Wissenschaftliche Artikel

1. Schury, K. & Kolassa, I.-T. (in press). Biological memory of childhood maltreatment - current knowledge and recommendations for future research. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
   
   
2. de Quervain, D. J.-F., Kolassa, I.-T., Ackermann, S., Aerni, A., Boesiger, P., Demougin, P., Elbert, T., Ertl, V., Gschwind, L., Hadziselimovic, N.,Hanser, E., Heck, E., Hieber, P., Huynh, K.-D., Klarhöfer, M., Luechinger, R., Rasch, B., Scheffler, K., Spalek, K., Stippich, C., Vogler, C., Vukojevic, V., Stetak, A. Papassotiropoulos, A.(2012). PKCα is genetically linked to emotional memory in healthy Europeans and to the risk for PTSD in heavily traumatized Rwandese. PNAS. [pdf]
   
   
3. Schlee, W., Leirer, V. M., Kolassa, I.-T., Weisz, N., & Elbert, T. (2012). Age-related changes in neural functional connectivity and its behavioral relevance. BMC Neuroscience, 13:16. [pdf]


4. Schlee, W., Leirer, V., Kolassa, S., Thurm, F., Elbert, T., & Kolassa, I.-T. (2012). Development of large-scale functional networks over the lifespan. Neurobiology of Aging. Early online.
   
   
5. Gola, H., Engler, H., Schauer, M., Adenauer, H., Riether, C., Kolassa, S., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I.-T. (2012).Victims of rape show increased cortisol responses to trauma reminders: a study in individuals with war- and torture-related PTSD. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37, 213-220.[pdf]


6. Eckart, C., Kaufmann, J., Kanowski, M., Tempelmann, C., Hinrichs, H., Elbert, T., Heinze, H.-J., Kolassa, I.-T. (2012). Magnetic resonance (MR) volumetry and spectroscopy of hippocampus and insula in relation to severe exposure of traumatic stress. Psychophysiology, 49(2), 261-270.
   
   
7. Thurm, F., Scharpf, A., Liebermann, N., Kolassa, S., Elbert, T., Lüchtenberg, D.,Woll, A., Kolassa, I.-T. (2011). Improvement of cognitive function after physical movement training in institutionalized very frail patients with dementia - a pilot study. The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(4), 197-208.
   
   
8. Schlee, W., Kleinjung, T., Hiller, W., Goebel, G., Kolassa, I.-T., Langguth, B. (2011). Suffering from tinnitus depends on age of onset. PLOS One, 6(11), e27379.[pdf]


9. Leirer, V. M., Wienbruch, C., Kolassa, S., Schlee, W., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I.-T. (2011). Changes in cortical slow wave activity in healthy aging. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 5(3), 222-228.


10. Steudte, S., Kolassa, I.-T., Stalder, T., Pfeiffer, A., Kirschbaum, C., Elbert, T. (2011). Increased cortisol concentrations in hair of severely traumatized Ugandan individuals with PTSD. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(8), 1193-1200.


11. Eckart, C., Stoppel, C., Kaufmann, J., Tempelmann, C., Hinrichs, H., Elbert, T., Heinze, H.-J., Kolassa, I.-T. (2011). Structural alterations in lateral prefrontal, parietal and posterior midline regions of individuals with chronic PTSD. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 36(3), 176-186.[pdf]


12. Vogler, C., Gschwind, L., Röthlisberger, B., Huber, A., Filges, I., Miny, P., Auschra, B., Stetak, A., Demougin, P., Vukojevic, V., Kolassa, I.-T., Elbert, T., de Quervain, D. J.-F., Papassotiropoulos, A. (2010). A microarray-based map of copy-number variant regions in European and Sub-Saharan populations. PLOS One, 5(12): e1524, 1-8.[pdf]


13. Kolassa, I.-T., Ertl, V., Eckart, C., Kolassa, S., Onyut, L. P., Elbert, T. (2010). The probability of spontaneous remission from PTSD depends on the number of traumatic event types experienced. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2(3), 169-174.


14. Leirer, V. M., Wienbruch, C., Paul-Jordanov, I., Kolassa, S., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I.-T. (2010). Hippocampus activity during the transverse patterning task and age - a MEG study. BMC Neuroscience, 11:113. [pdf]


15. Kolassa, I.-T., Ertl., V., Eckart, C., Thurm, F., Kolassa, S., Papassotiropoulos, A., de Quervain, D. J.-F., Elbert, T. (2010). Association study of trauma load and SLC6A4 promoter polymorphism in PTSD: evidence from survivors of the Rwandan genocide. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 71(5):543-547. [pdf]


16. Kolassa, I.-T., Kolassa, S., Ertl, V., Papassotiropoulos, A., & de Quervain, D. J.-F. (2010). The risk of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after trauma depends on trauma load and the COMT Val158Met polymorphism. Biological Psychiatry, 67(4), 304-308. [pdf]


17. Sommershof, A., Aichinger, H., Adenauer, H., Catani, C., Boneberg, E., Engler, H., Elbert, T., Groettrup, M., Kolassa, I.-T. (2009). Substantial reduction of naïve and regulatory T cells following traumatic stress. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 23, 1117-1124.


