Publications / Veröffentlichungen

 

List of publications                           Prof. Dr. Inga D. Neumann

 

(1)    Edited Books

(2)    Reviews and book chapters

(3)    Original peer-reviewed papers in prep/submitted/in revision (6)

(4)    Original peer-reviewed published papers (123)

 

(1)  Edited books

 

Landgraf, R, Neumann ID. Editors. Oxytocin and vasopressin: From molecule to disease. Prog. Brain Res. 246. 2008

 

 

(2)  Reviews and Book chapters 

 

Lukas M and Neumann ID 2012. Oxytocin and vasopressin in rodent behaviors related to social dysfunctions in autism spectrum disorders. Behavioural Brain Research 2012, Aug 17 (in press)

Neumann ID, Landgraf R. The brain oxytocin and vasopressin systems in anxiety and depression: Link to Sociality. Trends in Neuroscience (invited review, in press).

Neumann ID and van den Burg EH 2011. Oxytocin and vasopressin release and their receptor-mediated intracellular pathways that determine their behavioral effects. In: Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Related Peptides in the Regulation of Behavior. Choleris E, Pfaff DW, Kavaliers M (Eds), Cambridge University Press, invited review (in press)

Lukas M and Neumann ID. 2012 Brain Oxytocin is A Main Regulator of Prosocial Behaviour: Link to Psychopathology. In: Autism - a neurodevelopmental journey from genes to behaviour (Eapen V, Ed): InTech; pp 197-212

Bosch OJ, and Neumann ID. 2012. Both oxytocin and vasopressin are mediators of maternal care and aggression in rodents: From central release to sites of action Hormones, Brain and Behavior 61: 293-303. Invited Review

Hillerer  KM, Neumann OID, Slattery DA. 2011. From Stress to Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: How Chronic Peripartum Stress Can Impair Maternal Adaptations. Neuroendocrinology 2011, Oct 26. Invited Review

Neumann ID, Wegener G, Homberg JR, Cohen H, Slattery DA, Zohar J, Olivier JD, Mathé AA (2011) Animal models of depression and anxiety: What do they tell us about human condition? Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 35(6):1357-75; review.

Neumann ID, Veenema AH, Beiderbeck DI (2010) Aggression and anxiety: social context and neurobiological links. Front Behav Neurosci 4:12-32. Invited Review

Slattery DA and Neumann ID (2010) Oxytocin and Major Depressive Disorder: Experimental and Clinical Evidence for Links to Aetiology and Possible Treatment. Pharmaceuticals 3:702-724. Review

Neumann ID (2009) The advantage of social living: brain neuropeptides mediate the beneficial consequences of sex and motherhood. Front Neuroendocrinol. 30(4):483-96. Review

Wiehager S, Beiderbeck DI, Gruber SH, El-Khoury A, Wamsteeker J, Neumann ID, Petersén A, Mathé AA (2009) Increased levels of cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript in two animal models of depression and anxiety. Neurobiol Dis 34(2):375-80.

Slattery DA, Neumann ID (2008) No stress please! Mechanisms of stress hyporesponsiveness of the maternal brain. J Physiol 586(2):377-85.

Neumann ID (2007) Stimuli and consequences of dendritic release of oxytocin within the brain. Biochem Soc Trans 35(Pt 5):1252-7. Review.

Veenema AH, Neumann ID (2007) Neurobiological Mechanisms of Aggression and Stress Coping: A Comparative Study in Mouse and Rat Selection Lines. Brain Behav Evol 70: 274-285.

Neumann ID (2008) Brain oxytocin mediates beneficial consequences of close social interactions: From Maternal love and sex. In: Hormones and Social Behavior. Pfaff, DW, Kordon C, Chanson P, Christen Y (Eds.), Springer, pp. 81-101.

Veenema AH, Neumann ID. (2008) Central vasopressin and oxytocin release: regulation of complex social behaviours. Prog Brain Res 170:261-76.

Neumann, ID (2007) Veränderungen oder emotionalen und neuroendokrinen Stressreaktion während Schwangerschaft und Laktation – Einfluss intrazerebraler Neuropeptide. Psychodynamische Psychotherapie 6: 27-38.

Neumann ID (2005) Adaptationen der Streßbewältigung peripartum: Sind Oxytocin und Prolaktin involviert? J. Neurol. Neurochir. Psychiatr. 3:16-21.

Landgraf R, Neumann ID (2004) Vasopressin and oxytocin release within the brain: a dynamic concept of multiple and variable modes of neuropeptide communication. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 25, 150-176.

Neumann I.D. (2002) Involvement of the brain oxytocin system in stress coping: interactions with the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Vasopressin and oxytocin; from genes to clinical applications. Prog. Brain Res. 139: 147-162.

Neumann I.D. (2002) Involvement of the brain oxytocin system in stress coping: interactions with the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. Progress in Brain Research 139, 47-162.

Neumann I.D. (2001) Alterations in behavioural and neuroendocrine stress coping strategies in pregnant, parturient and lactating rats. in The Maternal Brain , (eds. Russell et al.) Progress in Brain Research 133, pp 143-152.

