Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie

2022

Yassine M, Hassan SA, Sommer S, Yücel LA, Bellert H, Hallenberger J, Sohn D, Korf HW, von Gall C, Ali AAH (2022) Radiotherapy of the Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Mice Has a Time-Of-Day-Dependent Impact on the Mouse Hippocampus. Cells, 12:61, doi: 10.3390/cells12010061, PMID: 36611854, PMCID: PMC9818790

Pfeffer M, von Gall C, Wicht H, Korf HW (2022) The Role of the Melatoninergic System in Circadian and Seasonal Rhythms-Insights From Different Mouse Strains. Front Physiol, 13:883637, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.883637, PMID: 35492605, PMCID: PMC9039042

Bittner N, Korf HW, Stumme J, Jockwitz C, Moebus S, Schmidt B, Dragano N, Caspers S (2022) Multimodal investigation of the association between shift work and the brain in a population-based sample of older adults. Sci Rep, 12:2969, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05418-1, PMID: 35194054, PMCID: PMC8863881

2021

Hassan SA, Ali AAH, Yassine M, Sohn D, Pfeffer M, Jänicke RU, Korf HW, von Gall C (2021) Relationship between locomotor activity rhythm and corticosterone levels during HCC development, progression, and treatment in a mouse model. J Pineal Res, 70:e12724, doi: 10.1111/jpi.12724, Epub 2021 Mar 5, PMID: 33615553

Korf HW, Møller M (2021) Arcuate nucleus, median eminence, and hypophysial pars tuberalis. Handb Clin Neurol, 180:227-251. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820107-7.00015-X, PMID: 34225932

Hassan SA, Schmithals C, von Harten M, Piiper A, Korf HW, von Gall C (2021) Time-dependent changes in proliferation, DNA damage and clock gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma and healthy liver of a transgenic mouse model. Int J Cancer, 148:226-237, doi: 10.1002/ijc.33228, Epub 2020 Aug 14

2020

Lewis P, Oster H, Korf HW, Foster RG, Erren TC (2020) Food as a circadian time cue - evidence from human studies. Nat Rev Endocrinol, 16: 213-223, doi: 10.1038/s41574-020-0318-z, PMID 32055029

Metzger J, Wicht H, Korf HW, Pfeffer M (2020) Seasonal Variations of Locomotor Activity Rhythms in Melatonin-Proficient and -Deficient Mice under Seminatural Outdoor Conditions. J Biol Rhythms, 35: 58-71, doi: 10.1177/0748730419881922, PMID 31625428

2018

Brunkhorst R, Pfeilschifter W, Rajkovic N, Pfeffer M, Fischer C, Korf HW, Christoffersen C, Trautmann S, Thomas D, Pfeilschifter J, Koch A (2018) Diurnal regulation of sphingolipids in blood. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids, 1864: 304-311

Ekhart D, Wicht H, Kersken T, Ackermann H, Kaczmarczyk M, Pretzsch G, Alexander H, Korf HW (2018) Dynamics of core body temperature cycles in long-term measurements under real life conditions in women. Chronobiol Int, 35: 8-23

Fredrich M, Christ E, Korf HW (2018) Differential Regulation of Cell Proliferation
and Apoptosis by Melatonin Receptor Subtype-Signaling in the Adult Murine Brain.
Neuroendocrinology, 107: 158-166

Kakoschky B, Pleli T, Schmithals C, Zeuzem S, Brüne B, Vogl TJ, Korf HW, Weigert A, Piiper A (2018) Selective targeting of tumor associated macrophages in different tumor models. PLoS One, 13: e0193015

Korf HW (2018) Leopoldina Symposium "Seasonal Rhythms", Leuven Belgium, 25.8.2016. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 258: 213-214

Korf HW (2018) Signaling pathways to and from the hypophysial pars tuberalis, an important center for the control of seasonal rhythms. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 258: 236-243

Lewis P, Korf HW, Kuffer L, Groß JV, Erren TC (2018) Exercise time cues (zeitgebers) for human circadian systems can foster health and improve performance: a systematic review. BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med, 4:e000443

Pfeffer M, Korf HW, Wicht H (2018) Synchronizing effects of melatonin on diurnal and circadian rhythms. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 258: 215-22

Pfeffer M, Zimmermann Z, Gispert S, Auburger G, Korf HW, von Gall C (2018) Impaired Photic Entrainment of Spontaneous Locomotor Activity in Mice Overexpressing Human Mutant α-Synuclein. Int J Mol Sci, 19, doi: 10.3390/ijms19061651

Vanden Broeck J, Korf HW (2018) Editorial - Special issue of the 28th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists (CECE-2016) - Golden Jubilee of the European Society for Comparative Endocrinology (ESCE). Gen Comp Endocrinol, 258: 1-3

2017

Aumann G, Friedländer F, Thümmler M, Keil F, Brunkhorst R, Korf HW, Derouiche A (2017) Quantifying Filopodia in Cultured Astrocytes by an Algorithm. Neurochem Res, 42: 1795-1809

Fischer C, Mueller T, Pfeffer M, Wicht H, von Gall C, Korf HW (2017) Melatonin Receptor 1 Deficiency Affects Feeding Dynamics and Pro-Opiomelanocortin Expression in the Arcuate Nucleus and Pituitary of Mice. Neuroendocrinology, 105: 35-43

Fredrich M, Hampel M, Seidel K, Christ E, Korf HW (2017) Impact of melatonin receptor-signaling on Zeitgeber time-dependent changes in cell proliferation and apoptosis in the adult murine hippocampus. Hippocampus, 27: 495-506

Ibrahim AA, Schmithals C, Kowarz E, Köberle V, Kakoschky B, Pleli T, Kollmar O, Nitsch S, Waidmann O, Finkelmeier F, Zeuzem S, Korf HW, Schmid T, Weigert A, Kronenberger B, Marschalek R, Piiper A (2017) Hypoxia Causes Downregulation of Dicer in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Which Is Required for Upregulation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Clin Cancer Res, 23: 3896-3905

Jafarpour A, Dehghani F, Korf HW (2017) Identification of an endocannabinoid system in the rat pars tuberalis-a possible interface in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system? Cell Tissue Res, 368: 115-123

Korf HW, Klein DC, Arendt J, Pévet P (2017) Andreas Oksche. J Biol Rhythms, 32: 99-100

Korf HW, Unsicker K (2017) Obituary - Andreas Oksche. Cell Tissue Res, 367: 405-406

Pfeffer M, Korf HW, Wicht H (2017) The Role of the Melatoninergic System in Light-Entrained Behavior of Mice. Int J Mol Sci, 18

Pfeffer M, Gispert S, Auburger G, Wicht H, Korf HW (2017) Impact of Ataxin-2 knock out on circadian locomotor behavior and PER immunoreaction in the SCN of mice. Chronobiol Int, 34: 129-137

Rüb U, Stratmann K, Heinsen H, Seidel K, Bouzrou M, Korf HW (2017) Alzheimer's Disease: Characterization of the Brain Sites of the Initial Tau Cytoskeletal Pathology Will Improve the Success of Novel Immunological Anti-Tau Treatment Approaches. J Alzheimers Dis, 57: 683-696. doi: 10.3233/JAD-161102. Review.

