Boris Schiffer

Summary

Affiliation: University of Duisburg-Essen
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Brain response to visual sexual stimuli in heterosexual and homosexual males
    Thomas Paul
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Germany
    Hum Brain Mapp 29:726-35. 2008
  2. ncbi Functional brain correlates of heterosexual paedophilia
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
    Neuroimage 41:80-91. 2008
  3. ncbi Impulsivity-related brain volume deficits in schizophrenia-addiction comorbidity
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Duisburg Essen, Virchow str 174, Essen, Germany
    Brain 133:3093-103. 2010
  4. ncbi Executive dysfunctions in pedophilic and nonpedophilic child molesters
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    J Sex Med 8:1975-84. 2011
  5. ncbi Disentangling structural brain alterations associated with violent behavior from those associated with substance use disorders
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:1039-49. 2011
  6. ncbi Structural brain abnormalities in the frontostriatal system and cerebellum in pedophilia
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, D 45147 Essen, Germany
    J Psychiatr Res 41:753-62. 2007
  7. ncbi Brain response to visual sexual stimuli in homosexual pedophiles
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Germany
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 33:23-33. 2008
  8. ncbi The impact of alcohol dependence on social brain function
    Elke R Gizewski
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Germany
    Addict Biol 18:109-20. 2013

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Brain response to visual sexual stimuli in heterosexual and homosexual males
    Thomas Paul
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Germany
    Hum Brain Mapp 29:726-35. 2008
    ..Moreover, the activation pattern found in both groups suggests that stimuli of opposite sexual orientation triggered intense autonomic response and may be perceived, at least to some extent, as aversive...
  2. ncbi Functional brain correlates of heterosexual paedophilia
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
    Neuroimage 41:80-91. 2008
    ..Moreover, these findings may suggest a dysfunction (in the functional and effective connectivity) at the cognitive stage of sexual arousal processing...
  3. ncbi Impulsivity-related brain volume deficits in schizophrenia-addiction comorbidity
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Duisburg Essen, Virchow str 174, Essen, Germany
    Brain 133:3093-103. 2010
    ..However, the relationship between non-planning impulsivity and anterior cingulate and frontopolar grey matter volumes points to a specific structure-function relationship that seems to be impaired in schizophrenia-addiction comorbidity...
  4. ncbi Executive dysfunctions in pedophilic and nonpedophilic child molesters
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany Department of Psychology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
    J Sex Med 8:1975-84. 2011
    ..Most of the different outcomes can either be explained by the fact that different types of child molesters were examined or by not having accounted for basically confounding factors such as age, education/intelligence, or criminality...
  5. ncbi Disentangling structural brain alterations associated with violent behavior from those associated with substance use disorders
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 68:1039-49. 2011
    ..Thus, alterations in gray matter (GM) volume that have been reported to be correlates of violent behavior and/or psychopathy may instead be related to lifelong substance use disorders (SUDs)...
  6. ncbi Structural brain abnormalities in the frontostriatal system and cerebellum in pedophilia
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg Essen, Virchowstrasse 174, D 45147 Essen, Germany
    J Psychiatr Res 41:753-62. 2007
    ..In this respect these findings may support the hypothesis that there is a shared etiopathological mechanism in all obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders...
  7. ncbi Brain response to visual sexual stimuli in homosexual pedophiles
    Boris Schiffer
    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Duisburg Essen, Essen, Germany
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 33:23-33. 2008
    ..The objective of this study was to analyze whether brain activation patterns of homosexual pedophiles differed from those of a nonpedophile homosexual control group during visual sexual stimulation...
  8. ncbi The impact of alcohol dependence on social brain function
    Elke R Gizewski
    Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Germany
    Addict Biol 18:109-20. 2013
    ..By contrast, mentalizing in schizophrenia (regardless of ALC) may be associated with insular dysfunction as well as a combination of structural and functional deficits in the left vlPFC...