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Menno P. Witter
Affiliated
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
menno.witter@ntnu.no
+4773598249 MTFS, 3.307, Øya, Olav Kyrres gate 9
About
Menno P. Witter heads the functional neuroanatomy research group, started in 2007. He isdirector of the Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience.
Ireceivedmy Ph.D. at the VU University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, whereI subsequently startedmy independent research on the anatomical organization of the hippocampal region.In my early work,I postulated the existence of functional differentiations within both the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex based on thorough anatomical studies of their connectivity .
After many years of productive collaborations withMay-Britt and Edvard Moser leading to the discovery of grid cells in 2004/5, I joined the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience NTNU in 2007, where I started my own research group.Thecurrent work of my groupfocusses on the functional architecture of the lateral and medial entorhinal cortex with the aim to contribute to the explanation of their functional differences. We study input/output in relation to local circuitry, with emphasis on the specific neurons and layers that receive or send information from and to other brain areas. We focus onthe wiring of identified neuron types in the entorhinal cortex. Such information allows us to formulatebiologically more precise descriptions of entorhinal networks. In addition,this information has a potential translational relevance. We have identified a cell-specific change in the expression ofproteins in entorhinal layer II which seems involved in the early phases of Alzheimer’s disease, as studiedin animal models. This research-line has been merged with human and clinical research in the recently awarded K.G. Jebsen Centre for Alzheimer's Disease with the aim to translate our basic research on space, time and memory coding in the brain to researchers and clinicians who studysimilar functions in Alzheimer patients, in orderto unravel the clues underlying this devastating disease.
Together with colleagues at various universities in Norway, Iinitiated the Norwegian Research School in Neuroscience in 2013and act as its director.I hold a visitingpositionat TohokuUniversity, Graduate School for Life Sciences and am the President of the board of the FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies) Trust Foundation, The Netherlands. FurtherI am an elected member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, the Norwegian Academy of Science, andrecipient of the 2016 Olav Thon Foundation International Research Award.
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Publications
2016
- Olsen, Grethe Mari; Witter, Menno. (2016) Posterior parietal cortex of the rat: Architectural delineation and thalamic differentiation. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir; Nagelhus, Anne; Witter, Menno. (2016) Reelin-immunoreactive neurons in entorhinal cortex layer II selectively express intracellular amyloid in early Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Disease
Academic article
- Sugar, Jørgen; Witter, Menno. (2016) Postnatal development of retrosplenial projections to the parahippocampal region of the rat. eLIFE
Academic article
2015
- Koganezawa, Noriko; Gisetstad, Ragnhild; Husby, Ellen Marie; Doan, Thanh Pierre; Witter, Menno. (2015) Excitatory postrhinal projections to principal cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- Ito, Hiroshi; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2015) A prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation. Nature
Academic article
- Lu, Li; Igarashi, Kei M; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2015) Topography of Place Maps along the CA3-to-CA2 Axis of the Hippocampus. Neuron
Academic article
- Mathiasen, Mathias; Hansen, Lilliane; Witter, Menno. (2015) Insular projections to the parahippocampal region in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina; Kjønigsen, Lisa Jannicke; Hammer, Ingvild Marie F.; Bjaalie, Jan G.; Leergaard, Trygve Brauns; Witter, Menno. (2015) A three-plane architectonic atlas of the rat hippocampal region. Hippocampus
Academic article
2014
- Kondo, Hideki; Witter, Menno. (2014) Topographic organization of orbitofrontal projections to the parahippocampal region in rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- O'Reilly, Kally; Flatberg, Arnar; Islam, Sobia; Olsen, Lene Christin; Kruge, Ingvild Ulsaker; Witter, Menno. (2014) Identification of dorsal-ventral hippocampal differentiation in neonatal rats. Brain Structure and Function