Seidel K, Bouzrou M, Heidemann N, Krüger R, Schöls L, den Dunnen WFA, Korf HW, Rüb U (2017) Involvement of the cerebellum in Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Ann Neurol, 81: 898-903

Seidel K, Siswanto S, Fredrich M, Bouzrou M, den Dunnen WFA, Özerden I, Korf HW, Melegh B, de Vries JJ, Brunt ER, Auburger G, Rüb U (2017) On the distribution of intranuclear and cytoplasmic aggregates in the brainstem of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 and 3. Brain Pathol, 27: 345-355

2016

Homola M, Pfeffer M, Robson SC, Fischer C, Zimmermann H, Korf HW (2016) Melatonin receptor deficiency decreases and temporally shifts ecto-5'-nucleotidase mRNA levels in mouse prosencephalon. Cell Tissue Res, 365: 147-156

Ingenwerth M, Noichl E, Stahr A, Korf HW, Reinke H, von Gall C (2016) Heat Shock Factor 1 Deficiency Affects Systemic Body Temperature Regulation. Neuroendocrinology, 103: 605-615

Rüb U, Stratmann K, Heinsen H, Turco DD, Seidel K, Dunnen Wd, Korf HW (2016) The Brainstem Tau Cytoskeletal Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease: A Brief Historical Overview and Description of its Anatomical Distribution Pattern, Evolutional Features, Pathogenetic and Clinical Relevance. Curr Alzheimer Res, 13: 1178-1197

Rüb U, Seidel K, Heinsen H, Vonsattel JP, den Dunnen WF, Korf HW (2016) Huntington's disease (HD): the neuropathology of a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder of the human brain. Brain Pathol, 26: 726-740

Seidel K, Siswanto S, Fredrich M, Bouzrou M, Brunt ER, van Leeuwen FW, Kampinga HH, Korf HW, Rüb U, den Dunnen WF (2016) Polyglutamine aggregation in Huntington's disease and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: similar mechanisms in aggregate formation. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 42: 153-166

Stratmann K, Heinsen H, Korf HW, Del Turco D, Ghebremedhin E, Seidel K, Bouzrou M, Grinberg LT, Bohl J, Wharton SB, den Dunnen W, Rüb U (2016) Precortical Phase of Alzheimer's Disease (AD)-Related Tau Cytoskeletal Pathology. Brain Pathol, 26: 371-386

2015

Pfeffer M, Wicht H, von Gall C,Korf HW(2015) Owls and larks in mice. Front Neurol, 6: 101

Rüb U, Stratmann K, Heinsen H, Del Turco D, Ghebremedhin E, Seidel K, den Dunnen W, Korf HW(2015) Hierarchical Distribution of the Tau Cytoskeletal Pathology in the Thalamus of Alzheimer's Disease Patients. J Alzheimers Dis, 49: 905-915

Brehm TT, Korf HW, Benzenhöfer U, Schomerus C, Wicht H (2015) Notes on the history of the Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie in Frankfurt/Main. Part II. The Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie during the Third Reich and its body supply. Ann Anat, 201: 111-119

Brehm TT, Korf HW, Benzenhöfer U,Schomerus C, Wicht H (2015) Notes on the history of the Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie in Frankfurt/Main. Part I. Development of student numbers, body procurement, and gross anatomy courses from 1914 to 2013. Ann Anat, 201: 99-110

Derouiche A, Haseleu J,Korf HW(2015) Fine Astrocyte Processes Contain Very Small Mitochondria: Glial Oxidative Capability May Fuel Transmitter Metabolism. Neurochem Res, 40: 2402-2413

Fredrich M, Christ E, Derouiche A, Korf HW (2015) Impact of Melatonin on Zeitgeber Time-Dependent Changes in Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis in the Adult Murine Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal System. Neuroendocrinology, 102: 311-326

Homola M, Pfeffer M, Fischer C, Zimmermann H, Robson SC,Korf HW (2015) Expression of ectonucleotidases in the prosencephalon of melatonin-proficient C3H and melatonin-deficient C57Bl mice: spatial distribution and time-dependent changes. Cell Tissue Res, 362: 163-176

Ingenwerth M, Noichl E, Stahr A,Korf HW, Reinke H, von Gall C (2015) Heat Shock Factor 1-Deficiency Affects Systemic Body Temperature Regulation. Neuroendocrinology

Koch M, Ferreirós N, Geisslinger G, Dehghani F, Korf HW (2015) Rhythmic control of endocannabinoids in the rat pineal gland. Chronobiol Int, 32: 869-874

Pfeffer M, Korf HW, von Gall C (2015) Chronotype and stability of spontaneous locomotor activity rhythm in BMAL1-deficient mice. Chronobiol Int, 32: 81-91

Rüb U, Korf HW (2015) Pathological Nerve Cell Alterations in Huntington's Disease (HD) and Their Possible Role for the Demise of Nerve Cells. Adv Anat Embryol Cel, 217: 119-123

Rüb U, Korf HW (2015) Intraneuronal Transport and Defense Mechanisms with Possible Pathogenetic Relevance in Huntington's Disease (HD). Adv Anat Embryol Cel, 217: 91-100

Rüb U, Seidel K, Vonsattel JP, Lange HW, Eisenmenger W, Götz M, Del Turco D,Bouzrou M, Korf HW, Heinsen H (2015) Huntington's Disease (HD): Neurodegeneration of Brodmann's Primary Visual Area 17 (BA17). Brain Pathol, 25: 701-711

Schmithals C, Köberle V, Korkusuz H, Pleli T, Kakoschky B, Augusto EA, Ibrahim AA, Arencibia JM, Vafaizadeh V, Groner B,Korf HW, Kronenberger B, Zeuzem S, Vogl TJ, Waidmann O, Piiper A (2015) Improving Drug Penetrability with iRGD Leverages the Therapeutic Response to Sorafenib and Doxorubicin in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancer Res, 75 (15): 3147-3154

Seidel K, Mahlke J, Siswanto S, Krüger R, Heinsen H, Auburger G, Bouzrou M, Grinberg LT, Wicht H, Korf HW, den Dunnen W, Rüb U (2015) The brainstem pathologies of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Brain Pathol, 25: 121-135

Watcharin W, Schmithals C, Pleli T, Köberle V, Korkusuz H, Hübner F, Waidmann O, Zeuzem S, Korf HW, Terfort A, Gelperina S, Vogl TJ, Kreuter J, Piiper A (2015) Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in transgenic mice by Gd-DTPA- and rhodamine 123-conjugated human serum albumin nanoparticles in T1 magnetic resonance imaging. J Control Release, 199: 63-71

2014

Rüb U, Hentschel M, Stratmann K, Brunt E, Heinsen H, Seidel K, Bouzrou M, Auburger G, Paulson H, Vonsattel JP, Lange H, Korf HW, den Dunnen W (2014) Huntington's disease (HD): degeneration of select nuclei, widespread occurrence of neuronal nuclear and axonal inclusions in the brainstem. Brain Pathol. 24: 247-260

Seidel K, Küsters B, den Dunnen WF, Bouzrou M, Hageman G, Korf HW, Schelhaas HJ, Verbeek D, Rüb U (2014)  First patho-anatomical investigation of the brain of a SCA19 patient. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 40: 640-644

Watcharin W, Schmithals C, Pleli T, Köberle V, Korkusuz H, Huebner F, Zeuzem S, Korf HW, Vogl TJ, Rittmeyer C, Terfort A, Piiper A, Gelperina S, Kreuter J (2014)  Biodegradable human serum albumin nanoparticles as contrast agents for the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma by magnetic resonance imaging. Eur J Pharm Biopharm, 87:132-41

Wicht H, Korf HW, Ackermann H, Ekhart D, Fischer C, Pfeffer M (2014) Chronotypes and rhythm stability in mice Chronobiology International, 1: 27-36

Yasuo S, Fischer C, Bojunga J, Iigo M, Korf HW (2014) 2-Arachidonoyl glycerol sensitizes the pars distalis and enhances forskolin-stimulated prolactin secretion in Syrian hamsters. Chronobiol Int, 31: 337-342

