Current Preprints
Nelias C, Ghanayem S, Wolf D, Moor M, Scheller MF, Grinewich V, Reinwald J, Kelsch W (2025)
Stable clique membership in mouse societies requires oxytocin-enabled social sensory states.
bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.26.672298
Reinwald J, Ghanayem S, Wolf D, Scheller MF, Lebedeva J, Lebhardt P, Gölz O, Nelias C, Kelsch W (2025)
Individual differences drive social hierarchies in mouse societies.
bioRxiv https://doi.org/2025.08.26.672308
Original Articles
Lo H, Riedel WC, Tantirigama MLS, Schoenherr A, Moreno Velasquez L, Faiss L, Kumar A, Hakus A, Rost BR, Larkum ME, Judkewitz B, Stumpenhorst K, Rivalan M, Winter Y, Russo E, Kelsch W, Schmitz D, Johenning FW (2025)
Feeding-induced olfactory cortex suppression reduces satiation.
Neuron. S0896-6273(25)00547-1. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.07.020. Epub ahead of print.
Linster C, Wolf D, Kelsch W (2025)
Reinforced Odor Representations in the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus Can Serve as Memory Traces for Conspecifics.
eNeuro. 12(7)ENEURO.0143-25.2025.
Wolf D, Oettl LL, Winkelmeier L, Linster C, Kelsch W (2024)
Anterior Olfactory Cortices Differentially Transform Bottom-Up Odor Signals to Produce Inverse Top-Down Outputs.
J Neurosci. 44(44):e0231242024
Wolf D, Hartig R, Zhuo Y, Scheller MF, Articus M, Moor M, Grinevich V, Linster C, Russo E, Weber-Fahr W, Reinwald JR, Kelsch W (2024)
Oxytocin induces the formation of distinctive cortical representations and cognitions biased toward familiar mice.
Nature Communications 15:6274
Winkelmeier L, Filosa C, Hartig R, Scheller M, Sack M, Reinwald JR, Becker R, Wolf D, Gerchen MF, Sartorius A, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Weber-Fahr W, Clemm von Hohenberg C, Russo E, Kelsch W (2022)
Striatal hub of dynamic and stabilized prediction coding in forebrain networks for olfactory reinforcement learning.
Nature Communications 13:3305
Meinhardt MW, Giannone F, Hirth N, Bartsch D, Spampinato SM, Kelsch W, Spanagel R, Sommer WH, Hansson AC (2022)
Disrupted circadian expression of β-arrestin 2 affects reward-related µ-opioid receptor function in alcohol dependence.
J Neurochem. 160:454-468
Eltokhi A, Gonzalez-Lozano MA, Oettl LL, Rozov A, Pitzer C, Röth R, Berkel S, Hüser M, Harten A, Kelsch W, Smit AB, Rappold GA, Sprengel R (2021)
Imbalanced post- and extrasynaptic SHANK2A functions during development affect social behavior in SHANK2-mediated neuropsychiatric disorders.
Mol Psychiatry 26:6482-6504
Oettl LL, Scheller M, Filosa F, Wieland S, Haag F, Loeb C, Durstewitz D, Shusterman R, Russo E, Kelsch W (2020)
Phasic dopamine reinforces distinct striatal stimulus encoding in the olfactory tubercle driving dopaminergic reward prediction.
Nature Communications 11:3460
Linster C, Kelsch W (2019)
A Computational Model of Oxytocin Modulation of Olfactory Recognition Memory.
eNeuro 6(4):ENEURO.0201-19.2019​
Clemm von Hohenberg C, Weber-Fahr W, Lebhardt P, Ravi N, Braun U, Gass N, Becker R, Sack M, Cosa Linan A, Gerchen MF, Reinwald JR, Oettl LL, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Vollmayr B, Kelsch W, Sartorius A (2018)
Lateral habenula perturbation reduces default-mode network connectivity in a rat model of depression.
Transl. Psychiatry 8, 68​
Oettl LL, Ravi N, Schneider M, Scheller MF, Schneider P, Mitre M, da Silva Gouveia M, Froemke RC, Chao MV, Young WS, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Grinevich V, Shusterman R, Kelsch (2016)
Oxytocin Enhances Social Recognition by Modulating Cortical Control of Early Olfactory Processing.
​Neuron 90(3):609-21
Preview: Ron Stoop (2016)
Sniffing and Oxytocin: Effects on Olfactory Memories.
Neuron 90(3):431-3
Lebhardt PS, v Hohenberg CC, Weber-Fahr W, Kelsch W, Sartorius A (2015)
Optogenetic fMRI in the mouse hippocampus: Hemodynamic response to brief glutamatergic stimuli.
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 36(3):629-38​
Wieland S, Schindler S, Huber C, Köhr G, Oswald MJ, Kelsch W (2015)
Phasic Dopamine Modifies Sensory-Driven Output of Striatal Neurons through Synaptic Plasticity.
J Neurosci 35(27):9946-56
Oswald MJ, Schulz JM, Kelsch W, Oorschot DE, Reynolds JN (2015)
Potentiation of NMDA receptor-mediated transmission in striatal cholinergic interneurons.
Front Cell Neurosci. 2015 Apr 9;9:116.
Ravi N, Li Z, Oettl LL, Bartsch D, Schönig K, Kelsch W (2015)
Postnatal subventricular zone progenitors switch their fate to generate neurons with distinct synaptic input patterns.