Neumann I.D. (2000) Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide effects on the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system and the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis. Methods 22: 227-237.

Neumann I.D. (2000) Editorial: Antisense oligonucleotides in neuroendocrinology. Methods 22: 195-196.

Neumann I.D., Toschi N. (1999) Sequence design and practical implementation of antisense oligonucleotides in neuroendocrinology. Methods in Enzymology 314: pp23-35.

Russell J.A., Johnstone H., Douglas A.J., Landgraf R., Wigger A., Shipston M., Seckl J.R. and Neumann I.D. (1999) Neuroendocrine stress mechanisms regulating ACTH and oxytocin in pregnancy. In: Control Mechanisms of Stress and Emotions: Neuroendocrine-Based Studies (H. Yamashita, ed.), Elsevier, pp33-51.

Neumann I.D., Pittman Q.J. (1998) Rapid onset of antisense effects: evidence for a close link between gene expression and neuronal activity. In: Modulating gene expression by antisense oligonucleotides to understand neuronal functioning. M.M. McCarthy (ed.) Kluwer  Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 43-60.

Landgraf R., Wotjak C.T., Neumann I., Engelmann M. (1998) Release of vasopressin within the brain contributes to neuroendocrine and behavioural regulation. Progress in Brain Research 119: 201-220.

Landgraf R., Naruo T., Veczernyes M., Neumann I.D. (1997) Antisense targeting in behavioural neuroendocrinology. European Journal of  Endocrinology 137: 326-335

Douglas A.J., Antonijevics I.A., Neumann I.D., Russell J.A. (1997) The key role of maternal neurohypophyseal oxytocin in parturition. In: eds. Maeda KI., Tsukamura H. , Yokoyama A. Neural control of reproduction: physiology and behavior. Japan Scientific Societies Press & Karger, Tokyo, pp 121-133.

Neumann I.D. (1997) Antisense oligonucleotides in neuroendocrinology: Enthusiasm and frustration. Neurochemistry International  31: 363-378 .

Engelmann M., Wotjak C.T., Neumann I., Ludwig M., Landgraf R. (1996) Behavioral consequences of intracerebral vasopressin and oxytocin: Focus on learning and memory. Neuroscience and  Biobehavioural Reviews  20: 341-358.

Neumann I., Kremarik P., Landgraf R., Pittman Q.J. (1995) Short-term effects of vasopressin and oxytocin antisense oligonucleotides on the activity of rat neurohypophysial neurons in vivo. In: Neurohypophysis: Recent Progress of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Research. Saito T., Kurokawa K. and Yoshida S. (eds.) Elsevier, pp. 113-129.

Neumann I., Pittman Q.J., Landgraf R. (1995) Release of oxytocin within the supraoptic nucleus: Mechanisms, physiological significance and antisense targeting. In Oxytocin: Cellular and Molecular Approaches in Medicine and Research. Ivell R. and Russell J.A. (eds.) Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Plenum Press, New York, Vol. 395, pp. 173-183.  

Pittman Q.P., Martin S., Neumann I., Wilkinson M.F., Takahashi Y. (1995) Central actions of arginine vasopressin to inhibit endotoxin and cytokine action. In: Neurohypophysis: Recent Progress of Vasopressin and Oxytocin Research. Saito, T., Kurokawa, K., Yoshida, S. (eds.), Elsevier, pp. 321-329.

Landgraf R., Horn T., Neumann I., Pittman Q.J., Ludwig, M. (1994) Effects of osmotic stimulation of the supraoptic nucleus on central and peripheral release of vasopressin and on baro- and thermoregulation. In: Integrative and Cellular Aspects of Autonomic Functions: Temperature- and Osmoregulation. K. Pleschka and R. Gerstberger (eds.), John Libbey Eurotext, Paris, pp. 419-428, Paris.

Neumann I., Landgraf R. (1992) Intrazerebrale Freisetzung der Neuropeptide Vasopressin und Oxytocin: Mikroperfusionstechniken, Stimuli, Konsequenzen. Zoologische Beiträge 34: 35-57.

Landgraf R., Neumann I., Russell J.A., Pittman Q.J. (1992) Push-Pull Perfusion and microdialysis studies of central oxytocin and vasopressin release in freely moving rats during pregnancy, parturition, and lactation. In: Oxytocin in Maternal, Sexual and Social Behaviors. C. Pedersen et al. (eds.) Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. USA 652: 326-339.

 

 

(3)   Peer-reviewed original papers

 

Lukas M, Toth I, Veenema AH, Neumann ID (in press) Oxytocin mediates rodent social memory within the lateral septum and the medial amygdala depending on the relevance of the social stimulus: Juvenile versus adult female conspecifics. Psychoneuroendocrinology.