2013

Goto M, Matsuo H, Iigo M, Furuse M, Korf HW, Yasuo S (2013) Melatonin-induced changes in the expression of thyroid hormone-converting enzymes in hypothalamus depend on the timing of melatonin injections and genetic background in mice. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 186C: 33-40. Epub

Rüb U, Schöls L, Paulson H, Auburger G, Kermer P, Jen JC, Seidel K, Korf HW, Deller T (2013) Clinical features, neurogenetics and neuropathology of the polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias type 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7. Prog Neurobiol, 104: 38-66

Rüb U, Farrag K, Seidel K, Brunt E, Heinsen H, Bürk K, Melegh B, von Gall C, Auburger G, Bohl J, Korf HW, Hoche F, den Dunnen W (2013) Involvement of the cholinergic basal forebrain nuclei in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). Neuropath Appl Neuro, doi: 10.1111/nan.12025. [Epub ahead of print]

Rüb U, Hoche F, Brunt E, Heinsen H, Seidel K, Del Turco D, Paulson H, Bohl J, von Gall C, Vonsattel J, Korf HW, den Dunnen W (2013) Degeneration of the cerebellum in Huntington's disease (HD): Possible relevance for the clinical picture and potential gateway to pathological mechanisms of the disease process. Brain Pathol, 23: 165-177. Epub

Yasuo S, Fischer C, Bojunga J, Iigo M, Korf HW (2013) 2-Arachidonoyl glycerol sensitizes the pars distalis and enhances forskolin-stimulated prolactin secretion in Syrian hamsters. Chronobiol Int

2012

Christ E, Korf HW, von Gall C (2012) When does it start ticking? Ontogenetic development of the mammalian circadian system. Prog Brain Res, 199: 105-118

Fischer C, Christ E, Korf HW, von Gall C (2012) Tafa-3 encoding for a secretory peptide is expressed in the mouse pars tuberalis and is affected by melatonin 1 receptor deficiency. Gen Comp Endocrinol, 177: 98-103. Epub

Khavinson VKh, Linkova NS, Kvetnoy IM, Kvetnaia TV, Polyakova VO, Korf HW (2012) Molecular cellular mechanisms of Peptide regulation of melatonin synthesis in pinealocyte culture. Bull Exp Biol Med, 153: 255-258

Pfeffer M, Plenzig S, Gispert S, Wada K, Korf HW, von Gall C (2012) Disturbed sleep/wake rhythms and neuronal cell loss in lateral hypothalamus and retina of mice with a spontaneous deletion in the ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 gene. Neurobiol Aging, 33: 393-403. Epub

Pfeffer M, Rauch A, Korf HW, von Gall C (2012) The endogenous melatonin (MT) signal facilitates reentrainment of the circadian system to light-induced phase advances by acting upon MT2 receptors, Chronobiol Int, 29: 415-429. Epub

Rüb U, Bürk K, Timmann D, den Dunnen W, Seidel K, Brunt E, Heinsen H, Egensperger R, Bornemann A, Schwarzacher S, Korf HW, Schöls L, Bohl J, Deller T (2012) Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1): New pathoanatomical and clinico-pathological insights. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 38: 665-680

Scherzed W, Brunt ER, Heinsen H, de Vos RA, Seidel K, Bürk K, Schöls L, Auburger G, Del Turco D, Deller T, Korf HW, den Dunnen WF, Rüb U (2012) Pathoanatomy of Cerebellar Degeneration in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2) and Type 3 (SCA3). Cerebellum, 11: 749-760

Seidel K, Siswanto S, Brunt ER, den Dunnen W, Korf HW, Rüb U (2012) Brain pathology of spinocerebellar ataxias. Acta Neuropathol, 124: 1-21. Epub

2011

Hoche F, Balikó L, den Dunnen W, Steinecker K, Bartos L, Sáfrány E, Auburger G, Deller T, Korf HW, Klockgether T, Rüb U, Melegh B (2011) Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2): Identification of Early Brain Degeneration in One Monozygous Twin in the Initial Disease Stage. Cerebellum, 10: 245-253

Koch M, Kreutz S, Böttger C, Benz A, Maronde E, Ghadban C, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2011) Palmitoylethanolamide protects dentate gyrus granule cells via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha. Neurotox Res, 19: 330-340

Koch M, Kreutz S, Böttger C, Grabiec U, Ghadban C, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2011) The cannabinoid WIN 55,212-2-mediated protection of dentate gyrus granule cells is driven by CB(1) receptors and modulated by TRPA1 and Ca(v)2.2 channels. Hippocampus, 21: 554-564

Yasuo S, Korf HW (2011) The hypophysial pars tuberalis transduces photoperiodic signals via multiple pathways and messenger molecules. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 172: 15-22

2006 - 2010

Christ E, Pfeffer M, Korf HW, von Gall C (2010) Pineal melatonin synthesis is altered in Period1 deficient mice. Neuroscience, 171: 398-406

Dehghani F, Sayan M, Conrad A, Evers J, Ghadban C, Blaheta R, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2010) Inhibition of microglial and astrocytic inflammatory responses by the immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil. Neuropath Appl Neuro, 36: 598-611

Ebrahimi F, Hezel M, Koch M, Ghadban C, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2010) Analyses of neuronal damage in excitotoxically lesioned organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Ann Anat, 192: 199-204

Pfeffer M, Plenzig S, Gispert S, Wada K, Korf HW, Von Gall C (2010) Disturbed sleep/wake rhythms and neuronal cell loss in lateral hypothalamus and retina of mice with a spontaneous deletion in the ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 gene. Neurobiol Aging, Apr 1

Unfried C, Burbach G, Korf HW, von Gall C (2010) Melatonin receptor 1-dependent gene expression in the mouse pars tuberalis as revealed by cDNA microarray analysis and in situ hybridization. J Pineal Res, 48: 148-156

Wicht H, Laedtke E, Korf HW, Schomerus C (2010) Spatial and temporal expression patterns of Bmal delineate a circadian clock in the nervous system of Branchiostoma lanceolatum. J Comp Neurol, 518: 1837-1846

Yasuo S, Koch M, Schmidt H, Ziebell S, Bojunga J, Geisslinger G, Korf HW (2010) An endocannabinoid system is localized to the hypophysial pars tuberalis of Syrian hamsters and responds to photoperiodic changes. Cell Tissue Res, 340: 127-136

Yasuo S, Unfried C, Kettner M, Geisslinger G, Korf HW (2010) Localization of an endocannabinoid system in the hypophysial pars tuberalis and pars distalis of man. Cell Tissue Res, 342: 273-281

Yasuo S, Yoshimura T, Ebihara S, Korf HW (2010) Photoperiodic Control of TSH-beta Expression in the Mammalian Pars Tuberalis has Different Impacts on the Induction and Suppression of the Hypothalamo-Hypopysial Gonadal Axis. J Neuroendocrinol, 22: 43-50

Ansari N, Agathagelidis M, Lee C, Korf HW, von Gall C (2009) Differential maturation of circadian rhythms in clock gene proteins in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the pars tuberalis during mouse ontogeny. Eur J Neurosci, 29: 477-489

Kreutz S, Koch M, Böttger C, Ghadban C, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2009) 2-Arachidonoylglycerol elicits neuroprotective effects on excitotoxically lesioned dentate gyrus granule cells via abnormal-cannabidiol-sensitive receptors on microglial cells. Glia 57: 286-294

