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Lanters L, Öhlmann H, Langhorst J, Theysohn N, Engler H, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2024). Disease-specific alterations in central fear network engagement during acquisition and extinction of conditioned interoceptive fear in inflammatory bowel disease. Mol. Psychiatry.

Pawlik RJ, Petrakova L, Cueillette A, Krawczyk K, Theysohn N, Elsenbruch S, Engler H (2023). Inflammation shapes neural processing of interoceptive fear predictors during extinction learning in healthy humans. Brain Behav. Immun. 108: 328-339.

Hadamitzky M, Schedlowski M (2022). Harnessing associative learning paradigms to optimize drug treatment. Trends Pharmacol Sci. Online ahead of print.

Lückemann L, Hetze S, Hörbelt T, Jakobs M, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2021). Incomplete reminder cues trigger memory reconsolidation and sustain learned immune responses. Brain Behav Immun. 95: 115-121.

Peters EMJ, Schedlowski M, Watzl C, Gimsa U (2021) To stress or not to stress: Brain-behavior-immune interaction may weaken or promote the immune response to SARS-CoV-2. Neurobiol Stress. 14: 100296.

Lasselin J, Lekander M, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Engler H (2021). Sick for science: experimental endotoxemia as a translational tool to develop and test new therapies for inflammation-associated depression. Mol Psychiatry. 26: 3672-3683.

Lückemann L, Stangl H, Straub RH, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2020). Learned Immunosuppressive Placebo Response Attenuates Disease Progression in a Rodent Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 72: 588-597.

Hadamitzky M, Lückemann L, Pacheco-López G, Schedlowski M (2020). Pavlovian Conditioning of Immunological and Neuroendocrine Functions. Physiol Rev. 100: 357-405.

Kirchhof J, Petrakova L, Brinkhoff A, Benson S, Schmidt J, Unteroberdörster M, Wilde B, Kaptchuk TJ, Witzke O, Schedlowski M (2018). Learned immunosuppressive placebo responses in renal transplant patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115: 4223-4227.

Engler H, Brendt P, Wischermann J, Wegner A, Röhling R, Schoemberg T, Meyer U, Gold R, Peters J, Benson S, Schedlowski M (2017). Selective increase of cerebrospinal fluid IL-6 during experimental systemic inflammation in humans: association with depressive symptoms. Mol Psychiatry. 22: 1448-1454.

Benson S, Engler H, Wegner A, Rebernik L, Spreitzer I, Schedlowski M, Elsenbruch S (2017). What Makes You Feel Sick After Inflammation? Predictors of Acute and Persisting Physical Sickness Symptoms Induced by Experimental Endotoxemia. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 102: 141-151.

Schedlowski M, Enck P, Rief W, Bingel U (2015). Neuro-Bio-Behavioral Mechanisms of Placebo and Nocebo Responses: Implications for Clinical Trials and Clinical Practice. Pharmacol Rev. 67: 697-730.

2024 and in press

Lanters L, Öhlmann H, Langhorst J, Theysohn N, Engler H, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2024). Disease-specific alterations in central fear network engagement during acquisition and extinction of conditioned interoceptive fear in inflammatory bowel disease. Mol. Psychiatry.

Bihorac J, Salem Y, Lückemann L, Schedlowski M, Doenlen R, Engler H, Mark MD, Dombrowski K, Spoida K, Hadamitzky M (2024). Investigations on the Ability of the Insular Cortex to Process Peripheral Immunosuppression. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol.

Schwarting RKW, Wöhr M, Engler H, Sungur AÖ, Schedlowski M (2024). Behaviorally conditioned effects of psychoactive drugs in experimental animals: What we have learned from nearly a century of research and what remains to be learned. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 162:105721.

Jakobs M, Tebbe B, Friedel AL, Schönberger T, Engler H, Wilde B, Fandrey J, Hörbelt-Grünheidt T, Schedlowski M (2024). Acute hypoxic conditions preceding endotoxin administration result in an increased pro-inflammatory cytokine response in healthy men. Physiol Endocrinol Metab.

Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2024). Behaviorally Conditioned Immune Responses: "To Learn New Things, Read Old Books and Papers". Neuroimmunomodulation

Jakobs M, Hörbelt-Grünheidt T, Hadamitzky M, Bihorac J, Salem Y, Leisengang S, Christians U, Schniedewind B, Schedlowski M, Lückemann L (2024). The Effects of Fingolimod (FTY720) on Leukocyte Subset Circulation cannot be Behaviourally Conditioned in Rats. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol.

Moelleken M, Krimphove SH, Krefting F, Benson S, Rammos C, Cyrek AE, Dissemond J (2024). How effective is simple mechanical wound debridement in reducing bacterial colonization? Results of a prospective clinical study. Int Wound J.