Slattery DA, Yen Y-C, Naik R, Finger BC, Czibere L, Mathé A, Wegener G, Neumann ID. A single-nucleotide in the neuropeptide S receptor determines innate anxiety in rats bred for extremes in emotionality and stress coping.  Mol Psychiatry (in prep)

Jurek, B, Slattery DA, Maloumby R, Hillerer K, Brockmann M, Neumann ID, vd Burg E. 2011. The MAPK signalling pathway within the hypothalamic PVN is critically involved in both lactation- and oxytocin-induced anxiolysis: pharmacological evidence. Endocrinology 2011 Oct;152(10):3930-40

Hillerer K, Lukas M, Neumann ID, Slattery DA. Prenatal versus postnatal stress: Differential effects on adult affective and social behaviours. Behavioural Brain Research. (in preparation)

Uschold N, Kewir D. Nyuyki, Inga D. Neumann, Stefan O. Reber. Chronic psychosocial stress results in sensitization of the HPA axis to acute hektotypic stressors despite a complete loss of left adrenal in vitro ACTH responsiveness. Psychoneuroendocrinology  2012, Mar 22 (in press).

Toth I, Neumann ID, Slattery DA. Central administration of oxytocin receptor ligands affects cued fear extinction in rats and mice in a timepoint-dependent manner. Psychopharmacology  2012, Apr 20 (in press)

Beiderbeck D, Reber SO, Havasi A, Veenema A, Neumann ID. High and abnormal forms of aggression in rats with extremes in trait anxiety – involvement of the dopamine system in the nucleus accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology  2012, May 16 (in press)

Kewir D. Nyuyki, Rodrigue Maloumby, Stefan O. Reber and Inga D. Neumann. Effect of blood collection technique on plasma corticosterone concentrations in the mice under different stress conditions. Stress (in press)

Toth I, Neumann ID, Slattery DA. Social fear conditioning - a novel and specific animal model to study social anxiety disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology  2012 May; 37(6) (in press)

Peters S, Grunwald N, Rümmele N, Endlicher E, Lechner A, Obermeier F, Reber SO. 2011. Chronic psychosocial stress increases the risk for inflammation-related colon cancerogenesis. Stress 2012 Jul; 15(4):403-15

Slattery DA, Uschold N, Magoni  M, Baer J, Popoli M, Neumann ID, Reber SO, 2012. Behavioural consequences of two chronic psychosocial stress paradigms: anxiety without depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2012 May; 37(5): 702-14

Toth I, Dietz M, Fendt M, Neumann, ID; Flor P, Slattery D. Pharmacological interference with metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 7 but not subtype 5 differentially affects within- and between-session extinction of Pavlovian conditioned fear. Neuropharmacology 2012 Mar; 62(4):1619-26

Hillerer KM, Reber SO, Neumann ID, Slattery DA (2011). Exposure to chronic pregnancy stress reverses peripartum associated adaptations: implications for post-partum anxiety and mood disorders. Endocrinology 2011:152 (10):3930-40.

Lukas M, Neumann ID. 2012. Nasal application of neuropeptide S reduces anxiety and prolongs memory in rats: Social versus non-social effects.  Neuropharmacology 2012 (62) 398-405

Nyuyki K, Waldherr M, Bäuml, S, Neumann ID (2011) Yes, I Am ready now: Differential effects of paced versus unpaced mating on anxiety and central oxytocin release in female rats. PloS One 6 (8): e23599 (in press)

Lukas M, Toth I, Reber SO, Slattery DA, Veenema AH, Neumann ID. 2011. The neuropeptide oxytocin facilitates pro-social behavior and prevents social avoidance in rats and mice. Neuropsychopharmacology  36: 2159-68

Reber SO, Peters S, Slattery DA, Hofmann C, Schölmerich J, Neumann ID, Obermeier F (2011) Mucosal immunosuppression and epithelial barrier defects are key events in murine psychosocial stress-induced colitis. Brain Behav Immun. 25(6):1153-1161.

Lukas M, Bredewold R, Landgraf R, Neumann ID, Veenema AH (2011) Early life stress impairs social recognition due to a blunted response of vasopressin release within the septum of adult male rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 36(6):843-853.

Wegener G, Finger BC, Elfving B, Keller K, Liebenberg N, Fischer CW, Singewald N, Slattery DA, Neumann ID, Mathé AA. Neuropeptide S alters anxiety, but not depression-like behaviour in Flinders Sensitive Line rats: a genetic animal model of depression. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2011 May 9:1-13 (in press)

Kessler MS, Bosch OJ, Bunck M, Landgraf R, Neumann ID (2011) Maternal care differs in mice bred for high vs. low trait anxiety: Impact of brain vasopressin and cross-fostering. Soc Neurosci  6: 156-168.

Van den Burg EH, Neumann ID (2011) Bridging the gap between GPCR activation and behaviour: oxytocin and prolactin signalling in the hypothalamus. J Mol Neurosci 43(2):200-208.

Bosch OJ, Pförtsch J, Beiderbeck DI, Landgraf R, Neumann ID (2010) Maternal behaviour is associated with vasopressin release in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the rat. J Neuroendocrinol 22(5):420-429.

Bosch OJ, Neumann ID (2010) Vasopressin released within the central amygdala promotes maternal aggression. Eur J Neurosci 31(5):883-891.