Pfeffer M, Müller CM, Mordel J, Meissl H, Ansari N, Deller T, Korf HW, von Gall C (2009) The mammalian molecular clockwork controls rhythmic expression of its own input pathway components. J Neurosci, 29: 6114-6123

Stavridis SI, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2009) Cocultures of rat sensorimotor cortex and spinal cord slices to investigate corticospinal tract sprouting. Spine. 34: 2494-2499

Unfried C, Ansari N, Yasuo S, Korf HW, von Gall C (2009) Impact of melatonin and molecular clockwork components on the expression of thyrotropin beta-chain (Tshb) and the Tsh receptor in the mouse pars tuberalis. Endocrinology, 150: 4653-4662

Ono H, Hoshino Y, Yasuo S, Watanabe M, Nakane Y, Murai A, Ebihara S, Korf HW, Yoshimura T (2008) Involvement of thyrotropin in photoperiodic signal transduction in mice.Proc Natl Acad Sci 105: 18238-18242

Koch M, Habazettl I, Dehghani F, Korf HW (2008) The rat pineal gland comprises an endocannabinoid system. J Pineal Res 45: 351-360

Vogt C, Hailer NP, Ghadban C, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2008) Successful inhibition of excitotoxic neuronal damage and microglial activation after delayed application of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. J Neurosci Res 86: 3314-3321

Foerch C, Korf HW, Steinmetz H, Sitzer M (2008) Abrupt shift of the pattern of diurnal variation in stroke onset with daylight saving time transitions. Circulation 118: 284-290

Korf H W, Wicht H, Snipes R L, Timmermans J P, Paulsen F, Rune G, Baumgart-Vogt E (2008) The dissection course – necessary and indispensable for teaching anatomy to medical students. Ann Anat, 190: 16-22

Schomerus C, Korf H W, Laedtke E, Moret F, Zhang Q, Wicht H (2008) Nocturnal behavior and rhythmic period gene expression in a lancelet, Branchiostoma lanceolatum. J Biol Rhythms 23: 170-181

Korf H W (2007) Welcome address to the 102nd congress of the Anatomische Gesellschaft in Gießen, Germany, March 30-April 2 2007, Ann Anat 189: 533-534

Korf H W (2007) Einheit und Vielheit – unity and plurality. Ann Anat 189: 535-548

Dinet V, Korf HW (2007) Impact of melatonin receptors on pCREB and clock-gene protein levels in the murine retina. Cell Tissue Res 330: 29-34

Niederberger E, Ehnert C, Gao W, Coste O, Schmidtko A, Popp L, Gall C, Korf HW, Tegeder I, Geisslinger G (2007) The impact of CREB and its phosphorylation at Ser142 on inflammatory nociception. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 362: 75-80

Yasuo S, Yoshimura T, Ebihara S, Korf HW (2007) Temporal dynamics of type 2 deiodinase expression after melatonin injections in Syrian hamsters. Endocrinology 148: 4385-4392

Dinet V, Ansari N, Torres-Farfan C, Korf HW (2007) Clock gene expression in the retina of melatonin-proficient (C3H) and melatonin-deficient (C57BL) mice. J Pineal Res 42: 83-91

Kreutz S, Koch M, Ghadban C, Korf H-W, Dehghani F (2007) Cannabinoids and secondary neuronal damage: differential effects of THC, AEA and 2-AG on activated microglial cells and degenerating neurons in excitotoxically lesioned rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Exp Neurol 203: 246-257

Kreutz S, Korf H-W, Schubert-Zsilavecz M (2006) Selektive Cannabinoid-Rezeptor-Antagonisten: Neue Therapieoption zur Behandlung von Adipositas. Pharm Unserer Zeit 6: 512-520

Koch M, Dehghani F, Habazettl I, Schomerus C, Korf HW (2006) Cannabinoids attenuate norepinephrine-induced melatonin biosynthesis in the rat pineal gland by reducing arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase activity without involvement of cannabinoid receptors. J Neurochem 98: 267-278

Oest TM, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2006) The immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil improves preservation of the perforant path in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures: a retrograde tracing study. Hippocampus 16: 437-442

Mishra SK, Braun N, Shukla V, Fullgrabe M, Schomerus C, Korf HW, Gachet C, Ikehara Y, Sevigny J, Robson SC, Zimmermann H (2006) Extracellular nucleotide signaling in adult neural stem cells: synergism with growth factor-mediated cellular proliferation. Development 133: 675-684

Torres-Farfan C, Seron-Ferre M, Dinet V, Korf HW (2006) Immunocytochemical demonstration of day/night changes of clock gene protein levels in the murine adrenal gland: differences between melatonin-proficient (C3H) and melatonin-deficient (C57BL) mice. J Pineal Res 40: 64-70

2000 - 2005

Chaurasia SS, Rollag MD, Jiang G, Hayes WP, Haque R, Natesan A, Zatz M, Tosini G, Liu C, Korf HW, Iuvone PM, Provencio I (2005) Molecular cloning, localization and circadian expression of chicken melanopsin (Opn4): differential regulation of expression in pineal and retinal cell types. J Neurochem 92: 158-170

Hailer NP, Vogt C, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2005) Interleukin-1beta exacerbates and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist attenuates neuronal injury and microglial activation after excitotoxic damage in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Eur J Neurosci 21: 2347-2360

Jilg A, Moek J, Weaver DR, Korf HW, Stehle JH, von Gall C (2005) Rhythms in clock proteins in the mouse pars tuberalis depend on MT1 melatonin receptor signalling. Eur J Neurosci 22: 2845-2854

Karolczak M, Korf HW, Stehle JH (2005) The rhythm and blues of gene expression in the rodent pineal gland. Endocrine 27: 89-100

Schomerus C, Korf HW (2005) Mechanisms regulating melatonin synthesis in the Mammalian pineal organ. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1057: 372-383

Sheynzon P, Karolczak M, Dehghani F, Korf HW (2005) Diurnal variation in CREB phosphorylation and PER1 protein levels in lactotroph cells of melatonin-proficient C3H and melatonin-deficient C57BL mice: similarities and differences. Cell Tissue Res 321: 211-217

Stavridis SI, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2005) Characterisation of transverse slice culture preparations of postnatal rat spinal cord: preservation of defined neuronal populations. Histochem Cell Biol 123: 377-392

von Gall C, Weaver DR, Moek J, Jilg A, Stehle JH, Korf HW (2005) Melatonin plays a crucial role in the regulation of rhythmic clock gene expression in the mouse pars tuberalis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1040: 508-511

Dehghani F, Conrad A, Kohl A, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2004) Clodronate inhibits the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and NO by isolated microglial cells and reduces the number of proliferating glial cells in excitotoxically injured organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Exp Neurol 189: 241-251

Karolczak M, Burbach GJ, Sties G, Korf HW, Stehle JH (2004) Clock gene mRNA and protein rhythms in the pineal gland of mice. Eur J Neurosci 19: 3382-3388

Kell CA, Dehghani F, Wicht H, Molina CA, Korf HW, Stehle JH (2004) Distribution of transcription factor inducible cyclicAMP early repressor (ICER) in rodent brain and pituitary. J Comp Neurol 478: 379

Korf HW, Wicht H (2004) The public cadaver. Nature 428: 805

Schomerus C, Laedtke E, Korf HW (2004) Activation of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase by phorbol esters in bovine pinealocytes suggests a novel regulatory pathway in melatonin synthesis. J Neuroendocrinol 16: 741-749

Arens J, Moar KM, Eiden S, Weide K, Schmidt I, Mercer JG, Simon E, Korf HW (2003) Age-dependent hypothalamic expression of neuropeptides in wild-type and melanocortin-4 receptor-deficient mice. Physiol Genomics 16: 38-46

