Henrik Mouritsen

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg — Germany

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects(77), Marine animal studies overview(53), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(43), Avian ecology and behavior(36), Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience(30)

Publications176 total

Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4a in domesticated quail with migratory origins
2026Open Access
Absence of 8-HDF and MTHF Antenna Chromophore Binding in <i>Er</i> CRY4a Suggests a Possible Flavin-Only Cofactor State: Insights from Biochemical and Computational Analyses
2026
A Charge-Reversal Point Mutation Completely Depletes Flavin Chromophore from European Robin Cryptochrome 4a Protein
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters·2026Open Access
Directionality range in Emlen funnels
Journal of The Royal Society Interface·2026Open Access
Oxygen-free metabolism in the bird inner retina supported by the pecten
Nature·2026· 3 cited
A Charge-reversal Point Mutation Completely Depletes Flavin Chromophore from European Robin Cryptochrome 4a Protein
2025Open Access
Structure of European robin cryptochrome 1 reveals a role in circadian rhythms, not magnetoreception
iScience·2025Open Access
Head-direction cells as a neural compass in bats navigating outdoors on a remote oceanic island
Science·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Cryptochrome 4b protein is probably irrelevant for radical pair-based magnetoreception in the European robin
Journal of The Royal Society Interface·2025· 2 cited
Spectroscopic Characterization of Radical Pair Photochemistry in Nonmigratory Avian Cryptochromes: Magnetic Field Effects in <i>Gg</i>Cry4a
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night
Nature·2025· 26 citedOpen Access
Full‐Length Cryptochrome 1 in the Outer Segments of the Retinal Blue Cone Photoreceptors in Humans and Great Apes Suggests a Role Beyond Transcriptional Repression
The FASEB Journal·2025Open Access
AAV-mediated transduction of songbird retina
Frontiers in Physiology·2025Open Access
Mapping the magnetoreceptive brain: A 3D digital atlas of the migratory bird Eurasian blackcap ( <i>Sylvia atricapilla</i> )
2025Open Access
Morphology and connectivity of retinal horizontal cells in two avian species
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Cryptochrome 4b protein is likely irrelevant for the radical pair based magnetoreception in the European robin
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
European Robin Cryptochrome-4a Associates with Lipid Bilayers in an Ordered Manner, Fulfilling a Molecular-Level Condition for Magnetoreception
ACS Chemical Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Directionality range in Emlen funnels
2025Open Access
Morphology and connectivity of retinal horizontal cells in two avian species
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling
Scientific Reports·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

P. J. Hore(10), Miriam Liedvogel(9), Dominik Heyers(8), Gesa Feenders(6), Dmitry Kishkinev(6), Barrie J. Frost(5), Ilia A. Solov’yov(4), Svenja Engels(4), Manuela Zapka(4), Kazuhiro Wada(4), Erich D. Jarvis(4), Julia Stalleicken(4), David L. Dreyer(4), Nikita Chernetsov(4), Nils-Lasse Schneider(3), Christine Maira Hein(3), Anja Günther(3), Jason T. Howard(2), Lauren E. Jarocha(2), Kevin B. Henbest(2)