Medical Director
Secretariat
Juliana Ferreau
Telephone: 0731 500-61401
Fax: 0731 500-61402
Email: juliana.ferreau@uniklinik-ulm.de
Clinical specialisms
- Early detection, differential diagnosis and treatment of affective and schizophrenic disorders
- Treatment-resistant affective and schizophrenic disorders (psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and non-invasive neurostimulation techniques)
Key areas of research
- Translational Systems Neuroscience
- Cognition and psychomotor function in psychoses, affective disorders and personality disorders
- Multimodal neuroimaging and polymodal-integrative data analysis
Teaching
- Teaching role in the medical degree programme at the University of Heidelberg and Saarland University
- Lecturer and supervisor in postgraduate medical and psychotherapeutic training
- Member of examination boards and mentor in the DGPPN mentoring programme
Qualifications
Clinical training
- Investigator Qualification
- Specialist training in addiction medicine
- Couples and family therapy
- Specialist Genetic Counselling
- Medical Quality Management (BÄK Curriculum Levels 1–5)
Awards
- Award from the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN) for research into mental disorders (2019)
- International Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Università degli Studi di Padova (2020)
- Travel Award from the European Psychiatric Association (2014)
- Prize from the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN): ‘Imaging in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy’ (2012)
- Young Investigator Award, International Congress of Schizophrenia Research (2011)
- Scholarship Programme Award from the European Psychiatric Association (2009)
- Young Investigator Research Colloquium Award from the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education (2008)
- Focus List of Doctors: Schizophrenia (since 2012), Dementia (since 2024)
Positions and roles
- Member of the Visiting Committee under the Baden-Württemberg Psychiatric Care Act (PsychKHG)
- Member of the Doctoral Committee of the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine (2016–2026)
- Editorial boards of international specialist journals, including *Current Psychopharmacology* and the *Frontiers* journals
Professional associations and expert groups
Participation in expert panels
- of the National Competence-Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Medicine
- of the Working Group of Scientific Medical Societies (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften e. V.)
- of the Institute for Medical and Pharmaceutical Examination Questions
Memberships
- German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurology (DGPPN)
- German Society for Biological Psychiatry, European Psychiatric Association (DGBP)
- Working Group for Neuropsychopharmacology and Pharmacopsychiatry (AGNP)
- European Psychiatric Association (EPA)
- European Scientific Association on Schizophrenia and other Psychoses (ESAS)
- World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP)
Expert assessment work
- Peer reviewer for leading international journals, including JAMA Psychiatry, Brain, Molecular Psychiatry, NeuroImage, PNAS and Schizophrenia Bulletin
- Reviewer for national and international funding bodies, including the BMBF, DFG, HaDEA, ANR, MRC, the Royal Society and the Swiss National Science Foundation
Web of Science Researcher ID
AAG-9142-2020
Medical / Professional Career
- Since 16 July 2026, Medical Director of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy III and W3 Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm
- 2022–2026 W3 Professor of Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, University of Heidelberg
- 2017–2026 Senior Consultant and Deputy Medical Director, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg
- 2018–2026 Head of the Specialist Outpatient Clinic for Neurocognitive Disorders, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg
- 2016–2026 Clinical and Scientific Director of the Heidelberg Consultation Service for People Who Hear Voices (HEISS)
- 2021–2026 Head of the Non-invasive Neurostimulation Unit (focus: transcranial magnetic stimulation), Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University
- 2015–2018 Master of Health Business Administration (MHBA), University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- 2014–2016 Senior Consultant and Deputy Medical Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Saarland University
- 2010–2014 Senior Registrar, Department of General Psychiatry, Heidelberg University
- 2009 Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Academic career
- Since 16 July 2026, W3 Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm
- 2017: Transfer to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg and appointment to an adjunct professorship
- 2016–2026 Head of the Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Section, Department of General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg
- 2015 Transfer to Saarland University and appointment to an adjunct professorship
- 2014 Adjunct professorship, University of Heidelberg
- 2012 Re-habilitation, University of Heidelberg
- 2009 Habilitation, University of Ulm
- 2005 PhD, University of Ulm
2026
Koc M, Otte ML, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Balcik Y, Tech C, Le Prieult Y, Wolf RC (2026) Structural correlates of auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging
Wolf ND, Schmitgen MM, Henemann GM, Haage S, Bach P, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2026) Sex-specific neural responses to smartphone cues in young adults. Biol Sex Differhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-026-00835-7. Published online ahead of print. 5.1)
Henemann GM, Schmitgen MM, Haage S, Rosero J, Bach P, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2026) Neural correlates of social exclusion in individuals with excessive smartphone use, *Computers in Human Behaviour*, 176, March 2026, 108852
Haage S, Schmitgen MM, Henemann GM, Koenig J, Otte ML, Bach P, Wolf ND, Wolf RC (2026) Smartphone restriction modulates intrinsic neural activity in problematic smartphone users: Evidence from resting-state fMRI. Addictive Behaviors, March 2026:174:108575.
Rana A, Otte ML, Fazio G, Olivio D, Le Prieult Y, Schmitgen MM, Balcik Y, Koc M, Tech C, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2026) Dynamic functional connectivity in borderline personality disorder: associations with trauma, emotion regulation and symptom severity. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Thomann AK, Schmitgen MM, Stephan JC, Knoedler LL, Thomann PA, Szabo K, Ebert MP, Reindl W, Wolf RC (2026) Brain network correlates of fatigue, depression and anxiety in patients with Crohn’s disease at different stages of the disease. BMC Gastroenterology
2025
Deicher A, Karl S, Otte ML, Knabbe J, Wendel B, Gose M, Wolf RC*, Sartorius A* (2025) Study protocol of a German multi-centre, observer-blind, randomised, and actively controlled parallel-group trial comparing maintenance electroconvulsive therapy with treatment as usual for relapse prevention in clozapine-resistant schizophrenia. BMC Psychiatry, 26;25(1):536 * shared senior authorship
Plewnia C, Brendel B, Schwippel T, Becker-Sadzio J, Hajiyev I, Hasan A, Pross B, Padberg F, Campana M, Kujovic M, Mayer P, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Lorenz S, Wolf RC, Otte ML, Serna-Higuita LM, Martus P, Fallgatter A (2025) Bilateral continuous theta burst stimulation for the treatment of auditory hallucinations (cTBS-AH): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Psychiatry, September 2025;12(9):638–649.
Wolf RC, Schmitgen MM, Otte ML, Karner M, Pycha R, Kirchler E, Wolf ND, Huber M (2025) Regional white matter lesion load in elderly patients with somatic versus non-somatic delusional disorder. Psychogeriatrics, 25(4):e70055
Thomann AK, Schmitgen MM, Stephan JC, Ebert MP, Thomann PA, Szabo K, Reindl W, Wolf RC (2025) Disease-state-dependent associations between intrinsic brain function and symptoms of fatigue, depression and anxiety in Crohn’s disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 15:izae318. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izae318
Thomann AK, Wolf RC (2025) Reply to “Improving Brain-Gut Studies in Crohn’s Disease: Methodological Considerations”. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 13 :izaf051. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izaf051
Otte ML, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Kubera KM, Balcik Y Tech C, Koc M, Le Prieult Y, Sambataro F, Brandt GA, Fritze S, Hirjak D, Wolf RC (2025) Neurological soft signs in borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia. Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul, 12(1):9.
Otte ML, Wolf RC (2025) Structural and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Borderline Personality Disorder. In: C. R. Martin et al. (eds.), Handbook of the Biology and Pathology of Mental Disorders, Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 2357–2370. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32035-4_108-1.
Oweda J, Schmitgen MM, Henemann GM, Gerdes M, Wolf RC (2025) Machine Learning-Based Classification of Excessive Smartphone Users via Neuronal Cue Reactivity. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, Jan:346:111903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111903
Schmitgen MM, Henemann GM, Koenig J, Otte ML, Rosero JP, Bach P, Haage S, Wolf ND, Wolf RC (2025) Effects of smartphone restriction on cue-related neural activity. Computers in Human Behaviour, 167, 108610
Wazulin L, Jamin M, Andone I, Blaszkiewicz K, Reinhard I, Eibes M, Wolf RC, Kasen Q, Markowetz A, Lemenagér T, Bach P (2025) Investigation of smartphone use characteristics underlying problematic smartphone use through dense longitudinal smartphone tracking. Computers in Human Behaviour, 173, 108766
Wolf ND, Henemann GM, Schmitgen MM, Wolf RC (2025) Mechanisms of problematic smartphone use: An overview of multimodal neuroimaging. Nervenheilkunde, 44(11): 758–767
Wolf ND, Jakobs M, Wolf RC (2025) Neurostimulation techniques for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: An overview of international guidelines. Nervenheilkunde, 44(10): 653–663
Wolf ND, Jakobs M, Wolf RC (2025) A guideline-based perspective on neurostimulation in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: An international overview. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 97:196–202
Wolf ND, Henemann GM, Schmitgen MM, Koenig J, Pach B, Wolf RC (2025) Screens and brains: multimodal neuroimaging insights into mechanisms of problematic smartphone use. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 142:111531.
