List of works - Vootele Voikar

ADHD-like behaviors caused by inactivation of a transcription factor controlling the balance of inhibitory and excitatory neuron development in the mouse anterior brainstem

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

APP and APLP2 are essential at PNS and CNS synapses for transmission, spatial learning and LTP

article

APP and APLP2 are essential at PNS and CNS synapses for transmission, spatial learning and LTP.

scientific article

Apomorphine-induced behavioural sensitization in rats: individual differences, role of dopamine and NMDA receptors

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Assessment of mouse anxiety-like behavior in the light-dark box and open-field arena: role of equipment and procedure.

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Automated dissection of permanent effects of hippocampal or prefrontal lesions on performance at spatial, working memory and circadian timing tasks of C57BL/6 mice in IntelliCage

scientific article

Automated test of behavioral flexibility in mice using a behavioral sequencing task in IntelliCage

scientific article published on 4 March 2011

BOC-CCK-4, CCK(B)receptor agonist, antagonizes anxiolytic-like action of morphine in elevated plus-maze

scientific article published in February 1999

Behavioral alterations induced by repeated testing in C57BL/6J and 129S2/Sv mice: implications for phenotyping screens

scientific article published in February 2004

Behavioural characterization of C57BL/6N and BALB/c female mice in social home cage - Effect of mixed housing in complex environment

scientific article published on 27 January 2018

Behavioural phenotypes of hypomorphic KCC2-deficient mice

scientific journal article

CD73 is a major regulator of adenosinergic signalling in mouse brain.

scientific article

Cognitive deficit and development of motor impairment in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C disease

scientific article published in April 2002

Conditioned response suppression in the IntelliCage: assessment of mouse strain differences and effects of hippocampal and striatal lesions on acquisition and retention of memory

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage.

scientific article

Correction: GDNF Overexpression from the Native Locus Reveals its Role in the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic System Function

scientific article published on 11 January 2016

Deficiency of prolyl oligopeptidase in mice disturbs synaptic plasticity and reduces anxiety-like behaviour, body weight, and brain volume.

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Deficient nonpeptidergic epidermis innervation and reduced inflammatory pain in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha2 knock-out mice.

scientific article published on February 2006

Diazepam binding inhibitor overexpression in mice causes hydrocephalus, decreases plasticity in excitatory synapses and impairs hippocampus-dependent learning

scientific journal article

Differential expression of brain immune genes and schizophrenia-related behavior in C57BL/6N and DBA/2J female mice

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Distinctive behavioral and cellular responses to fluoxetine in the mouse model for Fragile X syndrome

scientific article

Editorial to the Special Issue: Animal Model of the Year 2036: Novel Perspectives in Behavioral Neuroscience

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Effects of spatial and cognitive enrichment on activity pattern and learning performance in three strains of mice in the IntelliMaze

scientific article published on 21 December 2011

Enhanced BDNF signaling is associated with an antidepressant-like behavioral response and changes in brain monoamines

scientific article published in September 2005

Evaluation of social and physical enrichment in modulation of behavioural phenotype in C57BL/6J female mice

scientific article

Experiments done in Black-6 mice: what does it mean?

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

Flat-floored air-lifted platform: a new method for combining behavior with microscopy or electrophysiology on awake freely moving rodents.

scientific article

GDNF Overexpression from the Native Locus Reveals its Role in the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic System Function

scientific article

GDNF is not required for catecholaminergic neuron survival in vivo

scientific article

Housing mice in the individually ventilated or open cages-Does it matter for behavioral phenotype?

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Impaired behavioural flexibility and memory in mice lacking GDNF family receptor alpha2.

scientific article published on July 2004

Introduction to the EQIPD quality system

scientific article published on 24 May 2021

KCC2-deficient mice show reduced sensitivity to diazepam, but normal alcohol-induced motor impairment, gaboxadol-induced sedation, and neurosteroid-induced hypnosis

scientific article published on 16 August 2006

Kainate receptor auxiliary subunit NETO2 is required for normal fear expression and extinction

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Kainate receptor auxiliary subunit NETO2-related cued fear conditioning impairments associate with defects in amygdala development and excitability

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

LRRTM1-deficient mice show a rare phenotype of avoiding small enclosures--a tentative mouse model for claustrophobia-like behaviour.

scientific article

Long-term individual housing in C57BL/6J and DBA/2 mice: assessment of behavioral consequences

scientific article published in June 2005

Longitudinal two-photon imaging in somatosensory cortex of behaving mice reveals dendritic spine formation enhancement by subchronic administration of low-dose ketamine.