Veenema AH, Beiderbeck DI, Lukas M, Neumann ID (2010) Distinct correlations of vasopressin release within the lateral septum and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis with the display of intermale aggression. Horm Behav 58(2):273-281.

Slattery DA, Neumann I, Cryan JF (2010) Transient inactivation of the infralimbic cortex induces antidepressant-like effects in the rat. J Psychopharmacol 2010 Jun 8. [Epub ahead of print]

Meinlschmidt G, Martin C, Neumann ID, Heinrichs M. (2010) Maternal cortisol in late pregnancy and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal reactivity to psychosocial stress postpartum in women. Stress 13(2):163-71.

Lukas M, Bredewold R, Neumann ID, Veenema AH (2010) Maternal separation interferes with developmental changes in brain vasopressin and oxytocin receptor binding in male rats. Neuropharmacology 58(1):78-87.

Waldherr M, Nyuyki K, Maloumby R, Bosch OJ, Neumann ID (2010) Attenuation of the neuronal stress responsiveness and corticotrophin releasing hormone synthesis after sexual activity in male rats. Horm Behav 57(2):222-9.

Slattery DA, Neumann ID (2010) Chronic icv oxytocin attenuates the pathological high anxiety state of selectively bred Wistar rats. Neuropharmacology 58(1):56-61.

Wagner K, Couillard-Despres S, Lehner B, Brockhoff G, Rivera FJ, Blume A, Neumann I, Aigner L (2009) Prolactin induces MAPK signaling in neural progenitors without alleviating glucocorticoid-induced inhibition of in vitro neurogenesis. Cell Physiol Biochem 24(5-6):397-406.

Blume A, Torner L, Liu Y, Subburaju S, Aguilera G, Neumann ID (2009) Prolactin induces Egr-1 gene expression in cultured hypothalamic cells and in the rat hypothalamus. Brain Res 1302:34-41.

Ross HE, Cole CD, Smith Y, Neumann ID, Landgraf R, Murphy AZ, Young LJ (2009) Characterization of the oxytocin system regulating affiliative behavior in female prairie voles. Neuroscience 162(4):892-903.

Donner N, Neumann ID (2009) Effects of chronic intracerebral prolactin on the oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic system of virgin ovariectomized rats. Neuroendocrinology 90(3):315-22.

Bosch OJ, Nair HP, Ahern TH, Neumann ID, Young LJ (2009) The CRF system mediates increased passive stress-coping behavior following the loss of a bonded partner in a monogamous rodent. Neuropsychopharmacology 34:1406-1415.

Veenema AH, Neumann ID (2009) Maternal separation enhances offensive play-fighting, basal corticosterone and hypothalamic vasopressin mRNA expression in juvenile male rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 34, 463-467.

Lucassen PJ, Bosch O, Jousma E, Krömer SA, Andrew R, Seckl JR and Neumann ID (2009) Prenatal stress reduces postnatal neurogenesis in rats selectively bred for high, but not low anxiety: possible key role of placental 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2. Eur J Neurosci 29: 97-103.

Blume A, Torner L, Liu Y, Subburaju S, Aguilera G, Neumann ID (2009) Prolactin activates mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase signaling and corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) transcription in rat hypothalamic neurons. Endocrinology 150(4):1841-9.

Singewald GM, Nguyen NK, Neumann ID, Singewald N, Reber SO (2009) Effect of chronic psychosocial stress-induced by subordinate colony (CSC) housing on brain neuronal activity patterns in mice. Stress 12(1): 58–69.

Torner L, Karg S, Blume A, Kandasamy M, Kuhn H-G, Winkler J, Aigner L, Neumann ID (2009) Prolactin prevents chronic stress-induced decrease of hippocampal neurogenesis and promotes neuronal fate. J Neuroscience 29(6):1826-33.

Bosch OJ, Neumann ID (2008) Brain vasopressin is an important regulator of maternal behavior independent of dams' trait anxiety. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105:17139-144.

Bosch OJ, Nair HP, Ahern TH, Neumann ID, Young LJ (2008) The CRF system mediates increased passive stress-coping behavior following the loss of a bonded partner in a monogamous rodent. Neuropsychopharmacology: 1-10.

Reber S and Neumann ID (2008) Defensive behavioural strategies and enhanced state anxiety during chronic subordinate colony housing are accompanied by reduced hypothalamic vasopressin, but not oxytocin, expression. Stress, Neurotransmitters, and Hormones, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1148: 184-195

Reber SO, Obermeier F, Straub RH, Veenema AH, Neumann ID (2008) Aggravation of DSS-induced colitis after chronic subordinate colony (CSC) housing is partially mediated by adrenal mechanisms. Stress 11(3):225-34.

Neumann ID (2008) Brain oxytocin: A key regulator of emotional and social behaviours in both females and males. J. Neuroendocrinol 20(6):858-865

Blume A, Bosch OJ, Miklos S, Torner L, Wales L, Waldherr M, Neumann ID. (2008) Oxytocin reduces anxiety via ERK1/2 activation: local effect within the rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Eur J Neurosci 27(8):1947-56.