Kreter-Schönleber T, Wolf RC (2025) Transcendental philosophical and neuroscientific theories of consciousness. A structural comparison between German idealistic theories of subjectivity and contemporary models of intrinsic brain function. *Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences*, published online 04/2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-025-10062-x
Schmitz-Esser R, Wolf RC (2025) Neuro-History: New interdisciplinary perspectives using the example of mystical accounts. Historische Zeitschrift, 321 (3):557–598
2024
Thomann AK, Schmitgen MM, Stephan JC, Ebert MP, Thomann PA, Szabo K, Reindl W, Wolf RC (2024) Associations between brain morphology, inflammatory markers and symptoms of fatigue, depression or anxiety in active and remitted Crohn’s disease. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, 18 (11):1767–1779
Rashidi M, Simon JJ, Bertsch K, Wegen GV, Ditzen B, Flor H, Grinevich V, Wolf RC*, Herpertz S* (2024) Effects of intranasal oxytocin on fear extinction learning. Neuropsychopharmacology, 50(3):548–555, * shared senior authorship
Hirjak D, Roger SP, Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Fritze S, Wilson JE, Sambataro F, Fricchione G, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Ungvari G, Northoff G (2024) Catatonia. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 10(1):49. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-024-00534-w
Hirjak D, Brandt GA, Fritze S, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Wolf RC (2024) Distribution and frequency of clinical criteria and rating scales for the diagnosis and assessment of catatonia in different types of study. Schizophr Research, 0920-9964(22)00466-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.12.019
Fritze S, Brandt GA, Volkmer S, Daub J, Krayem M, Kukovic J, Schwarz E, Braun U, Northoff G, Wolf RC, Kubera KN, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hirjak D (2024) Deciphering the interplay between psychopathological symptoms, sensorimotor, cognitive and global functioning: A network analysis. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01782-3.
Hirjak D, Foucher JR, Ams M, Jeanjean LC, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Northoff G (2024) The origins of catatonia – A systematic review of historical texts from 1800 to 1900. Schizophrenia Research, 263:6–17, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.06.003
Hirjak D, Ams M, Gass P, Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Foucher JR, Northoff G, Wolf RC (2024) Historical post-mortem studies on catatonia: Close reading and analysis of Kahlbaum’s cases and scientific texts between 1800 and 1900. Schizophr Res, 263:18–26, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.04.002
Hirjak D, Fricchione G, Wolf RC, Northoff G (2024) Lorazepam in catatonia – past, present and future of a clinical success story. Schizophrenia Research, 263:27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.02.015
Brandt GA, Fritze S, Krayem M, Daub J, Volkmer S, Kukovic J, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Northoff G, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Hirjak D (2024) Extension, translation and preliminary validation of the Northoff Scale for Subjective Experience in Catatonia (NSSC). Schizophr Research, S0920-9964(23)00219-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.06.002
Fazio G, Olivo D, Wolf ND, Hirjak D, Schmitgen MM, Werler F, Wittemann M, Kubera KM, Calhoun VD, Reith W, Wolf RC*, Sambataro F* ( 2024). The risk of cannabis use disorder is mediated by alterations in brain connectivity: a chronnectome study. Addiction Biology * shared senior authorship
Fritze S, Brandt GA, Benedyk A, Moldavski A, Volkmer S, Daub J, Krayem M, Kukovic J, Braun U, Wolf RC, Kubera KM, von der Goltz C, Northoff G, Schwarz E, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Tost H, Hirjak D (2024)-Parkinsonism, negative and depressive symptoms in severe psychiatric disorders: Exploring their intricate nexus using a network analytic approach. Schizophrenia Bulletin
Brandt G, Fritze S, Krayem M, Daub J, Volkmer S, Kukovic J, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Northoff G, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Hirjak D (2024) German version of the Northoff Scale for Subjective Experience in Catatonia (NSSC-dv). A validated measurement instrument for assessing subjective experience in catatonia. Der Nervenarzt, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-023-01575-4
2023
Otte ML, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Kubera KM, Calhoun VD, Fritze S, Geiger LS, Tost H, Seidl UW, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hirjak D, Wolf RC (2023) Structure/function interrelationships and insight into the illness in patients with schizophrenia: a multimodal MRI data fusion study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 273 (8):1703–1713, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-023-01566-1
Plaschke K, Kopitz J, Gebert J, Wolf ND, Wolf RC (2023) Proteomic analysis reveals potential exosomal biomarkers in patients with sporadic Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 7(4):315–321
Plaschke K, Brenner T, Fiedler MO, von der Forst M, Wolf RC, Kopitz J, Gebert J, Weigand MA (2023) Extracellular vesicles as possible plasma markers and mediators in patients with sepsis-associated delirium—a pilot study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 , 15781. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242115781
Fenzl M, Backens M, Bodea S, Wittemann M, Werler F, Wolf RC, Reith W (2023) Impact of cannabis use on brain metabolism using 31P and 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neuroradiology (2023) 65:1631–1648
Fritze S, Brandt GA, Benedyk A, Moldavski A, Geiger-Primo LS, Andoh J, Volkmer S, Braun U, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, von der Goltz C, Schwarz E, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Tost H, Hirjak D (2023) Psychomotor slowing in schizophrenia is associated with cortical thinning of the primary motor cortex: A three-cohort structural magnetic resonance imaging study. European Neuropsychopharmacology 77:53–66
Kasper J, Eickhoff SB, Caspers S, Peter J, Dogan I, Wolf RC, Reetz K, Dukart J, Orth M (2023) Local synchrony in the dopamine-rich caudate nucleus influences the motor phenotype of Huntington’s disease. Brain, 146(8):3319–3330
Henemann G, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Bach P, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2023) Cognitive domain-independent aberrant frontoparietal network strength in individuals with excessive smartphone use. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging, 329:111593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2023.111593
Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Hildebrandt V, Neukel C, Otte ML, Sicorello M, Steinmann S, Herpertz SC, Wolf RC (2023) Structural correlates of lifetime ‘voice-hearing’ in patients with borderline personality disorder: a pilot study. Neuropsychobiology, 82(2):72–80
Trevisan N, Cattarinussi G, Olivo D, Di Ciano A, Giudetti L, Pampallona A, Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Sambataro F (2023) Neural Correlates of Antisocial Behaviour: The Victim’s Perspective. Brain Sciences, 13, 474. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13030474
Kubera KM, Rashidi M, Schmitgen MM, Barth A, Hirjak D, Otte ML, Sambataro F, Calhoun VD, Wolf RC (2023) Functional network interactions in patients with schizophrenia with persistent auditory verbal hallucinations: a multimodal MRI fusion approach using three-way pICA. Schizophr Research, S0920-9964(23)00094-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.03.001
Depping M, Köhler-Ipek L, Ullrich P, Hauer K, Wolf RC (2023) Depression in older adults and frailty: epidemiological, clinical and neurobiological associations. Der Nervenarzt, 94:234–239
Wolf RC, Werler F, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Wittemann M, Reith W, Hirjak D (2023) Functional correlates of neurological soft signs in heavy cannabis users. *Addiction Biology*, 28(3):e13270. https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13270
Cattarinussi G, Gugliotta A, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Sambataro F (2023) Brain mechanisms underlying catatonia: a systematic review. Schizophrenia Research, 8:S0920-9964(22)00407-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.11.002.
Renz MP, Zidda F, Andoh J, Prager M, Sack M, Becker R, Ruf M, Schmitgen MM, Wolf RC, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Tost H (2023) Practical challenges of continuous real-time fMRI neurofeedback with multi-band accelerated echo-planar imaging and short repetition times. Human Brain Mapping, 44(3):1278–1282, https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26154.