Kobus S, Felderhoff-Müser U, Lainka E, Fandrey J, Benson S (2024). Music therapy as a topic in medical education: Course concept and student evaluation of an elective course for medical students. J Med Educ Curric Dev.

Flasbeck V, Dersch N, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Brüne M (2024). Acute experimental inflammation in healthy women attenuates empathy for psychological pain. Brain Behav Immun. 119:1-5.

Schmidt K, Schlitt F, Wiech K. Merz CJ, Kleine Borgmann J, Wolf OT, Engler H, Forkmann K, Elsenbruch S, Bingel U (2024). Hydrocortisone differentially affects reinstatement of pain-related responses in patients with chronic back pain and healthy volunteers.  J. Pain 25: 1082-1093.

2023

Benson S, Karshikoff B (2023). How can experimental endotoxemia contribute to our understanding of pain? A narrative review. Neuroimmunomodulation 30:250-267.

Englert R, Schedlowski M, Engler H, Rief W, Büchel C, Bingel U, Spisak T (2023). ALIIAS: Anonymization/Pseudonymization with LimeSurvey integration and II-factor authentication for scientific research. SoftwareX 24: 101522

Öhlmann H, Lanters LR, Theysohn N, Langhorst J, Engler H, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2023). Distinct alterations in central pain processing of visceral and somatic pain in quiescent ulcerative colitis compared to irritable bowel syndrome and health. J. Crohn’s Colitis 17: 1639-1651.

Lasselin J, Schedlowski M (2023). Guest Editorial: The inner immune voice: Can we explicitly sense antibody response to Covid-19 vaccination? Biol Psychol.

Krefting F, Hölsken S, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W (2023). How familiar are German dermatologists with placebo and nocebo effects and to what extent are these targeted in clinical practice: A survey within the dermatological community. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol.

Langhorst J, Koch AK, Kehm C, Öznur Ö, Engler H, Häuser W (2023). Mild Water-Filtered Infrared-A Whole-Body Hyperthermia Reduces Pain in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome-A Randomized Sham-Controlled Trial. J Clin Med. 12:2945.

Benson S, Labrenz F, Kotulla S, Brotte L, Rödder P, Tebbe B, Theysohn N, Engler H, Elsenbruch S (2023). Amplified gut feelings under inflammation and depressed mood: A randomized fMRI trial on interoceptive pain in healthy volunteers. Brain Behav Immun. 112:132-137.

Jakobs M, Hadamitzky M, Schedlowski M, Heiß-Lückemann L (2023). Conditioning of the immune system-Already clinically usable?. Z Rheumatol. 472-478.

Van Baal L, Reinold J, Benson S, Diehl A, Witzke O, Fuehrer D, Tan S (2023). Implications of an HbA1c-based Diabetes Screening on Prevalence and Effect of Dysglycemia in Patients With COVID-19. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 108:697-705.

Kleinhans M, Albrecht LJ, Benson S, Fuhrer D, Dissemond J, Tan S (2023). Continuous Glucose Monitoring of Steroid-Induced Hyperglycemia in Patients With Dermatologic Diseases. J Diabetes Sci Technol.

Pawlik RJ, Petrakova L, Cueillette A, Krawczyk K, Theysohn N, Elsenbruch S, Engler H (2023). Inflammation shapes neural processing of interoceptive fear predictors during extinction learning in healthy humans. Brain Behav Immun. 108: 328-339.

Krüger THC, Leeners B, Tronci E, Mancini T, Ille F, Egli M, Engler H, Röblitz S, Frieling H, Sinke C, Jahn K (2023). The androgen system across the menstrual cycle: Hormonal, (epi-)genetic and psychometric alterations. Physiol Behav. 259:114034.

2022

Salzmann S, Laferton JAC, Shedden-Mora MC, Horn N, Gärtner L, Schröder L, Rau J, Schade-Brittinger C, Murmann K, Rastan A, Andrási TB, Böning A, Salzmann-Djufri M, Löwe B, Brickwedel J, Albus C, Wahlers T, Hamm A, Hilker L, Albert W, Falk V, Zimmermann T, Ismail I, Strauß B, Doenst T, Schedlowski M, Moosdorf R, Rief W (2022). Pre-surgery optimization of patients' expectations to improve outcome in heart surgery: Study protocol of the randomized controlled multi-center PSY-HEART-II trial. Am Heart J. 254:1-11.

Hetze S, Barthel L, Lückemann L, Günther HS, Wülfing C, Salem Y, Jakobs M, Hörbelt-Grünheidt T, Petschulat J, Bendix I, Weber-Stadlbauer U, Sure U, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2022). Taste-immune associative learning amplifies immunopharmacological effects and attenuates disease progression in a rat glioblastoma model. Brain Behav Immun. 106:270-279.

