Thomas Hartmann

Biochemical strategy of sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by adults and larvae of chrysomelid leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Theuring, Claudine, Schmidt, Jürgen, Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M.

Tracer feeding experiments with 14C-labeled senecionine and senecionine N-oxide were carried out to identify the biochemical mechanisms of pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration in the alkaloid-adapted...

Biochemical strategy of sequestration of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by adults and larvae of chrysomelid leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Theuring, Claudine, Schmidt, Jürgen, Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M.

Tracer feeding experiments with 14C-labeled senecionine and senecionine N-oxide were carried out to identify the biochemical mechanisms of pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration in the alkaloid-adapted...

Selective sequestration and metabolism of plant derived pyrrolizidine alkaloids by chrysomelid leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Witte, Ludger, Ehmke, Adelheid, Theuring, Claudine, Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are assumed to function as plant defence compounds against herbivory. A number of adapted insects are known to sequester plant derived PAs for their own benefit. Here we...

Selective sequestration and metabolism of plant derived pyrrolizidine alkaloids by chrysomelid leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Witte, Ludger, Ehmke, Adelheid, Theuring, Claudine, Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are assumed to function as plant defence compounds against herbivory. A number of adapted insects are known to sequester plant derived PAs for their own benefit. Here we...

Sequestration of ingested [14C]senecionine N-oxide in the exocrine defensive secretions of chrysomelid beetles (2009)

Ehmke, Adelheid, Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M., Hartmann, Thomas

Oreina cacaliae (Chrysomelidae) sequesters in its elytral and pronotal defensive secretion the N-oxides of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA N-oxides) from its food plant Adenostyles alliariae...

Sequestration of ingested [14C]senecionine N-oxide in the exocrine defensive secretions of chrysomelid beetles (2009)

Ehmke, Adelheid, Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M., Hartmann, Thomas

Oreina cacaliae (Chrysomelidae) sequesters in its elytral and pronotal defensive secretion the N-oxides of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA N-oxides) from its food plant Adenostyles alliariae...

Distribution of autogenous and host-derived chemical defenses in Oreina leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (2009)

Pasteels, Jacques M., Dobler, Susanne, Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Ehmke, Adelheid, Hartmann, Thomas, Pasteels, Jacques M., ...

The pronotal and elytral defensive secretions of 10 Oreina species were analyzed. Species feeding on Apiaceae, i.e., O. frigida and O. viridis, or on Cardueae (Asteraceae), i.e., O. bidentata, O....

Distribution of autogenous and host-derived chemical defenses in Oreina leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (2009)

Pasteels, Jacques M., Dobler, Susanne, Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Ehmke, Adelheid, Hartmann, Thomas, Pasteels, Jacques M., ...

The pronotal and elytral defensive secretions of 10 Oreina species were analyzed. Species feeding on Apiaceae, i.e., O. frigida and O. viridis, or on Cardueae (Asteraceae), i.e., O. bidentata, O....

Detoxification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by the harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) a predator of alkaloid defended leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Häggström, Håkan, Theuring, Claudine, Lindigkeit, Rainer, Rahier, Martine

The harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) is a generalist predator. It is known to prey on larvae of the chrysomelid leaf beetle Oreina cacaliae defended by plant acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids...

Detoxification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by the harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) a predator of alkaloid defended leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Häggström, Håkan, Theuring, Claudine, Lindigkeit, Rainer, Rahier, Martine

The harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) is a generalist predator. It is known to prey on larvae of the chrysomelid leaf beetle Oreina cacaliae defended by plant acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids...

Sequestration of plant pyrrolizidine alkaloids by chrysomelid beetles and selective transfer into the defensive secretions (2009)

Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Witte, Ludger, Ehmke, Adelheid, Hartmann, Thomas, Pasteels, Jacques M.

Oreina cacaliae and O. speciosissima (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) sequester in their elytral and pronotal defensive secretions pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) as Noxides (PA N-oxides). The PA N-oxide...

Sequestration of plant pyrrolizidine alkaloids by chrysomelid beetles and selective transfer into the defensive secretions (2009)

Rowell-Rahier, Martine, Witte, Ludger, Ehmke, Adelheid, Hartmann, Thomas, Pasteels, Jacques M.

