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Frode Willoch

Frode Willoch

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
6665
World Ranking
8950
National Ranking
45

Overview

Frode Willoch is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, and Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Neurology, and Toxicology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas such as Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, Vestibular and Auditory Disorders, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, Chemical Synthesis and Reactions, Chemical Synthesis and Alkaloids, and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis.

Frode Willoch has published in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Preprints.org
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent publications include:

  • Direct comparison of activation maps during galvanic vestibular stimulation: A hybrid H2[15 O] PET-BOLD MRI activation study, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Synthesis and In Silico Profile Modelling of 6-O-Fluoroalkyl-6-O-desmethyl-diprenorphine Analogues, 2025, Preprints.org
  • Synthesis and In Silico Profile Modeling of 6-O-Fluoroalkyl-6-O-desmethyl-diprenorphine Analogs, 2025, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent collaborators of Frode Willoch include:

  • János Marton
  • Dávid Gombos
  • Paul Cumming
  • Tamás Fehér
  • Beate Bauer

Best Publications

  • Distraction modulates connectivity of the cingulo-frontal cortex and the midbrain during pain--an fMRI analysis.

    Michael Valet;Till Sprenger;Henning Boecker;Frode Willoch

  • Cerebral metabolic changes accompanying conversion of mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer's disease: a PET follow-up study.

    Alexander Drzezga;Nicola Lautenschlager;Hartwig Siebner;Matthias Riemenschneider

  • Region-specific encoding of sensory and affective components of pain in the human brain: A positron emission tomography correlation analysis

    Thomas R. Tölle;Tanja Kaufmann;Thomas Siessmeier;Stefan Lautenbacher

  • Central poststroke pain and reduced opioid receptor binding within pain processing circuitries: a [11C]diprenorphine PET study.

    Frode Willoch;Florian Schindler;Hans Jürgen Wester;Monika Empl

  • Statistical Brain Mapping of 18F-FDG PET in Alzheimer’s Disease: Validation of Anatomic Standardization for Atrophied Brains

    Kazunari Ishii;Frode Willoch;Satoshi Minoshima;Alexander Drzezga

  • Imaging of opioid receptors in the central nervous system

    Gjermund Henriksen;Frode Willoch

  • Lasting cortical activation after repetitive TMS of the motor cortex: a glucose metabolic study.

    H.R. Siebner;M. Peller;F. Willoch;S. Minoshima

  • Rewards of beauty: the opioid system mediates social motivation in humans

    O Chelnokova;B Laeng;M Eikemo;J Riegels

  • Multisite Experience of the Safety, Detection Rate and Diagnostic Performance of Fluciclovine (18F) Positron Emission Tomography/Computerized Tomography Imaging in the Staging of Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer

    Tore Bach-Gansmo;Cristina Nanni;Peter T. Nieh;Lucia Zanoni

  • Quantitative Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease by SPECT

    Peter Bartenstein;Satoshi Minoshima;Christine Hirsch;Katharina Buch

  • Phantom limb pain in the human brain: Unraveling neural circuitries of phantom limb sensations using positron emission tomography

    Frode Willoch;Frode Willoch;Gunnar Rosen;Thomas Rudolf Tölle;Ivar Øye

  • Dose-dependent regional cerebral blood flow changes during remifentanil infusion in humans: a positron emission tomography study.

    Klaus J. Wagner;Frode Willoch;Eberhard F. Kochs;Thomas Siessmeier

  • Imaging brain activation induced by long trains of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.

    Hartwig Roman Siebner;Frode Willoch;Martin Peller;Carola Auer

  • Opioidergic activation in the medial pain system after heat pain.

    Till Sprenger;Michael Valet;Henning Boecker;Gjermund Henriksen

  • Resting state glucose utilization and the CERAD cognitive battery in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    S.J. Teipel;F. Willoch;K. Ishii;K. Bürger

  • Activation of frontal premotor areas during suprathreshold transcranial magnetic stimulation of the left primary sensorimotor cortex: a glucose metabolic PET study.

    Hartwig Roman Siebner;Martin Peller;Peter Bartenstein;Frode Willoch

  • Tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid is significantly increased at the earliest clinical stage of Alzheimer disease.

    Alexander Kurz;Matthias Riemenschneider;Katharina Buch;Frode Willoch

  • Imaging human cerebral pain modulation by dose-dependent opioid analgesia: a positron emission tomography activation study using remifentanil.

    Klaus J. Wagner;Till Sprenger;Eberhard F. Kochs;Thomas R. Tölle

  • Three-Dimensional Atlas System for Mouse and Rat Brain Imaging Data

    Trine Hjornevik;Trygve B. Leergaard;Dmitri Darine;Olve Moldestad

  • Sweet taste pleasantness is modulated by morphine and naltrexone

    Marie Eikemo;Marie Eikemo;Guro E. Løseth;Tom Johnstone;Johannes Gjerstad

  • Alzheimer's Disease: Validation of Anatomic Standardization for Atrophied Brains

    Kazunari Ishii;Frode Willoch;Satoshi Minoshima;Alexander Drzezga

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Tölle
Thomas R. Tölle Technical University of Munich
Bastian Conrad
Bastian Conrad Technical University of Munich
Alexander Drzezga
Alexander Drzezga University of Cologne
Hartwig R. Siebner
Hartwig R. Siebner Copenhagen University Hospital
Henning Boecker
Henning Boecker University of Bonn
Till Sprenger
Till Sprenger University Hospital of Basel
Leif Gjerstad
Leif Gjerstad Oslo University Hospital
Tormod Fladby
Tormod Fladby University of Oslo
Ivar Reinvang
Ivar Reinvang University of Oslo
Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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