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Cognitive behavioural therapy versus supportive therapy for persistent positive symptoms in psychotic disorders: the POSITIVE Study, a multicenter, prospective, single-blind, randomised controlled clinical trialStefan Klingberg
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Trials 11:123. 2010....
Search for copy number variants in chromosomes 15q11-q13 and 22q11.2 in obsessive compulsive disorderRichard Delorme
INSERM, U955, Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomedicale, PsychiatricGenetics, Creteil, France
BMC Med Genet 11:100. 2010..Therefore, the aim of this study was to search for microrearrangements in these two regions in OCD patients...
The His452Tyr variant of the gene encoding the 5-HT2A receptor is specifically associated with consolidation of episodic memory in humansMichael Wagner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 11:1163-7. 2008..Results suggest a possible role of 5-HT2A receptors in memory consolidation. Serotonergic drugs may have the potential to improve memory...
Cognitive improvement in schizophrenic patients does not require a serotonergic mechanism: randomized controlled trial of olanzapine vs amisulprideMichael Wagner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 30:381-90. 2005..Importantly, amisulpride was not inferior to olanzapine for any cognitive domain. Combined 5-HT(2A)/D2 receptor blockade is probably not necessary for cognitive improvement by SGAs...
Sensorimotor gating is associated with CHRNA3 polymorphisms in schizophrenia and healthy volunteersNadine Petrovsky
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 35:1429-39. 2010..These results suggest that sensorimotor gating is influenced by variations of the CHRNA3 gene, which might also have an impact on the course and severity of schizophrenia...
The functional coding variant Asn107Ile of the neuropeptide S receptor gene (NPSR1) is associated with schizophrenia and modulates verbal memory and the acoustic startle responseLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 15:1205-15. 2012..Based on these findings, we consider NPS as a promising target for antipsychotic drug development...
Antisaccade performance in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and unaffected relatives: further evidence for impaired response inhibition as a candidate endophenotypeLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 262:625-34. 2012..In agreement with previous findings from imaging studies, our data suggest that functional abnormalities in frontostriatal and parietal cortical regions form part of the vulnerability for OCD...
Influence of 5-HT3 receptor subunit genes HTR3A, HTR3B, HTR3C, HTR3D and HTR3E on treatment response to antipsychotics in schizophreniaAnna Schuhmacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Pharmacogenet Genomics 19:843-51. 2009..Moreover, many antipsychotic drugs are antagonists at 5-HT3 receptors. However, the role of 5-HT3 receptor variants on response to antipsychotic drugs in schizophrenic patients is still unclear...
DAOA/G72 predicts the progression of prodromal syndromes to first episode psychosisRainald Mossner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:209-15. 2010..This is one of the first studies to identify a specific genetic factor for the progression of prodromal syndromes to schizophrenia, and further underscores the importance of the DAOA/G72 gene for schizophrenia...
Investigation of tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2) in schizophrenia and in the response to antipsychoticsAnna Schuhmacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 46:1073-80. 2012..We also investigated the association of the SNPs to treatment response, but did not get significant results. In sum, our results argue for only a minor role of TPH2 in schizophrenia...
A coding variant of the novel serotonin receptor subunit 5-HT3E influences sustained attention in schizophrenia patientsLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 20:414-20. 2010..This study provides additional evidence for a role of the serotonergic system and the 5-HT3 receptor in schizophrenia...
Novel schizophrenia risk gene TCF4 influences verbal learning and memory functioning in schizophrenia patientsLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Neuropsychobiology 63:131-6. 2011..Thus, we hypothesized that the disease-associated C allele of the rs9960767 polymorphism of the TCF4 gene led to impaired VDM functioning in schizophrenia patients...
Executive performance of depressed suicide attempters: the role of suicidal ideationJens Westheide
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:414-21. 2008..Yet it remains unclear if a distinct cognitive suicidal phenotype does exist. The aim of the present study was to further investigate the role of suicidal thinking for the neuropsychological performance in depressive suicide attempters...
