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Contributions in mouse genetic models, opto- and pharmacogenetics

Chen C., Altafi M., Corbu M.A., Trenk A., van den Munkhof H., Weineck K., Bender F., Carus-Cadavieco M.,
Bakhareva A., Korotkova T., Ponomarenko A. The dynamic state of a prefrontal-hypothalamic-midbrain circuit
commands behavioral transitions. Nature Neuroscience, 2024, 27(5):952-963.


Gao X., Bender F., Soh H, Chen C., Altafi M., Schütze S., Heidenreich M., Gorbati M., Corbu M.A., Carus-
Cadavieco M., Korotkova T., Tzingounis A.V., Jentsch T.J., Ponomarenko A. Place fields of single spikes in
hippocampus involve Kcnq3 channel-dependent entrainment of complex spike bursts. Nature Communications,

2021, 12(1):4801.


Mederos S., Sánchez-Puelles C., Esparza J., Valero M., Ponomarenko A., Perea G. GABAergic signaling to
astrocytes in the prefrontal cortex sustains goal-directed behaviors. Nature Neuroscience, 2021, 24(1):82-92.


Heikenfeld C., Mederos S., Chen C., Korotkova T., Schnitzler A., Ponomarenko A. Prefrontal - subthalamic
pathway supports action selection in a spatial working memory task. Scientific Reports, 2020, 10(1):10497.


Bender F., Korotkova T., Ponomarenko A. Optogenetic Entrainment of Hippocampal Theta Oscillations in
Behaving Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2018, (136):57349.


Carus Cadavieco M., Gorbati M., Ye L., Bender F., van der Veldt S., Kosse C., Börgers C., Lee S. Y., Ramakrishnan
C., Hu Y., Denisova N., Ramm F., Volitaki E., Burdakov D., Deisseroth K., Ponomarenko A, Korotkova T. Gamma
oscillations organize top-down signalling to hypothalamus and enable food seeking. Nature, 2017,
542(7640):232-236.


Korotkova T., Ponomarenko A. Optogenetic control of neuronal network oscillations: combination of
electrophysiological recordings and optogenetics in behaving mice.In “Neuromethods: In Vivo
Neuropharmacology and Neurophysiology”, Springer Science, Berlin, 2016.


Stempel A.V., Stumpf A., Zhang H.-Y., Özdogan T., Pannasch U., Theis A-K., Otte D-M., Wojtalla A., Rácz I.,
Ponomarenko A., Xi Z.-X., Zimmer A., Schmitz D. Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptors Mediate a Cell Type-Specific
Plasticity in the Hippocampus. Neuron, 2016, 90(4):795-809.


Gutierrez Herrera C., Carus Cadavieco M., Jego S., Ponomarenko A., Korotkova T., Adamantidis A.
Hypothalamic feed-forward inhibition of thalamocortical network controls arousal and consciousness. Nature Neuroscience,

2016, 19(2):290-8.


Bender F., Gorbati M., Carus Cadavieco M., Denisova N., Gao X., Holman C., Korotkova T., Ponomarenko A.
Theta oscillations regulate the speed of locomotion via a hippocampus to lateral septum pathway. Nature
Communications, 2015, 6:8521.


Fidzinski P., Korotkova T., Heidenreich M., Maier N., Schuetze S., Kobler O., Zuschratter W., Schmitz D.,
Ponomarenko A., Jentsch T.J. KCNQ5 K+ channels control hippocampal synaptic inhibition and fast network
oscillations. Nature Communications, 2015, 6:6254.


Wu Y.J., Tejero R., Arancillo M., Verdure G., Korotkova T., Kintscher M., Schmitz D., Ponomarenko A., Tabares
L., Rosenmund C. Syntaxin 1B is important for mouse postnatal survival and proper synaptic function at the
mouse neuromuscular junctions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 2015, 114(4):2404-17.


Korotkova T., Fuchs E., Ponomarenko A., von Engelhardt J., Monyer H. NMDA receptor ablation on
parvalbumin-positive interneurons impairs hippocampal synchrony, spatial representation and working
memory. Neuron, 2010, 68(3):557-69.


Wulff P., Ponomarenko A., Bartos M., Korotkova T., Fuchs E., Bahner F., Both M., Tort A., Kopell N., Wisden W.,
Monyer H. Hippocampal theta rhythm and its coupling with gamma oscillations require fast inhibition onto
parvalbumin-positive interneurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009, 106(9):3561-6.


Racz A., Ponomarenko A., Fuchs E., Monyer H. 2009. Augmented hippocampal ripple-oscillations in mice with
reduced fast excitation onto parvalbumin-positive cells. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 29(8):2563-8.

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