Author

Yuval Podpecan

University Hospital Heidelberg

Listed by name: these papers carry no ORCID for this author, so different people with the same name may be mixed together.

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Neuroscience· 4

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferdinand AlthammeriD· 4 shared Tim SchubertiD· 3 shared Felix FrankeiD· 2 shared Franziska SchommeriD· 2 shared Henning FröhlichiD· 2 shared Jemima Helen· 2 shared Matthew K. KirchneriD· 2 shared Valery GrinevichiD· 2 shared

Activity by Year

2024-2026 · peak 3/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

10 top collaborators · 35 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

4 shared papersNeuroscience

Ferdinand AlthammerORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

4 papers

Recent·Most cited

Magel2 deficiency drives microglial synaptic engulfment and alters neuron-microglia interactions in Prader-Willi syndrome

Jemima Helen, Moritz Claudius Wimmer, Berkan Kanmaz, Tim Schubert, Ingrid Camila Possa‐Paranhos, Felipe Corrêa‐da‐Silva, Yuval Podpecan, Aliyu Jabir Muhammad, Eva M. Eisemann, Nadia Illma, Derya S. Arslan, Megan Iminitoff, Franziska Schommer, Henning Fröhlich, Felix Franke, , Ferdinand Althammer

This study shows that Magel2 deficiency in a mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome causes microglial structural changes and increased synaptic engulfment, altering neuron-microglia interactions and hypothalamic circuit function.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

FOXP1 differentially regulates the development of murine vasopressin and oxytocin magnocellular neurons

Jari B. Berkhout, Sophie Trender, Quirin Krabichler, Yuval Podpecan, Felix Franke, Tim Schubert, J. Peter H. Burbach, Valery Grinevich, Roger A.H. Adan, Henning Fröhlich, Ferdinand Althammer, Onno Cornelis Meijer, Ahmed Essam Mahfouz

The paper identifies FOXP1 as a key regulator of oxytocin neuron differentiation and shows its role in reducing AVP and OXT neuron abundance in knockout mice.

iScience · Apr 4, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Oxytocin facilitates social behavior of female rats via selective modulation of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortex

Stephanie Schimmer, Alan Kania, Arthur Lefèvre, Konstantinos Afordakos, Kai-Yi Wang, Julia Lebedeva, Andrei V. Rozov, Androniki Raftogianni, Rishika Tiwari, Shai Netser, Ana Zovko, Huma Shaheen, Jonas Schimmer, Ryan Patwell, Clémence Denis, , Valery Grinevich

This study identifies a circuit in the medial prefrontal cortex where oxytocin modulates interneurons to promote social behavior in female rats, even under physiological stress.

Nature Communications · Feb 20, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Angiotensin-II drives changes in microglia-vascular interactions in rats with heart failure

Ferdinand Althammer, Ranjan K. Roy, Matthew K. Kirchner, Yuval Podpecan, Jemima Helen, Shaina McGrath, Elba Campos‐Lira, Javier Eduardo Stern

This study shows that Angiotensin-II increases microglia-vascular interactions in rat heart failure models, leading to neuroinflammation that can be mitigated by blocking AngII receptors.

Communications Biology · Nov 19, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience