Christoph Anacker

8.3k citations

46 papers · 6.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 26

Impact in

Biological Psychiatry top 0.05%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.05%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 26
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 26
Biological Psychiatry 11
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 11

Co-authors: Carmine M. Pariante René Hen Patricia A. Zunszain Lívia A. Carvalho Annamaria Cattaneo Sandrine Thuret Jack Price Ksenia Musaelyan
Journals: Neuropsychopharmacology (7 papers)Biological Psychiatry (6 papers)Molecular Psychiatry (3 papers)Nature Communications (2 papers)Nature Neuroscience (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Italy

In The Last Decade

Christoph Anacker

42 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods 2022 · 94 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2022 Translational Psychiatry
2018 Nature
2017 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2012 Nature Neuroscience

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1	Hippocampal SGK1 promotes vulnerability to depression: the role of early life adversity, stress, and genetic risk Molecular Psychiatry ·Amira Millette, Milenna T. van Dijk, Irina Pokhvisneva, Yifei Li, Rory Thompson, Sachin Patel, Rosemary C. Bagot, Anikó Náray‐Fejes‐Tóth, Géza Fejes‐Tóth, Patrícia Pelufo Silveira, Gustavo Turecki, Juan Pablo López, Christoph Anacker	2025	0
2	TAAR1 agonists improve glycemic control, reduce body weight and modulate neurocircuits governing energy balance and feeding Molecular Metabolism ·Nina Dedic, Lien Wang, Éva Hajós‐Korcsok, Jacob Hecksher‐Sørensen, Urmas Roostalu, Steven P. Vickers, Serena Wu, Christoph Anacker, A. R. Knight, Philip Jones, Snežana Milanović, Seth C. Hopkins, Linda J. Bristow, Kenneth S. Koblan	2024	11
3	Impact of Stress Exposure on Mental and Physical Health across the Life Span: Molecular mechanisms, Neurobiological abnormalities, and Novel Pathways for Intervention Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Annamaria Cattaneo, Christoph Anacker, Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, Marco Andrea Riva	2023	1
4	TAAR1 Agonist Ulotaront Improves Glycemic Control and Reduces Body Weight in Rodent Models of Diabetes, Obesity, and Iatrogenic Weight Gain CNS Spectrums ·Nina Dedic, Philip Jones, Éva Hajós‐Korcsok, A. R. Knight, Serena Wu, Christoph Anacker, S P Vickers, Jacob Hecksher‐Sørensen, Freda Abrams, Snežana Milanović, Seth C. Hopkins, Linda J. Bristow, Kenneth S. Koblan	2023	1
5	Dentate Gyrus Microstructure Is Associated With Resilience After Exposure to Maternal Stress Across Two Human Cohorts Biological Psychiatry ·Milenna T. van Dijk, Ardesheer Talati, N. I. Makarov, Irina Yurievna Petrova, O. O. Ostroverkh, Marc J. Gameroff, Muhammed Şamil Aydın, Eyal Abraham, Breda Cullen, Jiook Cha, Christoph Anacker, Myrna M. Weissman, Jonathan Posner	2023	5
6	5-HT1A Receptors on Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells Confer Stress Resilience Biological Psychiatry ·Robert Curr, Yifei Li, Amira Millette, 神崎裕二, Serena Wu, S. Furno, Victor M. Luna, Christoph Anacker	2023	5
7	Perspective on equitable translational studies and clinical support for an unbiased inclusion of the LGBTQIA2S+community Neuropsychopharmacology ·Teddy G. Goetz, Krisha Aghi, Christoph Anacker, Diane Ehrensaft, Neir Eshel, Jordan Marrocco, Jared W. Young, Troy A. Roepke	2023	5
8	Contribution of the Opioid System to the Antidepressant Effects of Fluoxetine Biological Psychiatry ·Yuen Ling Chan, Phi T. Nguyen, Marley D. Kass, Nissim Amar, Katherine M. Nautiyal, Valerie Magalong, 安中正, Valentine Andreu, Mark M. Gergues, HU Chang-a, Huda Akil, Danusa Mar Arcego, Michael J. Meaney, Christoph Anacker, Benjamin A. Samuels, John E. Pintar, 完戸大輝, Sergey Kalachikov, René Hen	2022	9
9	Glucocorticoid exposure during hippocampal neurogenesis primes future stress response by inducing changes in DNA methylation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nadine Provençal, Janine Arloth, Annamaria Cattaneo, Christoph Anacker, Nadia Cattane, Tobias Wiechmann, Simone Röh, Maik Ködel, Torsten Klengel, Darina Czamara, Nikola S. Müller, Jari Lahti, (unknown), Katri Räikkönen, Carmine M. Pariante, Elisabeth B. Binder, Eero Kajantie, Esa Hämäläinen, Pia Villa, Hannele Laivuori	2019	135