2022
Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2022) Time after time: Electroconvulsive therapy modulates the brain’s functional network connectivity dynamics. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7 (3):243–245
Rashidi M, Maier E, Dekel S, Sütterlin M, Wolf RC, Ditzen B, Grinevich V, Herpertz SH (2022) Peripartum effects of synthetic oxytocin: The good, the bad, and the unknown. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 141 :104859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104859
Wolf RC, Fahmy R, Wasfi M, Mamdouh R, Moussa K, Wahba A, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Hirjak D, Sambataro F, Kubera KM (2022) Effects of mindfulness-based interventions on grey matter volume in patients with opioid dependence. Neuropsychobiology, 81(6):531–538
Foucher JR, Jeanjean LC, Bartsch AJ, Humbert I, de Billy CC, Obrecht A, Mainberger O, Clauss JME, Waddington JL, Wolf RC, Hirjak D, Morra C, Ungvari G, Schorr B, Berna F, Shorter E (2022) Paratonia, counter-holding and psychomotor hypertonia: Back to the roots. Schizophrenia Research, S0920-9964(22)00332-2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.08.026.
Henemann G, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Leménager T, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2022) Neurochemical correlates of cue reactivity in individuals with excessive smartphone use. Eur Addiction Res, 5 Dec;1–5. https://doi.org/10.1159/000527095.
Cattarinussi G, Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Sambataro F (2022) Neural correlates of the risk for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of structural and functional neuroimaging studies. Biol Psychiatry, 92 (5):375–384
Hirjak D, Henemann GM, Schmitgen MM, Götz L, Wolf ND, Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Lemenager T, Koenig T, Wolf RC (2022) Cortical surface variation in individuals with excessive smartphone use. Developmental Neurobiology, 82(4):277–287
Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2022) Aberrant intrinsic neural network strength in individuals with ‘smartphone addiction’: an MRI data fusion study. Brain & Behaviour, 12(9):e2739. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2739
Hirjak D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2022) Multiparametric assessment of sensorimotor abnormalities in vulnerable populations: A window of opportunity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 137:104658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104658
Fritze S, Brandt GA, Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Northoff G, Geiger-Primo LS, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Wolf RC*, Hirjak D* (2022) Structural alterations in the amygdala and hypothalamus contribute to catatonia. Schizophrenia Research, S0920-9964(22)00165-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.05.003 * shared senior authorship
Hirjak D, Foucher JR, Ams M, Jeanjean L, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Northoff G (2022) The origins of catatonia – A systematic review of historical texts between 1800 and 1900. Schizophrenia Research, S0920-9964(22)00208-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.06.003
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Landwehrmeyer GB, Northoff G (2022) Catatonia: Looking back and moving forward. Brain, 145(9):2939–2942
Otte M, Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Fritze S, Geiger LS, Tost H, Seidl UW, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Hirjak D, Wolf RC (2022) Cortical morphology and insight into the illness in patients with schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-021-01328-x
Fritze S, Sambataro F, Kubera KM, Brandt GA, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Wolf RC*, Hirjak* (2022)Characterising the sensorimotor domain in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-021-01354-9 * shared senior authorship.
Hirjak D, Schmitgen MM, Werler F, Wittemann M, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Calhoun VD, Reith W, Wolf RC (2022) Multimodal MRI data fusion reveals distinct structural, functional and neurochemical correlates of heavy cannabis use. Addiction Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13113
Foucher JR, Jeanjean LC, de Billy CC, Pfuhlmann B, Clauss JME, Roth NJ, Obrecht A, Mainberger O, Vernet R, Arcay H, Schorr B, Weibel S, Walther S, van Harten PN, Waddington JL, Cuesta MJ, Peralta V, Dupin L, Sambataro F, Morrens M, Kubera KM, Pieters LE, Stegmayer K, Strik W, Wolf RC, Franzek EJ, Jabs BE, Ams M, Garcia C, Hanke M, Elowe J, Bartsch A, Berna F, Hirjak D (2022) The polysemous concepts of psychomotricity and catatonia: a European multi-consensus perspective. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 56: 60–73
Hirjak D, Sambataro F, Northoff G, Wolf RC (2022) ‘: Different faces of catatonia and how to approach them’. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 272 : 1385–1387
Trevisan N, Miola A, Cattarinusi G, Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Sambataro F (2022) Cortical complexity is distinctively altered in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia Research, 241: 92–93
2021
Sambataro F, Hirjak D, Fritze S, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Calhoun VD, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Wolf RC (2021) Intrinsic neural network dynamics in catatonia. Human Brain Mapping, 42(18):6087–6098
Rashidi M, Schmitgen MM, Weisbrod M, Schnell K, Wolf RC*, Whittington M* (2021) Right parietotemporal activity predicts sense of agency under uncertain delays of sensory outcomes. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125(3):903–914 * shared senior authorship.
Schneider I, Neukel C, Bertsch K, Fuchs A, Möhler E, Zietlow AL, Brunner R, Wolf RC, Herpertz SC (2021) Early-life maltreatment affects intrinsic neural function in mothers. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 143 (2021) 176–182
Hirjak D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Sambataro F, Fritze S, Kukovic J, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2021) Progress in sensorimotor neuroscience of schizophrenia spectrum disorders: lessons learnt and future directions. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnpbp.2021.110370
Javaheripour N, Li M, Chand T, Dannlowski U, Frodl T, Gotlib IH, Grimm S, Hahn T, Hamilton JP, Harrison B, Hyett MP, Kicher T, Krug A, Nenadic I, Olbrich S, Parker G, Pezawas L, Sacchet MD, Sämann P, van Wingen G, Walter H, Wolf RC, Walter M, Wagner G (2021) Altered resting-state functional connectome in major depressive disorder: a mega-analysis from the PsyMRI consortium. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1):511
Korn C, Wolf RC (2021) Negative valence systems within the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework. Der Nervenarzt, 92(9):868–877
Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf ND, Wolf RC (2021) Cognitive control in the RDoC framework: clinical implications for verbal auditory hallucinations. Der Nervenarzt, 92(9):892–906
Hirjak D, Fritze S, Northoff G, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2021) The sensorimotor domain in the RDoC framework: progress and perspectives. Der Nervenarzt, 92(9):915–924
Wolf RC, Werler F, Wittemann M, Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Wolf ND,Reith W, Hirjak D(2021) Structural correlates of sensorimotor dysfunction in heavy cannabis users. Addiction Biology, 26(5):e13032, https://doi.org/10.1111/adb.13032
Hirjak D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2021) Sensorimotor neuroscience in mental disorders: Progress, perspectives and challenges. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47(4):880–882
Wasserthal J, Maier-Hein KH, Neher PF, Wolf RC, Northoff G, Waddington JL, Kubera KM, Fritze S, Harneit A, Geiger LS, Tost H, Hirjak D (2021) Alterations in white matter microstructure in cortico-striatal networks are associated with parkinsonism in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 50:64–74
Hirjak D, Sartorius A, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2021) Antipsychotic-induced catatonia and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: The dark side of the moon. Molecular Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01158-2
Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Waddington JL, Schmitgen MM, Fritze S, Rashidi M, Thieme CE, Sambataro F, Geiger LS, Tost H, Hirjak D (2021) A neurodevelopmental signature of parkinsonism in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 231:54–60
Thomann AK, Schmitgen MM, Kmuche D, Ebert MP, ThomannPA, Szabo K, Gass A, Griebe M, Reindl W, Wolf RC (2021) Exploring joint patterns of brain structure and function in inflammatory bowel diseases using multimodal data fusion. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 33:e14078. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.14078
Northoff G, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Magioncalda P, Martino M (2021) Why is there symptom coupling of psychological and motor changes in psychomotor mechanisms? Insights from the brain’s topography. Molecular Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-00945-7
Wolf RC, Rashidi M, Schmitgen MM, Fritze S, Sambataro F, Kubera KM, Hirjak D (2021) Neurological soft signs predict auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbaa146. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa146
Olivo D, Di Ciano A, Mauro J, Giudetti L, Pampallona A, Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Sambataro F, (2021) Neural responses to the benefits of prosocial exchange: the effect of helping behaviour. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.606858
Fritze S, Harneit A, Waddington JL, Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Otte ML, Geiger LS, Tost H, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Wolf RC*, Hirjak D* (2021) Structural alterations in the brainstem, basal ganglia and thalamus associated with parkinsonism in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 271 (8):1455–1464 * shared senior authorship.
Hirjak D, Wolf RC (2021) ‘Schizotypal disorder’ In: Bauer M, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Kiefer F, Philipsen A (eds.) Reference: Mental Disorders, MN314590101, Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart
Hildebrandt V, Huber M, Wolf RC (2021) Neural correlates of delusional disorders. NeuroTransmitter, NeuroTransmitter, 32(5):37–40
Hirjak D, Wolf RC (2021) Neurological soft signs in mental disorders. InFo Neurology & Psychiatry, 23(10):60–64.