Dehghani F, Hischebeth GT, Wirjatijasa F, Kohl A, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2003) The immunosuppressant mycophenolate mofetil attenuates neuronal damage after excitotoxic injury in hippocampal slice cultures. Eur J Neurosci 18: 1061-1072

Ekhart D, Korf HW, Wicht H (2003) Cytoarchitecture, topography, and descending supraspinal projections in the anterior central nervous system of Branchiostoma lanceolatum. J Comp Neurol 466: 319-330

Gispert S, Del Turco D, Garrett L, Chen A, Bernard DJ, Hamm-Clement J, Korf HW, Deller T, Braak H, Auburger G, Nussbaum RL (2003) Transgenic mice expressing mutant A53T human alpha-synuclein show neuronal dysfunction in the absence of aggregate formation. Mol Cell Neurosci 24: 419-429

Koch M, Mauhin V, Stehle JH, Schomerus C, Korf HW (2003) Dephosphorylation of pCREB by protein serine/threonine phosphatases is involved in inactivation of Aanat gene transcription in rat pineal gland. J Neurochem 85: 170-179

Kohl A, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2003) The bisphosphonate clodronate depletes microglial cells in excitotoxically injured organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Exp Neurol 181: 1-11

Mutoh T, Shibata S, Korf HW, Okamura H (2003) Melatonin modulates the light-induced sympathoexcitation and vagal suppression with participation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in mice. J Physiol 547: 317-332

Schomerus C, Laedtke E, Korf HW (2003) Norepinephrine-dependent phosphorylation of the transcription factor cyclic adenosine monophosphate responsive element-binding protein in bovine pinealocytes. J Pineal Res 34: 103-109

Korf HW, von Gall C, Stehle J (2003) The circadian system and melatonin: lessons from rats and mice. Chronobiol Int 20: 697-710

Stehle JH, von Gall C, Korf HW (2003) Melatonin: a clock-output, a clock-input. J Neuroendocrinol 15: 383-389

Schöniger S, Kopp MDA, Schomerus C, Maronde E, Dehghani F, Meiniel A, Rodriguez EM, Korf HW, Nürnberger F (2002) Effects of neuroactive substances on the activity of subcommissural organ glial cells. Cell Tissue Res 307: 101-114

Schöniger S, Maronde E, Kopp MDA, Korf HW, Nürnberger F (2002) The transcription factor CREB and its stimulus-dependent phosphorylation in the bovine subcommissural organ. Cell Tissue Res 308: 131-142

Schomerus C, Laedtke E, Olcese J, Weller JL, Klein DC, Korf HW (2002) Signal transduction and regulation of melatonin synthesis in bovine pinealocytes: impact of adrenergic, peptidergic and cholinergic stimuli. Cell Tissue Res 309: 417-428

Korf HW, Stehle JH (2002) The circadian system: circuits-cells-clock genes.Cell Tissue Res 309: 1-2

Wirjatijasa F, Dehghani F, Blaheta RA, Korf HW, Hailer NP (2002) Interleukin-4, interleukin-10, and interleukin-1-receptor antagonist but not transforming growth factor-beta induce ramification and reduce adhesion molecule expression of rat microglial cells. J Neurosci Res 68: 579-587

Stehle JH, von Gall C, Korf HW (2002) Organisation of the circadian system in melatonin-proficient C3H and melatonin-deficient C57BL mice: a comparative investigation. Cell Tissue Res 309: 173-182

Gau D, Lemberger T, von Gall C, Kretz O, Le Minh N, Gass P, Schmid W, Schibler U, Korf HW, Schütz G (2002) Phosphorylation of CREB Ser142 regulates light-induced phase shifts of the circadian clock. Neuron 34: 245-253

von Gall C, Garabette ML, Kell CA, Frenzel S, Dehghani F, Schumm-Draeger PM, Weaver DR, Korf HW, Hastings MH, Stehle JH (2002) Rhythmic gene expression in pituitary depends on heterologous sensitization by the neurohormone melatonin. Nat Neurosci 3: 234-238

von Gall C, Schneider-Hüther I, Pfeffer M, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Stehle JH (2001) Clock gene protein mPER1 is rhythmically synthesized and under cAMP control in the mouse pineal organ. J Neuroendocrinol 13: 313-316

Coon SL, Weller JL, Korf HW, Namboodiri MAA, Rollag M, Klein DC (2001) cAMP regulation of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT, EC 2.3.1.87): a new cell line (1E7) provides evidence of intracellular AANAT activation. J Biol Chem 276: 24097-24107

Hailer NP, Wirjatijasa F, Roser N, Hischebeth GTR, Korf HW, Dehghani F (2001) Astrocytic factors protect neuronal integrity and reduce microglial activation in an in vitro model of N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced excitotoxic injury in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Eur J Neurosci 14: 315-326

Stehle JH, von Gall C, Schomerus C, Korf HW (2001) Of rodents and ungulates and melatonin: creating a uniform code for darkness by different signalling mechanisms. J Biol Rhythms 16: 312-325

Kopp MDA, Meissl H, Dehghani F, Korf HW (2001) The pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide modulates glutamatergic calcium signaling: investigations on rat suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons. J Neurochem 79: 161-171

Maronde E, Korf HW, Niemann P, Genieser HG (2001) Direct comparison of the potency of three novel cAMP analogs to induce CREB-phosphorylation in rat pinealocytes. J Pineal Res 31:183-185

Stehle JH, von Gall C, Korf HW (2001) Analysis of cell signalling in the rodent pineal gland deciphers regulators of dynamic transcription in neural/endocrine cells. Eur J Neurosci 14: 1-9

von Gall C, Lewy A, Schomerus C, Vivien-Roels B, Pevet P, Korf HW, Stehle J (2000) Transcription factor dynamics and neuroendocrine signalling in the mouse pineal gland: a comparative analysis of melatonin-deficient C57BL mice and melatonin-proficient C3H mice. Eur J Neurosci 12: 964-972

Kroeber S, Meissl H, Maronde E, Korf HW (2000) Analyses of signal transduction cascades reveal an essential role of calcium ions for regulation of melatonin biosynthesis in the light-sensitive pineal organ of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J Neurochem 74: 2478-2489

von Gall C, Weaver DR, Kock M, Korf HW, Stehle J (2000) Melatonin limits transcriptional impact of phosphoCREB in the mouse SCN via the Mel1a receptor. Neuroreport 11: 1803-1807

Pfeffer M, Maronde E, Korf HW, Stehle JH (2000) Antisense experiments reveal molecular details on mechanisms of ICER suppressing cAMP-inducible genes in rat pinealocytes. J Pineal Res 29: 24-33

Dehghani F, Maronde E, Schachenmayr W, Korf HW (2000) Neurofilament H immunoreaction in oligodendrogliomas as demonstrated by a new polyclonal antibody. Acta Neuropathol 100: 122-130

Schomerus C, Korf HW, Laedtke E, Weller JL, Klein DC (2000) Selective adrenergic/cyclic AMP-dependent switch-off of proteasomal proteolysis alone switches on neural signal transduction: an example from the pineal gland. J Neurochem 75: 2123-2132

Maronde E, Pfeffer M, von Gall C, Dehghani F, Schomerus C, Wicht H, Kroeber S, Olcese J, Stehle JH, Korf HW (2000) Signal transduction in the rodent pineal organ. From the membrane to the nucleus. Adv Exp Med Biol 460: 109-131

Korf HW (2000) Evolution of melatonin-producing pinealocytes. Adv Exp Med Biol 460: 17-29