18. Jurisch, F., Kolassa. I.-T., & Elbert, T. (2009). Traumatisierte Therapeuten? Ein Überblick über sekundäre Traumatisierung. Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie, 38(4), 250-261.


19. Eckart, C., Engler, H., Riether, C., Kolassa, S., Elbert, T., Kolassa, I.-T. (2009). No PTSD-related differences in diurnal cortisol profiles of genocide survivors. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 523-531. [pdf]


20. Kolassa, I.-T., Kolassa, S., Bergmann, S., Lauche, R., Dilger, S., Miltner, W. H. R., & Musial, F. (2009). Interpretive bias in social phobia: An ERP study with morphed emotional schematic faces. Cognition and Emotion, 23(1), 69-95.


21. de Quervain, D. J.-F., Kolassa, I.-T., Ertl, V. Onyut, P. L., Neuner, F., Elbert, T., & Papassotiropoulos, A. (2007). A deletion variant of the a2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans. Nature Neuroscience, 10(9), 1137-1139.


22. Kolassa, I.-T., & Elbert, T. (2007). Structural and functional neuroplasticity in relation to traumatic stress. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16(6), 321-325. [pdf]


23. Kolassa, I.-T., Wienbruch, C., Neuner, F., Schauer, M., Ruf, M., Odenwald, M., & Elbert, T. (2007). Altered oscillatory brain dynamics after repeated traumatic stress. BMC Psychiatry, 7:56. [pdf]
    


24. Kolassa, I.-T., Buchmann, A., Lauche, R., Kolassa, S., Miltner, W. H. R., Musial, F. (2007). Spider phobics more easily see a spider in morphed schematic pictures. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 3:59. [pdf]


25. Kolassa, I.-T., Kolassa, S., Musial, F., & Miltner, W. H. R. (2007). Event-related potentials to schematic faces in social phobia. Cognition and Emotion, 21(8), 1721-1744. [pdf]


26. Kolassa, I.-T., Eckart, C., Ruf, M., Neuner, F., de Quervain, D. J.-F. & Elbert, T. (2007). Lack of cortisol response in patients with PTSD undergoing a diagnostic interview. BMC Psychiatry, 7:54. [pdf]


27. Musial, F., Kolassa, I.-T., Sülzenbrück, S., & Miltner, W. H. R. (2007). A case of spider phobia in a congenitally blind person. Psychiatry Research, 153, 97-101. [pdf]


28. Kolassa, I.-T., & Miltner, W. H. R. (2006). Psychophysiological correlates of face processing in social phobia. Brain Research, 1118(1), 130-141. [pdf]


29. Kolassa, I.-T., Musial, F., Kolassa, S., & Miltner, W. H. R. (2006). Event-related potentials when identifying or color-naming threatening schematic stimuli in spider phobic and non-phobic individuals. BMC Psychiatry, 6:38. [pdf]


30. Kolassa, I.-T., Musial, F., Mohr, A., Trippe, R. H. & Miltner, W. H. R. (2005). Electrophysiological correlates of threat processing in spider phobics, Psychophysiology, 42, 520-530. [pdf]


31. Straube, T., Kolassa, I.-T., Glauer, M., Mentzel, H.-J., & Miltner, W. H. R. (2004). Effect of task conditions on brain responses to threatening faces in social phobics: An event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study, Biological Psychiatry, 56(12), 921-930. [pdf]


32. Monk, C. S., Zhuang, J., Curtis, J.,Ofenloch, I.-T., Tottenham, N., Nelson, C. A., & Hu, X. (2002). The role of the hippocampus in the delayed matching- and nonmatching-to-sample memory tasks: an event-related functional MRI Approach, Behavioral Neuroscience, 116(4), 716–721. [pdf]

 Buchbeiträge

1. Elbert, T., Rockstroh, B., Kolassa, I.-T., Schauer, M., & Neuner, F. (2006). The Influence of Organized Violence and Terror on Brain and Mind – a Co-Constructive Perspective. In: Lifespan Development and the Brain: The Perspective of Biocultural Co-Constructivism, Eds: P. Baltes, P. Reuter-Lorenz & F. Rösler. Cambridge University Press: New York. pp. 326-349.


2. Kolassa, I.-T., Glöckner, F., Leirer, V., & Diener, C. (2010). Neuronale Plastizität bei gesundem und pathologischem Altern. In: Was ist Altern – Medizin, Technik, Umwelt. Häfner, H., Beyreuther, K., Schlicht, W. (Eds). Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg.