Werner Sieghart

Medical University of Vienna — Austria

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(260), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study(91), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(68), Ion channel regulation and function(47), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms(34)

Publications416 total

Ligand-gated ion channels in GtoPdb v.2025.3
IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE·2025Open Access
GABA<sub>A</sub> receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.3
IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
IUPHAR Review: Alpha6-containing GABAA receptors – Novel targets for the treatment of schizophrenia
Pharmacological Research·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Why Can Modulation of α6-Containing GABAA Receptors Reduce the Symptoms of Multiple Neuropsychiatric Disorders?
Archives of Pharmacology and Therapeutics·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Ion channels
British Journal of Pharmacology·2023· 181 citedOpen Access
GABA<sub>A</sub> receptors in GtoPdb v.2023.1
IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Cerebellar α6GABAA Receptors as a Therapeutic Target for Essential Tremor: Proof-of-Concept Study with Ethanol and Pyrazoloquinolinones
Neurotherapeutics·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Targeting α6GABAA receptors as a novel therapy for schizophrenia: A proof-of-concept preclinical study using various animal models
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
α6-Containing GABAA Receptors: Functional Roles and Therapeutic Potentials
Pharmacological Reviews·2022· 33 citedOpen Access
GABA<sub>A</sub> receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.3
IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
A study of the structure–activity relationship of GABAA–benzodiazepine receptor bivalent ligands by conformational analysis with low temperature NMR and X-ray analysis
UNC Libraries·2021Open Access
8-Substituted Triazolobenzodiazepines: In Vitro and In Vivo Pharmacology in Relation to Structural Docking at the α1 Subunit-Containing GABAA Receptor
Frontiers in Pharmacology·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Positive modulation of cerebellar α6GABA <sub>A</sub> receptors for treating essential tremor: a proof-of-concept study in harmaline-treated mice
2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Novel positive allosteric modulators of GABAA receptors: Do subtle differences in activity at α1 plus α5 versus α2 plus α3 subunits account for dissimilarities in behavioral effects in rats?
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Anxiolytic-like effects of 8-acetylene imidazobenzodiazepines in a rhesus monkey conflict procedure
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Antiseizure Activity of Novel γ-Aminobutyric Acid (A) Receptor Subtype-Selective Benzodiazepine Analogues in Mice and Rat Models
Figshare·2020Open Access
Search for α3β2/3γ2 subtype selective ligands that are stable on human liver microsomes
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Sh-I-048A, an in vitro non-selective super-agonist at the benzodiazepine site of GABAA receptors: The approximated activation of receptor subtypes may explain behavioral effects
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
α6GABAA Receptor Positive Modulators Alleviate Migraine-like Grimaces in Mice via Compensating GABAergic Deficits in Trigeminal Ganglia
Neurotherapeutics·2020· 26 citedOpen Access
Immunohistochemical distribution of 10 <scp> GABA <sub>A</sub> </scp> receptor subunits in the forebrain of the rhesus monkey <scp> <i>Macaca mulatta</i> </scp>
The Journal of Comparative Neurology·2020· 32 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Péter Somogyi(8), Günther Sperk(7), Zoltán Nusser(6), Karoline Fuchs(6), Christoph Schwarzer(5), Verena Tretter(5), Jean‐Marc Fritschy(5), Richard W. Olsen(4), R. Pelz(4), Anna Wieselthaler(3), Esa R. Korpi(3), Koichi Tsunashima(3), F. Anne Stephenson(3), Martin Jechlinger(3), Margot Ernst(3), J. David B. Roberts(3), Susanne Pirker(2), Eric A. Barnard(2), Phil Skolnick(2), R. W. Olsen(2)