1990 - 1999

Kopp MDA, Schomerus C, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Meissl H (1999) Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide and melatonin in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: effects on the calcium signal transduction cascade. J Neurosci 19: 206-219

Maronde E, Wicht H, Tasken K, Genieser HG, Dehghani F, Olcese J, Korf HW (1999) CREB phosphorylation and melatonin biosynthesis in the rat pineal gland: involvement of a cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase type II. J Pineal Res 27: 170-182

Wicht H, Maronde E, Olcese J, Korf HW (1999) A semiquantitative image-analytical method for the recording of dose-response curves in immunocytochemical preparations. J Histochem Cytochem 47: 411-419

Maronde E, Pfeffer M, Olcese J, Molina CA, Schlotter F, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Stehle J (1999) Transcription factors in neuroendocrine regulation: rhythmic changes in phosphoCREB and ICER levels frame melatonin synthesis. J Neurosci 19: 3326-3336

Schomerus C, Laedtke, Korf HW (1999) Analyses of signal transuction cascades in rat pinealocytes reveal a switch in cholinergic signaling during postnatal development. Brain Res 833: 39-50

Pfeffer M, Maronde E, Molina CA, Korf HW, Stehle J (1999) Inducible cyclic AMP early repressor protein in rat pinealocytes: a highly sensitive natural reporter for regulated gene transcription. Mol Pharmacol 56: 279-289

Jacobs RA, Schaad NC, Vanecek J, Leaver S, Aubry JM, Korf HW, Dahia PL, Chew SL, Grossman AB (1999) Pineal nitric oxide synthase, but not heme oxygenase, mRNA is suppressed by continuous exposure to light. Mol Brain Res 70: 264-272

Schomerus C, Korf HW (1999) Cholinergic signal transduction cascades in rat pinealocytes: fuctional and ontogenetic aspects. Reprod Nutr Dev 39: 305-314

Brednow K, Korf HW (1998) Morphological and immunocytochemical features of the pineal organ of C3H and C57BL mice at different stages of postnatal development. Cell Tissue Res 292: 521-530

Dehghani F, Schachenmayr W, Laun A, Korf HW (1998) Prognostic implication of clinical, histopathological and immunocytochemical features of oligodendrogliomas: a study of 89 cases. Acta Neuropathol 95: 493-504

Fevre-Montange M, Jouvet A, Privat K, Korf HW, Champier J, Reboul A, Aguera M, Mottolese C (1998) Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, biochemical and in vitro studies of a pineocytoma. Acta Neuropathol 95: 532-539

Kiyoshi K, Kondoh M, Hirunagi K, Korf HW (1998) Confocal laser scanning and electron-microscopic analyses of the relationship between VIP- and GnRH-like immunoreactive neurons in the lateral septal-preoptic area of the pigeon. Cell Tissue Res 293: 39-46

Kroeber S, Schomerus C, Korf HW (1998) A specific and sensitive double-immunofluorescence method for the demonstration of S-antigen and serotonin in trout and rat pinealocytes by means of primary antibodies from the same donor species. Histochem Cell Biol 109: 309-317

Pfeffer M, Kühn R, Krug L, Korf HW, Stehle J (1998) ß-Adrenergic receptor transcription in rat pineal gland: circadian and developmental regulation. Eur J Neurosci 10: 2896-2904

von Gall C, Duffield GE, Hastings MH, Kopp MDA, Dehghani F, Korf HW, Stehle J (1998) CREB in the mouse SCN: a molecular interface coding the phase-adjusting stimuli light, glutamate, PACAP, and melatonin for clockwork access. J Neurosci 18: 10389-10397

Blank HM, Müller B, Korf HW (1997) Comparative investigations of the neuronal apparatus in the pineal organ and retina of the rainbow trout: immunocytochemical demonstration of neurofilament 200 kDa and neuropeptide Y, tracing with DiI. Cell Tissue Res 288: 417-425

Kopp M, Meissl H, Korf HW (1997) The pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-induced phosphorylation of the transcription factor CREB (cAMP response element binding protein) in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus is inhibited by melatonin. Neurosci Lett 277: 145-148

Kroeber S, Schomerus C, Korf HW (1997) Calcium oscillations in a subpopulation of S-antigen immunoreactive pinealocytes of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Brain Res 744: 68-76

Letz B, Schomerus C, Maronde E, Korf HW, Korbmacher C (1997) Stimulation of nicotinic ACh receptor causes depolarization and activation of L-type Ca2+ channels in rat pinealocytes. J Physiol (London) 499: 329-340

Maronde E, Schomerus C, Stehle J, Korf HW (1997) Control of CREB phosphorylation and its role for induction of melatonin synthesis in rat pinealocytes. Biol Cell 89: 505-511

Korf HW, Schomerus C, Stehle J (1997) Das photoneuroendokrine System und sein Hormon Melatonin. Forschung Frankfurt 2/97: 37-47

Korf HW, Kroeber S, Schomerus C (1997) Regulation of the intracellular calcium concentration in pinealocytes of the rainbow trout and rat. Biol Signals 6: 201-211

Redecker P, Cetin Y, Korf HW (1996) Differential immunocytochemical localization of calretinin in the pineal gland of three mammalian species. J Neurocytol 25: 9-18

Nürnberger F, Ali MAA, Noakes DLG, Korf HW (1996) Salinity and vasotocin immunoreactivity in the brain of Rivulus marmoratus (Teleostei). Naturwissenschaften 83: 326-328

Schomerus C, Maronde E, Laedtke E, Korf HW (1996) Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) induce phosphorylation of the transcription factor CREB in subpopulations of rat pinealocytes: immunocytochemical and immunochemical evidence. Cell Tissue Res 286: 305-313

Meissl H, Kroeber S, Yanez J, Korf HW (1996) Regulation of melatonin production and intracellular calcium concentrations in the trout pineal organ. Cell Tissue Res 286: 315-323

Weigle H, Wicht H, Korf HW (1996) A possible homologue of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the hypothalamus of lampreys (Lampetra fluviatilis). Neurosci Lett 217: 169-173

Stehle JH, Pfeffer M, Kühn R, Korf HW (1996) Light-induced expression of transcription factor ICER-CREM in rat suprachiasmatic nucleus is phase-restricted. Neurosci Lett 217: 166-169

Stehle J, Korf HW (1996) Neuroendokrine Signaltransduktion: Das Pinealorgan als Modell für cAMP-modulierte Genexpression. Neuroforum 4/96: 13-22

Korf HW, Schomerus C, Maronde E, Stehle JH (1996) Signal transduction molecules in the rat pineal organ: Ca 2+, pCREB, and ICER. Naturwissenschaften 83: 535-543

Hirunagi K, Rommel E, Korf HW (1995) Ultrastructure of cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons immunoreactive to vasoactive intestinal peptide and properties of the blood-brain barrier in the lateral septal organ of the duck. Cell Tissue Res 279: 123-133

Cymborowski B, Korf HW (1995) Immunocytochemical demonstration of S-antigen (arrestin) in the brain of the blowfly Calliphora vicina. Cell Tissue Res 279: 109-114

Schomerus C, Laedtke E, Korf HW (1995) Calcium responses of isolated, immunocytochemically identified rat pinealocytes to noradrenergic, cholinergic and vasopressinergic stimulations. Neurochem Int 27: 163-175

Tamotsu S, Schomerus C, Stehle JH, Roseboom P, Korf HW (1995) Norepinephrine-induced phosphorylation of the transcription factor CREB in isolated rat pinealocytes: an immunocytochemical study. Cell Tiss Res 282: 219-226