2020
Fritze S, Sambataro F, Kubera KM, Bertolino AL, Topor CE, Wolf RC*, Hirjak D* (2020) Neurological soft signs in schizophrenia spectrum disorders are not confounded by current antipsychotic dosage. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29:925–935 * shared senior authorship.
Fritze S, Topor CW, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Schmitgen MM, Wolf RC*, Hirjak D* ( 2020) Midbrain alterations contribute to motor catatonic symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research, 224:82–87 * shared senior authorship.
Hirjak D, Northoff G, Taylor SF, Wolf RC (2020)GABAB receptor , clozapine and catatonia – a complex triad. Molecular Psychiatry, published online 25 Sept. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-00889-y
Hirjak D, Rashidi M, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Fritze S, Schmitgen MM, Sambataro F, Calhoun VD, Wolf RC (2020) Multimodal MRI data fusion reveals distinct patterns of abnormal brain structure and function in catatonia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46:200–210
Krämer J, Huber MK, Mundinger C, Schmitgen MM; Pycha R, Kirchler E, Macina C, Karner M, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Depping MS, Romanov D, Freudenmann RW, Wolf RC (2020) Abnormal cerebellar volume in somatic versus non-somatic delusional disorders. Cerebellum & Ataxias, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40673-020-0111-8. eCollection 2020
Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Depping MS, Nolte HM, Hirjak D, Hofer S, Hasenkamp JH, Seidl U, Stieltjes B, Maier-Hein KH, Sambataro F, Sartorius A, Thomann PA*, Wolf RC* ( 2020) Exploring cortical predictors of clinical response to electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 270 :253–26 * shared senior authorship.
Listunova L, Bartolovic M, Kienzle J, Jaehn J, Grützner TM, Wolf RC, Weisbrod M, Roesch-Ely D (2020) Predictors of improvement following cognitive remediation therapy in (partially) remitted unipolar depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 264:40–49
Wolf RC*, Hildebrandt H*, Schmitgen MM, Pycha R, Kirchler E, Macina C, Karner M, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Romanov D, Freudenmann RW, Huber M (2020) Aberrant grey matter volume and cortical surface area in paranoid-type delusional disorder. Neuropsychobiology, 79 (4–5):335–344, * shared first authorship.
Wolf RC*, Rashidi M*, Fritze S, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Sambataro F, Calhoun VD, Geiger LS, Tost H, Hirjak D (2020) A neural signature of parkinsonism in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a multimodal MRI study using parallel ICA. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46(4):999–1008 * shared first authorship.
Horvath J, Mundinger C, Schmitgen MM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2020) Structural and functional correlates of smartphone addiction. Addictive Behaviors, Jun;105:106334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106334
Schneider I, Schmitgen MM, Boll S, Roth C, Nees F, Usai K, Herpertz SC, Wolf RC (2020) Oxytocin modulates intrinsic neural activity in patients with chronic low back pain. Eur J Pain, 24(5):945–955, https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1543
Schneider I,Schmitgen MM, Bach C, Listunova L, Kienzle J, Sambataro F, DeppingMS, Kubera KK, Roesch-Ely D, Wolf RC (2020) Cognitive remediation therapy modulates intrinsic neural activity in patients with major depression. Psychological Medicine, 16:1–11.
Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Rashidi M, Hirjak D, Northoff G, Schmitgen MM, Romanov DV, Sambataro F, Frasch K, Wolf RC (2020)Functional decoupling of language and self-reference networks in patients with persistent auditory verbal hallucinations. Neuropsychobiology, 79 (4–5):345–351,
Schmitgen MM, Horvath J, Mundinger C, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Koenig J, Wolf RC (2020) Neural correlates of cue reactivity in individuals with smartphone addiction. Addictive Behaviors, Sep;108:106422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106422
Sambataro F, Fritze S, Rashidi M, Bertolino AL, Kubera KM, Wolf RC*, Hirjak D* ( 2020) Moving forward: distinct motor symptoms predict clinical outcome after 6 months in patients with schizophrenia. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 36:72–82 *shared senior authorship.
Wasserthal J, Maier-Hein KH, Neher PF, NorthoffG, Kubera KM, Fritze S, Harneit A, Geiger LS, Tost H, Wolf RC, Hirjak D (2020) Multiparametric mapping of white matter microstructure in catatonia. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(10):1750–1757
Depping MS, Schmitgen MM, Bach C, Listunova L, Kienzle J, Kubera KM, Roesch-Ely D, Wolf RC (2020) Abnormal cerebellar volume in patients with remitted major depression with persistent cognitive deficits. The Cerebellum, 19(6):762–770
Wittemann M, Brielmaier J, Rubly M, Kennel J, Werler F, Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf ND, Reith W, Wolf RC (2020) Cognition and cortical thickness in heavy cannabis users. *European Addiction Research*, 20:1–8
Listunova L, Kienzle J, Bartolovic M, Jähn A, Grützner TM, Wolf RC, Aschenbrenner S, Weisbrod M, Roesch-Ely D (2020) Cognitive remediation therapy for partially remitted unipolar depression: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. Journal of Affective Disorders, 276:316–326
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Northoff G (2020) Returning to Kahlbaum’s psychomotor (and GABAergic) origins – Is catatonia more than just a motor and dopaminergic syndrome? Schizophrenia Bulletin, 46(2):272–285
Northoff G, Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Magioncalda P, Martino M (2020) All roads lead to the motor cortex – Psychomotor mechanisms and their biochemical modulation in psychiatric disorders. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(1):92–102
Huber M, Kirchler E, Wolf RC (2020) Pharmacotherapy of delusional disorder. NeuroTransmitter 31 (6), 47–52
Wolf ND, Wolf RC (2020) “Smartphone addiction”: fact or fiction? A narrative review of a new phenomenon. Nervenheilkunde, 39(12): 810–816
Walther S, van Harten PN, Waddington JL, Cuesta MJ, Peralta V, Dupin L, Foucher JR, Sambataro F, Morrens M, Kubera KM, Pieters LE, Stegmayer K, Strik W, Wolf RC, Hirjak D (2020) Movement disorder and sensorimotor abnormalities in schizophrenia and other psychoses – European consensus on assessment and perspectives. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 38:25–39
2019
Schaier M*, Wolf RC*, Kubera K, Nagel S, Bartsch A, Zeier M, Bendszus M, Herweh C (2019) Vasogenic brain oedema during maintenance haemodialysis. Preliminary results from tract-based spatial statistics and voxel-based morphometry. Clinical Neuroradiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-019-00865-2 * shared first authorship.
Schmitgen MM, Depping MS, Bach C, Wolf ND, Kubera KM, VasicN, Hirjak D, SambataroF, Wolf RC (2019) Aberrant cortical neurodevelopment in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 243:340–347 .
Cattarinussi G, Di Giorgio A, Wolf RC, Balestrieri M, Sambataro F (2019) Neural signatures of the risk for bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of structural and functional neuroimaging studies. Bipolar Disorders, 21(3):215–227
Sartorius A, Demirakca T, Böhringer A, Clemm von Hohenberg C, Aksay SS, Bumb JM, Kranaster L, Nickl-Jockschat T, Grözinger M, Thomann PA, Wolf RC, Zwanzger P, Dannlowski U, Redlich R, Zavorotnyy M, Zöllner R,Methfessel I, Besse M, Zilles D, Ende G (2019) An increase in grey matter induced by electroconvulsive therapy is not necessarily correlated with clinical data in patients with depression. Brain Stimulation, 12(2):335–343
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Northoff G, Fritze S, Bertolino AL, Topor CE, Schmitgen MM, Wolf RC (2019) Cortical contributions to distinct symptom dimensions of catatonia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45(6):1184–1194
Fahmy R, Wasfi M, Mamdouh R, Moussa K, Wahba A, Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2019) Mindfulness-based therapy modulates default-mode network connectivity in patients with opioid dependence. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29(5):662–671
Kubera KM, Rashidi M, Schmitgen MM, Barth A, Hirjak D, Sambataro F, Calhoun VD, Wolf RC (2019) Structure–function interrelationships in patients with schizophrenia who have persistent auditory verbal hallucinations: a multimodal MRI study using parallel ICA. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 93:114–121
Thomann AK, Reindl W, Wüstenberg T, Kmuche D, Ebert MP, Szabo K, Wolf RC, Hirjak D, Niesler B, Griebe M, Thomann PA(2019) Aberrant large-scale brain structural connectome in Crohn’s disease. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 31:e13593
Herpertz SC, Schmitgen MM, Fuchs C, Roth, Wolf RC, Bertsch K, Flor H, GrinevichV, Boll S (2019) Oxytocin effects on pain perception and pain anticipation. Journal of Pain, 20(10):1187–1198
FritzeS, Bertolino AL, Kubera KM, Topor CE, Schmitgen MM, Wolf RC*, Hirjak D* (2019) Differential contributions of brainstem structures to neurological soft signs in first- and multiple-episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Schizophrenia Research, 210:101–106 * shared senior authorship
Sambataro F, Thomann PA, Nolte HM, Hasenkamp JH, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Hofer S, Seidl U, Depping MS, Stieltjes B, Maier-Hein KH, Wolf RC (2019) Transdiagnostic modulation of brain network dynamics by electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia and major depression. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29:925–935
Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Hirjak D, Wolf RC*, Orth M* (2019) Cortical neurodevelopment in pre-manifest Huntington’s disease. NeuroImageClinical, 23:101913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2019.101913 * shared senior authorship.