Veenema AH, Reber SO, Selch S, Obermeier F, Neumann ID (2008) Early life stress enhances the vulnerability to chronic psychosocial stress and experimental colitis in adult mice. Endocrinology 149(6):2727-36.

Beiderbeck DI, Neumann ID, Veenema AH (2007) Differences in intermale aggression are accompanied by opposite vasopressin release patterns within the septum in rats bred for low and high anxiety. Eur J Neurosci 26(12):3597-605.

Neumann ID (2007) Oxytocin: The neuropeptide of love reveals some of its secrets. Cell Metabolism 5:231-233.

Waldherr M, Neumann ID (2007) Centrally released oxytocin mediates mating-induced anxiolysis in male rats. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(42):16681-4.

Bosch OJ, Sartori SB, Singewald N, Neumann ID (2007) Extracellular amino acid levels in the paraventricular nucleus and the central amygdala in high- and low-anxiety dams rats during maternal aggression: Regulation by oxytocin. Stress 10(3):261-70.

Ditzen B, Neumann ID, Bodenmann G, von Dawans B, Turner RA, Ehlert U, Heinrichs M (2007) Effects of different kinds of couple interaction on cortisol and heart rate responses to stress in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology 32(5):565-74.

Jochum T, Boettger MK, Wigger A, Beiderbeck DI, Neumann I, Landgraf R, Sauer H, Baer KJ (2007) Decreased sensitivity to thermal pain in rats bred for high anxiety-related behaviour is attenuated by citalopram or diazepam treatment. Behav Brain Res 183(1):18-24.

Veenema AH, de Kloet ER, de Wilde MC, Roelofs AJ, Buwalda B, Neumann ID, Koolhaas JM, Lucassen PJ (2007) Differential effects of stress on adult hippocampal cell proliferation in low and high aggressive mice. J. Neuroendocrinol. 19(7):489-98.

Veenema AH, Bredewold R, Neumann ID (2007) Opposite effects of maternal separation on intermale and maternal aggression in C57BL/6 mice: Link to hypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin immunoreactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 32(5):437-50.

Donner N, Bredewold R, Maloumby R, Neumann ID (2007) Chronic intracerebral prolactin attenuates neuronal stress circuitries in virgin rats. Eur J Neurosci. 25: 1804-14.

Douglas AJ, Meddle SL, Kroemer S, Muesch W, Bosch OJ, Neumann ID (2007)  Social stress induces hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis responses in lactating rats bred for high trait anxiety. Eur J Neurosci. 25(5):1599-603.

Bosch OJ, Musch W, Bredewold R, Slattery DA, Neumann ID (2007) Prenatal stress   increases HPA axis activity and impairs maternal care in lactating female offspring: Implications for postpartum mood disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology 32(3):267-78

Muigg P, Hoelzl U, Palfrader K, Neumann ID, Wigger A, Landgraf R, Singewald N (2007) Altered brain activation pattern associated with drug-induced attenuation of enhanced depression-like behavior in rats bred for high anxiety. Biol Psychiatry 61(6):782-96

Reber S, Birkeneder L, Obermeier F, Falk W, Straub RH, Neumann ID (2007) Adrenal insufficiency and colonic inflammation after a novel chronic psycho-social stress paradigm in mice: implications and mechanisms. Endocrinology 148(2):670-82.

Veenema AH, Torner L, Blume A, Beiderbeck DI, Neumann ID (2007) Low inborn anxiety correlates with high intermale aggression: Link to ACTH response and neuronal activation of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Horm. Behav. 51(1):11-9.

Bosch OJ, Muesch W, Bredewold R, Slattery DA, Neumann ID (2007) Opposing effects of prenatal stress on HPA axis activity and maternal care in lactating female offspring: implications for postpartum mood disorders. Psychoneuroendocrinology 32: 267-278.

Veenema AH, Blume A, Niederle D, Buwalda B, Neumann ID (2006). Effects of early life stress on adult male aggression and hypothalamic vasopressin and serotonin. Eur. J. Neurosci. 24(6):1711.

Reber SO, Birkeneder L, Veenema AH, Obermeier F, Falk W, Straub RH, Neumann ID (2007): Effects of a chronic psychosocial stressor (subdominant colony housing) on histological damage of the murine colon: underlying neuronal and neuroendocrine mechanisms Endocrinology 148(2):670-82.

Reber SO, Obermeier F, Straub RH, Falk W, Neumann ID (2006). Chronic intermittent psycho-social stress in mice increases the severity of an acute DSS-induced colitis and additionally impairs regeneration. Endocrinology 147(10): 4968-4976.

Neumann ID, Torner L, Toschi N, Veenema AH (2006) Oxytocin actions within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei: differential effects on peripheral and intranuclear vasopressin release. Am J Physiol (Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol.) 291(1):R29-36.

Bosch OJ, Kromer SA, Neumann ID (2006) Prenatal stress: opposite effects on anxiety and hypothalamic expression of vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing hormone in rats selectively bred for high and low anxiety. Eur. J. Neurosci. 23(2):541-551.