Herbstreit S, Benson S, Raiser C, Szalai C, Fritz A, Rademacher F, Gradl-Dietsch G (2022). Experience with an OSCE anamnesis station via Zoom: Feasibility, acceptance and challenges from the perspective of students, simulated patients and examiners during the COVID-19 pandemic. GMS J Med Educ. 39(4).

Pawlik RJ, Petrakova L, Brotte L, Engler H, Benson S, Elsenbruch S (2022). Circulating Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Do Not Explain Interindividual Variability in Visceral Sensitivity in Healthy Individuals. Front Neurosci. 16:876490.

Nürnberger F, Ott D, Claßen C, Rummel C, Roth J, Leisengang S (2022) Systemic Lipopolysaccharide Challenge Induces Inflammatory Changes in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia: An Ex Vivo Study. Int J Mol Sci, 23: 13124.

Leisengang S, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M, Lückemann L (2022). Taste-Associative Learning in Rats: Conditioned Immunosuppression with Cyclosporine A to Study the Neuro-Immune Network. Current Protocols, 2: e573.

Busch A, Jäger M, Engler H, Wasssenaar D, Bielefeld C, Wegner A (2022). Diagnostic Accuracy of Synovial Neopterin, TNF-α and Presepsin in Periprosthetic Joint Infection: A Prospective Study. Z Orthop Unfall. 160:299-306.

Coenen M, Bingel U, Zunhammer M, Berdaguer MS, Fuhrmann C, Fimmers R, Rengelshausen J, Hartmann G, Schedlowski M, Coch C (2022). Influence on study outcomes of an inpatient study by the behavior of the study staff (PINgPOng): study protocol for a randomized clinical trial. Trials. 23:488.

Leisengang S, Gluding D, Hörster J, Peek V, Ott D, Rummel C, Schmidt MJ (2022). Expression of adipokines and adipocytokines by epidural adipose tissue in cauda equina syndrome in dogs. J Vet Intern Med. 1373-1381.

Nürnberger F, Rummel C, Ott D, Gerstberger R, Schmidt M, J, Roth J, Leisengang S (2022). Gabapentinoids Suppress Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Interleukin-6 Production in Primary Cell Cultures of the Rat Spinal Dorsal Horn. Neuroimmunomodulation. 1-14.

Benson S, Schmidt K, Kleine-Borgmann J, Herbstreit S, Schedlowski M, Hollinderbäumer A (2022). Can positive expectations help to improve the learning of risk literacy? A cluster-randomized study in undergraduate medical students. BMC Med Educ. 22:416.

Benson S, Theysohn N, Kleine-Borgmann J, Rebernik L, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2022). Positive Treatment Expectations Shape Perceived Medication Efficacy in a Translational Placebo Paradigm for the Gut-Brain Axis. Front Psychiatry. 13:824468.

Schmidt J, Reinold J, Klinger R, Benson S (2022). Systemic inflammation, "sickness behavior" and expectations : What role do expectations play in inflammation-associated symptoms? Schmerz. 166-171.

Schmidt K, Berding T, Kleine-Borgmann J, Engler H, Holle-Lee D, Gaul C, Bingel U (2022). The beneficial effect of positive treatment expectations on pharmacological migraine prophylaxis. Pain. 163(2):e319-e327.

Krefting F, Hölsken S, Schedlowski M. Sondermann W (2022). The effect of treatment expectations on pruritus and skin pain. Schmerz. 189-195.

Hadamitzky M, Schedlowski M (2022). Harnessing associative learning paradigms to optimize drug treatment. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 464-472.

Mülling N, Ter Huurne J, Kahl AL, Tokmak F, Spitthöver R, Kribben A, Reinhardt W (2022). Predictive role of fluctuating biochemical parameters for mortality in hemodialysis patients. Ther Apher Dial. 1137-1147.

Alexander JF, Mahalingam R, Seua AV, Wu S, Arroyo LD, Hörbelt T, Schedlowski M, Blanco E, Kavelaars A, Heijnen CJ (2022). Targeting the Meningeal Compartment to Resolve Chemobrain and Neuropathy via Nasal Delivery of Functionalized Mitochondria. Adv Healthc Mater. 11:e2102153.

Hölsken S, Krefting F, Schneider L, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W (2022). A brief screening tool for depression in psoriasis patients: The Two Questions Test in clinical practice. J Dermatol. 49:341-348.

Barthel L, Hadamitzky M, Dammann P, Schedlowski M, Sure U, Thakur BK, Hetze S (2022). Glioma: molecular signature and crossroads with tumor microenvironment. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 41:53-75.

Månsson KNT, Lasselin J, Karshikoff B, Axelsson J, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Benson S, Petrovic P, Lekander M (2022). Anterior insula morphology and vulnerability to psychopathology-related symptoms in response to acute inflammation. Brain Behav Immun. 99:9-16.