Sensorimotor gating and habituation of the startle response in schizophrenic patients randomly treated with amisulpride or olanzapineBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 59:536-45. 2006..Thus, we compared the effects of a combined 5-HT2A/D2 and a pure D2/D3 antagonist on PPI and habituation of ASR in patients with schizophrenia...
Sensorimotor gating of schizophrenia patients is influenced by 5-HT2A receptor polymorphismsBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 64:434-7. 2008..Moreover, both schizophrenia and PPI are thought to be inheritable. We investigated the impact of three 5-HT(2A)R polymorphisms (A-1438G, T102C, H452Y) on PPI in schizophrenia patients...
Further evidence for a functional role of the glutamate receptor gene GRM3 in schizophreniaRainald Mossner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Germany
Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 18:768-72. 2008..008). Our results provide further evidence for the potential importance of the glutamate receptor GRM3 in schizophrenia, and indicate that the novel antipsychotic LY2140023 may actually be targeting a pathogenic pathway of schizophrenia...
Association of amygdala volumes with cortisol secretion in unipolar depressed patientsAnna Schuhmacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Psychiatry Res 202:96-103. 2012....
Prediction of dementia by subjective memory impairment: effects of severity and temporal association with cognitive impairmentFrank Jessen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:414-22. 2010..Subjective memory impairment (SMI) is receiving increasing attention as a pre-mild cognitive impairment (MCI) condition in the course of the clinical manifestation of Alzheimer disease (AD)...
Impaired sensorimotor gating of the acoustic startle response in the prodrome of schizophreniaBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 64:766-73. 2008..To test this assumption, we investigated PPI of ASR in individuals with prodromal symptoms of schizophrenia and patients with first-episode schizophrenia...
Neuropsychological profiles in different at-risk states of psychosis: executive control impairment in the early--and additional memory dysfunction in the late--prodromal stateIngo Frommann
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Street 25, Bonn, Germany
Schizophr Bull 37:861-73. 2011..Memory deficits were associated with the onset of psychotic symptoms indicating further disease progression in the trajectory to psychosis and, thus, may be useful in predicting psychosis and targeting early intervention...
A promoter variant of SHANK1 affects auditory working memory in schizophrenia patients and in subjects clinically at risk for psychosisLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strase 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 262:117-24. 2012..Our findings suggest a role of SHANK1 in working memory deficits in schizophrenia, which may arise from neurodevelopmental changes to prefrontal cortical areas...
The schizophrenia risk gene ZNF804A influences the antipsychotic response of positive schizophrenia symptomsRainald Mossner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 262:193-7. 2012..41 ± 0.71, P = 0.022). This provides further evidence that ZNF804A is of functional relevance to schizophrenia and indicates that ZNF804A may be a novel target for pharmacological interventions...
Impact of TCF4 on the genetics of schizophreniaLeonhard Lennertz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 261:S161-5. 2011..This indicates that TCF4 influences key mechanisms of information processing, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia...
Prediction of dementia in primary care patientsFrank Jessen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
PLoS ONE 6:e16852. 2011..AD prediction tools for primary care are therefore needed. We present a prediction score based on information that can be obtained in the primary care setting...
The German multi-centre study on smoking-related behavior-description of a population-based case-control studyAnnette Lindenberg
Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
Addict Biol 16:638-53. 2011..Study design and major population characteristics with emphasis on risk prediction of smoking status were presented in this paper...
Functional serotonin 1A receptor variant influences treatment response to atypical antipsychotics in schizophreniaRainald Mossner
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Pharmacogenet Genomics 19:91-4. 2009..003). The functional variant of the 5-HT1A receptor thus influences the response of schizophrenia patients to atypical antipsychotics and may be useful in the future to predict the pharmacogenetics of negative symptoms...
Familiality of obsessive-compulsive disorder in nonclinical and clinical subjectsHans Joergen Grabe
Department of Psychiatry, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Klinikum der Hansestadt Stralsund, Rostocker Chaussee 70, 18437 Stralsund, Germany
Am J Psychiatry 163:1986-92. 2006..This study compared the familial aggregation of OCD in first-degree relatives of community subjects with never-treated OCD, outpatients with OCD, and comparison subjects...