Wicht H, Derouiche A, Korf HW (1994) An immunocytochemical investigation of glial morphology in the Pacific hagfish: radial and astrocyte-like glia have the same phylogenetic age. J Neurocytol 23: 565-576

Schomerus C, Ruth P, Korf HW (1994) Photoreceptor-specific proteins in the mammalian pineal organ: immunocytochemical data and functional considerations. Acta Neurobiol Exp 54 (Suppl.): 9-17

Hirunagi K, Kiyoshi K, Adachi A, Hasegawa M, Ebihara S, Korf HW (1994) Electron-microscopic investigations of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-like immunoreactive terminal formations in the lateral septum of the pigeon. Cell Tissue Res 278: 415-418

Wicht H, Korf HW, Schaad NC (1993) Morphological and immunocytochemical heterogeneity of cultured pinealocytes from one-week- and two-month-old rats: planimetric and densitometric investigations. J Pineal Res 14: 128-137

Schaad NC, Parfitt A, Russell JT, Schaffner AE, Korf HW, Klein DC (1993) Single cell [Ca++]i analysis and biochemical characterization of pinealocytes immobilized with novel attachment peptide preparation. Brain Res 614: 251-256

Hirunagi K, Rommel E, Oksche A, Korf HW (1993) Vasoactive intestinal peptide-immunoreactive cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in the reptilian lateral septum/nucleus accumbens. Cell Tissue Res 274: 79-90

Kramm CM, De Grip WJ, Korf HW (1993) Rod-opsin immunoreaction in the pineal organ of the pigmented mouse does not indicate the presence of a functional photopigment. Cell Tissue Res 274: 71-78

Götz W, Theuring F, Schachenmayr W, Korf HW (1992) Midline brain tumors in MSV-SV 40-transgenic mice originate from the pineal organ. Acta Neuropathol 83: 308-314

Huang SK, Klein DC, Korf HW (1992) Immunocytochemical demonstration of rod-opsin, S-antigen, and neuron-specific proteins in the human pineal gland. Cell Tissue Res 267: 493-498

Illum N, Korf HW, Julian K, Rasmussen T, Herning M, Krabbe S (1992) Concurrent uveoretinitis and pineocytoma in a child suggests a causal relationship. Brit J Ophthalmol 76: 574-576

Korf HW, Korf B, Schachenmayr W, Chader GJ, Wiggert B (1992) Immunocytochemical demonstration of interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein in cerebellar medulloblastoma. Acta Neuropathol 83: 482-487

Korf HW, White BH, Schaad NC, Klein DC (1992) Recoverin in pineal organs and retinae of various vertebrate species including man. Brain Res 595: 57-66

Korf HW, Wicht H (1992) Receptor and effector mechanisms in the pineal organ. Progr Brain Res 91: 285-297

Kramm CM, Korf HW, Czerwionka M, Schachenmayr W, de Grip WJ (1991) Photoreceptor differentiation in cerebellar medulloblastoma: evidence for a functional photopigment and authentic S-antigen (arrestin). Acta Neuropathol 81: 296-302

Korf HW, Wicht H (1991) Das Pinealorgan der Wirbeltiere: ein Modell für Untersuchungen von Rezeptor- und Effektormechanismen in neuronalen Systemen. Naturwissenschaften 78: 437-444

Korf HW (1991) Professor Dr. med. Dres. h. c. A. Oksche - ein Porträt zum 65. Geburtstag. Hessisches Ärzteblatt 12/19

Korf HW (1991) Localization of signal transduction proteins in the chicken pineal organ. Acta XX Congr Internat Ornithol: 2006-2014

Theuring F, Götz W, Balling R, Korf HW, Schulze F, Herken R, Gruss P (1990) Tumorigenesis and eye abnormalities in transgenic mice expressing MSV-SV 40 large T-antigen. Oncogene 5: 225-232

Korf HW, Götz W, Herken R, Theuring F, Gruss P, Schachenmayr W (1990) S-antigen and rod-opsin immunoreactions in brain tumors of transgenic mice: similarities to pineal cell tumors and certain medulloblastomas in man. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 49: 424-437

Korf HW, Sato T, Oksche A (1990) Complex relationships between the pineal organ and the medial habenular nucleus-pretectal region of the mouse as revealed by S-antigen immunocytochemistry. Cell Tissue Res 261: 493-500

Korf HW, Czerwionka M, Götz W, Schachenmayr W, Theuring F (1990) Serotonin immunoreactivity in experimentally induced pineal cell tumors of transgenic mice and in human pineocytoma. Oncol Life Sci Adv 9: 25-32

Tamotsu S, Korf HW, Morita Y, Oksche A (1990) Immunocytochemical localization of serotonin and photoreceptor-specific proteins (rod-opsin, S-antigen) in the pineal complex of the river lamprey, Lampetra japonica, with special reference to photoneuroendocrine cells. Cell Tissue Res 262: 205-216

Omura Y, Korf HW, Oguri M, Oksche A (1990) Properties of the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in the circumventricular organs of the diencephalic roof of teleosts. Zool Sci 7: 783-799

1974 - 1989

Müller B, Peichl L, de Grip W, Gery I, Korf HW (1989) Opsin- and S-antigen- like immunoreactions in photoreceptors of the tree shrew retina. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 30: 530-535

Korf HW, Bruce JA, Vistica B, Rollag M, Klein DC (1989) Immunoreactive S-antigen in cerebrospinal fluid: a potential marker of pineal parenchymal tumors? J Neurosurg 70: 682-687

Korf HW, Sato T, Oksche A (1989) Reflections on the nature and connectivities of pinealocytes. Adv Pineal Res 3: 11-16

Czerwionka M, Korf HW, Hoffmann O, Busch H, Schachenmayr W (1989) Differentiation in medulloblastomas: correlation between the immunocytochemical demonstration of photoreceptor markers (S-antigen, rod-opsin) and the survival rate in 66 patients. Acta Neuropathol 78: 629-636

Korf B, Rollag MD, Korf HW (1989) The ontogenetic development of S-antigen- and rod-opsin immunoreactions in retinal and pineal photoreceptors of Xenopus laevis in relation to the onset of melatonin-dependent color change mechanisms. Cell Tissue Res 258: 319-329

Jozsa R, Korf HW, Csernus V, Mess B (1988) Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH)-immunoreactive structures in the brain of the domestic mallard. Cell Tissue Res 251: 441-449

Korf HW, Panzica GC, Viglietti-Panzica C, Oksche A (1988) Pattern of peptidergic neurons in the avian brain: clusters - local circuitries - projections. Basic Appl Histochem 32: 55-75

Rodríguez EM, Korf HW, Oksche A, Yulis CR, Hein S (1988) Pinealocytes immunoreactive with antisera against secretory glycoproteins of the subcommissural organ: a comparative study. Cell Tissue Res 254: 469-480

Korf HW (1988) Reflections on perspectives in pineal research. EPSG Newsletter 20: 7-10

Korf HW, Forster RG (1988) Photoneuroendocrine cells of the avian pineal organ. Acta XIX Congressus Internat Ornithologici II: 2202-2213

Møller M, Korf HW (1987) Neuronal connections between the brain and the pineal gland of the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). In vivo and vitro studies by use of horseradish peroxidase. Cell Tissue Res 247: 145-153

Foster RG, Korf HW, Schalken JJ (1987) Immunocytochemical markers revealing retinal and pineal but not hypothalamic photoreceptor systems in the Japanese quail. Cell Tissue Res 248: 161-167

Jozsa R, Korf HW, Merchenthaler I (1987) Growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) - like immunoreactivity in sensory ganglia of the rat. Cell Tissue Res 247: 441-444