Hirjak D, Rashidi M, Fritze S, Bertolino AL, Geiger LS, Zang Z, Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Sambataro F, Calhoun VD, Weisbrod M, Tost H, Wolf RC (2019) Patterns of co-altered brain structure and function underlying neurological soft signs in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Human Brain Mapping, 40(17):5029–5041,
Camilleri JA, Hoffstaedter F, Zavorotny M, Zöllner R, Wolf RC, Thomann PA, Redlich R, Opel N, Dannlowski U, Groezinger M, Demirakca T, Sartorius A, Eickhoff SB, Nickl-Jockschat T (2019) Electroconvulsive therapy modulates grey matter increase in a hub of an affect processing network. NeuroImageClinical, Volume 25, 2020, 102114,
Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Nagel S, Hess K, Herweh C, Hirjak D, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2019) A search for cortical correlates of trait impulsivity in Parkinson’s disease. Behavioural Brain Research, 2 September;369:111911
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Bienentreu S, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2019) Strategies for managing antipsychotic-associated motor symptoms in schizophrenic psychoses. Part 1: Dystonia, akathisia and parkinsonism. Der Nervenarzt, 90 :1–11.
Hirjak D, Sartorius A, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2019) Strategies for managing antipsychotic-associated motor symptoms in schizophrenic psychoses. Part 2: Catatonic symptoms and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Der Nervenarzt, 90 :12–24.
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Bienentreu S, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2019) Strategies for managing antipsychotic-associated motor symptoms in schizophrenic psychoses. Part 3: Late dyskinesias. Der Nervenarzt, 90 : 472–484.
Molent C, Olivo D, Wolf RC, Balestrieri M, Sambataro F (2019) Functional neuroimaging in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 104:178–190
Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2019) Embarking on antidepressant response prediction using brain perfusion estimation. EClinMedicine, 10:4–5.
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Northoff G (2019) GABA and negative affect – Catatonia as a model for RDoC-based investigation in psychiatry. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45(6):1168–1169
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2019) The motor domain in psychotic disorders: the rebirth of a concept. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 25 June https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-019-01036-7
2018
Depping MS, Wolf ND, Vasic N, Sosic-Vasic Z,Schmitgen M, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2018) Aberrant resting-state cerebellar blood flow in major depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 15; 226:227–231
Huber M, Wolf RC*, Lepping P, Kirchler E, Karner M, Sambataro F, Herrnberger B, Corlett PR, Freudenmann RW (2018) Regional grey matter volume and structural network strength in somatic versus non-somatic delusional disorders. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 73: 31–35 * shared authorship
Kubera KM, Hirjak D, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2018) Intrinsic network connectivity patterns underlying specific dimensions of impulsivity in healthy young adults. Brain Topography, 31(3):477–487 .
Kubera KM, Thomann PA, Hirjak D, Barth A, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Frasch K, Wolf RC (2018) Cortical folding abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia who have persistent auditory verbal hallucinations. European Neuropsychopharmacology 28(2):297–306.
Sambataro F, Doerig N, Hänggi J, Wolf RC, Brakowski J, Holtforth MG, Seifritz E, Spinelli S (2018) Anterior cingulate volume predicts response to psychotherapy and functional connectivity with the inferior parietal cortex in major depressive disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 28(1):138–148
Fahmy R, Wasfi M, Mamdouh R, Moussa K, Wahba A, Wittemann M, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2018) Mindfulness-based interventions modulate structural network strength in patients with opioid dependence. Addictive Behaviors, 82:50–56
Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Maier-Hein KH, Thomann PA, Hirjak D*, Wolf RC* (2018) Differential contributions of cortical thickness and surface area to trait impulsivity in healthy young adults. Behavioural Brain Research, 17;350:65–71 * shared authorship
Depping MS, Thomann PA, Wolf ND, Vasic N, Sosic-Vasic Z, Schmitgen MM, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2018) Common and distinct patterns of abnormal cortical gyrification in major depression and borderline personality disorder, European Neuropsychopharmacology, 28(10):1115–1125
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2018) Motor dysfunction as an intermediate phenotype across schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders: Progress and perspectives. Schizophr Res. 200: 26–34)
Hirjak D, Northoff G, Thomann PA, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2018) Genuine motor phenomena in schizophrenic psychoses: Part 1 – Theoretical background and definition of context. Der Nervenarzt, 89:44–50.
Hirjak D, Northoff G, Thomann PA, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2018) Genuine motor phenomena in schizophrenic psychoses: Part 2 – Neural correlates and pathomechanisms. Der Nervenarzt, 89:27–43.
Hirjak D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Kubera KM, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2018) Motor dysfunction as a research domain in the period preceding manifest schizophrenia: A systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 87 :87–105.)
Hirjak D, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Fritze S, Sambataro F, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2018) Motor dysfunction as a research domain across bipolar, obsessive-compulsive and neurodevelopmental disorders. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 95 :315–335.
Hirjak D, van Harten PN, Wolf RC (2018) Motor system dysfunction in the schizophrenia diathesis: From neural systems to neurotransmitters. European Psychiatry, 48:49–50.
Depping MS, Schmitgen MM, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2018) Cerebellar contributions to major depression. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 29 November. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00634
2017
Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Northoff G, Kubera KM, Wolf RC (2017) NCR Scale – German version of the Northoff Catatonia Rating Scale (NCRS-dv). A validated measurement tool for assessing catatonic symptoms. Der Nervenarzt, 88:787–796
Depping MD, Nolte HM, Hirjak D, Palm EM,Hofer S, Stieltjes B, Maier-Hein K, Sambataro F, Wolf RC*, Thomann PA* (2017)Cerebellar volume change in response to electroconvulsive therapy in major depression. * shared authorship
Hirjak D, Huber M, Kirchler E, Kubera KM, Karner M, Sambataro F, Freudenmann RW, Wolf RC (2017) Cortical features of distinct developmental trajectories in patients with delusional infestation. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 76:72–79.
