
Janine Prange-Kiel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department Cell Biology
Graduate Programs Neuroscience
Education
- Graduate School
- University of Tuebingen , Cell Biology
Research Interest
- Effects of estradiol and synaptic plasticity
- Regulation of hippocampal estradiol synthesis
- Steroids in the brain
Publications
Featured Publications
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone regulates spine density via its regulatory role in hippocampal estrogen synthesis.
- Prange-Kiel J, Jarry H, Schoen M, Kohlmann P, Lohse C, Zhou L, Rune GM. Journal of Cell Biology February 2008 180/2 417-26
- Inhibition of hippocampal estrogen synthesis causes region-specific downregulation of synaptic protein expression in hippocampal neurons.
- Prange-Kiel J, Fester L, Zhou L, Lauke H, Carretero J, Rune GM. Hippocampus 2006 16/5 464-71
- Hippocampal synapses depend on hippocampal estrogen synthesis.
- Kretz O, Fester L, Wehrenberg U, Zhou L, Brauckmann S, Zhao S, Prange-Kiel J, Naumann T, Jarry H, Frotscher M, Rune GM. Journal of Neuroscience June 2004 24/26 5913-21
- Median raphe mediates estrogenic effects to the hippocampus in female rats.
- Prange-Kiel J, Rune GM, Leranth C. European Journal of Neuroscience January 2004 19/2 309-17
- Para/autocrine regulation of estrogen receptors in hippocampal neurons.
- Prange-Kiel J, Wehrenberg U, Jarry H, Rune GM. Hippocampus 2003 13/2 226-34
- Role of tumor necrosis factor in preovulatory follicles of swine.
- Prange-Kiel J, Kreutzkamm C, Wehrenberg U, Rune GM. Biology of reproduction September 2001 65/3 928-35
- Role of tumor necrosis factor in preovulatory follicles of swine.
- Prange-Kiel J, Kreutzkamm C, Wehrenberg U, Rune GM. Biology of reproduction September 2001 65/3 928-35
- Gonadotropin-releasing hormone regulates spine density via its regulatory role in hippocampal estradiol synthesis
- Prange-Kiel J, Jarry H, Schoen M, Kohlmann P, Lohse C, Zhou L, Rune GM Journal of Cell Biology January 2008 180/2 417-26
- Oestrogen synthesis in the hippocampus: role in axon outgrowth
- von Schassen C, Fester L, Prange-Kiel J, Lohse C, Huber C, Boettner M, Rune GM Journal of Neuroendocrinology November 2006 18/11 847-56
- Proliferation and apoptosis of hippocampal granule cells require local oestrogen synthesis.
- Fester L, Ribeiro-Gouveia V, Prange-Kiel J, von Schassen C, Bottner M, Jarry H, Rune GM Journal of Neurochemistry May 2006 97/4 1136-44
Honors & Awards
- Alzheimer’s Disease Research Award
Pilot grant by the Friends of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center (2009) - Fellowship of the German Research Foundation
(2002)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- Anatomische Gesellschaft
- Endocrine Society
- Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
- Society for Neuroscience