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Gunther Ladurner

Gunther Ladurner

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
8346
World Ranking
7351
National Ranking
45

Overview

Gunther Ladurner is affiliated with the University of Salzburg in Austria. Their research spans several fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Biomedical Engineering, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work primarily focuses on a range of topics within biomedical research. Key areas of investigation include:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Corneal surgery and disorders

Gunther Ladurner has contributed to several recent scientific publications. These include:

  • Longitudinal investigation of spatial memory and retinal parameters in a 5xFAD model of Alzheimer's disease reveals differences dependent on genotype and sex, 2025, Biomedical Optics Express
  • Longitudinal investigation of spatial memory and retinal parameters in a 5xFAD model of Alzheimer's disease reveals differences dependent on genotype and sex, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Analysis of pulsatile motion in the murine cornea using phase-sensitive visible-light optical coherence tomography, 2025, Biomedical Optics Express

The venues where Gunther Ladurner often publishes include Biomedical Optics Express and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Collaborative efforts are a significant part of their research, with frequent co-authors being Conrad W. Merkle, Lucas May, Sybren Worm, Yash Patel, and Maria Varaka.

Best Publications

  • A common polymorphism in the promoter of UCP2 is associated with decreased risk of obesity in middle-aged humans.

    Harald Esterbauer;Clemens Schneitler;Hannes Oberkofler;Christoph Ebenbichler

  • Cognitive function and fMRI in patients with multiple sclerosis: evidence for compensatory cortical activation during an attention task.

    Wolfgang Staffen;A Mair;Harald Zauner;J. Unterrainer

  • The visual word form area and the frequency with which words are encountered: evidence from a parametric fMRI study.

    Martin Kronbichler;Florian Hutzler;Heinz Wimmer;Alois Mair

  • Do visual perspective tasks need theory of mind

    Markus Aichhorn;Josef Perner;Martin Kronbichler;Martin Kronbichler;Wolfgang Staffen;Wolfgang Staffen

  • Thinking of mental and other representations: the roles of left and right temporo-parietal junction.

    Josef Perner;Markus Aichhorn;Martin Kronbichler;Wolfgang Staffen

  • Genetic architecture of the APM1 gene and its influence on adiponectin plasma levels and parameters of the metabolic syndrome in 1,727 healthy Caucasians.

    Iris M. Heid;Stefanie A. Wagner;Henning Gohlke;Bernhard Iglseder

  • Temporo-parietal junction activity in theory-of-mind tasks: Falseness, beliefs, or attention

    Markus Aichhorn;Josef Perner;Benjamin Weiss;Martin Kronbichler

  • Menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptive use modulate human brain structure.

    Belinda Pletzer;Martin Kronbichler;Markus Aichhorn;Jürgen Bergmann

  • Developmental dyslexia: Gray matter abnormalities in the occipitotemporal cortex

    Martin Kronbichler;Heinz Wimmer;Wolfgang Staffen;Florian Hutzler

  • The Metabolic Syndrome Is a Stronger Risk Factor for Early Carotid Atherosclerosis in Women Than in Men

    Bernhard Iglseder;Paula Cip;Liane Malaimare;Gunther Ladurner

  • Taxi vs. Taksi: On Orthographic Word Recognition in the Left Ventral Occipitotemporal Cortex

    Martin Kronbichler;Jürgen Bergmann;Florian Hutzler;Wolfgang Staffen

  • Evidence for a dysfunction of left posterior reading areas in German dyslexic readers.

    Martin Kronbichler;Florian Hutzler;Wolfgang Staffen;Alois Mair

  • Plasma adiponectin levels and sonographic phenotypes of subclinical carotid artery atherosclerosis: data from the SAPHIR Study.

    Bernhard Iglseder;Vitolds Mackevics;Andreas Stadlmayer;Gernot Tasch

  • A dual-route perspective on poor reading in a regular orthography: An fMRI study

    Heinz Wimmer;Matthias Schurz;Denise Sturm;Fabio Richlan

  • Stimulating music increases motor coordination in patients afflicted with Morbus Parkinson.

    Günther Bernatzky;Patrick Bernatzky;Horst-Peter Hesse;Wolfgang Staffen

  • Selective brain activity in response to one's own name in the persistent vegetative state.

    Wolfgang Staffen;M. Kronbichler;M. Aichhorn;A. Mair

  • A dual-route perspective on brain activation in response to visual words: evidence for a length by lexicality interaction in the visual word form area (VWFA).

    Matthias Schurz;Denise Sturm;Fabio Richlan;Martin Kronbichler

  • Deactivation of the default mode network as a marker of impaired consciousness: an FMRI study

    Julia Sophia Crone;Julia Sophia Crone;Gunther Ladurner;Gunther Ladurner;Yvonne Höller;Yvonne Höller;Stefan Golaszewski

  • Measuring the progression of idiopathic Parkinson's disease with [123I] beta-CIT SPECT.

    W. Staffen;A. Mair;J. Unterrainer;E. Trinka

  • A common left occipito-temporal dysfunction in developmental dyslexia and acquired letter-by-letter reading?

    Fabio Richlan;Denise Sturm;Matthias Schurz;Martin Kronbichler

  • [Sex differences in Alzheimer's disease].

    Reinhold Schmidt;Eva Kienbacher;Thomas Benke;Peter Dal-Bianco

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Golaszewski
Stefan Golaszewski Paracelsus Medical University
Martin Kronbichler
Martin Kronbichler University of Salzburg
Eugen Trinka
Eugen Trinka Paracelsus Medical University
Raffaele Nardone
Raffaele Nardone Paracelsus Medical University
Yvonne Höller
Yvonne Höller University of Akureyri
Heinz Wimmer
Heinz Wimmer University of Salzburg
Wolfgang Klimesch
Wolfgang Klimesch University of Salzburg
Josef Perner
Josef Perner University of Salzburg
Margarete Delazer
Margarete Delazer Innsbruck Medical University
Reinhold Schmidt
Reinhold Schmidt Medical University of Graz

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