ZFIN Person: Schweitzer, Jörn

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-010302-3

Schweitzer, Jörn

Email:	joern.schweitzer@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
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Address:	Abteilung Entwicklungsbiologie Driever Lab Institut für Biologie 1 Universität Freiburg Hauptstrasse 1 Freiburg, D-79104 Germany
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Phone:	49-761-203-2541
Fax:	49-761-203-2597
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Zelina, P., Blockus, H., Zagar, Y., Péres, A., Friocourt, F., Wu, Z., Rama, N., Fouquet, C., Hohenester, E., Tessier-Lavigne, M., Schweitzer, J., Roest Crollius, H., Chédotal, A. (2014) Signaling switch of the axon guidance receptor Robo3 during vertebrate evolution. Neuron. 84:1258-72

Nawaz, S., Schweitzer, J., Jahn, O., and Werner, H.B. (2013) Molecular evolution of myelin basic protein, an abundant structural myelin component. Glia. 61(8):1364-1377

Schweitzer, J., Löhr, H., Bonkowsky, J.L., Hübscher, K., and Driever, W. (2013) Sim1a and Arnt2 contribute to hypothalamo-spinal axon guidance by regulating Robo2 activity via a Robo3-dependent mechanism. Development (Cambridge, England). 140(1):93-106

Schweitzer, J., Löhr, H., Filippi, A., and Driever, W. (2012) Dopaminergic and noradrenergic circuit development in zebrafish. Developmental Neurobiology. 72(3):256-268

Filippi, A., Mahler, J., Schweitzer, J., and Driever, W. (2010) Expression of the paralogous tyrosine hydroxylase encoding genes th1 and th2 reveals the full complement of dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons in zebrafish larval and juvenile brain. The Journal of comparative neurology. 518(4):423-438

Kastenhuber, E., Kratochwil, C.F., Ryu, S., Schweitzer, J., and Driever, W. (2010) Genetic dissection of dopaminergic and noradrenergic contributions to catecholaminergic tracts in early larval zebrafish. The Journal of comparative neurology. 518(4):439-458

Kastenhuber, E., Kern U., Bonkowsky, J.L., Chien, C.B., Driever, W., and Schweitzer, J. (2009) Netrin-DCC, Robo-Slit, and heparan sulfate proteoglycans coordinate lateral positioning of longitudinal dopaminergic diencephalospinal axons. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 29(28):8914-8926

Schweitzer, J., and Driever, W. (2009) Development of the dopamine systems in zebrafish. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 651:1-14

Schweitzer, J., Gimnopoulos, D., Lieberoth, B.C., Pogoda, H.M., Feldner, J., Ebert, A., Schachner, M., Becker, T., and Becker, C.G. (2007) Contactin1a expression is associated with oligodendrocyte differentiation and axonal regeneration in the central nervous system of zebrafish. Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 35(2):194-207

Feldner, J., Reimer, M.M., Schweitzer, J., Wendik, B., Meyer, D., Becker, T., and Becker, C.G. (2007) PlexinA3 restricts spinal exit points and branching of trunk motor nerves in embryonic zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 27(18):4978-4983

Schweitzer, J., Becker, T., Schachner, M., Nave, K.A., and Werner, H. (2006) Evolution of myelin proteolipid proteins: Gene duplication in teleosts and expression pattern divergence. Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 31(1):161-177

Schweitzer, J., Becker, T., Lefebvre, J., Granato, M., Schachner, M., and Becker, C.G. (2005) Tenascin-C is involved in motor axon outgrowth in the trunk of developing zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 234(3):550-566

Feldner, J., Becker, T., Goishi, K., Schweitzer, J., Lee, P., Schachner, M., Klagsbrun, M., and Becker, C.G. (2005) Neuropilin-1a is involved in trunk motor axon outgrowth in embryonic zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 234(3):535-549

Schweitzer, J., Becker, C.G., Schachner, M., and Becker, T. (2005) Expression of collapsin response mediator proteins in the nervous system of embryonic zebrafish. Gene expression patterns : GEP. 5(6):809-816

Becker, C.G., Schweitzer, J., Feldner, J., Schachner, M., and Becker, T. (2004) Tenascin-R as a repellent guidance molecule for newly growing and regenerating optic axons in adult zebrafish. Molecular and cellular neurosciences. 26(3):376-389

Becker, C.G., Schweitzer, J., Feldner, J., Becker, T., and Schachner, M. (2003) Tenascin-R as a repellent guidance molecule for developing optic axons in zebrafish. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 23(15):6232-6237

Schweitzer, J., Becker, T., Becker, C.G., and Schachner, M. (2003) Expression of protein zero is increased in lesioned axon pathways in the central nervous system of adult zebrafish. Glia. 41(3):301-317

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS