Effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain activation in specific phobia

T Straube, M Glauer, S Dilger, HJ Mentzel… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
Little is known about the effects of successful psychotherapy on brain function in subjects with
anxiety disorders. The present study aimed to identify changes in brain activation following …

Waiting for spiders: brain activation during anticipatory anxiety in spider phobics

T Straube, HJ Mentzel, WHR Miltner - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Anticipatory anxiety during expectation of phobogenic stimuli is an integral part of abnormal
behaviour in phobics. The neural basis of anticipatory anxiety in specific phobia is unknown. …

Magnetic susceptibility-weighted MR phase imaging of the human brain

…, J Sedlacik, M Barth, HJ Mentzel… - American journal …, 2005 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MR gradient echo imaging is sensitive to the magnetic
susceptibility of different tissue types. The purpose of this study was to investigate the …

Effect of task conditions on brain responses to threatening faces in social phobics: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study

T Straube, IT Kolassa, M Glauer, HJ Mentzel… - Biological …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to identify brain activation to socially threatening
stimuli in social phobic subjects during different experimental conditions. METHODS: With …

Cortical inefficiency in patients with unipolar depression: an event-related FMRI study with the Stroop task

…, T Sobanski, S Köhler, V Marinou, HJ Mentzel… - Biological …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The present study is aimed to examine the neuronal correlates of Stroop
interference in medication-free patients with major depressive disorder. METHODS: Sixteen …

Brain activation to phobia-related pictures in spider phobic humans: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study

S Dilger, T Straube, HJ Mentzel, C Fitzek… - Neuroscience …, 2003 - Elsevier
Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging we investigated blood oxygen
level dependent brain activation in spider phobic and non-phobic subjects while exposed to …

Common and distinct brain activation to threat and safety signals in social phobia

T Straube, HJ Mentzel, WHR Miltner - Neuropsychobiology, 2005 - karger.com
Background: Little is known about the functional neuroanatomy underlying the processing of
emotional stimuli in social phobia. Objectives: To investigate specific brain activation that is …

Neural mechanisms of automatic and direct processing of phobogenic stimuli in specific phobia

T Straube, HJ Mentzel, WHR Miltner - Biological psychiatry, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The study aimed to identify brain activation during direct and automatic
processing of phobogenic stimuli in specific phobia. METHODS: Responses to phobia-related …

Risk of cancer incidence before the age of 15 years after exposure to ionising radiation from computed tomography: results from a German cohort study

…, M Langer, M Laniado, J Lotz, HJ Mentzel… - Radiation and …, 2015 - Springer
The aim of this cohort study was to assess the risk of developing cancer, specifically
leukaemia, tumours of the central nervous system and lymphoma, before the age of 15 years in …

Anosmia leads to a loss of gray matter in cortical brain areas

T Bitter, H Gudziol, HP Burmeister, HJ Mentzel… - Chemical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Chronic olfactory disorders, including the complete loss of the sense of smell (anosmia), are
common. Using voxel-based morphometry (VBM) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), …