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| Birgit AblerSummaryAffiliation: University of Ulm Country: Germany Publications
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Neural correlates of erotic stimulation under different levels of female sexual hormonesBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
PLoS ONE 8:e54447. 2013..Results may provide a basis for future imaging studies on sexual processing in females, especially in the context of less explicit erotic stimulation...
Modulation of frontostriatal interaction aligns with reduced primary reward processing under serotonergic drugsBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, 89075 Ulm, Germany
J Neurosci 32:1329-35. 2012....- At-risk for pathological gambling: imaging neural reward processing under chronic dopamine agonistsBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Brain 132:2396-402. 2009..Our results support the notion of a general medication effect in patients under dopamine receptor agonists in terms of a sensitization towards impulse control disorders... - Habitual emotion regulation strategies and baseline brain perfusionBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Neuroreport 19:21-4. 2008..By linking default brain functioning to emotional styles, we provide an insight into the neurobiology of the predisposition to depression... - Abnormal reward system activation in maniaBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 33:2217-27. 2008..These deficits in prediction error processing in acute mania may help to explain symptoms of disinhibition and abnormal goal pursuit regulation... - From uncertainty to reward: BOLD characteristics differentiate signaling pathwaysBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12 14, 89075 Ulm, Germany
BMC Neurosci 10:154. 2009.... 
Human reward system activation is modulated by a single dose of olanzapine in healthy subjects in an event-related, double-blind, placebo-controlled fMRI studyBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12 14, 89075, Ulm, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 191:823-33. 2007..Although it is long known that modulation of the dopamine system is a basic mechanism of action of neuroleptics, their impact on reward functions mediated by dopamine is still poorly understood...- Habitual emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms in healthy subjects predict fMRI brain activation patterns related to major depressionBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12 14, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Psychiatry Res 183:105-13. 2010..Decreased anticipatory oMFC activation may parallel a lack of antecedent emotion regulation in subjects with high suppression scores, representing another neurobiological predictor of lower mental well-being... - Anticipation of aversive stimuli activates extended amygdala in unipolar depressionBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Germany Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, McLean Hospital, Admissions Building, Rm 347, 115 Mill Street, Harvard University, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
J Psychiatr Res 41:511-22. 2007..Supporting cognitive theories, this finding does represent evidence that altered cognitions as potentially involved in expectation result in differences in brain activity... - Neural correlates of antidepressant-related sexual dysfunction: a placebo-controlled fMRI study on healthy males under subchronic paroxetine and bupropionBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 36:1837-47. 2011..Drug effects on these regions may be part of the mechanism underlying SSRI-related sexual dysfunction. Increased activation under bupropion may point to an opposite effect that may relate to the lack of impaired sexual functioning... - Investigating directed influences between activated brain areas in a motor-response task using fMRIBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Magn Reson Imaging 24:181-5. 2006..Temporally optimized scanning should increase that potential... - Prediction error as a linear function of reward probability is coded in human nucleus accumbensBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12 14, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Neuroimage 31:790-5. 2006..We therefore identify two different covariates that model activity in the Nac: specific properties of a psychological task and individual character traits... - Altered reward functions in patients on atypical antipsychotic medication in line with the revised dopamine hypothesis of schizophreniaHenrik Walter
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 206:121-32. 2009..To study the mesolimbic dopamine system during expectation and receipt or omission of rewards in partially remitted patients with schizophrenia treated with the atypical antipsychotic olanzapine... - Side effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation biased task performance in a cognitive neuroscience studyBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Germany
Brain Topogr 17:193-6. 2005..We emphasize the importance of controlling side effects of the stimulation as a source of biasing effects in TMS studies... - Neural correlates of frustrationBirgit Abler
Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 12 14, 89075 Ulm, Germany
Neuroreport 16:669-72. 2005..Increased activation for this contrast was found in areas previously related to emotional pain: the right anterior insula and the right ventral prefrontal cortex. We interpreted this as a neural correlate of the egocentric effect... - Age-related physiological responses to emotion anticipation and exposureSusanne Erk
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Neuroreport 19:447-52. 2008..The observed results might reflect reduced focusing on negative future events with age, and are in line with an age-related shift of motivational priorities for the pursuit of emotional satisfaction and well being... - Motivating forces of human actions. Neuroimaging reward and social interactionHenrik Walter
Department of Psychiatry, Laboratory for Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Heinrich Hoffmann Str 10, 60598 Frankfurt, Germany
Brain Res Bull 67:368-81. 2005..We will discuss implications of this study for neuromarketing as well as general implications of these results that may help to provide deeper insights into the motivating forces of human behaviour... - Cognitive reappraisal modulates expected value and prediction error encoding in the ventral striatumMarkus R Staudinger
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
Neuroimage 47:713-21. 2009..Moreover, increased recruitment of prefrontal reflective subsystems might enhance deliberate control over both reward processing and hedonic experience... - Neural correlates of error monitoring modulated by atomoxetine in healthy volunteersHeiko Graf
Department of Psychiatry, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 69:890-7. 2011..We investigated the effects of atomoxetine (80 mg) on error monitoring as a second key component of cognitive control... - Effect of paroxetine and bupropion on human resting brain perfusion: an arterial spin labeling studyRoberto Viviani
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Neuroimage 61:773-9. 2012.... - Further evidence for aberrant prefrontal salience coding in schizophreniaHenrik Walter
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, University of Bonn Bonn, Germany
Front Behav Neurosci 3:62. 2010..In summary, we conclude that the right VLPFC might play a crucial role in salience coding and is impaired in schizophrenia... - Cognitive modulation of emotion anticipationSusanne Erk
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
Eur J Neurosci 24:1227-36. 2006..These results help in the understanding of general mechanisms of emotion regulation and have implications for applied fields like cognitive behavioral therapy... - Neural reward processing under dopamine agonists: imagingJan Kassubek
Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
J Neurol Sci 310:36-9. 2011..A synopsis is given on the applications of functional neuroimaging to investigate reward processing and the influence of dopaminergic medication... - Neural correlates of the perception of dynamic versus static facial expressions of emotionHenrik Kessler
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology, University of Ulm, Germany
Psychosoc Med 8:Doc03. 2011.... - Expecting unpleasant stimuli--an fMRI studyUwe Herwig
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychiatry Res 154:1-12. 2007..They are known as well to be altered in depression. Disorders of this network may be relevant for psychiatric disorders such as depression... - Modulation of anticipatory emotion and perception processing by cognitive controlUwe Herwig
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Neuroimage 37:652-62. 2007....