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| Roberto Carlos Agis-Balboa | |
| Roberto Carlos | |
| Agis-Balboa | |
| Researcher | |
| European Neuroscience Institute-Goettingen | |
| Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Laboratory for Aging and Cognitive Diseases University Medical Center / Georg-August-University Göttingen |
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| Goettingen | |
| Germany | |
| www.eni.gwdg.de | |
| Spain |
EMBO LTF
| 2008 | |
| European Neuroscience Institute-Goettingen | |
| Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Laboratory for Aging and Cognitive Diseases University Medical Center / Georg-August-University Göttingen |
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| Goettingen | |
| Germany | |
| www.eni.gwdg.de/index.php?id=263 |
Research Interests
| Neuroscience | |
| Studies oriented to understand the genome-environment interactions during the age-related cognitive impairment associated with normal ageing, psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. | |
| Agis-Balboa RC*, Pavelka Z, Kerimoglu C, Fischer A. Loss of HDAC5 Impairs Memory Function: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 33(1):35-44, 2013. (* corresponding author). | |
| Zovoilis A*, Agbemenyah HY*, Agis-Balboa RC, Stilling RM, Edbauer D, Rao P, Farinelli L, Delalle I, Schmitt A, Falkai P, Bahari-Javan S, Burkhardt S, Sananbenesi F & Fischer A. Micro-RNA-34c is a novel target to treat dementias. EMBO J. 30(20):4299-4308, 2011. (* equal contribution). | |
| Agis-Balboa RC, Arcos-Diaz D*, Wittnam J*, Govindarajan N, Blom K, Burkhardt S, Haladyniak U, Agbemenyah HY, Zovoilis HY, Salinas-Riester G, Opitz L, Sananbenesi F & Fischer A. A hippocampal insulin-growth-factor 2 pathway regulates the extinction of fear memories. EMBO J. 30(19):4071-4083, 2011. (* equal contribution). | |
| Agis-Balboa RC, Pinna G, Pibiri F, Kadriu B, Costa E, and Guidotti A. Down-regulation of neurosteroid biosynthesis in corticolimbic circuits mediates social isolation-induced behavior in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 104(47):18736-18741, 2007. | |
| Agis-Balboa RC, Pinna G, Zhubi A, Maloku E, Veldic M, Costa E, Guidotti A. Characterization of brain neurons that express enzymes mediating neurosteroid biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103(39):14602-14607, 2006. |
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