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Janine Prange-Kiel, Ph.D.

Janine Prange-Kiel, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Surgery
Graduate Programs
Neuroscience
  • Education
    Graduate School
    University of Tuebingen , Cell Biology
  • Research Interest
    • Effects of estradiol and synaptic plasticity
    • Progranulin deficiency-related dementia
    • Regulation of hippocampal estradiol synthesis
    • Steroids in the brain
  • Publications

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    Aromatase Expression in the Hippocampus of AD Patients and 5xFAD Mice.
    Prange-Kiel J, Dudzinski DA, Pröls F, Glatzel M, Matschke J, Rune GM Neural Plast. 2016 2016 9802086
    Endocrine regulation of estrogen synthesis in the hippocampus?
    Prange-Kiel J, Schmutterer T, Fester L, Zhou L, Imholz P, Brandt N, Vierk R, Jarry H, Rune GM Prog Histochem Cytochem 2013 Aug 48 2 49-64
    Estrogen-regulated synaptogenesis in the hippocampus: sexual dimorphism in vivo but not in vitro.
    Fester L, Prange-Kiel J, Zhou L, Blittersdorf BV, Böhm J, Jarry H, Schumacher M, Rune GM J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2012 Aug 131 1-2 24-9
  • Books

    Featured 

    Embryology of the Head and Neck. In Atlas of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

    Kademani D, Tiwana P (Ed.) (2016). St. Louis, MO, USA, Elsevier

    Zur zerebralen Wirkung von Östrogenen (Cerebral effects of estrogens). In Intersexualität Kontrovers

    Schweizer K, Richter-Appelt H (Ed.) (2012). Psychosozial-Verlag

    Auto- und parakrine Regulation im ZNS: Neurosteroide (Autocrine and paracrine regulation in the CNS, Neurosteroids). In Molekularmedizinische Grundlagen von Endokrinopathien 2- Para- und autokrine Regulation

    Ganten D, Ruckpaul K (Ed.) (2006). Thieme

    Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae

    Albers F, Meve U (Ed.) (2004). Berlin, Germany, Springer Verlag

  • Honors & Awards
    • UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers [SWAT], Elected Member
      (2019)
    • UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers [SWAT], Small Grant Award
      Project title: Effects of “The Origami Embryo”, a hands-on exercise, on the understanding of early embryonic development (2019)
    • Alzheimer’s Disease Research Award
      Pilot grant by the Friends of the Alzheimer’s Disease Center (2009)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association for Anatomy (2016)
    • Anatomische Gesellschaft (2000)
    • Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (2004)
    • Society for Neuroscience (2004)