2021

Hölsken S, Krefting F, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W (2021). Common Fundamentals of Psoriasis and Depression. Acta Derm Venereol. 101:adv00609.

Krefting F, Hölsken S, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W (2021). The effect of treatment expectations on pruritus and skin pain. Schmerz. 36:189-195.

Barthel L, Hadamitzky M, Dammann P, Schedlowski M, Sure U, Thakur BK, Hetze S (2021). Glioma: molecular signature and crossroads with tumor microenvironment. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 41:53-75.

Hölsken S, Krefting F, Schneider L, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W (2021). A brief screening tool for depression in psoriasis patients: The Two Questions Test in clinical practice. J Dermatol. 49:341-348.

Schmidt J, Reinold J, Klinger R. et al. (2021). Systemische Entzündung, „Sickness Behavior“ und Erwartungsprozesse. Schmerz. 36:166-171.

Weigl T, Beck-Hiestermann FML, Stenzel NM, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Garthus-Niegel S (2021). Assessment of Childbirth-Related PTSD: Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the City Birth Trauma Scale. Front Psychiatry. 12: 731537.

Asan L, Benson S, Bingel U (2021). Primum nil nocere: The nocebo effect in clinical practice. MMW Fortschr Med. 163: 56-61.

Hölsken S, Krefting F, Schedlowski M, Sondermann W (2021). Expectation-induced enhancement of pain, itch and quality of life in psoriasis patients: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 11:e047099.

Koenen LR, Pawlik RJ, Icenhour A, Petrakova L, Forkmann K, Theysohn N, Engler H, Elsenbruch S (2021). Associative learning and extinction of conditioned threat predictors across sensory modalities. Commun Biol. 4: 553.

Schmidt K, Berding T, Kleine-Borgmann J, Engler H, Holle-Lee D, Gaul C, Bingel U (2021). The beneficial effect of positive treatment expectations on pharmacological migraine prophylaxis. Pain. 163:e319-e327.

Rademacher L, Lasselin J, Karshikoff B, Hundt JE, Engler H, Lange T (2021). Editorial: The Different Faces of Sickness. Front Psychiatry. 12:735337.

Månsson KNT, Lasselin J, Karshikoff B, Axelsson J, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Benson S, Petrovic P, Lekander M (2021). Anterior insula morphology and vulnerability to psychopathology-related symptoms in response to acute inflammation. Brain Behav Immun. 99:9-16.

Reinhardt W, Mülling N, Behrendt S, Benson S, Dolff S, Führer D, Tan S (2021). Association between albuminuria and thyroid function in patients with chronic kidney disease. Endocrine. 73: 367-373.

Bielefeld C, Engler H, Jäger M, Wegner A, Wassenaar D, Busch A (2021). Synovial Alpha-defensin at Reimplantation in Two-stage Revision Arthroplasty to Rule Out Persistent Infection. In Vivo. 35:1073-1081.

Hoppmann U, Engler H, Krause S, Rottler E, Hoech J, Szabo F, Radermacher P, Waller C (2021). Systemic Catecholaminergic Deficiency in Depressed Patients with and without Coronary Artery Disease. J Clin Med. 10:986.

Brosda J, Becker T, Richter M, Jakobs M, Hörbelt T, Bendix I, Lückemann L, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2021). Treatment with the calcineurin inhibitor and immunosuppressant cyclosporine A impairs sensorimotor gating in Dark Agouti rats. Psychopharmacology. 238:1047-1057.

Lückemann L, Hetze S, Hörbelt T, Jakobs M, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2021). Incomplete reminder cues trigger memory reconsolidation and sustain learned immune responses. Brain Behav Immun. 95: 115-121.

Hetze S, Sure U, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M, Barthel L (2021). Rodent Models to Analyze the Glioma Microenvironment. ASN Neuro. 13:17590914211005074.

Unteroberdörster M, Herring A, Bendix I, Lückemann L, Petschulat J, Sure U, Keyvani K, Hetze S, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2021). Neurobehavioral effects in rats with experimentally induced glioblastoma after treatment with the mTOR-inhibitor rapamycin. 184:108424.

Reinboldt-Jockenhöfer F, Babadagi Z, Hoppe HD, Risse A, Rammos C, Cyrek A, Blome C, Benson S, Dissemond J (2021). Association of wound genesis on varying aspects of health-related quality of life in patients with different types of chronic wounds: Results of a cross-sectional multicentre study. Int Wound J. 18: 432-439.

Rentrop V, Schneider JS, Bäuerle A, Junne F, Dörrie N, Skoda EM, Schedlowski M, Mallmann B, Benecke AV, Kohler H, Gerigk M, Teigelack P, Emler T, Scherbaum N, Gradl-Dietsch G, Scheer K, Teufel M (2021). Psychosocial emergency care in times of COVID-19: the Essen University Hospital concept for corona-infected patients, their relatives, and medical staff. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 94:347-350.

