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Overview

Derik Hermann is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their research topics encompass areas such as Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Mental Health Research Topics.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Falk Kiefer, Sabine Vollstädt-Klein, Patrick Bach, Wolfgang H. Sommer, and Sabine Hoffmann.

Derik Hermann's recent published papers include the following:

  • Cannabis Use and Car Crashes: A Review, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Investigation of brain functional connectivity to assess cognitive control over cue-processing in Alcohol Use Disorder, 2020, Addiction Biology
  • Interaction between behavioral inhibition and neural alcohol cue-reactivity in ADHD and alcohol use disorder, 2020, Psychopharmacology
  • Increased network centrality of the anterior insula in early abstinence from alcohol, 2021, Addiction Biology
  • Nalmefene attenuates neural alcohol cue-reactivity in the ventral striatum and subjective alcohol craving in patients with alcohol use disorder, 2021, Psychopharmacology

The scientist publishes regularly in well-established journals including Frontiers in Psychiatry, Addiction Biology, Psychopharmacology, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, and European Neuropsychopharmacology.

Best Publications

  • Amygdala-prefrontal coupling depends on a genetic variation of the serotonin transporter

    Andreas Heinz;Dieter F Braus;Michael N Smolka;Jana Wrase

  • Cue-induced activation of the striatum and medial prefrontal cortex is associated with subsequent relapse in abstinent alcoholics

    Sabine M. Grüsser;Jana Wrase;Sabine Klein;Derik Hermann

  • Correlation between dopamine D(2) receptors in the ventral striatum and central processing of alcohol cues and craving.

    Andreas Heinz;Thomas Siessmeier;Jana Wrase;Derik Hermann

  • Initial, habitual and compulsive alcohol use is characterized by a shift of cue processing from ventral to dorsal striatum

    Sabine Vollstädt-Klein;Svenja Wichert;Juri Rabinstein;Mira Bühler

  • Gender differences in the processing of standardized emotional visual stimuli in humans: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Jana Wrase;Sabine Klein;Sabine M Gruesser;Derik Hermann

  • Correlation of Stable Elevations in Striatal μ-Opioid Receptor Availability in Detoxified Alcoholic Patients With Alcohol Craving: A Positron Emission Tomography Study Using Carbon 11–Labeled Carfentanil

    Andreas Heinz;Matthias Reimold;Jana Wrase;Derik Hermann

  • Alcohol-associated stimuli activate the ventral striatum in abstinent alcoholics

    D. F. Braus;J. Wrase;S. Grüsser;D. Hermann

  • Reward craving and withdrawal relief craving: assessment of different motivational pathways to alcohol intake.

    Andreas Heinz;Sabine Löber;Alexander Georgi;Jana Wrase

  • Development of alcohol-associated cues and cue-induced brain activation in alcoholics

    J Wrase;S.M Grüsser;S Klein;C Diener

  • Effects of cue-exposure treatment on neural cue reactivity in alcohol dependence: a randomized trial

    Sabine Vollstädt-Klein;Sabine Loeber;Martina Kirsch;Patrick Bach

  • Translational magnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals excessive central glutamate levels during alcohol withdrawal in humans and rats.

    Derik Hermann;Wolfgang Weber-Fahr;Alexander Sartorius;Mareen Hoerst

  • Diminished gray matter in the hippocampus of cannabis users: possible protective effects of cannabidiol.

    Traute Demirakca;Alexander Sartorius;Gabriele Ende;Nadja Meyer

  • Addiction Research Consortium: Losing and regaining control over drug intake (ReCoDe)-From trajectories to mechanisms and interventions.

    Andreas Heinz;Falk Kiefer;Michael N. Smolka;Tanja Endrass

  • Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex N-acetylaspartate/total creatine (NAA/tCr) loss in male recreational cannabis users.

    Derik Hermann;Alexander Sartorius;Helga Welzel;Sigrid Walter

  • Validating incentive salience with functional magnetic resonance imaging: association between mesolimbic cue reactivity and attentional bias in alcohol-dependent patients.

    Sabine Vollstädt-Klein;Sabine Loeber;Anne Richter;Martina Kirsch

  • Pregabalin abuse among opiate addicted patients.

    Martin Grosshans;Tagrid Lemenager;Christian Vollmert;Nina Kaemmerer

  • Pregabalin Abuse, Dependence, and Withdrawal: A Case Report

    Martin Grosshans;Jochen Mutschler;Derik Hermann;Oliver Klein

  • Effects of alcoholism and continued abstinence on brain volumes in both genders.

    Traute Demirakca;Gabriele Ende;Nina Kämmerer;Helga Welzel-Marquez

  • Results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled pharmacotherapy trial in alcoholism conducted in Germany and comparison with the US COMBINE study.

    Karl Mann;Tagrid Lemenager;Sabine Hoffmann;Iris Reinhard

  • Effects of acute psychological stress on adhesion molecules, interleukins and sex hormones: implications for coronary heart disease.

    Andreas Heinz;Derik Hermann;Michael N Smolka;Maike Rieks

  • Blockade of Cue-induced Brain Activation of Abstinent Alcoholics by a Single Administration of Amisulpride as Measured With fMRI

    Derik Hermann;Michael N. Smolka;Jana Wrase;Sabine Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

Falk Kiefer
Falk Kiefer Heidelberg University
Sabine Vollstädt-Klein
Sabine Vollstädt-Klein Heidelberg University
Gabriele Ende
Gabriele Ende Heidelberg University
Jana Wrase
Jana Wrase Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Dieter F. Braus
Dieter F. Braus Universität Hamburg
Wolfgang H. Sommer
Wolfgang H. Sommer Heidelberg University
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University
Santiago Canals
Santiago Canals Spanish National Research Council
Peter Kirsch
Peter Kirsch Heidelberg University

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