Oreina cacaliae and O. speciosissima (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) sequester in their elytral and pronotal defensive secretions pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) as Noxides (PA N-oxides). The PA N-oxide...

Sequestration, Maintenance, and Tissue Distribution of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid N-Oxides in Larvae of Two Oreina Species (2009)

Ehmke, Adelheid, Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M., Theuring, Claudine, Hartmann, Thomas

Oreina cacaliae and O. speciosissima are leaf beetles that, as larvae and adults, sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides (PAs) as defensive compounds from their host plants Adenostyles alliariae...

Sequestration, Maintenance, and Tissue Distribution of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid N-Oxides in Larvae of Two Oreina Species (2009)

Ehmke, Adelheid, Rahier, Martine, Pasteels, Jacques M., Theuring, Claudine, Hartmann, Thomas

Oreina cacaliae and O. speciosissima are leaf beetles that, as larvae and adults, sequester pyrrolizidine alkaloid N-oxides (PAs) as defensive compounds from their host plants Adenostyles alliariae...

Detoxification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by the harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) a predator of alkaloid defended leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Häggström, Håkan, Theuring, Claudine, Lindigkeit, Rainer, Rahier, Martine

The harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) is a generalist predator. It is known to prey on larvae of the chrysomelid leaf beetle Oreina cacaliae defended by plant acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids...

Detoxification of pyrrolizidine alkaloids by the harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) a predator of alkaloid defended leaf beetles (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Häggström, Håkan, Theuring, Claudine, Lindigkeit, Rainer, Rahier, Martine

The harvestman Mitopus morio (Phalangidae) is a generalist predator. It is known to prey on larvae of the chrysomelid leaf beetle Oreina cacaliae defended by plant acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids...

Abnormal resting-state cortical coupling in chronic tinnitus (2009)

Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Langguth, Berthold, Weisz, Nathan

Abstract Background Subjective tinnitus is characterized by an auditory phantom perception in the absence of any physical sound source. Consequently, in a quiet environment, tinnitus patients differ...

Investigating the Neural Correlates of Percepts Using Magnetoencephalography and Magnetic Source Imaging (2009)

Hartmann, Thomas, Weisz, Nathan, Schlee, Winfried, Elbert, Thomas

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has become an important tool for neuroscientists. The high temporal resolution and the low signal-to-noise ratio of MEG provide advantages that other neuroscientific...

Top-down modulation of the auditory steady-state response in a task-switch paradigm (2009)

Müller, Nadia, Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Lorenz, Isabel, Weisz, Nathan

Auditory selective attention is an important mechanism for top-down selection of the vast amount of auditory information our perceptual system is exposed to. In the present study, the impact of...

Abnormal resting-state cortical coupling in chronic Tinnitus (2009)

Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Langguth, Berthold, Weisz, Nathan

Background: Subjective tinnitus is characterized by an auditory phantom perception in the absence of any physical sound source. Consequently, in a quiet environment, tinnitus patients differ from...

Assessment and Modification of the Tinnitus-Related Cortical Network (2008)

Schlee, Winfried, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Lorenz, Isabel, Müller, Nadia, Elbert, Thomas, ...

Tinnitus refers to the perception of a sound in the absence of any physical source, and it is widely believed that this phantom sound is generated in the central nervous system. Thus the activation...

Using Auditory Steady State Responses to Outline the Functional Connectivity in the Tinnitus Brain (2008)

Schlee, Winfried, Weisz, Nathan, Bertrand, Olivier, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Background: Tinnitus is an auditory phantom perception that is most likely generated in the central nervous system. Most of the tinnitus research has concentrated on the auditory system. However, it...

Using Auditory Steady State Responses to Outline the Functional Connectivity in the Tinnitus Brain (2008)

Schlee, Winfried, Weisz, Nathan, Bertrand, Olivier, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Background: Tinnitus is an auditory phantom perception that is most likely generated in the central nervous system. Most of the tinnitus research has concentrated on the auditory system. However, it...

Loss of alpha power is related to increased gamma synchronization : a marker of reduced inhibition in tinnitus? (2008)

Lorenz, Isabel, Müller, Nadia, Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Weisz, Nathan

Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of any external auditory stimulus. Based on previous research we have proposed a framework which postulates that the reduction of ongoing inhibitory...