Salzmann S, Euteneuer F, Laferton JAC, Shedden-Mora MC, Schedlowski M, Moosdorf R, Rief W (2021). IL-8 and CRP moderate the effects of preoperative psychological interventions on postoperative long-term outcomes 6 months after CABG surgery - The randomized controlled PSY-HEART trial. Brain Behav Immun. 91:02-211.

Peters EMJ, Schedlowski M, Watzl C, Gimsa U (2021). Can Stress Interact with SARS-CoV-2? A Narrative Review with a Focus on Stress-Reducing Interventions that may Improve Defence against COVID-19. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 71:61-71.

Sondermann W, Reinboldt-Jockenhöfer F, Dissemond J, Pfaar O, Bingel U, Schedlowski M (2021). Effects of Patients Expectation in Dermatology: Evidence from Experimental and Clinical Placebo Studies and Implications for Dermatologic Practice and Research. Dermatology. 237: 857-871.

Alexander JF, Seua AV, Arroyo LD, Ray PR, Wangzhou A, Heiβ-Lückemann L, Schedlowski M, Price TJ, Kavelaars A, Heijnen CJ (2021). Nasal administration of mitochondria reverses chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits. Theranostics. 11:3109-3130.

Peters EMJ, Schedlowski M, Watzl C, Gimsa U (2021). To stress or not to stress: Brain-behavior-immune interaction may weaken or promote the immune response to SARS-CoV-2. Neurobiol Stress. 14:100296.

Barthel L, Engler H, Hadamitzky M, Lückemann L, Sure U, Schedlowski M, Hetze S (2021). A step-by-step guide for microsurgical collection of uncontaminated cerebrospinal fluid from rat cisterna magna. J Neurosci Methods. 352:109085.

Pfaar O, Klimek L, Jutel M, Akdis CA, Bousquet J, Breiteneder H, Chinthrajah S, Diamant Z, Eiwegger T, Fokkens WJ, Fritsch HW, Nadeau KC, O'Hehir RE, O'Mahony L, Rief W, Sampath V, Schedlowski M, Torres M, Traidl-Hoffmann C, Wang DY, Zhang L, Bonini M, Brehler R, Brough HA, Chivato T, Del Giacco S, Dramburg S, Gawlik R, Gelincik A, Hoffmann-Sommergruber K, Hox V, Knol E, Lauerma A, Matricardi PM, Mortz CG, Ollert M, Palomares O, Riggioni C, Schwarze J, Skypala I, Untersmayr S, Walusiak-Skorupa J, Ansotegui I, Bachert C, Bedbrook A, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Brussino L, Canonica GW, Cardona V, Carreiro-Martins P, Cruz AA, Czarlewski W, Fonseca JA, Gotua M, Haatela T, Ivancevich JC, Kuna P, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann D, Latiff A, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Naclerio R, Ohta K, Okamoto Y, Onorato GL, Papadopoulos NG, Patella V, Regateiro FS, Samolinski B, Suppli Ulrik C, Toppila-Salmi S, Valiulis A, Ventura MT, Yorgancioglu A, Zuberbier T, Agache I (2020). COVID-19 pandemic: Practical considerations on the organization of an allergy clinic - an EAACI/ARIA Position Paper.Allergy. 76: 648-676.

Lasselin J, Lekander M, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Engler H (2021). Sick for science: experimental endotoxemia as a translational tool to develop and test new therapies for inflammation-associated depression. Mol Psychiatry. 26: 3672-3683.

Pfaar O, Agache I, Bergmann KC, Bindslev-Jensen C, Bousquet J, Creticos PS, Devillier P, Durham SR, Hellings P, Kaul S, Kleine-Tebbe J, Klimek L, Jacobsen L, Jutel M, Muraro A, Papadopoulos NG, Rief W, Scadding GK, Schedlowski M, Shamji MH, Sturm G, van Ree R, Vidal C, Vieths S, Wedi B, Gerth van Wijk R, Frew AJ (2020). Placebo effects in allergen immunotherapy - an EAACI Task Force Position Paper. Allergy. 76: 629-647.

Kirchhof J, Wilde B, Schmidt J, Mülling N, Petrakova L, Brinkhoff A, Schedlowski M, Witzke O (2020). Acute Versus Chronic Administration of Calcineurin-Inhibitors Differen-tially Affect T-Cell Function. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 21: 1083-1089.