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

MANF Is Indispensable for the Proliferation and Survival of Pancreatic β Cells

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Mice Lacking Ras-GRF1 Show Contextual Fear Conditioning but not Spatial Memory Impairments: Convergent Evidence from Two Independently Generated Mouse Mutant Lines

scientific article published on 6 December 2011

Mice deficient in transmembrane prostatic acid phosphatase display increased GABAergic transmission and neurological alterations.

scientific article

Microglia are polarized to M1 type in high-anxiety inbred mice in response to lipopolysaccharide challenge.

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Mixed housing with DBA/2 mice induces stress in C57BL/6 mice: implications for interventions based on social enrichment

scientific article

Multi-omics analysis identifies mitochondrial pathways associated with anxiety-related behavior

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Opioid antagonist naloxone potentiates anxiogenic-like action of cholecystokinin agonists in elevated plus-maze

scientific article published in June 1998

Relation of exploratory behavior of rats in elevated plus-maze to brain receptor binding properties and serum growth hormone levels

scientific article published in November 1997

Repeated brief isoflurane anesthesia during early postnatal development produces negligible changes on adult behavior in male mice

scientific article

Role of CCK in anti-exploratory action of paroxetine, 5-HT reuptake inhibitor

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Role of Environment and Experimenter in Reproducibility of Behavioral Studies With Laboratory Mice

scientific article published on 18 February 2022

Role of heparin-binding growth-associated molecule (HB-GAM) in hippocampal LTP and spatial learning revealed by studies on overexpressing and knockout mice

scientific article (publication date: June 2002)

Spontaneous behavior in the social homecage discriminates strains, lesions and mutations in mice

scientific article

Strain and gender differences in the behavior of mouse lines commonly used in transgenic studies

scientific article published in January 2001

The role of carbonic anhydrase VI in bitter taste perception: evidence from the Car6⁻/⁻ mouse model

scientific article

Towards developing a model to study alcohol drinking and craving in female mice housed in automated cages.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Transgenic mice overexpressing the full-length neurotrophin receptor trkB exhibit increased activation of the trkB-PLCgamma pathway, reduced anxiety, and facilitated learning

scientific article

Trim37-deficient mice recapitulate several features of the multi-organ disorder Mulibrey nanism

scientific article published on 03 April 2016

Two-fold elevation of endogenous GDNF levels in mice improves motor coordination without causing side-effects

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Update of neurotrophic factors in neurobiology of addiction and future directions

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

List of works by Vootele Voikar

ADHD-like behaviors caused by inactivation of a transcription factor controlling the balance of inhibitory and excitatory neuron development in the mouse anterior brainstem

APP and APLP2 are essential at PNS and CNS synapses for transmission, spatial learning and LTP

APP and APLP2 are essential at PNS and CNS synapses for transmission, spatial learning and LTP.

Apomorphine-induced behavioural sensitization in rats: individual differences, role of dopamine and NMDA receptors

Assessment of mouse anxiety-like behavior in the light-dark box and open-field arena: role of equipment and procedure.

Automated dissection of permanent effects of hippocampal or prefrontal lesions on performance at spatial, working memory and circadian timing tasks of C57BL/6 mice in IntelliCage

Automated test of behavioral flexibility in mice using a behavioral sequencing task in IntelliCage

BOC-CCK-4, CCK(B)receptor agonist, antagonizes anxiolytic-like action of morphine in elevated plus-maze

Behavioral alterations induced by repeated testing in C57BL/6J and 129S2/Sv mice: implications for phenotyping screens

Behavioural characterization of C57BL/6N and BALB/c female mice in social home cage - Effect of mixed housing in complex environment

Behavioural phenotypes of hypomorphic KCC2-deficient mice

CD73 is a major regulator of adenosinergic signalling in mouse brain.

Cognitive deficit and development of motor impairment in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C disease

Conditioned response suppression in the IntelliCage: assessment of mouse strain differences and effects of hippocampal and striatal lesions on acquisition and retention of memory

Consistent behavioral phenotype differences between inbred mouse strains in the IntelliCage.

Correction: GDNF Overexpression from the Native Locus Reveals its Role in the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic System Function

Deficiency of prolyl oligopeptidase in mice disturbs synaptic plasticity and reduces anxiety-like behaviour, body weight, and brain volume.