Hirjak D, Thomann AK, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Jeung H, Maier-Hein KH, Thomann PA (2017) Cortical folding patterns are associated with impulsivity in healthy young adults. Brain Imaging and Behaviour, 11:1592–1603
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Thomann PA (2017) Cortical signature of clock-drawing performance in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 90 :133–142
Hirjak D, Wolf RC,Thomann PA (2017) Alterations in the hippocampal formation contribute differently to autobiographical memory deficits in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. Hippocampus, 27 (6):702–715
Gorges M, Müller H-P, Mayer IMS, Grupe GS, Kammer T, Grön G, Kassubek J, Landwehrmeyer GB, Wolf RC, Orth M (2017) Intact sensory-motor network structure and function in pre-manifest Huntington’s disease at a stage far from onset. Scientific Reports, 7 March ;7:43841. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43841
Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Goch C, Hering J, Maier-Hein KH (2017) Variations in white matter microstructure contribute to neurological soft signs in healthy adults. Human Brain Mapping, 38 :3552–3565
Thomann PA, Wolf RC*, Nolte HM, Hirjak D, Hofer S, Seidl U, Depping MS, Stieltjes B, Maier-Hein K, Sambataro F, Wüstenberg T (2017) Neuromodulation in response to electroconvulsive therapy in schizophrenia and major depression. Brain Stimulation, 10(3):637–644 * shared authorship
Cierpka M, Wolf ND, Kubera KM, Schmitgen MM, Vasic N, Frasch K, Wolf RC (2017) Cerebellar contributions to persistent auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia. TheCerebellum, 16:964–972
Hirjak D, Sambataro F, Remmele B, Kubera KM, Schröder J, Seidl U, Thomann AK, Maier-Hein KH, Wolf RC, Thomann PA (2017) The relevance of hippocampal subfield integrity and clock drawing test performance for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 31 :1–12
Thomann AK, GriebeM,ThomannPA, Hirjak D, Ebert MP, Reindl W, Wolf RC (2017) Intrinsic neural network dysfunction in quiescent Crohn’s disease. Scientific Reports,14 September;7(1):11579. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11792-y
Boßlet E, Wolf RC (2017) Reversible extrapyramidal motor symptoms and cognitive deficits: a possible interaction between valproate and quetiapine? Psychopharmacotherapy, 23:250–3
2016
Depping MS, Wolf ND, Vasic N, Sambataro F, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2016) Common and distinct structural network abnormalities in Major Depressive Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 4(65):127–33
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Paternoga I, Kubera KM, Thomann AK, Stieltjes B, Maier-Hein KH, Thomann PA (2016) Neuroanatomical markers of neurological soft signs in recent-onset schizophrenia and Asperger’s syndrome. Brain Topography, 29(3):382–94
Müller H-P, Gorges M, Grön G, Kassubek J, Landwehrmeyer GB, Süßmuth SD, Wolf RC, Orth M (2016) Motor network structure and function are associated with motor performance in Huntington’s disease. J Neurol, 263(3):539–49
Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Kubera KM, Stieltjes B, Wolf RC (2016) Cerebellar contributions to neurological soft signs in healthy young adults, EU Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 24 February 2015, 266(1):35–41
Depping MS, Wolf ND, Vasic N, Sambataro F, Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2016) Abnormal cerebellar volume in acute and remitted major depression. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 71: 97–102
Wolf RC, Nolte HM, Hirjak D, Hofer S, Seidl U, Depping MS, Stieltjes B, Maier-Hein K, Sambataro F, Thomann PA (2016) Structural network changes in patients with major depression and schizophrenia treated with electroconvulsive therapy. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26(9): 1465–1474
Visintin E, De Panfilis C, Amore M, Wolf RC, Sambataro F (2016) Mapping the brain correlates of borderline personality disorder: a functional neuroimaging meta-analysis of resting-state studies
Journal of Affective Disorders, 204: 262–269
Thomann AK, Thomann PA, Wolf RC, Reindl W, Hirjak D, Griebe M (2016) Altered markers of brain development in Crohn’s disease with extraintestinal manifestations – a pilot study. PLoS One, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163202
Wolf ND, Wolf RC (2016) New media, new disorders? A ‘smartphone chat’ case report. Nervenheilkunde, 5 (281–364): 336–340
Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2016) Recognising a ‘motor dimension’ will lead to biologically reliable phenotypes and innovative treatment strategies in mental disorders. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 26(7):1253–4.
2015
Wolf RC, Thomann PA, Sambataro F, Wolf ND, Vasic N, Landwehrmeyer GB, Süßmuth SD, Orth M (2015) Abnormal cerebellar volume and corticocerebellar dysfunction in early-onset Huntington’s disease, Journal of Neurology, 262(4):859–69
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Stieltjes B, Meier-Hein K, Thomann PA (2015) Neurological soft signs in recent-onset schizophrenia: Focus on the cerebellum, Prog Neuro-Psychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry, 29(60):18–25.
Depping MS, Wolf ND, Vasic N, Sambataro F, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2015) Specificity of abnormal brain volume in major depressive disorder: A comparison with borderline personality disorder, Journal of Affective Disorders 15 ;174:650–7.
Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Wolf RC, Thomann AK, Hell SK, Seidl U, Thoman PA (2015) Local brain gyrification as a marker of neurological soft signs in schizophrenia, Behavioural Brain Research, 292:19–25
Vasic N, Wolf ND, Grön G, Sosic-Vasic Z, Connemann BJ, Sambataro F, von Strombeck A, Lang D, Otte S, Dudeck M, Wolf RC (2015) Baseline brain perfusion and brain structure in major depression: a multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 40(6):412–21
Simon JJ, Cordeiro SA, Weber M-A, Friederich H-C, Wolf RC, Weisbrod M, Kaiser S (2015) Reward system dysfunction as a neural substrate of symptom expression across the general population and patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 41(6):1370–8
Vasic N, Totchilovski V, Wolf RC, Gahr M, Dudeck M (2015) Guilt in forensic psychiatry. Historical review and current concept, Forens Psychiatr Psychol Kriminol, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11757-014-0299-7
Kubera KM, Thomann PA, Hirjak D, Wolf RC (2015) Neural correlates of verbal auditory hallucinations – from the neurobiological model to therapy, NeuroAktuell, Issue 1, February 2015, pp 22–26.
Kubera KM, Barth A, Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2015) Non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia – methods, effects and challenges. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00131
Wolf RC, Sambataro F (2015) Neural Compensation in Huntington’s Disease: Teaching Mental Disorders New Tricks? EbioMedicine, 2(10): 1288–1289.
Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Kubera KM, Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2015) Motor dysfunction within the schizophrenia spectrum: A dimensional step towards an underappreciated domain. Schizophr Res. 169(1–3):217–33
Löw S, Gruber A, Weinberg J, Roesch-Ely D, Bendzus M, Wolf RC (2015) Psychiatric manifestations of primary Sjögren’s syndrome, Der Nervenarzt, 86(7):884–6.
Jeung H, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2015) Novel gene variations in early-onset frontotemporal dementia with a positive family history of neural ceroid lipofuscinosis-1. Neurology, 5(6):-487.
2014
Wolf RC, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Thomann PA, Landwehrmeyer GB, Orth M (2014) Longitudinal task-negative network analyses in preclinical Huntington’s disease. Eur ArchPsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 264(6):493–505
Sambataro F, Wolf ND, Pennuto M, Vasic N, Wolf RC (2014) Revisiting default mode network function in major depression: evidence for disrupted subsystem connectivity. Psychol Med 44(19):2041–51
Kubera KM, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Frasch K, Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2014) Source-based morphometry of grey matter volume in patients with schizophrenia who have persistent auditory verbal hallucinations. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 50:102–9
Wolf RC*, Huber M*, Lepping P, Sambataro F, Depping MS, Karner M, Freudenmann RW (2014) Source-based morphometry reveals distinct patterns of aberrant brain volume in delusional infestation. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 3 Jan;48:112–6, * shared authorship
Wolf RC, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Baldas EM, Ratheiser I, Landwehrmeyer BG, Depping MS, Thomann PA, Sprengelmeyer R, Süssmuth SD, Orth M (2014) Visual system integrity and cognition in early Huntington’s disease. Eur J Neurosci 40 (2):2417–26
Wolf RC, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Depping MS, Thomann PA, Landwehrmeyer G, Orth M (2014) Abnormal resting-state connectivity of motor and cognitive networks in early-onsetHuntington’sdisease. Psychological Medicine, 44(15):3341–56
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Koch SC, Mehl L, Kelbel JK, Kubera KM, Traeger T, Fuchs T, Thomann PA (2014) Neurological abnormalities in recent-onset schizophrenia and Asperger’s syndrome, Front Psychiatry, 6 August 2014; 5:91, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00091
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Kubera KM, Stieltjes B, Thomann PA (2014) Multiparametric mapping of neurological soft signs in healthy adults, Brain Struct Funct, 221(3):1209–21.
Thomann PA, Hirjak D, Kubera KM, Stieltjes B, Wolf RC (2014) Neural network activity and neurological soft signs in healthy adults, Behav Brain Res 1;278:514–9.
HirjakD, Thomann PA, Depping MD, Bienentreu SD, Wolf RC (2014) Neural correlates of ‘psychosis risk syndrome’: functional neuroimaging in individuals at increased risk of psychosis. Nervenheilkunde, 8: 582–591
Depping MS, Wolf RC, Nolte HM, Palm E, Hirjak D, Thomann PA (2014) [Electroconvulsive therapy in depression: insights from fMRI, PET and SPECT studies]. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2014 Sep;82(9):511–22.
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Wilder-Smith EP, Kubera KM, Thomann PA (2014) Motor Abnormalities and Basal Ganglia in Schizophrenia: Evidence from Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Brain Topogr. 28(1):135–52.
Wolf RC, Herpertz SC, Gruber O (2014) ‘Experimental fMRI’ In: Gruber O, Falkai P (eds.): Systemic Neurosciences. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart.
