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  1. Comprehensive Analysis of Rodent-Specific Probasin Gene Reveals Its Evolutionary Origin in Pseudoautosomal Region and Provides Novel Insights into Rodent Phylogeny

    Article • Biology, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  2. Tracheal tuft cells release ATP and link innate to adaptive immunity in pneumonia

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  3. The evolutionary path of the epithelial sodium channel δ-subunit in Cetartiodactyla points to a role in sodium sensing

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  4. Rare Superior and Middle Trunk Fusion Accompanied by Altered Division Rearrangement Results in a Unique Brachial Plexus Variant: A Case Report

    Article • Diagnostics, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  5. Human airway tuft cells influence the mucociliary clearance through cholinergic signalling

    Article • Respiratory Research, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  6. Pitfalls of using sequence databases for heterologous expression studies – a technical review

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  7. Taste Receptor Activation in Tracheal Brush Cells by Denatonium Modulates ENaC Channels via Ca2+, cAMP and ACh

    Article • Cells, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  8. Editorial

    Article • Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  9. Ciliary Proteins Repurposed by the Synaptic Ribbon: Trafficking Myristoylated Proteins at Rod Photoreceptor Synapses

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Martin Jung, Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  10. Of Humans and Gerbils— Independent Diversification of Neuroligin-4 Into X- and Y-Specific Genes in Primates and Rodents

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, March 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  11. RIBEYE B-Domain Is Essential for RIBEYE A-Domain Stability and Assembly of Synaptic Ribbons

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, January 2022, Frontiers

    Prof Martin Jung, Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  12. Corrigendum to: Two Functional Epithelial Sodium Channel Isoforms Are Present in Rodents despite Pronounced Evolutionary Pseudogenization and Exon Fusion

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  13. Of mice and men – and guinea pigs?

    Article • Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  14. Two Functional Epithelial Sodium Channel Isoforms Are Present in Rodents despite Pronounced Evolutionary Pseudogenization and Exon Fusion

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  15. ERG Responses in Mice with Deletion of the Synaptic Ribbon Component RIBEYE

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, May 2020, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  16. Synaptic ribbons foster active zone stability and illumination-dependent active zone enrichment of RIM2 and Cav1.4 in photoreceptor synapses

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  17. Evolution of the Autism-Associated Neuroligin-4 Gene Reveals Broad Erosion of Pseudoautosomal Regions in Rodents

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, February 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  18. Novel human sex-typing strategies based on the autism candidate gene NLGN4X and its male-specific gametologue NLGN4Y

    Article • Biology of Sex Differences, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  19. Sex identification in horses ( Equus caballus ) based on the gene pair NLGN 4X/ NLGN 4Y

    Article • Animal Genetics, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  20. Synaptic neurexin-1 assembles into dynamically regulated active zone nanoclusters

    Article • Journal of Cell Biology, July 2019, Rockefeller University Press

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  21. An extracellular acidic cleft confers profound H+-sensitivity to epithelial sodium channels containing the δ-subunit in Xenopus laevis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2019, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  22. Trial integration of combined ultrasound and laparoscopy tuition in an undergraduate anatomy class with volunteer participation — A pilot study

    Article • Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. med. Amr Hamza, Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  23. A snapshot of anatomy teaching: Peer-led anatomy boot camps — Priming for success?

    Article • Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  24. Caveolin-3 differentially orchestrates cholinergic and serotonergic constriction of murine airways

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  25. The presynaptic ribbon maintains vesicle populations at the hair cell afferent fiber synapse

    Article • eLife, January 2018, eLife

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  26. The synaptic ribbon is critical for sound encoding at high rates and with temporal precision

    Article • eLife, January 2018, eLife

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  27. Postsynaptic adhesion GPCR latrophilin-2 mediates target recognition in entorhinal-hippocampal synapse assembly

    Article • Journal of Cell Biology, September 2017, Rockefeller University Press

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  28. Presynaptic Neuronal Pentraxin Receptor Organizes Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, December 2016, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  29. How to make a synaptic ribbon: RIBEYE deletion abolishes ribbons in retinal synapses and disrupts neurotransmitter release

    Article • The EMBO Journal, February 2016, EMBO

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  30. Human Neuropsychiatric Disease Modeling using Conditional Deletion Reveals Synaptic Transmission Defects Caused by Heterozygous Mutations in NRXN1

    Article • Cell Stem Cell, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  31. Analysis of conditional heterozygous STXBP1 mutations in human neurons

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, August 2015, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  32. Neuroligins Sculpt Cerebellar Purkinje-Cell Circuits by Differential Control of Distinct Classes of Synapses

    Article • Neuron, August 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  33. Autism-Associated Neuroligin-3 Mutations Commonly Impair Striatal Circuits to Boost Repetitive Behaviors

    Article • Cell, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  34. Erratum to: The molecular basis of the specificity and cross-reactivity of the NeuN epitope of the neuron-specific splicing regulator, Rbfox3

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  35. Latrophilins Function as Heterophilic Cell-adhesion Molecules by Binding to Teneurins

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, November 2013, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  36. The molecular basis of the specificity and cross-reactivity of the NeuN epitope of the neuron-specific splicing regulator, Rbfox3

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  37. Localization of neurones expressing the gap junction protein Connexin45 within the adult spinal dorsal horn: a study using Cx45-eGFP reporter mice

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  38. Residual Cx45 and its relationship to Cx43 in murine ventricular myocardium

    Article • Channels, November 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  39. The Role of Neuronal Connexins 36 and 45 in Shaping Spontaneous Firing Patterns in the Developing Retina

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, July 2011, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  40. Deletion of connexin45 in mouse neurons disrupts one-trial object recognition and alters kainate-induced γ-oscillations in the hippocampus

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  41. A novel type of interplexiform amacrine cell in the mouse retina

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, July 2009, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  42. Connexin45 is expressed in the juxtaglomerular apparatus and is involved in the regulation of renin secretion and blood pressure

    Article • AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, August 2008, American Physiological Society

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  43. Unusually rapid evolution of Neuroligin-4 in mice

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  44. Connexin Expression and Functional Analysis of Gap Junctional Communication in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

    Article • Stem Cells, February 2008, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  45. Cardiac morphogenetic defects and conduction abnormalities in mice homozygously deficient for connexin40 and heterozygously deficient for connexin45

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  46. Localization of heterotypic gap junctions composed of connexin45 and connexin36 in the rod pathway of the mouse retina

    Article • European Journal of Neuroscience, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  47. Spatiotemporal distribution of Connexin45 in the olivocerebellar system

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  48. Expression and functions of neuronal gap junctions

    Article • Nature Reviews Neuroscience, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  49. Deletion of Connexin45 in Mouse Retinal Neurons Disrupts the Rod/Cone Signaling Pathway between AII Amacrine and ON Cone Bipolar Cells and Leads to Impaired Visual Transmission

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, January 2005, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  50. Connexin45 mediates gap junctional coupling of bistratified ganglion cells in the mouse retina

    Article • The Journal of Comparative Neurology, January 2005, Wiley

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  51. Expression of connexins during differentiation and regeneration of skeletal muscle: functional relevance of connexin43

    Article • Journal of Cell Science, December 2004, The Company of Biologists

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  52. New insights into the expression and function of neural connexins with transgenic mouse mutants

    Article • Brain Research Reviews, December 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  53. Expression of the connexin43- and connexin45-encoding genes in the developing and mature mouse inner ear

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner

  54. Spatiotemporal transcription of connexin45 during brain development results in neuronal expression in adult mice

    Article • Neuroscience, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Stephan Maxeiner