Deficient nonpeptidergic epidermis innervation and reduced inflammatory pain in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha2 knock-out mice.

Diazepam binding inhibitor overexpression in mice causes hydrocephalus, decreases plasticity in excitatory synapses and impairs hippocampus-dependent learning

Differential expression of brain immune genes and schizophrenia-related behavior in C57BL/6N and DBA/2J female mice

Distinctive behavioral and cellular responses to fluoxetine in the mouse model for Fragile X syndrome

Editorial to the Special Issue: Animal Model of the Year 2036: Novel Perspectives in Behavioral Neuroscience

Effects of spatial and cognitive enrichment on activity pattern and learning performance in three strains of mice in the IntelliMaze

Enhanced BDNF signaling is associated with an antidepressant-like behavioral response and changes in brain monoamines

Evaluation of social and physical enrichment in modulation of behavioural phenotype in C57BL/6J female mice

Experiments done in Black-6 mice: what does it mean?

Flat-floored air-lifted platform: a new method for combining behavior with microscopy or electrophysiology on awake freely moving rodents.

GDNF Overexpression from the Native Locus Reveals its Role in the Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic System Function

GDNF is not required for catecholaminergic neuron survival in vivo

Housing mice in the individually ventilated or open cages-Does it matter for behavioral phenotype?

Impaired behavioural flexibility and memory in mice lacking GDNF family receptor alpha2.

Introduction to the EQIPD quality system

KCC2-deficient mice show reduced sensitivity to diazepam, but normal alcohol-induced motor impairment, gaboxadol-induced sedation, and neurosteroid-induced hypnosis

Kainate receptor auxiliary subunit NETO2 is required for normal fear expression and extinction

Kainate receptor auxiliary subunit NETO2-related cued fear conditioning impairments associate with defects in amygdala development and excitability

LRRTM1-deficient mice show a rare phenotype of avoiding small enclosures--a tentative mouse model for claustrophobia-like behaviour.

Long-term individual housing in C57BL/6J and DBA/2 mice: assessment of behavioral consequences

Longitudinal two-photon imaging in somatosensory cortex of behaving mice reveals dendritic spine formation enhancement by subchronic administration of low-dose ketamine.

MANF Is Indispensable for the Proliferation and Survival of Pancreatic β Cells

Mice Lacking Ras-GRF1 Show Contextual Fear Conditioning but not Spatial Memory Impairments: Convergent Evidence from Two Independently Generated Mouse Mutant Lines

Mice deficient in transmembrane prostatic acid phosphatase display increased GABAergic transmission and neurological alterations.

Microglia are polarized to M1 type in high-anxiety inbred mice in response to lipopolysaccharide challenge.

Mixed housing with DBA/2 mice induces stress in C57BL/6 mice: implications for interventions based on social enrichment

Multi-omics analysis identifies mitochondrial pathways associated with anxiety-related behavior

Opioid antagonist naloxone potentiates anxiogenic-like action of cholecystokinin agonists in elevated plus-maze

Relation of exploratory behavior of rats in elevated plus-maze to brain receptor binding properties and serum growth hormone levels

Repeated brief isoflurane anesthesia during early postnatal development produces negligible changes on adult behavior in male mice

Role of CCK in anti-exploratory action of paroxetine, 5-HT reuptake inhibitor

Role of Environment and Experimenter in Reproducibility of Behavioral Studies With Laboratory Mice

Role of heparin-binding growth-associated molecule (HB-GAM) in hippocampal LTP and spatial learning revealed by studies on overexpressing and knockout mice

Spontaneous behavior in the social homecage discriminates strains, lesions and mutations in mice

Strain and gender differences in the behavior of mouse lines commonly used in transgenic studies

The role of carbonic anhydrase VI in bitter taste perception: evidence from the Car6⁻/⁻ mouse model

Towards developing a model to study alcohol drinking and craving in female mice housed in automated cages.

Transgenic mice overexpressing the full-length neurotrophin receptor trkB exhibit increased activation of the trkB-PLCgamma pathway, reduced anxiety, and facilitated learning

Trim37-deficient mice recapitulate several features of the multi-organ disorder Mulibrey nanism

Two-fold elevation of endogenous GDNF levels in mice improves motor coordination without causing side-effects

Update of neurotrophic factors in neurobiology of addiction and future directions