Bosch OJ, Meddle S, Beiderbeck DI, Douglas AJ, Neumann ID (2005) Brain oxytocin regulates maternal aggression in lactating high and low anxiety rats. J. Neurosci. 25(29): 6807-6815.

Neumann ID, Wigger A, Krömer S, Frank E, Landgraf R., Bosch OJ (2005) Differential effects of periodic maternal separation on adult stress coping in a rat model of extremes in trait anxiety. Neuroscience 132(3):867-877.

Douglas AJ, Meddle SL, Toschi N, Bosch OJ, Neumann I. Reduced activity of the noradrenergic system in the paraventricular nucleus at the end of pregnancy: implications for stress hyporesponsiveness. J. Neuroendocrinol. 17(1):40-48

Ebner K, Bosch OJ, Krömer SA, Singewald N, Neumann ID. (2005) Release of oxytocin in the rat central amygdala modulates stress-coping behaviour and the release of excitatory amino acids. Neuropsychopharmacology 30: 223-230.

Neumann ID, Krömer S, Bosch O (2005) Effects of psycho-social stress during pregnancy on neuroendocrine and behavioural parameters in lactation depend on the genetically determined stress vulnerability. Psychoneuroendocrinology 30:791-806

Theodosis DT, Schachner M, Neumann ID (2004) Oxytocin neuron activation in NCAM deficient mice: Anatomical and functional consequences. Eur. J. Neurosci. 20 (12):3270-80.

Wigger A., Sánchez M.M., Mathys K.C., Ebner K., Liu D., Kresse A., Neumann I.D., Holsboer F., Plotsky P.M., Landgraf R. (2004) Alterations in central neuropeptide expression, release, and receptor binding in rats bred for high anxiety: critical role of vasopressin. Neuropsychopharmacology 29(1):1-14.

Torner L., Maloumby R., Nava G., Clapp C., Neumann I.D. (2004) In vivo release and gene upregulation of brain prolactin in response to physiological stimuli. Eur. J. Neurosci. 19:1-8.

Bosch O.J., Kroemer S.A., Neumann I.D. (2004) Release of oxytocin in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus, but not central amygdala or lateral septum in lactating residents and virgin intruders during maternal defense. Neuroscience 124: 439-448.

Landgraf R, Frank E, Aldag JM, Neumann ID, Sharer CA, Ren X, Terwilliger EF, Niwa M, Wigger A, Young LJ. (2003) Viral vector-mediated gene transfer of the vole V1a vasopressin receptor in the rat septum: improved social discrimination and active social behaviour.  Eur. J. Neurosci..18(2):403-11.

Douglas A., Brunton P.J, Bosch O., Russell J.A., Neumann I.D. (2003) Neuroendocrine responses to stress in mice: hyporesponsiveness in pregnancy and parturition. Endocrinology 144 (12):5268-76.

Neumann I.D., Bosch O.J., Toschi N., Torner L., Douglas A.J. (2003) No stress response of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in parturient rats: Lack of involvement of brain oxytocin. Endocrinology 144(6):2473-2479.

Lancel M., Krömer S., Neumann I.D. (2003) Intracerebral oxytocin modulates sleep-wake behaviour in male rats. Reg. Peptides 114: 145-152.

Neumann I.D. (2003) Brain mechanisms underlying emotional alterations in the peripartum period in rats. Depression and Anxiety 17: 111-121.

Wigger A., Neumann I.D. (2002) Endogenous opioid regulation of oxytocin release within the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus is reversed in late pregnancy: an in vivo microdialysis study. Neuroscience 112(1):121-9.

Neumann I.D. (2002) Stress, Gender and Motherhood (II). Stress 5: 233-234

Torner L., Toschi, N., Nava, G., Clapp, Neumann I.D. (2002) Increased hypothalamic expression of prolactin in lactation: involvement in behavioural and neuroendocrine stress responses. Eur. J. Neurosci. 15: 1381-1389.

Torner L., Neumann I.D. (2002) The brain prolactin system: involvement in stress response adaptations in lactation. Stress 5: 249-257.

Heinrichs, M., Neumann I.D., Ehlert U. (2002) Lactation and Stress: Protective effects of breast-feeding in Humans. Stress 5: 249-257. 

Keck M.E., Wigger A., Welt T., Muller M.B., Gesing A., Reul J.M., Holsboer F., Landgraf R., Neumann I.D. (2002) Vasopressin mediates the response of the combined dexamethasone/CRH test in hyper-anxious rats: implications for pathogenesis of affective disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 26: 94-105.

Neumann I.D., Toschi N., Ohl F., L. Torner., Krömer S. (2001) Maternal defence as an emotional stressor in female rats: correlation of neuroendocrine and behavioural parameters and involvement of brain oxytocin. Eur. J. Neurosci. 13 (5): 1016-1024.

Torner L., Toschi N., Pohlinger, A., Landgraf R., Neumann  I.D. (2001) Anxiolytic and anti-stress effects of brain prolactin: improved efficacy of antisense targeting of the prolactin receptor by molecular modeling. J. Neurosci. 21 (9): 3207-3214.

