We are a research group within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Regensburg. Our work aims to understand how neurobiological alterations give rise to psychopathological symptoms.
We employ magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), meta‑analytic approaches, machine‑learning methods, and non‑invasive brain stimulation techniques to experimentally characterize and modulate these symptoms. Our research focuses on common psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia, as well as on acoustic phantom perceptions. In addition, we investigate neurobiological mechanisms underlying forensically relevant conditions, including psychopathy and related disorders.
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research highlights
Asymmetry, cytoarchitectonic morphology and genetics associated with Broca’s area in schizophrenia
Nature Mental Health
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29 Jan 2024
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doi:10.1038/s44220-023-00200-2
Aberrant brain activity in pedophilia links to receptor distribution, gene expression, and behavior
Nature Mental Health
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14 Aug 2023
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doi:10.1038/s44220-023-00105-0
Amisulpride and olanzapine combination treatment versus each monotherapy in acutely ill patients with schizophrenia in Germany (COMBINE): a double-blind randomised controlled trial.
The lancet. Psychiatry
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08 Mar 2022
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pubmed:35276079
Prediction of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in phantom sounds based on individual brain anatomy.
Brain communications
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27 May 2021
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pubmed:34396100
Neural substrates of sexual arousal revisited: Dependent on sex.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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05 May 2020
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pubmed:32371493
A view behind the mask of sanity: meta-analysis of aberrant brain activity in psychopaths.
Molecular psychiatry
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23 Jul 2018
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pubmed:30038232
Imbalance in subregional connectivity of the right temporoparietal junction in major depression.
Human brain mapping
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19 Apr 2016
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pubmed:27090056
Pattern learning reveals brain asymmetry to be linked to socioeconomic status.
Cerebral cortex communications
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20 May 2022
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pubmed:35702547
Aberrant Brain Activity in Individuals With Psychopathy Links to Receptor Distribution, Gene Expression, and Behavior.
Biological psychiatry
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30 Nov 2021
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pubmed:34861978