Alexandra Wigger

3.8k total citations
37 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Alexandra Wigger is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Wigger has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 27 papers in Social Psychology and 9 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Wigger's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (34 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (27 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (8 papers). Alexandra Wigger is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (34 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (27 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (8 papers). Alexandra Wigger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and France. Alexandra Wigger's co-authors include Rainer Landgraf, Inga D. Neumann, Luz Torner, Elisabeth Frank, Nicolas Singewald, Nicola Toschi, Frauke Ohl, Martin E. Keck, Nicolas Salomé and Peter Salchner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Wigger

36 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandra Wigger Germany	27	2.2k	2.1k	608	549	465	37	3.2k
Helmer F. Figueiredo United States	12	1.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	594 1.0×	734 1.3×	722 1.6×	13	4.0k
Michelle M. Ostrander United States	22	1.8k 0.8×	2.8k 1.4×	808 1.3×	830 1.5×	779 1.7×	24	4.4k
Nancy K. Mueller United States	11	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	479 0.8×	503 0.9×	532 1.1×	16	3.0k
Aldo Bolten Lucion Brazil	36	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	580 1.0×	364 0.7×	164 0.4×	109	3.1k
Dennis C. Choi United States	23	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	842 1.4×	621 1.1×	583 1.3×	29	3.8k
Dóra Zelena Hungary	31	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	656 1.1×	765 1.4×	293 0.6×	151	2.9k
MJ Meaney Canada	11	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	654 1.1×	298 0.5×	499 1.1×	11	3.0k
Wayne G. Brake Canada	29	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	219 0.4×	346 0.7×	61	3.7k
Michel Le Moal France	18	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	435 0.7×	234 0.4×	282 0.6×	18	2.7k
Gábor B. Makara Hungary	38	2.2k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	1.3k 2.4×	347 0.7×	170	4.8k

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Salomé, Nuno, Aurélie Tasiemski, Isabelle Dutriez-Casteloot, et al.. (2008). Immune challenge induces differential corticosterone and interleukin-6 responsiveness in rats bred for extremes in anxiety-related behavior. Neuroscience. 151(4). 1112–1118. 23 indexed citations

Jochum, Thomas, Michael Karl Boettger, Alexandra Wigger, et al.. (2007). Decreased sensitivity to thermal pain in rats bred for high anxiety-related behaviour is attenuated by citalopram or diazepam treatment. Behavioural Brain Research. 183(1). 18–24. 23 indexed citations

Salchner, Peter, Simone B. Sartori, Catrin Sinner, et al.. (2006). Airjet and FG-7142-induced Fos expression differs in rats selectively bred for high and low anxiety-related behavior. Neuropharmacology. 50(8). 1048–1058. 34 indexed citations

Frank, Elisabeth, Peter Salchner, Nicolas Salomé, et al.. (2006). Genetic predisposition to anxiety-related behavior determines coping style, neuroendocrine responses, and neuronal activation during social defeat.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 120(1). 60–71. 93 indexed citations

Kalisch, Raffaël, Mirjam Schubert, W. Jacob, et al.. (2005). Anxiety and Hippocampus Volume in the Rat. Neuropsychopharmacology. 31(5). 925–932. 80 indexed citations

Neumann, Inga D., Alexandra Wigger, Simone A. Krömer, et al.. (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. 81 indexed citations

Muigg, Patrik, Alexandra Wigger, & Nicolas Singewald. (2004). Chronic paroxetine treatment modulates the neuronal activation pattern in HAB rats in response to the forced swim test. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 369. 1 indexed citations

Yilmazer‐Hanke, Deniz, Alexandra Wigger, R. Linke, Rainer Landgraf, & Herbert Schwegler. (2004). Two Wistar Rat Lines Selectively Bred for Anxiety-Related Behavior Show Opposite Reactions in Elevated Plus Maze and Fear-Sensitized Acoustic Startle Tests. Behavior Genetics. 34(3). 309–318. 27 indexed citations

Landgraf, Rainer, Elisabeth Frank, Inga D. Neumann, et al.. (2003). Viral vector‐mediated gene transfer of the vole V1a vasopressin receptor in the rat septum: improved social discrimination and active social behaviour. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(2). 403–411. 127 indexed citations

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Salchner, Peter, Alexandra Wigger, Rainer Landgraf, & Nicolas Singewald. (2002). High-anxiety and low-anxiety rats display differences in CNS Fos expression in response to open field exposure. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 365. 1 indexed citations

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Salomé, Nicolas, Odile Viltart, Muriel Darnaudéry, et al.. (2002). Reliability of high and low anxiety-related behaviour:. Behavioural Brain Research. 136(1). 227–237. 46 indexed citations

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Wigger, Alexandra & Inga D. Neumann. (2002). Endogenous opioid regulation of stress-induced oxytocin release within the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus is reversed in late pregnancy: a microdialysis study. Neuroscience. 112(1). 121–129. 59 indexed citations

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Lancel, Marike, et al.. (2002). The CRH1 receptor antagonist R121919 attenuates stress-elicited sleep disturbances in rats, particularly in those with high innate anxiety. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 36(4). 197–208. 39 indexed citations

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Wigger, Alexandra, et al.. (2002). Hypothalamic and Hippocampal Release of Serotonin in Rats Bred for Hyper- or Hypo-anxiety. Stress. 5(4). 299–305. 29 indexed citations

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Wigger, Alexandra, et al.. (2001). Cross-Fostering and Cross-Breeding of HAB and LAB Rats: A Genetic Rat Model of Anxiety. Behavior Genetics. 31(4). 371–382. 72 indexed citations

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Johnstone, Heather A., Alexandra Wigger, Alison J. Douglas, et al.. (2000). Attenuation of Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis Stress Responses in Late Pregnancy: Changes in Feedforward and Feedback Mechanisms. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 12(8). 811–822. 133 indexed citations

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Henniger, Markus S.H., Frauke Ohl, Sabine M. Hölter, et al.. (2000). Unconditioned anxiety and social behaviour in two rat lines selectively bred for high and low anxiety-related behaviour. Behavioural Brain Research. 111(1-2). 153–163. 116 indexed citations

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Wigger, Alexandra & Inga D. Neumann. (1999). Periodic Maternal Deprivation Induces Gender-Dependent Alterations in Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Responses to Emotional Stress in Adult Rats. Physiology & Behavior. 66(2). 293–302. 393 indexed citations

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Neumann, Inga D., Luz Torner, & Alexandra Wigger. (1999). Brain oxytocin: differential inhibition of neuroendocrine stress responses and anxiety-related behaviour in virgin, pregnant and lactating rats. Neuroscience. 95(2). 567–575. 321 indexed citations

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Wigger, Alexandra, et al.. (1998). The role of endogenous opioids in neurohypophysial and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis hormone secretory responses to stress in pregnant rats. Journal of Endocrinology. 158(2). 285–293. 86 indexed citations

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