Dr. Rebecca Heiming Department of Behavioural Biology Badestrasse 13, D-48149 Münster Phone: +49 (0) 251/83 23885 Fax.: +49 (0) 251/83 23885 E-mail: rebeccaheiming@googlemail.com → Website

PhD in 2011

Research Project

The interaction of a genetic predisposition for anxiety and a threatening environment during early phases of life for the expression anxiety-related behaviours later in life.

Promotion Committee

Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser (Supervisor),
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian- Pape
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Lesch (Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg)

Publications

Heiming, RS; Bodden, C; Jansen, F; Lewejohann, L; Kaiser, S; Lesch, KP; Palme, R; Sachser, N (2011): Living in a dangerous world decreases maternal care: a study in serotonin transporter knockout mice. Hormones and Behavior: 397-407.
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Jansen, F; Heiming, RS; Kloke, V; Kaiser, S; Palme, R; Lesch, K-P; Sachser, N (2011): Away game or home match: the influence of venue and serotonin transporter genotype on the display of offensive aggression. Behavioural Brain Research 219:291 - 301.
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Kloke, V; Jansen, F; Heiming, RS; Palme, R; Lesch, K-P; Sachser, N (2011): The winner and loser effect, serotonin transporter genotype, and the display of offensive aggression. Physiology & Behaviour 103 (5): 565-574.
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Narayanan, V; Heiming, RS; Jansen, F; Lesting, J; Sachser, N; Pape, H-C; Seidenbecher, T (2011): Social defeat: impact on fear extinction and amygdala-prefrontal cortical theta synchrony in 5-HTT deficient mice. PlosOne 6(7): e22600.
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Nietzer, SL; Bonn, M; Jansen, F; Heiming, RS; Lewejohann, L; Sachser, N; Asan, ES; Lesch, KP; Schmitt, AG (2011): Serotonin transporter knockout and repeated social defeat stress: impact on neuronal morphology and plasticity in limbic brain areas. Behavioural Brain Research 220:42 - 54.
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Heiming, RS; Sachser, N (2010): Consequences of serotonin transporter genotype and early adversity on behavioral profile – pathology or adaptation? Frontiers in Neuroscience 4: 187.
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Jansen, F; Heiming, RS; Lewejohann, L; Touma, C; Palme, R; Schmitt, A; Lesch, KP; Sachser, N (2010): Modulation of Behavioural Profile and Stress Response by 5-HTT Genotype and Social Experience in Adulthood. Behavioural Brain Research 207: 21-29.
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Lewejohann, L; Kloke, V; Heiming, RS; Jansen, F; Kaiser, S; Schmitt, A; Lesch, KP; Sachser, N (2010): Social status and day-to-day behaviour of male serotonin transporter knockout mice. Behavioural Brain Research 211: 80-88.
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Heiming, RS; Jansen, F; Lewejohann, L; Kaiser, S; Schmitt, A; Lesch, KP; Sachser, N (2009): Living in a dangerous world: the shaping of behavioral profile by early environment and 5-HTT genotype. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 3: 26.
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Conference Contributions

Heiming, R., Lewejohann, L. & Sachser, N.
The effect of olfactory stimulation in early-life on anxiety-like behaviour in wildtype and serotonin transporter knockout mice in adulthood.
Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Ethologische Gesellschaft, February 2008, Regensburg.
http://www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Zoologie/Heinze/EthologischeGesellschaft/index.html

Heiming, R., Lewejohann, L. & Sachser, N.
Does a ‘dangerous’ environment during early life increase anxiety in adulthood? A study in wildtype and 5-HTT knockout mice?
Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, September 2008, Jena.
http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/dzg2008/de/top/bayconf/programm.php

Heiming, R.S., Jansen, F., Lewejohann, L, Kaiser, S., Schmitt, A., Lesch K.P. & Sachser, N.
Living in a dangerous world: the shaping of behavioral profile by early environment and 5-HTT genotype.
Poster presented at  the Meeting of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory "Translating Behaviour, Bridging Clinical and Animal Model Research", November 2009, Heidelberg.
http://www.embl.de/training/courses_conferences/conference/2009/conf_113/

Heiming, R.S., Jansen, F., Lewejohann, L, Kaiser, S., Schmitt, A., Lesch K.P. & Sachser, N.
Living in a dangerous world: the shaping of behavioral profile by early environment and 5-HTT genotype.
Poster presented at  the 7th forum of the European Neuroscience (FENS), July 2010, Amsterdam.
http://fens2010.neurosciences.asso.fr/

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