Academic article
- Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Roudi, Yasser; Witter, Menno; Kentros, Clifford; Bonhoeffer, Tobias; Moser, May-Britt. (2014) Grid cells and cortical representation. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
- Strange, B; Witter, Menno; Lein, Ed S.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2014) Functional organization of the hippocampal longitudinal axis. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
2013
- Czajkowski, Rafal; Sugar, Jørgen L; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Ye, Jing; Witter, Menno. (2013) Superficially Projecting Principal Neurons in Layer V of Medial Entorhinal Cortex in the Rat Receive Excitatory Retrosplenial Input. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- Rowland, David Clayton; Weible, AP; Wickersham, IR; Wu, HY; Mayford, M; Witter, Menno. (2013) Transgenically Targeted Rabies Virus Demonstrates a Major Monosynaptic Projection from Hippocampal Area CA2 to Medial Entorhinal Layer II Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- O'Reilly, Kally; Dahl, Annelene Gulden; Kruge, Ingvild Ulsaker; Witter, Menno. (2013) Subicular-parahippocampal projections revisited: Development of a complex topography in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- Ohara, S; Sato, S; Tsutsui, K; Witter, Menno; Iijima, Toshio. (2013) Organization of multisynaptic inputs to the dorsal and ventral dentate gyrus: retrograde trans-synaptic tracing with rabies virus vector in the rat. PLOS ONE
Academic article
- Couey, Jonathan Jay; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Zheng, Kang; Ye, Jing; Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2013) Recurrent inhibitory circuitry as a mechanism for grid formation. Nature Neuroscience
Academic article
2012
- Canto, Cathrin Barbara; Koganezawa, Noriko; Beed, P; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno. (2012) All Layers of Medial Entorhinal Cortex Receive Presubicular and Parasubicular Inputs. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
2011
- Small, Scott A; Schobel, Scott A; Buxton, Richard B; Witter, Menno; Barnes, Carol A. (2011) A pathophysiological framework of hippocampal dysfunction in ageing and disease. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
- Yartsev, M; Witter, Menno; Ulanovsky, N. (2011) Grid cells without theta oscillations in the entorhinal cortex of bats. Nature
Academic article
2010
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Thoresen, Veslemøy Hult; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum. Nature Neuroscience
Academic article
- Langston, Rosamund Fay; Ainge, James Alexander; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Canto, Cathrin Barbara; Bjerknes, Tale L.; Witter, Menno. (2010) Development of the Spatial Representation System in the Rat. Science
Academic article
- Henriksen, Espen Joakim; Colgin, Laura Lee; Barnes, Carol; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Spatial representation along the proximodistal axis of CA1. Neuron
Academic article
2009
- van Strien, NM; Cappaert, NLM; Witter, Menno. (2009) The anatomy of memory: an interactive overview of the parahippocampal-hippocampal network. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
2002
- Brun, Vegard Heimly; Otnæss, Mona; Molden, Sturla; Steffenach, Hill Aina; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt. (2002) Place cells and place representation maintained by direct entorhinal-hippocampal circuitry. Science
Academic article
Journal publications
- Olsen, Grethe Mari; Witter, Menno. (2016) Posterior parietal cortex of the rat: Architectural delineation and thalamic differentiation. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- Kobro-Flatmoen, Asgeir; Nagelhus, Anne; Witter, Menno. (2016) Reelin-immunoreactive neurons in entorhinal cortex layer II selectively express intracellular amyloid in early Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Disease
Academic article
- Sugar, Jørgen; Witter, Menno. (2016) Postnatal development of retrosplenial projections to the parahippocampal region of the rat. eLIFE
Academic article
- Koganezawa, Noriko; Gisetstad, Ragnhild; Husby, Ellen Marie; Doan, Thanh Pierre; Witter, Menno. (2015) Excitatory postrhinal projections to principal cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- Ito, Hiroshi; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2015) A prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation. Nature
