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Harald Kugel is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has a research focus primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of specialized areas, particularly in neuroimaging and psychiatric disorders. Key topics include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment

Harald Kugel has contributed to multiple publications, often collaborating with frequent co-authors Dominik Grotegerd, Udo Dannlowski, Susanne Meinert, Elisabeth J. Leehr, and Ronny Redlich.

The scientist has published in several recurring venues noted for their focus on psychiatric and neurological sciences. These venues include:

  • RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Selected recent papers by Harald Kugel include:

  • Cortical and subcortical neuroanatomical signatures of schizotypy in 3004 individuals assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • An uncertainty-aware, shareable, and transparent neural network architecture for brain-age modeling, 2022, Science Advances
  • Volume of subcortical brain regions in social anxiety disorder: mega-analytic results from 37 samples in the ENIGMA-Anxiety Working Group, 2023, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Alexithymia and automatic processing of facial emotions: behavioral and neural findings, 2020, BMC Neuroscience
  • Clot Analog Attenuation in Non-contrast CT Predicts Histology: an Experimental Study Using Machine Learning, 2020, Translational Stroke Research

Best Publications

  • Cortical abnormalities in adults and adolescents with major depression based on brain scans from 20 cohorts worldwide in the ENIGMA Major Depressive Disorder Working Group.

    L Schmaal;D P Hibar;P G Sämann;G B Hall

  • Limbic Scars: Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment Revealed by Functional and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Udo Dannlowski;Anja Stuhrmann;Victoria Beutelmann;Peter Zwanzger

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Nonlinear responses within the medial prefrontal cortex reveal when specific implicit information influences economic decision making.

    Michael Deppe;Wolfram Schwindt;Harald Kugel;Hilke Plassmann

  • Automatic mood-congruent amygdala responses to masked facial expressions in major depression.

    Thomas Suslow;Carsten Konrad;Harald Kugel;Daniel Rumstadt

  • Human brain tumors: spectral patterns detected with localized H-1 MR spectroscopy.

    H Kugel;W Heindel;R I Ernestus;J Bunke

  • Brain morphometric biomarkers distinguishing unipolar and bipolar depression. A voxel-based morphometry-pattern classification approach.

    Ronny Redlich;Jorge J. R. Almeida;Dominik Grotegerd;Nils Opel

  • Childhood maltreatment is associated with an automatic negative emotion processing bias in the amygdala.

    Udo Dannlowski;Udo Dannlowski;Harald Kugel;Franziska Huber;Anja Stuhrmann

  • Age- and sex-specific differences in the 1H-spectrum of vertebral bone marrow.

    Harald Kugel;Christoph Jung;Oliver Schulte;Walter Heindel

  • Reduced amygdala-prefrontal coupling in major depression: association with MAOA genotype and illness severity.

    Udo Dannlowski;Patricia Ohrmann;Carsten Konrad;Katharina Domschke

  • Prediction of Individual Response to Electroconvulsive Therapy via Machine Learning on Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data

    Ronny Redlich;Nils Opel;Dominik Grotegerd;Katharina Dohm

  • Functional anatomy of visuo-spatial working memory during mental rotation is influenced by sex, menstrual cycle, and sex steroid hormones.

    S. Schöning;A. Engelien;A. Engelien;H. Kugel;S. Schäfer

  • Dehydration confounds the assessment of brain atrophy

    T. Duning;S. Kloska;O. Steinsträter;H. Kugel

  • Hippocampal atrophy in major depression: a function of childhood maltreatment rather than diagnosis?

    Nils Opel;Ronny Redlich;Peter Zwanzger;Dominik Grotegerd

  • Cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1) gene: impact on antidepressant treatment response and emotion processing in major depression.

    Katharina Domschke;Udo Dannlowski;Patricia Ohrmann;Bruce Lawford

  • The Interleukin 1 Beta (IL1B) Gene Is Associated with Failure to Achieve Remission and Impaired Emotion Processing in Major Depression

    Bernhard T. Baune;Udo Dannlowski;Katharina Domschke;Debbie G.A. Janssen

  • Individual differences in alexithymia and brain response to masked emotion faces.

    Maraike Reker;Patricia Ohrmann;Astrid V. Rauch;Harald Kugel

  • Neuropeptide S receptor gene -- converging evidence for a role in panic disorder.

    Katharina Domschke;Andreas Reif;Heike Weber;Jan Richter

  • Neural correlates of trait anxiety in fear extinction.

    C. Sehlmeyer;U. Dannlowski;S. Schöning;H. Kugel

  • 5-HTTLPR Biases Amygdala Activity in Response to Masked Facial Expressions in Major Depression

    Udo Dannlowski;Patricia Ohrmann;Jochen Bauer;Jurgen Deckert;Jurgen Deckert

Frequent Co-Authors

Udo Dannlowski
Udo Dannlowski University of Münster
Walter Heindel
Walter Heindel University of Münster
Thomas Suslow
Thomas Suslow Leipzig University
Volker Arolt
Volker Arolt University of Münster
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Dominik Grotegerd
Dominik Grotegerd University of Münster
Ronny Redlich
Ronny Redlich University of Münster
Patricia Ohrmann
Patricia Ohrmann University of Münster
Katharina Domschke
Katharina Domschke University of Freiburg
Michael Deppe
Michael Deppe University of Münster

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