Koch E, Wolf RC, (2014) ‘The Adolescent Project in Heidelberg’ In: Resch F, Graf Schimmelmann, B (eds.): Psychoses in Adolescence. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart.
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Wilder-Smith EP, Thomann PA (2014) ‘Basal Ganglia and Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia’. In: Costa A, Villalba E (eds.) Horizons in Neuroscience Research. Volume 12. Horizons in Neuroscience Research, vol. 12. Nova Publishers
2013
Wolf RC*, Thomann PA*, Thomann AK, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Landwehrmayer GB, Orth M (2013) Brain structure in preclinical Huntington’s disease: a multi-method approach. Neurodegenerative Diseases, 12(1):13–22, * shared authorship
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Stieltjes B, Hauser T, Seidl U, Schröder J, Thomann PA. (2013) Cortical Signature of Neurological Soft Signs in Recent-Onset Schizophrenia. Brain Topogr. 27(2):296–306
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Stieltjes B, Hauser T, Seidl U, Thiemann U, Schröder J, Thomann PA (2013) Neurological soft signs and brainstem morphology in first-episode schizophrenia. Neuropsychobiology, 68(2):91–9
Wolf RC*, Huber M*, Depping MS, Thomann PA, Karner M, Lepping P, Freudenmann RW (2013) Abnormal grey and white matter volume in delusional infestation. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 1;46:19–24. , * shared authorship
Sprengelmeyer R, Orth M, Müller HP, Wolf RC, Grön G, Depping MS, Kassubek J, Justo D, Rees EM, Haider S, Cole JH, Hobbs NZ, Roos RA, Dürr A, Tabrizi SJ, Süssmuth SD, Landwehrmeyer GB (2013) The neuroanatomy of subthreshold depressive symptoms in Huntington’s disease: a combined diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) study. Psychol Med. 44(9):1867–1878.
Vives-Gilabert Y, Abdulkadir A, Kaller CP, Mader W, Wolf RC, Schelter B, Klöppel S (2013) Detection of preclinical neural dysfunction from functional connectivity graphs derived from task fMRI. An example from degeneration. Psychiatry Res. 30 Dec;214(3):322–30
HirjakD, Thomann PA, Depping MD, Wolf RC (2013) Neural correlates of ‘psychosis risk syndrome’: structural neuroimaging in individuals at increased risk of psychosis. Nervenheilkunde, 8: 582–591
Schmid M, Gahr M, Freudenmann RW, Wolf RC, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2013) Borderline-type emotionally unstable personality disorder: an update on scientific perspectives. Nervenheilkunde, 4:216–224
Wolf RC, Klöppel S (2013) Clinical significance of frontal cortex abnormalities in Huntington’s disease. Experimental Neurology 24:39–44
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Thomann PA (2013) Imaging of neurological ‘soft signs’ in schizophrenic psychoses. Neuro Aktuell
Sambataro F, Wolf ND, Giusti P, Vasic N, Wolf RC (2013) The default mode network in depression: a pathway to impaired affective cognition? Clinical Neuropsychiatry 10:212–216
Hirjak D, Thomann PA, Wolf RC, Weidner N, Wilder-Smith EP (2013) Dissociative paraplegia following epidural anaesthesia: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 27 February 2013;7(1):56.
2012
Thomann PA, Wüstenberg T, Nolte HM, Menzel PB, Wolf RC, Essig M, Schröder J (2012) Decline in hippocampal and entorhinal cortex volume in cognitively intact elderly individuals. Psychiatry Res. 30;211(1):31–6
Wolf RC, Thomann PA, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Schmid M, Wolf ND (2012) Orbitofrontal cortex and impulsivity in borderline personality disorder: an MRI study of baseline brain perfusion, EurArch Psych Neurosci, 262(8):677–85
Seidl U, Traeger T,HirjakD, Remmele B, Wolf RC, Kaiser E, Stieltjes B, Essig M, Schröder J, Thomann PA(2012) Subcortical morphological correlates of impaired clock drawing performance. Neuroscience Letters, 14 March 2012;512(1):28–32. Epub 31 January 2012
Hirjak D, Wolf RC, Stieltjes B, Seidl U, Schröder J, Thomann PA (2012) Neurological soft signs and subcortical brain morphology in recent-onset schizophrenia. J Psychiatr Res. 14;512(1):28–32. Epub 31 Jan
Thomann PA, Seidl U, Brinkmann J, Hirjak D, Traeger T, Wolf RC, Essig M, Schröder J Hippocampal morphology and autobiographical memory in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease (2012). Curr Alzheimer Res. 9(4):507–15
Vasic N, Plicta MM, Wolf RC, Fallgatter AJ, Sosic-Vasic Z, Grön G (2012) Reduced neural error signalling in the left inferior prefrontal cortex in young adults with ADHD. J Atten Disord. 18(8):659–70
Kong L, Herold C, Stieltjes B, Essig M, Seidl U, Wolf RC, Wüstenberg T, Lässer MM, Schmid LA, Schnell K, Hirjak D, Thomann PA. Reduced grey-to-white matter tissue intensity contrast in schizophrenia. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e37016. Epub 15 May 2012
Wolf RC, Grön G, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Thomann PA, Saft C, Landwehrmeyer GB, Orth M (2012) Brain activation and functional connectivity in pre-manifest Huntington’s disease during states of intrinsic and phasic alertness. Hum Brain Mapping, Sep;33(9):2161–73
Wolf RC, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Thomann PA, Landwehrmayer GB, Orth M (2012) Changes in the default mode network in preclinical Huntington’s disease. Experimental Neurology, 237(1):191–8
Wolf ND, Grön G, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Frasch K, Schmid M, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2012) Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging of auditory verbal hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, Feb;134(2-3):285-7
Abdulkadir A, Ronneberger O, Wolf RC, Pfleiderer B, Saft C, Klöppel S (2012) Functional and structural MRI biomarkers for detecting pre-clinical neurodegeneration. Curr Alzheimer Res. 10(2):125–34
Sambataro F, Pennuto M, Wolf RC (2012) Catechol-O-methyl transferase modulates cognition in late life: evidence and implications for cognitive enhancement. CNS & Neurological CNSNeurol Disord Drug Targets, 11(3):195-208
HirjakD, Bechdolf A, Thomann PA, Thiemann U, Wolf RC (2012) Indicated prevention of psychotic disorders. Current evidence on the treatment of individuals at increased risk of psychosis. Nervenheilkunde, 12:923–932
2011
Wolf RC, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Schmid M, Thomann PA, Bienentreu SD, Wolf ND (2011) Aberrant connectivity of resting-state networks in borderline personality disorder. J Psychiatry Neurosci 1 March;36(2):100150. 36(6):402–411
Wolf ND, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Frasch K, Schmid M, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Thomann PA, Wolf RC (2011) Dysconnectivity of multiple resting-state networks in schizophrenic patients with persistent auditory verbal hallucinations. J Psychiatry Neurosci, 36(6):366–374
Wolf ND, Kadmon M, Wolf RC, Brechtel A, Keller M (2011) Quality of life after restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: a matter of adjustment? Colorect Dis, Nov;13(11):e358-65
Wolf RC, Grön G, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Thomann PA, Saft C, Landwehrmeyer GB, Orth M (2011) Magnetic resonance perfusion imaging of resting-state cerebral blood flow in preclinical Huntington’s disease. J Cereb Blood Flow Metabolism, Sep;31(9):1908–18
Wolf RC, Grön G, Sambataro F, Vasic N, Wolf ND, Thomann PA, Saft C, Landwehrmeyer GB, Orth M (2011) Longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging of cognition in preclinical Huntington’s disease. Experimental Neurology, Oct;231(2):214–22
Vasic N, Wolf RC, Wolf N, Connemann BJ, Sosic-Vasic Z (2011) [Pharmacotherapeutic treatment strategies for smoking cessation.] DerNervenarzt 82(11):1449-59
Sosic-Vasic S, Wolf RC, Wolf ND, Vasic N (2011) Diagnosis of social phobia – the significance and applicability of screening procedures. Nervenheilkunde, 30 : 594–601
Vasic N, Connemann BJ, Wolf RC, Tumani H, Brettschneider J (2011) Candidate cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for schizophrenia: where do we stand? Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 262(5):375-91.
