Dr. Christian Walter Georges Schmeer

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsCognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology,Molecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology
KeywordsGlia, Neuroprotection, Retina, Aging, Neurodegeneration

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityJena
InstitutionFriedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
InstituteKlinik für Neurologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Mathias BährNeurologische Universitätsklinik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Prof. Dr. Stefan IsenmannKlinik für Neurologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2000

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2007Christian Walter Georges Schmeer, Alexandra Kretz, Stefan Isenmann: Therapeutic potential of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A reductase inhibitors for the treatment of retinal and eye diseases. In: CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, 2007, 282-287
2006Alexandra Kretz, Christian Walter Georges Schmeer, Svetlana Tausch, Stefan Isenmann: Simvastatin promotes heat shock protein 27 expression and Akt activation in the rat retina and protects axotomized retinal ganglion cells in vivo. In: Neurobiology of Disease, 2006, 421-430
2006Christian Walter Georges Schmeer, Alexandra Kretz, Stefan Isenmann: Statin-mediated protective effects in the central nervous system: General mechanisms and putative role of stress proteins. In: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, 2006, 79-95
2004Stefan Isenmann, Christian Walter Georges Schmeer, Alexandra Kretz: How to keep injured CNS neurons viable-strategies for neuroprotection and gene transfer to retinal ganglion cells. In: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, 2004, 1-16
2002Christian Walter Georges Schmeer, Guido Straten, Sebastian Kügler, Claude Gravel, Mathias Bähr, Stefan Isenmann: Dose-dependent rescue of axotomized rat retinal ganglion cells by adenovirus-mediated expression of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor in vivo. In: European Journal of Neuroscience, 2002, 637-643
2002Guido Straten, Christian Walter Georges Schmeer, Alexandra Kretz, Ellen Gerhardt, Sebastian Kügler, Jörg B. Schulz, Claude Gravel, Mathias Bähr, Stefan Isenmann: Potential Synergistic Protection of Retinal Ganglion Cells from Axotomy-Induced Apoptosis by Adenoviral Administration of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrphic Factor and X-Chromosome-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis. In: Neurobiology of Disease, 2002, 123-133