Georg Northoff

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Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Rest-stimulus interaction in the brain: a review
    Georg Northoff
    Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4, Canada
    Trends Neurosci 33:277-84. 2010
  2. ncbi The 'resting-state hypothesis' of major depressive disorder-a translational subcortical-cortical framework for a system disorder
    Georg Northoff
    University of Ottawa Institue of Mental Health Research, University of Hangzhou, China
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:1929-45. 2011
  3. ncbi Humans, brains, and their environment: marriage between neuroscience and anthropology?
    Georg Northoff
    Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada
    Neuron 65:748-51. 2010
  4. ncbi The brain and its resting state activity--experimental and methodological implications
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Canada
    Prog Neurobiol 92:593-600. 2010
  5. ncbi Brain imaging of the self--conceptual, anatomical and methodological issues
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research IMHR, 1145 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Z 7K4
    Conscious Cogn 20:52-63. 2011
  6. ncbi How can the brain's resting state activity generate hallucinations? A 'resting state hypothesis' of auditory verbal hallucinations
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research IMHR, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4, Canada
    Schizophr Res 127:202-14. 2011
  7. ncbi Is our self nothing but reward?
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Biol Psychiatry 69:1019-25. 2011
  8. ncbi Involvement of glutamate in rest-stimulus interaction between perigenual and supragenual anterior cingulate cortex: a combined fMRI-MRS study
    Niall W Duncan
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Hum Brain Mapp 32:2172-82. 2011
  9. ncbi How is informed consent related to emotions and empathy? An exploratory neuroethical investigation
    Alexander Supady
    Department of Psychiatry, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
    J Med Ethics 37:311-7. 2011
  10. ncbi Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis
    Yan Fan
    Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:903-11. 2011

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Rest-stimulus interaction in the brain: a review
    Georg Northoff
    Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4, Canada
    Trends Neurosci 33:277-84. 2010
    ..We conclude that a better understanding of the rest-stimulus interaction is likely to be crucial to the elucidation of the brain's contribution to mental states...
  2. ncbi The 'resting-state hypothesis' of major depressive disorder-a translational subcortical-cortical framework for a system disorder
    Georg Northoff
    University of Ottawa Institue of Mental Health Research, University of Hangzhou, China
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:1929-45. 2011
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  3. ncbi Humans, brains, and their environment: marriage between neuroscience and anthropology?
    Georg Northoff
    Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa K1Z 7K4, Canada
    Neuron 65:748-51. 2010
    ..However, rather than being incorporated into neuroscience, anthropology may be considered complementary, and a marriage of the two disciplines can provide deep insight into these fundamental questions...
  4. ncbi The brain and its resting state activity--experimental and methodological implications
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Canada
    Prog Neurobiol 92:593-600. 2010
    ..This may also shed new light on some hitherto unresolved questions like the neuroscientific mechanisms underlying consciousness and psychiatric disorders...
  5. ncbi Brain imaging of the self--conceptual, anatomical and methodological issues
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research IMHR, 1145 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Z 7K4
    Conscious Cogn 20:52-63. 2011
    ..Modifications of both conceptual and anatomical dimensions will allow an empirically more plausible account of the relationship between brain and self...
  6. ncbi How can the brain's resting state activity generate hallucinations? A 'resting state hypothesis' of auditory verbal hallucinations
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research IMHR, 1145 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7K4, Canada
    Schizophr Res 127:202-14. 2011
    ..We discuss evidence in favour of our 'resting state hypothesis' and show its correspondence with phenomenological accounts...
  7. ncbi Is our self nothing but reward?
    Georg Northoff
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Biol Psychiatry 69:1019-25. 2011
    ..This interaction may help to fill in some of the missing pieces regarding reward-related processing, as well as illuminate how brain function can bring forward the philosophical concept and psychological reality of self...
  8. ncbi Involvement of glutamate in rest-stimulus interaction between perigenual and supragenual anterior cingulate cortex: a combined fMRI-MRS study
    Niall W Duncan
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Hum Brain Mapp 32:2172-82. 2011
    ..This provides insight into the neuronal and biochemical mechanisms by means of which the resting state activity of the brain potentially impacts upon subsequent stimulus-induced activity...
  9. ncbi How is informed consent related to emotions and empathy? An exploratory neuroethical investigation
    Alexander Supady
    Department of Psychiatry, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
    J Med Ethics 37:311-7. 2011
    ..While cognitive functions have been shown to play a central role, the impact of empathy and emotions on subjects' decisions in informed consent remains unclear...
  10. ncbi Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis
    Yan Fan
    Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:903-11. 2011
    ..It was concluded that the dACC-aMCC-SMA and bilateral insula can be considered as forming a core network in empathy, and that cognitive-evaluative and affective-perceptual empathy can be distinguished at the level of regional activation...
  11. ncbi How is our self related to midline regions and the default-mode network?
    Pengmin Qin
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, 1145 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON, Canada K1Z 7K4
    Neuroimage 57:1221-33. 2011
    ..Taken together, our data suggest that our sense of self may result from a specific kind of interaction between resting state activity and stimulus-induced activity, i.e., rest-stimulus interaction, within the midline regions...
  12. ncbi Distinction between Externally vs. Internally Guided Decision-Making: Operational Differences, Meta-Analytical Comparisons and Their Theoretical Implications
    Takashi Nakao
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Institute of Mental Health Research, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Front Neurosci 6:31. 2012
    ..Finally, based on the review and results of the meta-analysis, we discuss the differences and relations between decision-making of these two types in terms of their operational, neuronal, and theoretical characteristics...
  13. ncbi Dissociation between anterior and posterior cortical regions during self-specificity and familiarity: a combined fMRI-meta-analytic study
    Pengmin Qin
    Laboratory for Higher Brain Function, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    Hum Brain Mapp 33:154-64. 2012
    ..Finally, the distinction between anterior and posterior regions for self and familiarity was confirmed by meta-analytic data. This study demonstrates a clear anterior-posterior cortical partition between self-specificity and familiarity...
  14. ncbi Identifying a network of brain regions involved in aversion-related processing: a cross-species translational investigation
    Dave J Hayes
    Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics Research Unit, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada
    Front Integr Neurosci 5:49. 2011
    ..This not only contributes to our understanding of the trans-species neural correlates of aversion but may also carry important implications for psychiatric disorders where abnormal aversive behavior can often be observed...
  15. ncbi What is neuroethics? Empirical and theoretical neuroethics
    Georg Northoff
    Canada Research Chair for Mind, Brain and Neuroethics, Michael Smith Chair for Neuroscience and Mental Health, Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 22:565-9. 2009
    ..In contrast, theoretical and methodological considerations have rather been neglected and thus what may be called theoretical neuroethics...