From genes to psychoses and back: the role of the 5HT2alpha-receptor and prepulse inhibition in schizophreniaWolfgang Maier
Klinik und Poliklinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, der Universität Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 258:40-3. 2008....
Auditory P300 in individuals clinically at risk for psychosisIngo Frommann
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Int J Psychophysiol 70:192-205. 2008..The aim of this study was to assess the amplitude, latency, and topography of the P300 in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis...
Evidence for specific cognitive deficits in visual information processing in patients with OCD compared to patients with unipolar depressionFriederike Rampacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, DE 53105 Bonn, Germany
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 34:984-91. 2010..As yet, it has not been substantiated whether deficits in visual organization and complex visual memory are also specific to OCD and are not shared by MDD...
Effects of serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants on auditory startle response in patients with major depressionBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 175:399-406. 2004..Studies with rodents suggest that an increase or decrease in serotonin level in the brain alters several modalities of the ASR. So far, little is known about serotonergic and noradrenergic startle modulation in humans...
Nicotine differentially modulates antisaccade performance in healthy male non-smoking volunteers stratified for low and high accuracyNadine Petrovsky
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 221:27-38. 2012..The response to acute nicotine is heterogeneous across subjects and samples; however, only a few reliable predictors of response have been identified...
Startle cue-reactivity differentiates between light and heavy smokersAnne K Rehme
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Addiction 104:1757-64. 2009..The goal of the present study was to investigate (i) whether smoking scenes induce appetitive cue effects in smokers, and (ii) whether smoking intensity is related to cue-reactivity...
Volume loss of the medial temporal lobe structures in subjective memory impairmentNadine Striepens
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 29:75-81. 2010..In this study, we determined the volumes of the hippocampus, the entorhinal cortex (EC) and the amygdala to provide biological evidence for AD in SMI...
Normal prepulse inhibition and habituation of acoustic startle response in suicidal depressive patients without psychotic symptomsBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
J Affect Disord 92:299-303. 2006..Thus, we investigated PPI and habituation of ASR in suicidal patients with depressive disorders as potential biological markers for suicidal behavior...
Anticholinergic drug use and risk for dementia: target for dementia preventionFrank Jessen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:S111-5. 2010..In terms of dementia prevention, centrally acting anticholinergic drugs should be strictly avoided, because of long-term dementia risk increase in addition to acute negative effects on cognition...
A variant of the neuronal amino acid transporter SLC6A15 is associated with ACTH and cortisol responses and cognitive performance in unipolar depressionAnna Schuhmacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 16:83-90. 2013..Our findings argue for a role of the SLC6A15 gene in ACTH and cortisol secretion during the Dex/CRH test and furthermore in the occurrence of cognitive impairments in unipolar depression...
Glucose metabolism, gray matter structure, and memory decline in subjective memory impairmentLukas Scheef
Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Neurology 79:1332-9. 2012..To identify biological evidence for Alzheimer disease (AD) in individuals with subjective memory impairment (SMI) and unimpaired cognitive performance and to investigate the longitudinal cognitive course in these subjects...
PCLO rs2522833 modulates HPA system response to antidepressant treatment in major depressive disorderAnna Schuhmacher
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 14:237-45. 2011..Our results point to a moderating role of PCLO SNP rs2522833 on HPA regulation during antidepressant treatment, which may represent a neurobiological feature of stability of clinical response...
Gene polymorphisms in prodynorphin (PDYN) are associated with episodic memory in the elderlyHeike Kolsch
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn 53105, Germany
J Neural Transm 116:897-903. 2009..Verbal fluency scores were non-significantly better in carriers of these respective alleles. Thus, our results suggest a role of PDYN gene variations in determining memory function also in elderly humans...
CHRFAM7A copy number and 2-bp deletion polymorphisms and antisaccade performanceNadine Petrovsky
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 12:267-73. 2009..The failure to observe an association between antisaccade performance and polymorphisms in CHRFAM7A gene is consistent with specificity of the gene effects on hippocampal and memory functions as previously demonstrated...
