Coudereau, J. P., L. Sreng, R. Palme, C. Touma and M. Pratte: Do social statuses affect the startle reflex in male mice?. In: Behavioural Brain Research 234, 1, 117-120 (2012).

Dedic, N., C. Touma, C. P. Romanowski, M. Schieven, C. Kühne, M. Ableitner, A. L. Lu, F. Holsboer, W. Wurst, M. Kimura and J. M. Deussing: Assessing Behavioural Effects of Chronic HPA Axis Activation Using Conditional CRH-Overexpressing Mice. In: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology 32, 5, 815-828 (2012).

Pillai, A. G., D. de Jong, S. Kanatsou, H. Krugers, A. Knapman, J. M. Heinzmann, F. Holsboer, R. Landgraf, M. Joels and C. Touma: Dendritic Morphology of Hippocampal and Amygdalar Neurons in Adolescent Mice Is Resilient to Genetic Differences in Stress Reactivity. In: PLoS ONE 7, 6, Seq. No.: e38971 (2012).

Gurfein, B. T., A. W. Stamm, P. Bacchetti, M. F. Dallman, N. A. Nadkarni, J. M. Milush, C. Touma, R. Palme, C. P. Di Borgo, G. Fromentin, R. Lown-Hecht, J. P. Konsman, M. Acree, M. Premenko-Lanier, N. Darcel, F. M. Hecht and D. F. Nixon: The Calm Mouse: An Animal Model of Stress Reduction. In: Molecular Medicine 18, 4, 606-617 (2012).

Knapman, A., S. F. Kaltwasser, D. Martins-de-Souza, F. Holsboer, R. Landgraf, C. W. Turck, M. Czisch and C. Touma: Increased stress reactivity is associated with reduced hippocampal activity and neuronal integrity along with changes in energy metabolism. In: European Journal of Neuroscience 35, 3, 412-422 (2012).

Hartmann, J., K. V. Wagner, C. Liebl, S. H. Scharf, X. D. Wang, M. Wolf, F. Hausch, T. Rein, U. Schmidt, C. Touma, J. Cheung-Flynn, M. B. Cox, D. F. Smith, F. Holsboer, M. B. Müller and M. V. Schmidt: The involvement of FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP5) in the behavioral and neuroendocrine effects of chronic social defeat stress. In: Neuropharmacology 62, 1, 332-339 (2012).

Kolbe, T., R. Palme, C. Touma and T. Rulicke: Repeated Use of Surrogate Mothers for Embryo Transfer in the Mouse. In: Biology of Reproduction 86, 1, Seq. No.: doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.092445 (2012).

Surget, A., A. Tanti, E. D. Leonardo, A. Laugeray, Q. Rainer, C. Touma, R. Palme, G. Griebel, Y. Ibarguen-Vargas, R. Hen and C. Belzung: Antidepressants recruit new neurons to improve stress response regulation. In: Molecular Psychiatry 16, 12, 1177-1188 (2011).

Touma, C., N. C. Gassen, L. Herrmann, J. Cheung-Flynn, D. R. Büll, I. A. Ionescu, J. M. Heinzmann, A. Knapman, A. Siebertz, A. M. Depping, J. Hartmann, F. Hausch, M. V. Schmidt, F. Holsboer, M. Ising, M. B. Cox, U. Schmidt and T. Rein: FK506 Binding Protein 5 Shapes Stress Responsiveness: Modulation of Neuroendocrine Reactivity and Coping Behavior. In: Biological Psychiatry 70, 10, 928-936 (2011).

Refojo, D., M. Schweizer, C. Kuehne, S. Ehrenberg, C. Thoeringer, A. M. Vogl, N. Dedic, M. Schumacher, G. von Wolff, C. Avrabos, C. Touma, D. Engblom, G. Schütz, K. A. Nave, M. Eder, C. T. Wotjak, I. Sillaber, F. Holsboer, W. Wurst and J. M. Deussing: Glutamatergic and Dopaminergic Neurons Mediate Anxiogenic and Anxiolytic Effects of CRHR1. In: Science 333, 6051, 1903-1907 (2011).