2010
Wolf RC, Uttner I, Osterfeld ND (2010) Depressive symptoms as the initial manifestation of posterior cortical atrophy. Advances in Neurology/Psychiatry, 78(4):226–29
Schmid M, Connemann BJ, Wolf RC, Flechtenmacher C, Eisenbach C, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2010) Can we prevent fatal liver failure in patients taking valproate? Pharmacopsychiatry, 43(5):198-200
Wolf RC, Sambataro F, Lohr C, Steinbrink C, Martin C, Vasic N (2010) Functional brain network abnormalities during verbal working memory performance in adolescents and young adults with dyslexia. Neuropsychologia,48(1):309–18
Wolf RC, WalterH, Vasic N (2009) Increasing contextual demand modulates anterior and lateral prefrontal brain regions associated with proactive interference. Int J Neurosci, 120 (1):40-50
Wunderlich AP, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Wolf RC, Liener K, Bachor E, Freund W (2010) Cortical activation during a pitch discrimination task in tinnitus patients and controls – an fMRI study. Audiol Neurootol, 24, 15(3):137–48
Fladung AK, Grön G, Grammer K, Herrnberger B, Schilly E, Grasteit S, Wolf RC, Walter H, von Wietersheim J (2010) A neural signature of anorexia nervosa in the ventral striatal reward system. Am J Psychiatry, 167(2):206–12
Freudenmann RW, Kölle M, Huwe A, Luster M, Reske SN, Huber M, Lepping P, Wolf RC, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2010) Delusional infestation: neural correlates and antipsychotic therapy investigated by multimodal neuroimaging. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 2010 34(7):1215–22
Cárdenas-Morales L, Nowak DA, Kammer T, Wolf RC, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2010) Mechanisms and applications of theta-burst rTMS on the human motor cortex. BrainTopography, 22(4):294–306
Wolf RC, Vasic N (2010) Functional imaging of cognitive processes in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nervenheilkunde 29 : 21–30
Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Lefaucheur JP, Cardenas-Morales L, Wolf RC, Kammer T, Herwig U (2010) The value of neuronavigated rTMS for the treatment of depression. ClinNeurophysiol 40(1):37–43
2009
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Ecker D, Landwehrmeyer GB (2009) Cortical dysfunction in patients with Huntington’s disease during working memory performance. Human Brain Mapping, 30(1):327–39
Vasic N, Walter H, Sambataro F, Wolf RC (2009) Aberrant functional connectivity of dorsolateral prefrontal and cingulate networks in patients with major depression during working memory processing. Psychological Medicine, 39(6):977-87
WolfRC, Plichta M, Sambataro F, Fallgatter AJ, Jacob C, Lesch KP, HerrmannMJ, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, ConnemannBJ, GrönG, VasicN (2009) Regional brain activation changes and abnormal functional connectivity of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex during working memory processing in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Human Brain Mapping,30(7):2252-66
Plichta MM, Vasic N, Wolf RC, Lesch KP, Brummer D, Jacob C, Fallgatter AJ, Grön G (2009) Neural hyporesponsiveness and hyperresponsiveness during immediate and delayed reward processing in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biol Psychiatry, 65(1):7–14
WolfRC, Vasic N, Sambataro F, Höse A, Frasch K, Schmid M, Walter H (2009) Temporally anticorrelated brain networks during working memory performance reveal aberrant prefrontal and hippocampal connectivity in patients with schizophrenia. Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 33(8):1464–73
Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Dierks B, Höse A, Wolf RC, Connemann B (2009) Psychiatric emergencies in the emergency and ambulance services. Fundamentals of diagnosis and treatment. Emergency and Rescue Medicine, 11:525–30
Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Dierks B, Höse A., Wolf RC, Connemann B (2009) Psychiatric emergencies in emergency and pre-hospital care. Common symptom clusters and their management. Emergency andCritical Care Medicine,11:531–36
KlöppelS, Henley S, HobbsN, Wolf RC, KassubekJ, TabriziS, Frackowiak R (2009) Magnetic resonance imaging of Huntington’s disease: Preparing for clinical trials. Neuroscience, 24;164(1): 205–19
Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Wolf RC, Osterfeld ND, Vasic N, Connemann BJ, Schmid M, Freudenmann RW (2009) Pregabalin in the treatment of anxiety in schizophrenia. Pharmacopsychiatry, 42(3):124–25
Schmid M, Wolf RC, Freudenmann RW, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2009) Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure – an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report. J Med Case Reports, 3:131
2008
Freudenmann RW, Süssmuth SD, Wolf RC, Stiller P, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2008) Respiratory dysfunction in sleep apnoea associated with quetiapine. Pharmacopsychiatry, 41(3):119–21
Vasic N, Walter H, Höse A, Wolf RC (2008) Grey matter reduction associated with psychopathology and cognitive dysfunction in unipolar depression: a voxel-based morphometry study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 109:107–16
WolfRC, HöseA, FraschK, WalterH, Vasic N (2008) Volumetric abnormalities associated with cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometry study. European Psychiatry, 23(8):541-48
Wolf RC, SambataroF, VasicN, Schönfeldt-LecuonaC, EckerD, Landwehrmeyer GB (2008) Aberrant connectivity of lateral prefrontal networks in pre-manifest Huntington’s disease. Experimental Neurology, 213(1):137-44
Wolf RC, SambataroF, VasicN, Schönfeldt-LecuonaC, EckerD, Landwehrmeyer GB (2008) Altered frontostriatal coupling in pre-manifest Huntington’s disease: effects of increasing cognitive load. European Journal of Neurology, 15(11):1180–90
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Ecker D, Landwehrmeyer GB (2008) Functional imaging of cognitive processes in patients with Huntington’s disease and presymptomatic mutation carriers. Der Nervenarzt, 79(4):408–20
Vasic N, Connemann BJ, Wolf RC (2008) Evidence-based medicine in clinical practice. Nervenheilkunde, 27 :565-76
Walter H, Wolf RC (2008) Working memory and the psychopathology of schizophrenia. Fortschritte der Neurologie/Psychiatrie, 76 Suppl 1:16–23
2007
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Hoese A, Brambs HJ, Spitzer M, Walter H (2007) Changes over time in frontotemporal function in patients with schizophrenia during working memory tasks. Schizophrenia Research, 91:141–50
Walter H, Vasic N, Hoese A, Brambs HJ, Spitzer M, Wolf RC (2007) Working memory dysfunction in schizophrenia compared to healthy controls and patients with depression: evidence from event-related fMRI. NeuroImage, 35:1551–61
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C, Landwehrmeyer GB, Ecker D (2007) Dorsolateral prefrontal dysfunction in presymptomatic Huntington’s disease: evidence from event-related fMRI. Brain, 130:2845–57
Walter H, Wolf RC, Spitzer M, Vasic N (2007) Increased left prefrontal activation in patients with unipolar depression: an event-related, parametric, performance-controlled fMRI study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 101:175–85
Vasic N, Klappert C, Steinbrink C, Martin C, Wolf RC (2007) Neural correlates of working memory performance in adolescents and young adults with dyslexia. Neuropsychologia, 46:640–48
Vasic N, Wolf RC, Walter H (2007) Executive functions in patients with depression: On the role of prefrontal activation. Der Nervenarzt, 78:628–40
Wolf RC, Walter H (2007) ‘Working memory: Psychology’. In: T. Kircher, S. Gauggel (eds.): Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia. pp. 231–241. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg
2006
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Walter H (2006) Differential activation of the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex during working memory retrieval. *Neuropsychologia*, 44(12):2558–63
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Walter H (2006) The concept of working memory in schizophrenia: an overview and future prospects. Advances in Neurology/Psychiatry, 74:449–68
Vasic N, Wolf RC (2006) How early can schizophrenia be detected and treated? Nervenheilkunde, 25(5):351–58
Vasic N, Wolf RC (2006) Non-reductionist mind-body concepts in modern psychiatry – an introduction. Neurology, 26(3):134–40
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Spiess J, Huber R (2006) Valvular strands and ischaemic stroke. EurNeurology, 57:227–31
Wolf RC, Schönfeldt-Lecuona C (2006) Affective symptoms as the first manifestation of posterior cortical atrophy. Am J Psychiatry, 163(5):939–40
2005
Wolf RC, Walter H (2005) Evaluation of a novel event-related fMRI paradigm investigating prefrontal function. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, 140:73–83
Wolf RC, Vasic N, Walter H (2005) Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: between prefrontal dysfunction and functional decoupling. Nervenheilkunde, 24:573–83
Vasic N, Wolf RC, Walter H (2005) Neurofunctional basis of unipolar depressive disorders – the role of limbic-cortical networks in diagnosis and treatment. Nervenheilkunde, 24(7):603–10