Amygdala control of emotion-induced forgetting and remembering: evidence from Urbach-Wiethe diseaseRene Hurlemann
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Neuropsychologia 45:877-84. 2007..Our findings implicate the amygdala in a neural circuitry that orchestrates rapid retrograde and anterograde regulation of episodic memory access upon criteria of behavioral significance...
Attenuation of the prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response within and between sessionsBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
Biol Psychol 71:256-63. 2006..Nevertheless, PPI was reliable across three test sessions, indicating that the significant attenuation of PPI over time was a consistent phenomenon. These results suggest that PPI exhibits short- and long-term attenuation...
N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) and N-acetylaspartate (NAA) in patients with schizophreniaFrank Jessen
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Schizophr Bull 39:197-205. 2013..The signal of NAAG, however, largely overlaps with its precursor and degrading product N-acetylaspartate (NAA) that by itself does not act in glutamatergic neurotransmission...
Memory deficits in abstinent MDMA (ecstasy) users: neuropsychological evidence of frontal dysfunctionBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
J Psychopharmacol 20:373-84. 2006..These results suggest that the memory deficits of MDMA users are not only the result of a temporal or hippocampal dysfunction, but also of a dysfunction of regions within the frontal cortex...
Neuropsychological performance in partly remitted unipolar depressive patients: focus on executive functioningJens Westheide
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:389-95. 2007..The role of impulsivity/orbitofrontal associated executive functioning in remitted depression has not yet been examined...
Impaired prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle in obsessive-compulsive disorderKlaus Hoenig
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 57:1153-8. 2005..However, there is only preliminary evidence about impaired PPI in OCD so far...
Is the clock drawing test appropriate for screening for mild cognitive impairment?--Results of the German study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe)Lena Ehreke
Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 28:365-72. 2009..Due to the fact that the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is widely used to screen for dementia, it is questionable whether it is suited to screen for MCI...
The hippocampus in families with schizophrenia in relation to obstetric complicationsFlorian Ebner
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
Schizophr Res 104:71-8. 2008..The aim of this study was to compare hippocampal volume of schizophrenic patients as well as and their relatives with control subjects and to quantify the additional contribution of obstetric complications...
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in subjects at risk for schizophreniaFrank Jessen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn Sigmund Freud Str 25 53105 Bonn, Germany
Schizophr Res 87:81-8. 2006....
Sensorimotor gating depends on polymorphisms of the serotonin-2A receptor and catechol-O-methyltransferase, but not on neuregulin-1 Arg38Gln genotype: a replication studyBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 66:614-20. 2009..Therefore, we aimed to replicate these results and investigated the impact of the related polymorphisms on PPI in healthy human volunteers...
P50 sensory gating and smoking in the general populationJürgen Brinkmeyer
Department of Psychiatry, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Bergische Landstrasse 2, Dusseldorf, Germany
Addict Biol 16:485-98. 2011..The suitability and application of sensory P50 gating as functional biomarker with regard to genetic and pharmacological studies is discussed...
Oxytocin enhances amygdala-dependent, socially reinforced learning and emotional empathy in humansRene Hurlemann
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany
J Neurosci 30:4999-5007. 2010..Overall these findings provide the first demonstration that OT can facilitate amygdala-dependent, socially reinforced learning and emotional empathy in men...
Prepulse inhibition and habituation of acoustic startle response in male MDMA ('ecstasy') users, cannabis users, and healthy controlsBoris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Germany
Neuropsychopharmacology 29:982-90. 2004..Use of cannabis does not lead to alterations of amplitude, habituation, or PPI of ASR...
Distinctive neurocognitive effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy in major depressionSvenja C Schulze-Rauschenbach
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
Br J Psychiatry 186:410-6. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to unilateral ECT, rTMS has no adverse memory effects...
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: differences and overlapsWolfgang Maier
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Curr Opin Psychiatry 19:165-70. 2006..Following the recent progress mainly in the fields of genetics and neurobiology, the validity of the diagnostic distinction between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is increasingly challenged...
Decreased prefrontal 5-HT2A receptor binding in subjects at enhanced risk for schizophreniaRene Hurlemann
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Anat Embryol (Berl) 210:519-23. 2005....