2020

Fahlbusch P, Knebel B, Hörbelt T, Barbosa DM, Nikolic A, Jacob S, Al-Hasani H, Van de Velde F, Van Nieuwenhove Y, Müller-Wieland D, Lapauw B, Ouwens DM, Kotzka J (2020). Physiological Disturbance in Fatty Liver Energy Metabolism Converges on IGFBP2 Abundance and Regulation in Mice and Men. Int J Mol Sci. 21: 4144.

Hadamitzky M, Lückemann L, Pacheco-López G, Schedlowski M (2020). Behaviorally Conditioned Responses in Immunological and Neuroendocrine Functions. Physiol Rev. 100: 357-405.

Benson S, Rebernik L, Pastoors D, Brinkhoff A, Wegner A, Elsenbruch S, Engler H (2020). Impact of acute inflammation on the extinction of aversive gut memories. Brain Behav. Immun. 88: 294–301.

Hörbelt T, Hetze S, Schedlowski M, Lückemann L (2020). The learned placebo response in the immune system. Nervenarzt. 667-674.

Benson S, Engler H, Wegner A, Schedlowski M, Elsenbruch S (2020). Elucidating vulnerability to inflammation-induced hyperalgesia: Predictors of increased musculoskeletal pain sensitivity during experimental endotoxemia. Brain Behav Immun. 88: 302-307.

Sondermann W, Schreiber A, Körber A, Fiege O, Scherbaum N, Benson S, Schedlowski M (2020). Psychosocial burden and body mass index are associated with dermatology-related quality of life in psoriasis patients. Eur J Dermatol. 30: 140-147.

Lasselin J, Benson S, Hebebrand J, Boy K, Weskamp V, Handke A, Hasenberg T, Remy M, Föcker M, Unteroberdörster M, Brinkhoff A, Engler H, Schedlowski M (2020). Immunological and behavioral responses to in vivo lipopolysaccharide administration in young and healthy obese and normal-weight humans. Brain Behav Immun. 88: 283-293.

Hörbelt T, Kahl AL, Kolbe F, Hetze S, Wilde B, Witzke O, Schedlowski M (2020). Dose-Dependent Acute Effects of Everolimus Administration on Immunological, Neuroendocrine and Psychological Parameters in Healthy Men. Clin Transl Sci. 1251-1259.

Lasselin J, Schedlowski M, Karshikoff B, Engler H, Lekander M, Konsman JP (2020). Comparison of bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced sickness behavior in rodents and humans: Relevance for symptoms of anxiety and depression. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 115: 15-24.

Labanski A, Langhorst J, Engler H, Elsenbruch S (2020). Stress and the brain-gut axis in functional and chronic-inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases: A transdisciplinary challenge. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 111: 104501.

Weigl T, Schneider N, Stein A, Felderhoff-Müser U, Schedlowski M, Engler H (2020). Postpartal Affective and Endocrine Differences Between Parents of Preterm and Full-Term Infants. Front Psychiatry. 11: 251.

Lückemann L, Stangl H, Straub RH, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2020). Learned Immunosuppressive Placebo Response Attenuates Disease Progression in a Rodent Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 72: 588-597.

Hadamitzky M, Lückemann L, Pacheco-López G, Schedlowski M (2020). Pavlovian Conditioning of Immunological and Neuroendocrine Functions. Physiol Rev. 100: 357-405.

Jockenhöfer F, Knust C, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Dissemond J (2020). Influence of placebo effects on quality of life and wound healing in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 18: 103-109.

Handke A , Axelsson J, Benson S, Boy K, Weskamp V, Hasenberg T, Remy M, Hebebrand J, Föcker M, Brinkhoff A, Unteroberdörster M, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Lasselin J (2020). Acute inflammation and psychomotor slowing: experimental assessment using lipopolysaccharide administration in healthy humans. Brain Behav. Immun. Health. 8: 100130.

Jansen P, Stoffels I, Müseler AC, Petri M, Brinker TJ, Schedlowski M, Schadendorf D, Engler H, Klode J (2020). Salivary cortisol levels and anxiety in melanoma patients undergoing sentinel lymph node excision under local anesthesia versus general anesthesia: a prospective study. World J. Surg. Oncol. 18: 53.

Busch A, Jäger M, Engler H, Haversath M, Bielefeld C, Landgraeber S, Wegner A (2020). Is Procalcitonin (PCT) a reliable biomarker for preoperative diagnosing of low grade periprosthetic joint infection? A prospective study. BMC Musculoskelet. Disord. 21: 257.

Lasselin J, Karshikoff B, Axelsson J, Åkerstedt T, Benson S, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Jones M, Lekander M, Andreasson A (2020). Fatigue and sleepiness responses to experimental inflammation and exploratory analysis of the effect of baseline inflammation in healthy humans. Brain Behav. Immun. 83: 309-314.

Hansen E, Zech N, Benson S (2020). Nocebo, Aufklärung und Arzt-Patienten Kommunikation. Der Nervenarzt. 91: 691-699.