Heinrichs M., Meinlschmidt G., Neumann I.D, Wagner S., Kirschbaum C., Ehlert U., Hellhammer DH. (2001) Effects of suckling on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to psychosocial stress in postpartum lactating women. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 86: 4798-4801.

Neumann I., Torner L., Wigger A. (2000) Brain oxytocin: Differential inhibition of neuroendocrine stress responses and anxiety-related behaviour in virgin, pregnant and lactating rats. Neuroscience 95: 567-575.

Neumann I.D., Wigger A., Torner L., Holsboer F., Landgraf R. (2000) Brain oxytocin inhibits basal and stress-induced activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in male and female rats: partial action within the paraventricular nucleus. J. Neuroendocrinol. 12: 235-244

Neumann I.D, Toschi N. (2000) Sequence design and practical implementation of antisense oligonucleotides in neuroendocrinology. Methods Enzymol. 314:223-38.

Hatzinger M., Wotjak C.T., Naruo T., R. Simchen, M. Keck, Landgraf R., Holsboer F., Neumann I.D. (2000) Endogenous vasopressin contributes to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal alterations in aged rats. J. Endocrinol. 164:197-205.

Blackburn-Munro G., Brown C., Neumann I.D., Leng G., Landgraf R., Russell J.A. (2000) Verapamil prevents withdrawal excitation of oxytocin neurons in morphine-dependent rats. Neuropharmacology 39: 1596-1607.

Keck M., Hatzinger M., Wotjak C.T., Landgraf R., Holsboer F., Neumann I.D. (2000) Ageing alters intrahypothalamic release patterns of vasopressin and oxytocin in rats. Eur. J. Neurosci. 12: 1487-1494.

Keck M., Engelmann M., Müller M.B., Henniger M., Hermann B., Rupprecht R., Neumann I.D., Toschi N., Landgraf R., Post A. (2000) Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation induces active coping strategies and attenuates the neuroendocrine stress response in rats. J. Psychiatr. Res. 34: 265-276.

Johnstone H.A., Wigger A., Douglas A.J., Neumann I.D., Landgraf R., Seckl J.R., Russell J.A. (2000) Attenuation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis stress responses in late pregnancy: changes in feed-forward and feed-back mechanisms. J. Neuroendocrinol. 12: 811-822.

Neumann I.D., Krömer S.A., Toschi N., Ebner K. (2000) Brain oxytocin inhibits the (re)activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in male rats: involvement of hypothalamic and limbic brain regions. Regul. Peptides 1, 31-38.

Wigger A., Neumann I.D. (1999) Periodic maternal deprivation induces chronic and gender-dependent alterations in behavioural and neuroendocrine responses. Physiol. Behav.  66 (2): 293-302.

Wigger A., Oehler I., Lörscher P., Keck M., Naruo T., Neumann I.D. (1999) Non-responsiveness of the HPA axis to parturition-related events in the rat: involvement of endogenous opioids. Endocrinology 140: 2843-2849.

Landgraf R., Wigger A., Holsboer F., Neumann I. (1999) Hyperreactive hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis in rats bred for high anxiety-related behaviour (rapid communication). J. Neuroendocrinol. 11: 405-407.

Neumann I.D., Johnstone H., Hatzinger M., Landgraf R., Russell J.A., Douglas A. (1998) Neuroendocrine adaptations of the hypothalamo-pituitary- adrenal (HPA) axis throughout pregnancy. J. Physiol. 508: 289-300

Douglas A.J.,  Johnstone H., Landgraf R., Russell J.A., Neumann I.D. (1998) The role of endogenous opioids in neurohypophysial and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis hormone secretory responses to stress in pregnant rats. J. Endocrinol. 158: 285-293

Neumann I.D., Wigger A., Liebsch G., Holsboer F., Landgraf R. (1998) Increased basal activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis during pregnancy in  rats bred for high anxiety-related behaviour. Psychoneuroendocrinology 23: 449-463.

Liebsch G., Linthorst A., Neumann I.D., Reul JMHM., Holsboer F., Landgraf R. (1998)  Behavioural, physiological, and neuroendocrine stress responses and differential sensitivity to diazepam in two Wistar rat lines bred for high and low anxiety-related behaviour. Neuropsychopharmacology 19: 381-396

Ludwig M., Johnstone L., Neumann I., Landgraf R., Russell J.A. (1997) Direct hypertonic stimulation of the rat supraoptic nucleus increases c-fos expression in glial cells rather than magnocellular neurons. Cell Tissue Res. 287:79-90.

Neumann I., Douglas A., Pittman Q.J., Russell J.A., Landgraf R. (1996) Oxytocin released within the supraoptic nucleus of the rat brain by positive feedback action is involved in parturition-related events. J Neuroendocrinol. 8: 227-233.

Hatzinger M., Reul H.J.M., Landgraf R., Holsboer F., Neumann I. (1996) Combined dexamethasone/CRH test in rats: Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal system alterations in aging. Neuroendocrinology 64: 349-356.

