Research Group "Subcortical dysfunction in mental disorders"
| Gastwissenschaftler/Projektleiter: | Prof. Dr. med. Peter Schönknecht |
Kontakt
| Anschrift: | Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR Department für Psychische Gesundheit Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie Semmelweisstraße 10, HAUS 13, 04103 Leipzig |
| E-Mail: | peter.schoenknecht@medizin.uni-leipzig.de |
Weekly Meeting: Wednesday, 13:30 p.m., room 026
Current research of the group aims to investigate neural correlates of affective and cognitive disorders in humans. Running projects focus on structural neuroimaging of diencephalic substructures such as the hypothalamus and associated regions which have until now not been depicted systematically, in affective disorders such as major depression and bipolar disorder.
| Coworkers | Projects |
| cand. med. Uta Claußnitzer | Interactive segmentation algorithm of the human hippocampus |
| cand. med. Marlene Kleinsorge | Development of a 7T MRI image algorithm of the human mammillary bodies in vivo |
| Maryna Polyakova | |
| Dipl.-Psych. Stephanie Schindler | Development a 7T MRI image segmentation algorithm of the human hypothalamus |
| Dr. med. Frank M. Schmidt, M.D. | Neurochemical and imaging markers of affective and cognitive disorders |
| cand. med. Laura Schmidt | Hypothalamus volumetry and serum cortisol levels in patients with affective disorders |
| Dr. med. Marie Steinmetz | |
| Melanie Storch | |
| cand. med. Thomas Kröber | |
| cand. med. Julia Wolff | Hypothalamus segmentation algorithm in 3T-MRI |
| cand. med. Melanie Adamidis | Volumetric changes of the grey matter in 3T MRI (VBM) in patients with minor depression and mild cognitive impairment and morphometric analysis in affective disorders |
| Claudia Nowak | Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) in major depressive disorder during antidepressant therapy Vigilance regulation as response predictor for antidepressant pharmacotherapy |
| Madlen Prase | Volumetric changes of the subgenual prefrontal cortex in bipolar patients using 7T MRI |
| Dipl.-Psych. Wiebke Rahmlow | Interdisciplinary longitudinal study on adult development and aging – prevalence and dynamics of cognitive and affective symptoms |
| Alexandra Zinck | |
| Marie Stroske | Volumetric changes of hypothalamus and third ventricle in patients with major depression or bipolar disorder using 7T MRI |