Moelleken M, Jockenhöfer F, Benson S, Dissemond J (2020). Prospective clinical study on the efficacy of bacterial removal with mechanical debridement in and around chronic leg ulcers assessed with fluorescence imaging. International Wound Journal. 17: 1011-1018.

Placke JM, Jockenhöfer F, Benson S, Dissemond J (2020). Venous ulcerations occur more frequently in women on the left lower leg. Can pelvic congestion syndrome be an often undetected cause? International Wound Journal. 17: 230-231.

Süß M, Benson S, Herbstreit S, Dudda M, Knobe M, Hebebrand J (2020). Gradl-Dietsch G. Wo sind die Männer in der Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie? Der Einfluss des Geschlechts auf die Wahl des Weiterbildungsfaches. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie & Psychotherapie. 48: 194-203.

Icenhour A, Labrenz F, Roderigo T, Benson S, Elsenbruch S (2020). The role of chronic stress in normal visceroception: Insights from an experimental visceral pain study in healthy volunteers. Frontiers in Psychiatry (section Psychosomatic Medicine). 11: 107.

2019

Lasselin J, Karshikoff B, Axelsson J, Åkerstedt T, Benson S, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Jones M, Lekander M, Andreasson A (2019). Fatigue and sleepiness responses to experimental inflammation and exploratory analysis of the effect of baseline inflammation in healthy humans. Brain Behav Immun. 83: 309-314.

Raeder F, Heidemann F, Schedlowski M, Margraf J, Zlomuzica A (2019). No pills, more skills: The adverse effect of hormonal contraceptive use on exposure therapy benefit. J Psychiatr Res. 119: 95-101.

Hörbelt T, Martínez-Gómez EM, Hadamitzky M, Schedlowski M, Lückemann L (2020). Behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression with cyclosporine A forms long lasting memory trace. Behav Brain Res. 376: 112208.

Reyes-Lagos JJ, Ledesma-Ramírez CI, Hadamitzky M, Peña-Castillo MÁ, Echeverría JC, Lückemann L, Schedlowski M, Berg K, Wessel N, Pacheco-López G (2019). Symbolic analysis of heart rate fluctuations identifies cardiac autonomic modifications during LPS-induced endotoxemia. Auton Neurosci. 221: 102577.

Brinkhoff A, Zeng Y, Sieberichs A, Dolff S, Shilei X, Sun M, Engler H, Benson S, Korth J, Schedlowski M, Kribben A, Witzke O, Wilde B (2019). B cell dynamics during experimental endotoxemia in humans. Biosci Rep. 39: BSR20182347

Lückemann L, Unteroberdörster M, Martinez Gomez E, Schedlowski M, Hadamitzky M (2019). Behavioral conditioning of anti-proliferative and immunosuppressive properties of the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin. Brain Behav Immun. 79: 326-331.

Benson S, Hagen S, Hoffmann O, Pasler A, Bingel U, Schedlowski M, Peters J, Elsenbruch S, Frey UH (2019). Can a brief psychological expectancy intervention improve postoperative pain? A randomized, controlled trial in patients with breast cancer. Pain. 160: 1562-1571.

Lasselin J, Schedlowski M, Lekander M, Hadamitzky M (2019). Editorial: Clinical Relevance of the Immune-to-Brain and Brain-to-Immune Communications. Front Behav Neurosci. 12: 336.

Labrenz F, Ferri F, Wrede K, Forsting M, Schedlowski M, Engler H, Elsenbruch S, Benson S, Costantini M (2019). Altered temporal variance and functional connectivity of BOLD signal is associated with state anxiety during acute systemic inflammation. Neuroimage. 184: 916-924.

Benson S, Siebert C, Koenen LR, Engler H, Kleine-Borgmann J, Bingel U, Icenhour A, Elsenbruch S (2019). Cortisol affects pain sensitivity and pain-related emotional learning in experimental visceral but not somatic pain: A randomized-controlled study in healthy men and women. Pain. 160: 1719-1728.

Krüger THC, Sinke C, Kneer J, Tenbergen G, Khan AQ, Burkert A, Müller-Engling L, Engler H, Gerwinn H, Wurmb-Schwark N, Pohl A, Weiss S, Amelung T, Mohnke S, Massau C, Kärgel C, Walter M, Schiltz K, Beier KM, Ponseti J, Schiffer B, Walter H, Jahn K, Frieling H (2019). Child sexual offenders show prenatal and epigenetic alterations of the androgen system. Transl. Psychiatry. 9: 28.

Renner R, Garibaldi MDS, Benson S, Ronicke M, Erfurt-Berge C (2019). Nutrition status in patients with wounds: a cross-sectional analysis of 50 patients with chronic leg ulcers or acute wounds. European Journal of Dermatology. 29: 619-626.