Antisaccade performance is related to genetic loading for schizophreniaNadine Petrovsky
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 43:291-7. 2009..018). No group differences were found for prosaccade parameters. These results support the hypothesis that antisaccade impairment is associated with genetic loading for schizophrenia...
Improvement of working but not declarative memory is correlated with HPA normalization during antidepressant treatmentAstrid W Zobel
Klinik und Poliklinik fur Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitatsklinikum Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn 53105, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 38:377-83. 2004..We suggest that improvement of working memory is more sensitive to the changes of hormones of the HPA system (e.g. cortisol) than other cognitive functions and the global severity of depression...
Alexithymia in obsessive-compulsive disorder - results from a family studyHans Joergen Grabe
Department of Psychiatry, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Psychother Psychosom 75:312-8. 2006..This study investigates the hypotheses of an elevated level of alexithymia in subjects with OCD and their first-degree relatives compared to controls and their first-degree relatives...
An fMRI study on the acute effects of exercise on pain processing in trained athletesLukas Scheef
Functional Neuroimaging Group, Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Germany
Pain 153:1702-14. 2012..Our findings provide the first evidence using functional imaging to support the role of endurance exercise in pain modulation...
Executive and visuospatial deficits in patients with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and Kearns-Sayre syndromeSimone Bosbach
Department of Psychiatry and. Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Germany
Brain 126:1231-40. 2003....
Relation between cerebrospinal fluid, gray matter and white matter changes in families with schizophreniaThomas Schneider-Axmann
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Saarland, D-66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 40:646-55. 2006..However, this correlation is independent of the factor diagnosis and is therefore not specific for schizophrenia...
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affects divided attention immediately after cessation of stimulationMichael Wagner
Psychiatric Neuroimaging Group, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
J Psychiatr Res 40:315-21. 2006..Sensitive cognitive measures may be useful to trace those short-term effects of rTMS non-invasively in humans...
Elevated impulsivity and impaired decision-making cognition in heavy users of MDMA ("Ecstasy")Boris B Quednow
Department of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Lenggstrasse 31, CH 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 189:517-30. 2007..In fact, MDMA users have shown elevated impulsivity in two studies, but little is known about decision making in drug-free MDMA consumers...
Reduction of the internal capsule in families affected with schizophreniaThomas Wobrock
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of the Saarland, Germany
Biol Psychiatry 63:65-71. 2008..To detect volumetric changes in ALIC, including the influence of genetic factors, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of families affected with schizophrenia was performed...
Neural correlates of working memory dysfunction in first-episode schizophrenia patients: an fMRI multi-center studyFrank Schneider
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstr 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
Schizophr Res 89:198-210. 2007....
Psychoeducation and compliance in the treatment of schizophrenia: results of the Munich Psychosis Information Project StudyGabriele Pitschel-Walz
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
J Clin Psychiatry 67:443-52. 2006..The present study examined whether psychoeducational groups for patients with schizophrenic disorders and for their families can reduce rehospitalization rates and improve compliance...
Disturbed frontal gyrification within families affected with schizophreniaPeter Falkai
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Gottingen, Von Siebold Str 5, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
J Psychiatr Res 41:805-13. 2007....
5-HT2A receptor density is decreased in the at-risk mental stateRene Hurlemann
Brain Imaging Center West, Research Center Juelich, 52425, Juelich, Germany
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 195:579-90. 2008..Current perspectives on the pathophysiology of schizophrenia direct attention to serotonergic (serotonin, 5-HT) dysregulation in the prodrome or at-risk mental state (ARMS)...
Structure and activity of multiple nitrifying bacterial populations co-existing in a biofilmArmin Gieseke
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, D 28359 Bremen, Germany
Environ Microbiol 5:355-69. 2003..Results of functional and structural analyses are discussed with respect to specific niches of individual populations in this system...
Spatiotemporal dynamics of audiovisual speech processingLynne E Bernstein
Communication Neuroscience Department, House Ear Institute, 2100 W Third St, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA
Neuroimage 39:423-35. 2008..As discussed here, the relatively late activity of the SMG/AG solely under audiovisual conditions is a possible candidate audiovisual speech integration response...