Ekström P, Foster RG, Korf HW, Schalken JJ (1987) Antibodies against retinal photoreceptor-specific proteins reveal axonal projections from the photosensory pineal organ in teleosts. J Comp Neurol 265: 25-33

Korf HW, Czerwionka M, Reiner J, Schachenmayr W, Schalken JJ, de Grip W, Gery I (1987) Immunocytochemical evidence of photoreceptor markers in cerebellar medulloblastomas. Cancer 60: 1763-1766

Hafeez MA, Korf HW, Oksche A (1987) Immunocytochemical and electron microscopic investigations of the pineal organ in adult agamid lizards, Uromastix hardwicki. Cell Tissue Res 250: 571-578

Syed Ali S, Korf HW, Oksche A (1987) Microvasculature of the pineal organ of the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Cell Tissue Res 250: 425-429

Mikkelsen JD, Korf HW, Møller M (1987) Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) in the pineal gland of the rat. In: Fundamentals and clinics in pineal research (Trentini GP, de Gaetani C, Pévet P, eds) Raven Press, New York, pp 87-90

Panzica GC, Korf HW, Ramieri G, Viglietti-Panzica C (1986) Golgi-type and immunocytochemical studies on the intrinsic organization of the periventricular layer of the avian paraventricular nucleus. Cell Tissue Res 243: 317-322

Korf HW, Klein DC, Zigler JS, Gery I, Schachenmayr W (1986) S-antigen-like immunoreactivity in a human pineocytoma. Acta Neuropathol 69: 165-167

Korf HW, Oksche A, Ekström P, Gery I, Zigler JS, Klein DC (1986) Pinealocyte projections into the mammalian brain revealed by use of S-antigen antiserum. Science 231: 235-237

van Veen T, Östholm T, Gierschik P, Spiegel A, Somers R, Korf HW, Klein DC (1986) Alpha-transducin immunoreactivity in retinae and sensory pineal organs of adult vertebrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci (Wash) 83: 912-916

Ekström P, Korf HW (1986) Substance P-like immunoreactive neurons in the photosensory pineal organ of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson (Teleostei). Cell Tissue Res 246: 359-364

Ekström P, Korf HW (1986) Putative cholinergic elements in the photosensory pineal organ and retina of a teleost, Phoxinus phoxinus L. (Cyprinidae). Distribution of ChAT immunoreactivity, AChE-positive elements, and pinealofugally projecting neurons. Cell Tissue Res 246: 321-329

Korf HW, Møller M, Gery I, Zigler JS, Klein DC (1985) Immunocytochemical demonstration of retinal S-antigen in the pineal organ of four mammalian species. Cell Tissue Res 239: 81-85

Omura Y, Korf HW, Oksche A (1985) Vascular permeability (problem of the blood-brain barrier) in the pineal organ of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Cell Tissue Res 239: 599-610

Ekström P, Korf HW (1985) Pineal neurons projecting to the brain of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson (Teleostei). In-vitro retrograde filling with horseradish peroxidase. Cell Tissue Res 240: 693-700

Møller M, Mikkelsen JD, Fahrenkrug J, Korf HW (1985) The presence of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)- like-immunoreactive nerve fibers and VIP-receptors in the pineal gland of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Cell Tissue Res. 241: 333-340

Korf HW, Foster RG, Ekström P, Schalken JJ (1985) Opsin-like immunoreactivity in the retinae and pineal organs of four mammalian species. Cell Tissue Res 242: 645-648

Korf HW, Vigh-Teichmann I (1984) Sensory and neuronal elements in the avian pineal organ. Ophthalmic Res 16: 96-101

Korf HW, Fahrenkrug J (1984) Ependymal and neuronal specializations in the lateral ventricle of the Pekin duck, Anas platyrhynchos. Cell Tissue Res 236: 217-227

Korf HW (1984) The neuronal organization of the avian paraventricular nucleus: intrinsic, afferent and efferent connections. J exp Zool 232: 387-395

Korf HW, Møller M (1984) The innervation of the mammalian pineal gland with special reference to central pinealopetal projections. Pineal Res Rev 2: 41-86

Korf HW, Viglietti-Panzica C, Panzica GC (1983) A Golgi study on the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) -contacting neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the Pekin duck. Cell Tissue Res 228: 149-163

Møller M, Korf HW (1983 a) Central innervation of the pineal organ of the Mongolian gerbil: A histochemical and experimental lesion study. Cell Tissue Res 230: 259-272

Møller M, Korf HW (1983 b) The origin of central pinealopetal nerve fibers in the Mongolian gerbil as demonstrated by the retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. Cell Tissue Res 230: 273-287

Taylor DCM, Pierau FK, Korf HW, Abel W, Friedrich B (1983) Electrical and morphological studies on the sensory cells of the rat pudendal nerve. J Thermobiol 8: 27-30

Vigh-Teichmann I, Korf HW, Nürnberger F, Oksche A, Vigh B, Olsson R (1983) Opsin-immunoreactive outer segments in the pineal and parapineal organs of the lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis), the eel (Anguilla anguilla) and the rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Cell Tissue Res 230: 289-307

Vigh-Teichmann I, Vigh B, Korf HW, Oksche A (1983) CSF-contacting and other somatostatin-immunoreactive neurons in the brains of Anguilla anguilla, Phoxinus phoxinus, and Salmo gairdneri. Cell Tissue Res 233: 319-334

Korf HW, Zimmerman NH, Oksche A (1982) Intrinsic neurons and neural connections of the pineal organ of the house sparrow, Passer domesticus, as revealed by anterograde and retrograde transport of horseadish peroxidase. Cell Tissue Res 222: 243-260

Korf HW, Simon-Oppermann C, Simon E (1982) Afferent connections of physiologically identified neuronal complexes in the paraventricular nucleus of conscious Pekin ducks involved in the regulation of salt- and water-balance. Cell Tissue Res 226: 275-300

Taylor DCM, Korf HW, Pierau FK (1982) Distribution of sensory neurons of the pudendal nerve in the dorsal root ganglia and their projections to the spinal cord. Horseradish peroxidase studies in the rat. Cell Tissue Res 226: 555-564

Vigh-Teichmann I, Korf HW, Oksche A, Vigh B (1982) Opsin-immunoreactive outer segments and acetylcholinesterase-positive neurons in the pineal complex of Phoxinus phoxinus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Cell Tissue Res 227: 351-369

Korf HW, Liesner R, Meissl H, Kirk A (1981) Pineal complex of the clawed toad, Xenopus laevis Daud.: Structure and function. Cell Tissue Res 216: 113-130

Korf HW, Wagner U (1981) Nervous connections of the parietal eye in adult Lacerta s. sicula Rafinesque as demonstrated by anterograde and retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase. Cell Tissue Res 219: 567-584

Nürnberger F, Korf HW (1981) Oxytocin- and vasopressin-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the pineal organ of the hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus L. Cell Tissue Res 220: 87-98

Korf HW, Wagner U (1980) Evidence for a nervous connection between the brain and the pineal organ in the guinea pig. Cell Tissue Res 209: 505-510

Hartwig HG, Korf HW (1978) The epiphysis cerebri of poikilothermic vertebrates: a photosensitive neuroendocrine circumventricular organ. Scanning Electron Microscopy Vol II: 163-168

Korf HW (1976) Histological, histochemical and electron microscopical studies on the nervous apparatus of the pineal organ of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. Cell Tissue Res 174: 475-497

Korf HW (1974) Acetylcholinesterase-positive neurons in the pineal and parapineal organs of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri (with special reference to the pineal tract). Cell Tissue Res 155: 475-489