Jockenhöfer F, Zaremba, A, Wehrmann C, Benson S, Ständer S, Dissemond J (2019). Pruritus in patients with chronic leg ulcers: A frequent and often neglected problem. International Wound Journal. 16: 1464-1470.

Icenhour A, Labrenz F, Roderigo T, Siebert C, Elsenbruch S, Benson S (2019). Are there sex differences in visceral sensitivity in young healthy men and women? Neurogastroenterology and Motility. 31: e13664

Mülling N, Kallenberg N, Benson S, Dolff S, Kribben A, Reinhardt W (2019). High cardiovascular risk profile in young patients on the kidney transplant waiting list. Transplantation Proceedings. 51: 1717-1726.

Benson S, Elsenbruch S (2019). No reason to feel sick? Nocebo-induced sickness behavior in the context of acute inflammation. Frontiers in Psychiatry (section Psychosomatic Medicine). 10: 511.

Elsenbruch S, Roderigo T, Enck P, Benson S (2019). Can a brief relaxation exercise modulate placebo or nocebo effects in a visceral pain model? Frontiers in Psychiatry (section Psychosomatic Medicine). 10: 144.

Jockenhöfer F, Wollina U, Salva KA, Benson S, Dissemond J (2019). The PARACELSUS score: A novel diagnostic tool for pyoderma gangrenosum. British Journal of Dermatology. 180: 615-620.

2018

Kahl AL, Kirchhof J, Petrakova L, Müller J, Laubrock J, Brinkhoff A, Unteroberdörster M, Benson S, Wilde B, Witzke O, Schedlowski M (2018). Are Adverse Events Induced by the Acute Administration of Calcineurin Inhibitor Cyclosporine A Behaviorally Conditioned in Healthy Male Volunteers? Clin Ther. 40: 1868-1877.

Kotulla S, Elsenbruch S, Roderigo T, Brinkhoff A, Wegner A, Engler H, Schedlowski M, Benson S (2018). Does Human Experimental Endotoxemia Impact Negative Cognitions Related to the Self? Front Behav Neurosci. 12: 183.

Brinkhoff A, Sieberichs A, Engler H, Dolff S, Benson S, Korth J, Schedlowski M, Kribben A, Witzke O, Wilde B (2018). Pro-Inflammatory Th1 and Th17 Cells Are Suppressed During Human Experimental Endotoxemia Whereas Anti-Inflammatory IL-10 Producing T-Cells Are Unaffected. Front Immunol. 9: 1133.

Hadamitzky M, Sondermann W, Benson S, Schedlowski M(2018). Placebo Effects in the Immune System. Int Rev Neurobiol. 138: 39-59.

Kirchhof J, Petrakova L, Brinkhoff A, Benson S, Schmidt J, Unteroberdörster M, Wilde B, Kaptchuk TJ, Witzke O, Schedlowski M (2018). Learned immunosuppressive placebo responses in renal transplant patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115: 4223-4227.

Kruger THC, Deiter F, Zhang Y, Jung S, Schippert C, Kahl KG, Heinrichs M, Schedlowski M, Hartmann U (2018). Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin Administration on Sexual Functions in Healthy Women: A Laboratory Paradigm. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 38: 239-242.

Hadamitzky M, Herring A, Kirchhof J, Bendix I, Haight MJ, Keyvani K, Lückemann L, Unteroberdörster M, Schedlowski M (2018). Repeated Systemic Treatment with Rapamycin Affects Behavior and Amygdala Protein Expression in Rats. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 21: 592-602.

Tremellen K, McPhee N, Pearce K, Benson S, Schedlowski M, Engler H (2018). Endotoxin-initiated inflammation reduces testosterone production in men of reproductive age. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 314: E206-E213.

Engler H, Elsenbruch S, Rebernik L, Köcke J, Cramer H, Schöls M, Langhorst J (2018). Stress burden and neuroendocrine regulation of cytokine production in patients with ulcerative colitis in remission. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 98: 101-107.

Labrenz F, Ferri F, Wrede C, Forsting M, Schedlowski M, Engler H, Elsenbruch S, Benson S, Costantini M (2018). Altered temporal variance and functional connectivity of BOLD signal is associated with state anxiety during acute systemic inflammation. Neuroimage. 184: 916-924.

Krajewski C, Benson S, Elsenbruch S, Schadendorf D, Livingstone E (2018). Predictors of quality-of-life melanoma patients four years after diagnosis: Results of a nation-wide cohort study in Germany. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 6: 734-753.

Reinhardt W, Kübber H, Dolff S, Benson S, Führer D, Tan S (2018). Rapid recovery of hypogonadism in male patients with end stage renal disease after renal transplantation. Endocrine. 60: 159-166.

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