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Iris-Tatjana Kolassa

Iris-Tatjana Kolassa

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Psychology

D-Index
48
Citations
8350
World Ranking
5971
National Ranking
282

Overview

Iris-Tatjana Kolassa is affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Medicine, and Neuroscience, with a focus on multiple subfields including Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's scholarly work covers a range of topics such as Stress Responses and Cortisol, Child Abuse and Trauma, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Birth, Development, and Health, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Evolutionary conserved role of neural cell adhesion molecule-1 in memory" (2020), published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Salivary beta-endorphin in nonsuicidal self-injury: an ambulatory assessment study" (2021), published in Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Childhood maltreatment is associated with changes in mitochondrial bioenergetics in maternal, but not in neonatal immune cells" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "DNA methylation changes following narrative exposure therapy in a randomized controlled trial with female former child soldiers" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Epigenetics of traumatic stress: The association of NR3C1 methylation and posttraumatic stress disorder symptom changes in response to narrative exposure therapy" (2023), published in Translational Psychiatry

Kolassa frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications. These collaborators include:

  • Alexander Behnke (25 joint works)
  • Anja M. Gumpp (20 joint works)
  • Alexander Karabatsiakis (18 joint works)
  • Laura Ramo-Fernández (10 joint works)
  • Matthias Mack (10 joint works)

Their research has appeared frequently in specific publication venues, highlighting areas of continued focus. Notable venues and the number of publications there include:

  • Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (5 publications)
  • Translational Psychiatry (4 publications)
  • Scientific Reports (3 publications)
  • Psychological Medicine (3 publications)
  • Brain Behavior and Immunity (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Effect of task conditions on brain responses to threatening faces in social phobics: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Thomas Straube;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Madlen Glauer;Hans-Joachim Mentzel

  • The risk of posttraumatic stress disorder after trauma depends on traumatic load and the catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism.

    Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Stephan Kolassa;Verena Ertl;Andreas Papassotiropoulos

  • Spontaneous Remission From PTSD Depends on the Number of Traumatic Event Types Experienced

    Iris Kolassa;Verena Ertl;Cindy Eckart;Stephan Kolassa

  • Mitochondrial respiration in peripheral blood mononuclear cells correlates with depressive subsymptoms and severity of major depression

    Alexander Karabatsiakis;Christina Böck;Juan Salinas-Manrique;Stephan Kolassa

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with an enhanced spontaneous production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells

    Hannah Gola;Hannah Gola;Harald Engler;Annette Sommershof;Hannah Adenauer

  • A deletion variant of the alpha2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans.

    Dominique J. F. de Quervain;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Verena Ertl;Lamaro Patience Onyut;Lamaro Patience Onyut

  • Resting-state slow wave power, healthy aging and cognitive performance

    Eleni L. Vlahou;Franka Thurm;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Winfried Schlee

  • Psychophysiological correlates of face processing in social phobia.

    Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Wolfgang H.R. Miltner

  • Gains in cognition through combined cognitive and physical training: the role of training dosage and severity of neurocognitive disorder

    Panagiotis D. Bamidis;Patrick Fissler;Sokratis G. Papageorgiou;Vasiliki Zilidou

  • Increased cortisol concentrations in hair of severely traumatized Ugandan individuals with PTSD

    Susann Steudte;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Tobias Stalder;Anett Pfeiffer

  • Plasma concentrations of endocannabinoids and related primary fatty acid amides in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

    Daniela Hauer;Gustav Schelling;Hannah Gola;Patrizia Campolongo

  • Substantial reduction of naïve and regulatory T cells following traumatic stress.

    Annette Sommershof;Hannah Aichinger;Harald Engler;Hannah Adenauer

  • Epigenetic Modification of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Is Linked to Traumatic Memory and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Risk in Genocide Survivors

    Vanja Vukojevic;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Matthias Fastenrath;Leo Gschwind

  • Novelty interventions to enhance broad cognitive abilities and prevent dementia: synergistic approaches for the facilitation of positive plastic change.

    Patrick Fissler;Olivia Küster;Winfried Schlee;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa

  • Association study of trauma load and SLC6A4 promoter polymorphism in posttraumatic stress disorder: evidence from survivors of the Rwandan genocide.

    Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Verena Ertl;Cindy Eckart;Franka Glöckner

  • Structural and Functional Neuroplasticity in Relation to Traumatic Stress

    Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Thomas Elbert

  • How to quantify exposure to traumatic stress? Reliability and predictive validity of measures for cumulative trauma exposure in a post-conflict population

    Sarah Wilker;Anett Pfeiffer;Stephan Kolassa;Daniela Koslowski

  • Structural alterations in lateral prefrontal, parietal and posterior midline regions of men with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

    Cindy Eckart;Christian Stoppel;Joern Kaufmann;Claus Tempelmann

  • Electrophysiological correlates of threat processing in spider phobics

    Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Frauke Musial;Alexander Mohr;Ralf H. Trippe

  • Inflammation in adult women with a history of child maltreatment: The involvement of mitochondrial alterations and oxidative stress.

    Christina Boeck;Alexandra Maria Koenig;Katharina Schury;Martha Leonie Geiger

  • The influence of Organized Violence and Terror on Brain and Mind : a Co-Constructive Perspective

    Thomas Elbert;Brigitte Rockstroh;Iris-Tatjana Kolassa;Maggie Schauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Elbert
Thomas Elbert University of Konstanz
Dominique J.-F. de Quervain
Dominique J.-F. de Quervain University of Basel
Maggie Schauer
Maggie Schauer University of Konstanz
Frank Neuner
Frank Neuner Bielefeld University
Jörg M. Fegert
Jörg M. Fegert University of Ulm
Elisabeth B. Binder
Elisabeth B. Binder Max Planck Society
Claudia Catani
Claudia Catani Bielefeld University
Anna Buchheim
Anna Buchheim University of Innsbruck
Christian Schmahl
Christian Schmahl Heidelberg University

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