Wotjak C.T., Kubota M., Ganster J., Liebsch G., Montkowski A., Holsboer F., Neumann I., Landgraf R.(1996) Release of vasopressin within the rat paraventricular nucleus in response to emotional stress: A novel mechanism of regulating ACTH secretion? J. Neurosci. 16: 7725-7732.

Neumann I., Landgraf R., Bauce L., Pittman Q.J. (1995) Osmotic responsiveness and crosstalk involving oxytocin, but not vasopressin or amino acids, between the supraoptic nuclei in virgin and lactating rats. J. Neurosci. 15: 3408-3417.

Landgraf R., Neumann I., Holsboer F., Pittman Q.J. (1995) Interleukin 1-ß stimulates both central and peripheral release of vasopressin and oxytocin in the rat. Eur.  J. Neurosci.  7: 592-598.

Neumann I., Kremarik P., Pittman Q.J. (1995) Acute, sequence-specific effects of oxytocin and vasopressin antisense oligonucleotides on neuronal responses. Neuroscience 69: 997-1003.

Douglas A.J., Neumann I., Meeren H.K.M., Leng G., Johnstone L.E., Munro G., Russell J.A. (1995) Central endogenous opioid inhibition of supraoptic oxytocin neurons in pregnant rats. J. Neurosci. 15: 5049-5057.

Neumann I., Koehler E., Landgraf R., Summy-Long JY. (1994) An oxytocin receptor antagonist infused into the supraoptic nucleus attenuates intranuclear and peripheral release of oxytocin during suckling in conscious rats. Endocrinology 134: 141-148.

Ludwig M., Callahan M.F., Neumann I., Landgraf R., Morris M. (1994) Systemic osmotic stimulation increases vasopressin and oxytocin release within the supraoptic nucleus. J. Neuroendocrinol.  6: 369-373.

Summy-Long J.Y., Neumann I., Terrell M.L., Koehler E., Gestl S., Landgraf R., Kadekaro M. (1994) Crosstalk in the magnocellular system during osmotic stimulation of one supraoptic nucleus. Brain Res. Bull. 33: 645-654.

Neumann I., Porter D., Landgraf R., Pittman Q.J. (1994) Rapid effect on suckling of an oxytocin antisense oligonucleotide administered into rat supraoptic nucleus. Am. J. Physiol. 267: R852-R858.

Neumann I., Landgraf R., Takahashi Y., Pittman Q.J., Russell J.A. (1994) Stimulation of oxytocin release within the supraoptic nucleus and into blood by CCK-8. Am. J. Physiol. 267: R1626-R1631.

Neumann I., Russell J.A., Landgraf R. (1993) Oxytocin and vasopressin release within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of pregnant, parturient and lactating rats: a microdialysis study. Neuroscience 53: 65-75.

Neumann I., Ludwig M., Engelmann M., Pittman Q.P., Landgraf R. (1993) Simultaneous microdialysis in blood and brain: oxytocin and vasopressin release in response to central and peripheral osmotic stimulation and suckling in the rat. Neuroendocrinology 58: 637-645.

Douglas A.J., Clarke G., MacMillan S.J.A., Bull P.M., Way S.A., Wright D.M., McGrory B.G., Neumann I., Russell J.A. (1993) Effects of the kappa-opioid agonist U50,488 on parturition in rats. Br J Pharmacol. 109: 251-258.

Summy-Long J.Y., Neumann I., Terrell M.L., Koehler E., Mantz S., Landgraf R., Kadekaro M. (1993) Metabolic activation of the magnocellular system during lactation by microdialysis of hypertonic CSF into one supraoptic nucleus. Ann. N.Y.Acad. Sci. 689: 645-649.

Neumann I., Russell J.A., Landgraf R. (1992) Endogenous opioids regulate intracerebral oxytocin release during parturition in a region-specific manner. Progr. Brain Res.  91: 55-58.  

Russell J.A., Neumann I., Landgraf R. (1992) Oxytocin and vasopressin release in discrete brain areas after naloxone in morphine-tolerant and -dependent anesthetized rats: a push-pull perfusion study. J. Neurosci.  12: 1024-1032.

Neumann I., Russell J.A., Wolff, B., Landgraf R. (1991) Naloxone increases the release of oxytocin, but not vasopressin, within limbic brain areas of conscious parturient rats: a push-pull perfusion study. Neuroendocrinology 54: 545-551.

Landgraf R., Neumann I., Pittman Q.J. (1991) Septal and hippocampal release of vasopressin and oxytocin during late pregnancy and parturition in the rat. Neuroendocrinology 54: 378-383.

Neumann I., Landgraf R. (1989) Septal and hippocampal release of oxytocin, but not vasopressin, in the conscious lactating rat during suckling. J. Neuroendocrinol. 1: 305-308.

Neumann I., Schwarzberg H., Landgraf R. (1988) Measurement of septal release of vasopressin and oxytocin by the push-pull technique following electrical stimulation of the paraventricular nucleus of rats. Brain Res.462: 181-184.

Landgraf R, Neumann I., Schwarzberg H. (1988) Central and peripheral release of vasopressin and oxytocin in the conscious rat after osmotic stimulation. Brain Res. 457: 219-225.