Foley balloon to tamponade bleeding in the retropubic spaceMatthew Aungst
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Vallejo Medical Center, Vallejo, California, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:1037-8. 2003..Hemorrhage from the retropubic space is a well-described complication of the tension-free vaginal tape procedure that can be difficult to control with conservative measures...
The (2-phenyl-2-trimethylsilyl)ethyl-(PTMSEL)-linker in the synthesis of glycopeptide partial structures of complex cell surface glycoproteinsMichael Wagner
, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Chemistry 9:6018-30. 2003..Using the PTMSEL linker these molecules are accessible by automated synthesis according to the Fmoc strategy without frequently observed side reactions such as aspartimide or diketopiperazine formation...
Harm avoidance in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their familiesSusan Ettelt
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Greifswald, Germany
J Affect Disord 107:265-9. 2008..HA is considered to be a genetically influenced personality trait with an increasingly understood neuroanatomical basis...
Confidence limits of dipole source reconstruction resultsManfred Fuchs
Compumedics Neuroscan Germany GmbH, Lutterothstrasse 28e, D 20255 Hamburg, Germany
Clin Neurophysiol 115:1442-51. 2004..In order to avoid the misleading impression of exact localization results, a measure of the SD of the dipole localization is desirable...
A standardized boundary element method volume conductor modelManfred Fuchs
Neuroscan Laboratories, Lutterothstrasse 28e, D 20255 Hamburg, Germany
Clin Neurophysiol 113:702-12. 2002..The localization accuracy of the new approach was tested in a comparison with simulated data and with individual BEM models of epileptic spike data from several patients...
Early detection and secondary prevention of psychosis: facts and visionsHeinz Hafner
Central Institute of Mental Health, J5, 68159 Mannheim, Germany
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 254:117-28. 2004....
Development of volume conductor and source models to localize epileptic fociManfred Fuchs
Compumedics Neuroscan Germany GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
J Clin Neurophysiol 24:101-19. 2007....
Quantification of uncultured microorganisms by fluorescence microscopy and digital image analysisHolger Daims
Department für Mikrobielle Okologie, Universitat Wien, Althanstrasse 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 75:237-48. 2007..This article provides an overview of these methods and some of their applications with emphasis on (semi-)automated image analysis solutions...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorderHans Joergen Grabe
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Greifswald, Stralsund, Germany
Psychopathology 41:129-34. 2008..This study investigates the hypothesis that traumatic events and posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) precede the onset of OCD...
Generators of the intracranial P50 response in auditory sensory gatingOleg Korzyukov
Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University, 2751 E Jefferson, Suite 304, Detroit, MI 48207, USA
Neuroimage 35:814-26. 2007..Present findings suggest that while the temporal lobe is the main generator of the P50 component, the frontal lobe seems to be a substantial contributor to the process of sensory gating as observed from scalp recordings...
Is the movement-evoked potential mandatory for movement execution? A high-resolution EEG study in a deafferented patientRumyana Kristeva
Neurological Clinic, Albert Ludwigs University, Breisacher Strasse 64, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Neuroimage 31:677-85. 2006..The role of the sensory feedback in updating the internal models and of the movement-evoked potential as a possible cortical correlate of motor awareness is discussed...
Interventions in the initial prodromal states of psychosis in Germany: concept and recruitmentAndreas Bechdolf
Early Recognition and Intervention Centre for Mental Crisis FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpenerstrasse 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Br J Psychiatry Suppl 48:s45-8. 2005..Two intervention strategies are being studied by two large-scale multicentre projects...
Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the pre-psychotic phase: an exploratory studyAndreas Bechdolf
Cologne Early Recognition and Intervention Centre for Mental Crisis FETZ, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str 62, 50924 Cologne, Germany
Psychiatry Res 136:251-5. 2005..The specificity of these effects needs to be explored in a controlled trial...
Evaluation of sLORETA in the presence of noise and multiple sourcesMichael Wagner
Compumedics Neuroscan, Hamburg, Germany
Brain Topogr 16:277-80. 2004..In the context of a strong or superficial source, weak or deep sources remain invisible, and nearby sources of similar orientation tend not to be separated but interpreted as one source located roughly in between...