Tracking Short-Term Auditory Cortical Plasticity during Classical Conditioning Using Frequency-Tagged Stimuli (2007)

Weisz, Nathan, Kostadinov, Branislav, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Schlee, Winfried

Animal studies indicate that short-term plasticity during classical conditioning is a fast process. The temporal details of this process in humans are unknown. We employed amplitude-modulated tones...

PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS AND PHARMACOPHAGOUS LEPIDOPTERA VISITORS OF PRESTONIA AMABILIS (APOCYNACEAE) IN A MONTANE RAINFOREST IN ECUADOR1 (2007)

Gunnar Brehm, Thomas Hartmann, Keith Willmott

Four species of Ithomiinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) were observed in nature taking up pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from withered flowers of Prestonia amabilis J. F. Morales...

Unravelling the tinnitus distress network using single trial auditory steady-state responses (2007)

Schlee, Winfried, Weisz, Nathan, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Tinnitus refers to the persistent sensation of sound in the absence of a corresponding physical source. We suggest that both the perceptual and the affective aspects of this phantom sensation arise...

Neurofeedback for treating tinnitus (2007)

Dohrmann, Katalin, Weisz, Nathan, Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Many individuals with tinnitus have abnormal oscillatory brain activity. Led by this finding, we have developed a way to normalize such pathological activity by neurofeedback techniques (Weisz et al....

The neural code of auditory phantom perception (2007)

Weisz, Nathan, Müller, Simona, Schlee, Winfried, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Tinnitus is defined by an auditory perception in the absence of an external source of sound. This condition provides the distinctive possibility of extracting neural coding of perceptual...

The neural code of auditory phantom perception (2007)

Weisz, Nathan, Müller, Simona, Schlee, Winfried, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Tinnitus is defined by an auditory perception in the absence of an external source of sound. This condition provides the distinctive possibility of extracting neural coding of perceptual...

Unravelling the tinnitus distress network using single trial auditory steady-state responses (2007)

Schlee, Winfried, Weisz, Nathan, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Tinnitus refers to the persistent sensation of sound in the absence of a corresponding physical source. We suggest that both the perceptual and the affective aspects of this phantom sensation arise...

Neurofeedback for treating tinnitus (2007)

Dohrmann, Katalin, Weisz, Nathan, Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Elbert, Thomas

Many individuals with tinnitus have abnormal oscillatory brain activity. Led by this finding, we have developed a way to normalize such pathological activity by neurofeedback techniques (Weisz et al....

Tracking Short-Term Auditory Cortical Plasticity during Classical Conditioning Using Frequency-Tagged Stimuli (2007)

Weisz, Nathan, Kostadinov, Branislav, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Schlee, Winfried

Animal studies indicate that short-term plasticity during classical conditioning is a fast process. The temporal details of this process in humans are unknown. We employed amplitude-modulated tones...

Top-Down Modulation of the auditory Steady-State Response (2006)

Hartmann, Thomas

The classification of sensory processes into bottom-up and top-down mech- anisms is generally accepted but the impact of top-down processes on elec- trophysiological measurements is not well...

High-frequency tinnitus without hearing loss does not mean absence of deafferentation (2006)

Weisz, Nathan, Hartmann, Thomas, Dohrmann, Katalin, Schlee, Winfried, Norena, Arnaud

A broad consensus within the neuroscience of tinnitus holds that this audiologic condition is triggered by central deafferentation, mostly due to cochlear damage. The absence of audiometrically...

High-frequency tinnitus without hearing loss does not mean absence of deafferentation (2006)

Weisz, Nathan, Hartmann, Thomas, Dohrmann, Katalin, Schlee, Winfried, Norena, Arnaud

A broad consensus within the neuroscience of tinnitus holds that this audiologic condition is triggered by central deafferentation, mostly due to cochlear damage. The absence of audiometrically...

Top-Down Modulation of the auditory Steady-State Response (2006)

Hartmann, Thomas

The classification of sensory processes into bottom-up and top-down mech- anisms is generally accepted but the impact of top-down processes on elec- trophysiological measurements is not well...

Tracking Short-Term Auditory Cortical Plasticity during Classical Conditioning Using Frequency-Tagged Stimuli (2006)

Weisz, Nathan, Kostadinov, Branislav, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Schlee, Winfried

Animal studies indicate that short-term plasticity during classical conditioning is a fast process. The temporal details of this process in humans are unknown. We employed amplitude-modulated tones...