Academic article
- Lu, Li; Igarashi, Kei M; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Moser, May-Britt. (2015) Topography of Place Maps along the CA3-to-CA2 Axis of the Hippocampus. Neuron
Academic article
- Mathiasen, Mathias; Hansen, Lilliane; Witter, Menno. (2015) Insular projections to the parahippocampal region in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina; Kjønigsen, Lisa Jannicke; Hammer, Ingvild Marie F.; Bjaalie, Jan G.; Leergaard, Trygve Brauns; Witter, Menno. (2015) A three-plane architectonic atlas of the rat hippocampal region. Hippocampus
Academic article
- Kondo, Hideki; Witter, Menno. (2014) Topographic organization of orbitofrontal projections to the parahippocampal region in rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- O'Reilly, Kally; Flatberg, Arnar; Islam, Sobia; Olsen, Lene Christin; Kruge, Ingvild Ulsaker; Witter, Menno. (2014) Identification of dorsal-ventral hippocampal differentiation in neonatal rats. Brain Structure and Function
Academic article
- Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Roudi, Yasser; Witter, Menno; Kentros, Clifford; Bonhoeffer, Tobias; Moser, May-Britt. (2014) Grid cells and cortical representation. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
- Strange, B; Witter, Menno; Lein, Ed S.; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2014) Functional organization of the hippocampal longitudinal axis. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
- Czajkowski, Rafal; Sugar, Jørgen L; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Ye, Jing; Witter, Menno. (2013) Superficially Projecting Principal Neurons in Layer V of Medial Entorhinal Cortex in the Rat Receive Excitatory Retrosplenial Input. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- Rowland, David Clayton; Weible, AP; Wickersham, IR; Wu, HY; Mayford, M; Witter, Menno. (2013) Transgenically Targeted Rabies Virus Demonstrates a Major Monosynaptic Projection from Hippocampal Area CA2 to Medial Entorhinal Layer II Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- O'Reilly, Kally; Dahl, Annelene Gulden; Kruge, Ingvild Ulsaker; Witter, Menno. (2013) Subicular-parahippocampal projections revisited: Development of a complex topography in the rat. Journal of Comparative Neurology
Academic article
- Ohara, S; Sato, S; Tsutsui, K; Witter, Menno; Iijima, Toshio. (2013) Organization of multisynaptic inputs to the dorsal and ventral dentate gyrus: retrograde trans-synaptic tracing with rabies virus vector in the rat. PLOS ONE
Academic article
- Couey, Jonathan Jay; Witoelar, Aree Widya; Zhang, Sheng Jia; Zheng, Kang; Ye, Jing; Dunn, Benjamin Adric. (2013) Recurrent inhibitory circuitry as a mechanism for grid formation. Nature Neuroscience
Academic article
- Canto, Cathrin Barbara; Koganezawa, Noriko; Beed, P; Moser, Edvard Ingjald; Witter, Menno. (2012) All Layers of Medial Entorhinal Cortex Receive Presubicular and Parasubicular Inputs. Journal of Neuroscience
Academic article
- Small, Scott A; Schobel, Scott A; Buxton, Richard B; Witter, Menno; Barnes, Carol A. (2011) A pathophysiological framework of hippocampal dysfunction in ageing and disease. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
- Yartsev, M; Witter, Menno; Ulanovsky, N. (2011) Grid cells without theta oscillations in the entorhinal cortex of bats. Nature
Academic article
- Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.; Sargolini, Francesca; Thoresen, Veslemøy Hult; Solstad, Trygve; Witter, Menno; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum. Nature Neuroscience
Academic article
- Langston, Rosamund Fay; Ainge, James Alexander; Couey, Jonathan Jay; Canto, Cathrin Barbara; Bjerknes, Tale L.; Witter, Menno. (2010) Development of the Spatial Representation System in the Rat. Science
Academic article
- Henriksen, Espen Joakim; Colgin, Laura Lee; Barnes, Carol; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt; Moser, Edvard Ingjald. (2010) Spatial representation along the proximodistal axis of CA1. Neuron
Academic article
- van Strien, NM; Cappaert, NLM; Witter, Menno. (2009) The anatomy of memory: an interactive overview of the parahippocampal-hippocampal network. Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Academic literature review
- Brun, Vegard Heimly; Otnæss, Mona; Molden, Sturla; Steffenach, Hill Aina; Witter, Menno; Moser, May-Britt. (2002) Place cells and place representation maintained by direct entorhinal-hippocampal circuitry. Science
Academic article