10	Adult-born hippocampal neurons bidirectionally modulate entorhinal inputs into the dentate gyrus Science ·Victor M. Luna, Christoph Anacker, Nesha S. Burghardt, José Madariaga, Valentine Andreu, Amira Millette, Paige Leary, Rebecca Ravenelle, Jessica Jimenez, Alessia Mastrodonato, Christine A. Denny, André A. Fenton, Helen E. Scharfman, René Hen	2019	131
11	Neuroanatomic Differences Associated With Stress Susceptibility and Resilience Biological Psychiatry ·Christoph Anacker, Jan Scholz, Kieran J. O’Donnell, Gong Junle, Josie Diorio, Rosemary C. Bagot, Eric J. Nestler, René Hen, Jason P. Lerch, Michael J. Meaney	2015	117
12	Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Depression: Behavioral Implications and Regulation by the Stress System Current topics in behavioral neurosciences ·Christoph Anacker	2014	48
13	Glucocorticoids and Inflammation: A Double-Headed Sword in Depression? PubMed ·Mark Horowitz, Patricia A. Zunszain, Christoph Anacker, Ksenia Musaelyan, Carmine M. Pariante	2013	46
14	Haloperidol and olanzapine mediate metabolic abnormalities through different molecular pathways Translational Psychiatry ·Valeria Mondelli, Christoph Anacker, Anthony C. Vernon, Annamaria Cattaneo, Sridhar Natesan, Michel Modo, Paola Dazzan, Shitij Kapur, Carmine M. Pariante	2013	25
15	Glucocorticoid-Related Molecular Signaling Pathways Regulating Hippocampal Neurogenesis Neuropsychopharmacology ·Christoph Anacker, Annamaria Cattaneo, Alessia Luoni, Ksenia Musaelyan, Patricia A. Zunszain, Elena Milanesi, Joanna Rybka, Alessandra Berry, Francesca Cirulli, Sandrine Thuret, Jack Price, Marco Andrea Riva, Massimo Gennarelli, Carmine M. Pariante	2012	243
16	Allele-specific FKBP5 DNA demethylation mediates gene–childhood trauma interactions Nature Neuroscience ·Torsten Klengel, Divya Mehta, Christoph Anacker, Monika Rex‐Haffner, Jens C. Pruessner, Carmine M. Pariante, Thaddeus W. W. Pace, Kristina B. Mercer, Helen S. Mayberg, Bekh Bradley, Charles B. Nemeroff, (unknown), Christine Heim, Kerry J. Ressler, Theo Rein, Elisabeth B. Binder Hit paper breakdown →	2012	999
17	Signaling via the prostaglandin E2 receptor EP4 exerts neuronal and vascular protection in a mouse model of cerebral ischemia Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Xibin Liang, Lu Lin, Nathaniel S. Woodling, Qian Wang, Christoph Anacker, Tingting Pan, Milton Merchant, Katrin I. Andreasson	2011	78
18	Can adult neurogenesis buffer stress responses and depressive behaviour? Molecular Psychiatry ·Christoph Anacker, Carmine M. Pariante	2011	36
19	Antidepressants increase human hippocampal neurogenesis by activating the glucocorticoid receptor Molecular Psychiatry ·Christoph Anacker, Patricia A. Zunszain, Annamaria Cattaneo, Lívia A. Carvalho, Michael J. Garabedian, Sandrine Thuret, Jack Price, Carmine M. Pariante	2011	342
20	Glucocorticoids, cytokines and brain abnormalities in depression Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry ·Patricia A. Zunszain, Christoph Anacker, Annamaria Cattaneo, Lívia A. Carvalho, Carmine M. Pariante	2010	428

About Christoph Anacker

Christoph Anacker is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 46 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (26 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (11 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (6 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (5 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (1.8k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (2.6k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (1.2k citations), Neurology (654 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.1k citations). Christoph Anacker has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Carmine M. Pariante, René Hen, Patricia A. Zunszain, Lívia A. Carvalho, Annamaria Cattaneo, Sandrine Thuret, Jack Price, Ksenia Musaelyan, Torsten Klengel and Elisabeth B. Binder. Their work appears in journals such as Neuropsychopharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Communications and Nature Neuroscience.

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