberger and
H. Rohrer (1999)

The Phox2 homeodomain proteins are sufficient to promote the development of sympathetic neurons.
Development 126, 4087-4094

Stanke, M., M. Geissen, R. Götz, U. Ernsberger and H. Rohrer (1999)
The early expression of VAChT and VIP in mouse sympathetic ganglia is not induced by cytokines acting through LIFR
b or CNTFRa.
Mech. Dev. 126, 4087-4094

Wyatt, S., R. Andres, H. Rohrer and A.M. Davies (1999)
Regulation of neurotrophin receptor expression by retinoic acid in mouse sympathetic neuroblasts.
J. Neurosci. 19, 1062-1071

D'Costa, A.P., Prevette, D.M., Houenou, L.C., Wang, S., Zackenfels, K., Rohrer, H., Zapf, J., Caroni, P., Oppenheim, R.W. (1998)
Mechanisms of insulin-like growth factor regulation of programmed cell death of developing avian motoneurons.
J. Neurobiol. 36, 379-394.

Fuhrmann, S., M. Kirsch, S. Heller, H. Rohrer and H.-D. Hofmann (1998)
Differential regulation of CNTFRa expression in all major neuronal classes during development of the chick retina.
J. Comp. Neurol. 400, 244-254

Fuhrmann, S., S. Heller, H. Rohrer and H.-D. Hofmann (1998)
A transient role for ciliary neurotrophic factor in chick photoreceptor development.
J. Neurobiol. 37, 672-683

Holst, A. v. and H. Rohrer (1998)
Culture of avian sympathetic neurons.
Curr. Topics in Dev. Biol. 36, 161-182

Geißen, M., S. Heller, D. Pennica, U. Ernsberger and H. Rohrer (1998)
The specification of sympathetic neurotransmitter phenotype depends on gp130 cytokine receptor signalling.
Development 125, 4791-4801

Rohrer, H. and U. Ernsberger (1998)
The differentiation of the neurotransmitter phenotypes in chick sympathetic neurons.
Adv. Pharmacol. 42, 891-195

Böhm, S., R. J. Harvey, A. v. Holst, H. Rohrer and H. Betz (1997)
Glycine receptors in cultured chick sympathetic neurons are excitatory and trigger neurotransmitter release.
The Journal of Physiology 504, 683-694

Ernsberger, U., H. Patzke and H. Rohrer (1997)
The developmental expression of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and the neuropeptide VIP in chick sympathetic neurons: evidence for different regulatory events in cholinergic differentiation.
Mechanisms of Development 68, 115-126

Markus, A., A. v. Holst, H. Rohrer and R. Heumann (1997)
NGF-mediated survival depends on p21ras in chick sympathetic neurons from the superior cervical but not from lumbosacral ganglia.
Developmental Biology 191, 306-310

Rohrer, H. and U. Ernsberger (1997)
The differentiation of the neurotransmitter phenotypes in chick sympathetic neurons.
Advances in Pharmacology 42, 891-895

v. Holst, A., F. B. Lefcort and H. Rohrer (1997)
TrkA expression levels of sympathetic neurons correlate with NGF responsiveness during development and after treatment with retinoic acid.
European Journal of Neuroscience 9, 2169-2177

v. Holst, A., S. Heller, D. Junghans, M. Geißen, U. Ernsberger and H. Rohrer (1997)
Onset of CNTFRa expression and signal transduction during neurogenesis in chick sensory dorsal root ganglia.
Developmental Biology 191, 1-13

v. Holst, A. and H. Rohrer (1997)
Culture of avian sympathetic neurons.
Current Topics in Developmental Biology 36, 161-182

Ernsberger,U. and H. Rohrer (1996)
The development of the noradrenergic transmitter phenotype in postganglionic sympathetic neurons.
Neurochem. Res. 21, 829-835

Frade, J.M., E. Marti, P. Bovolenta, A. Rodriguez-Rena, D. Pérez-Garcia, H. Rohrer, D. Edgar and A. Rodriguez-Tébar (1996)
Insulin-like growth factor-I stimulates neurogenesis in chick retina by regulating expression of the a6 integrin subunit.
Development 22, 2497-2506

Heller, S., U. Ernsberger and H. Rohrer (1996)
Extrinsic signals in the developing nervous system: the role of neurokines during neurogenesis.
Perspectives on Developmental Neurobiology, 4, 19-34

Reissmann, E., U. Ernsberger, P.H. Francis-West, D. Rueger, P.M. Brickell and H. Rohrer (1996)
Involvement of bone morphogenteic protein-4 and bone morphogenetic protein-7 in the differentiation of the adrenergig phenotype in developing sympathetic neurons.
Development. 122(7),2079-88

Rohrer, H. (1996)
Insulin-like growth factors and insulin in the development of the sympathoadrenergic cell lineage. in "The Autonomic Nervous System"
Vol IV, Autonomic-Endocrine Interactions. Eds. G. Burnstock, K. Unsicker, 379-405

v. Holst, A., F.B. Lefcort, A. Rodriguez-Tébar, J.-J. Michaille, D. Dhouailly, A. Bäckström, T. Ebendal and H. Rohrer (1996)
TrkA expression levels of sympathetic neurons correlate with NGF responsiveness during development and after treatment with retinoic acid. J. Brain Res. 37, 581-582


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