Development 142(2):303-13.
Wieland S, Dan D, Oswald M, Parlato R, Köhr G, Kelsch W (2014)
Phasic Dopaminergic activity exert fast control of cholinergic interneuron firing by sequential NMDA, D2 and D1 receptor activation.
J Neurosci 34(35):11549-59
Kelsch W, Li Z, Wieland S, Senkov O, Herb A,Goengrich C, Monyer H (2014)
GluN2B-Containing NMDA Receptors Promote Glutamate Synapse Development in Hippocampal Interneurons.
J Neurosci 34(48):16022-30
Kelsch W, Li Z, Eliava M, Goengrich C, Monyer H (2012)
GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors promote wiring of adult-born neurons into olfactory bulb circuits.
J Neurosci. 32:12603-11
Kelsch W, Stolfi A, Lois C (2012)
Genetic Labeling of Neuronal Subsets through Enhancer Trapping in Mice
PLoS One 7:e38593
Kelsch W, Sim S, Lois C (2012)
Increasing heterogeneity in the organization of synaptic inputs of mature olfactory bulb neurons generated in newborn rats
J Comp Neurol. 520:1327-38
Lin CW, Sim S, Ainsworth A, Okada M, Kelsch W, Lois C (2010)
Genetically Increased Cell-Intrinsic Excitability Enhances Neuronal Integration into Adult Brain Circuits
Neuron 65:32-39
Kelsch W, Lin CW, Mosley CP, Lois C (2009)
A critical period for activity-dependent synaptic development during olfactory bulb adult neurogenesis
J Neurosci. 29:11852-8
Kelsch W, Lin CW, Lois C (2008)
Sequential development of synapses in dendritic domains during adult neurogenesis
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105:16803-8
Hammers A, Panagoda P, Heckemann RA, Kelsch W, Turkheimer FE, Brooks DJ, Duncan JS, Koepp MJ (2008)
[11C]Flumazenil PET in temporal lobe epilepsy: do we need an arterial input function or kinetic modeling?
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 28:207-16
Kelsch W, Mosley CP, Lin CW, Lois C (2007)
Distinct mammalian precursors are committed to generate neurons with defined dendritic projection patterns
PLoS Biol. 5:1201-12
Monory K, Massa F, Egertova M, Eder M, Blaudzun H, Westenbroek R, Kelsch W, Jacob W, Marsch R, Ekker M, Long J, Rubenstein JL, Goebbels S, Nave KA, During M, Klugmann M, Wolfel B, Dodt HU, Zieglgänsberger W, Wotjak CT, Mackie K, Elphick MR, Marsicano G, Lutz B (2006)
The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus
Neuron 51:455-66
Matyas F, Yanovsky Y, Mackie K, Kelsch W, Misgeld U, Freund TF (2006)
Subcellular localization of type 1 cannabinoid receptors in the rat basal ganglia
Neuroscience 137:337-61
Titz S, Hans M, Kelsch W, Lewen A, Swandulla D, Misgeld U (2003)
Hyperpolarizing inhibition develops without trophic support by GABA in cultured rat midbrain neurons
J. Physiol. 550:719-30
Kelsch W, Hormuzdi S, Straube E, Lewen A, Monyer H, Misgeld U (2001)
Insulin-like growth factor 1 and a cytosolic tyrosine kinase activate chloride outward transport during maturation of hippocampal neurons.
J Neurosci. 21:8339-47
Review articles
Hartig R, Wolf D, Schmeisser MJ, Kelsch W (2021)
Genetic influences of autism candidate genes on circuit wiring and olfactory decoding
Cell Tissue Res. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03390-8
Oettl LL, Kelsch W (2018)
Oxytocin and Olfaction
Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 35:55-75
Ravi N, Sanchez-Guardado L, Lois C, Kelsch W (2017)
Determination of the connectivity of newborn neurons in mammalian olfactory circuits
Cell Mol Life Sci. 74:849-867
Lois C, Kelsch W (2014)
Adult neurogenesis and its promise as a hope for brain repair
Front Neurosci. 2014 Jun 17;8:165. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00165
Wentz CT, Oettl LL, Kelsch W (2013)
Optogenetics in psychiatric animal models
Cell Tissue Res. 354:61-8
Platel JC, Kelsch W (2013)
Role of NMDA receptors in adult neurogenesis: an ontogenetic (re)view on activity-dependent development
Cell Mol Life Sci. 70:3591-601
Kelsch W, Sim S, Lois C (2010)
Watching Synaptogenesis in the Adult Brain
Ann. Rev. Neurosci, 33:131-149
Book Chapters
Mitchell, K.J., O’Donnell, P., Durstewitz, D., Fenton, A.A., Gingrich, J.A., Gordon, J.A., Kelsch, W., Moghaddam, B., Phillips, W.A., Sawa, A (2013)
How Can Models Be Better Utilized to Enhance Outcome: A Framework for Advancing the Use of Models in Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: Evolution and Synthesis, eds. 2013. Strüngmann Forum Reports: MIT Press
Kelsch W, Lois C (2012)
Genetic Labeling of Synapses, in: Tracing Neurons and Their Connections (ed. Arenkiel BR Tracing Neurons and Their Connections )
Springer