Tracking Short-Term Auditory Cortical Plasticity during Classical Conditioning Using Frequency-Tagged Stimuli (2006)

Weisz, Nathan, Kostadinov, Branislav, Dohrmann, Katalin, Hartmann, Thomas, Schlee, Winfried

Animal studies indicate that short-term plasticity during classical conditioning is a fast process. The temporal details of this process in humans are unknown. We employed amplitude-modulated tones...

De dialecto Delphica. (1874)

Hartmann, Thomas.

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Homospermidine synthase, the first pathway-specific enzyme of pyrrolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis, evolved from deoxyhypusine synthase

Ober, Dietrich, Hartmann, Thomas

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are preformed plant defense compounds with sporadic phylogenetic distribution. They are thought to have evolved in response to the selective pressure of herbivory. The first...

Evolutionary recruitment of a flavin-dependent monooxygenase for the detoxification of host plant-acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the alkaloid-defended arctiid moth Tyria jacobaeae

Naumann, Claudia, Hartmann, Thomas, Ober, Dietrich

Larvae of Tyria jacobaeae feed solely upon the pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing plant Senecio jacobaea. Ingested pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), which are toxic to unspecialized insects and...

Cell-Specific Expression of Homospermidine Synthase, the Entry Enzyme of the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Pathway in Senecio vernalis, in Comparison with Its Ancestor, Deoxyhypusine Synthase1

Moll, Stefanie, Anke, Sven, Kahmann, Uwe, Hänsch, Robert, Hartmann, Thomas, Ober, Dietrich

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are constitutive plant defense compounds with a sporadic taxonomic occurrence. The first committed step in PA biosynthesis is catalyzed by homospermidine synthase (HSS)....

Localization of the Enzymes of Quinolizidine Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Leaf Chloroplasts of Lupinus polyphyllus1

Wink, Michael, Hartmann, Thomas

Studies with purified chloroplasts of Lupinus polyphyllus LINDL. leaflets indicate that the first two enzymes of quinolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis, lysine decarboxylase and 17-oxosparteine...

Homospermidine synthase, the first pathway-specific enzyme of pyrrolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis, evolved from deoxyhypusine synthase

Ober, Dietrich, Hartmann, Thomas

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are preformed plant defense compounds with sporadic phylogenetic distribution. They are thought to have evolved in response to the selective pressure of herbivory. The first...

Evolutionary recruitment of a flavin-dependent monooxygenase for the detoxification of host plant-acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the alkaloid-defended arctiid moth Tyria jacobaeae

Naumann, Claudia, Hartmann, Thomas, Ober, Dietrich

Larvae of Tyria jacobaeae feed solely upon the pyrrolizidine alkaloid-containing plant Senecio jacobaea. Ingested pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), which are toxic to unspecialized insects and...

Cell-Specific Expression of Homospermidine Synthase, the Entry Enzyme of the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Pathway in Senecio vernalis, in Comparison with Its Ancestor, Deoxyhypusine Synthase1

Moll, Stefanie, Anke, Sven, Kahmann, Uwe, Hänsch, Robert, Hartmann, Thomas, Ober, Dietrich

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are constitutive plant defense compounds with a sporadic taxonomic occurrence. The first committed step in PA biosynthesis is catalyzed by homospermidine synthase (HSS)....

Localization of the Enzymes of Quinolizidine Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Leaf Chloroplasts of Lupinus polyphyllus1

Wink, Michael, Hartmann, Thomas

Studies with purified chloroplasts of Lupinus polyphyllus LINDL. leaflets indicate that the first two enzymes of quinolizidine alkaloid biosynthesis, lysine decarboxylase and 17-oxosparteine...

The lost origin of chemical ecology in the late 19th century

Hartmann, Thomas

The origin of plant chemical ecology generally dates to the late 1950s, when evolutionary entomologists recognized the essential role of plant secondary metabolites in plant–insect interactions and...

Top-Down Modulation of the Auditory Steady-State Response in a Task-Switch Paradigm

Müller, Nadia, Schlee, Winfried, Hartmann, Thomas, Lorenz, Isabel, Weisz, Nathan

Auditory selective attention is an important mechanism for top-down selection of the vast amount of auditory information our perceptual system is exposed to. In the present study, the impact of...