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Overview

Jens Sommer is affiliated with the Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. The scientist's research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with notable contributions in cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and neurology.

Their recent publications cover diverse topics in brain function, psychiatric disorders, and neuroimaging. Key papers include: "Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group" (2020, Molecular Psychiatry), "Functional Connectivity of the Nucleus Accumbens and Changes in Appetite in Patients With Depression" (2022, JAMA Psychiatry), "Long-Term Neuroanatomical Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment: Reduced Amygdala Inhibition by Medial Prefrontal Cortex" (2020, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience), "Anterior vs Posterior Hippocampal Subfields in an Extended Psychosis Phenotype of Multidimensional Schizotypy in a Nonclinical Sample" (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin), and "Intermittent theta-burst stimulation moderates interaction between increment of N-Acetyl-Aspartate in anterior cingulate and improvement of unipolar depression" (2020, Brain Stimulation).

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors including Tilo Kircher, Andreas Jansen, Olaf Steinsträter, Udo Dannlowski, and Dominik Grotegerd.

Jens Sommer's work appears regularly in prominent publication venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Schizophrenia Bulletin, NeuroImage, Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, and the International Journal of Bipolar Disorders.

Main research topics explored by the scientist include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Multisensory perception and integration

The integration of interdisciplinary subfields and frequent contributions to cognitive neuroscience and psychiatric research highlight a focus on understanding brain connectivity and function in mental health disorders.

Best Publications

  • Physical activity and memory functions: an interventional study

    R. Ruscheweyh;C. Willemer;K. Krüger;T. Duning

  • Binocular Rivalry: Frontal Activity Relates to Introspection and Action But Not to Perception

    Stefan Frässle;Jens Sommer;Andreas Jansen;Marnix Naber

  • Hippocampus activity differentiates good from poor learners of a novel lexicon.

    Caterina Breitenstein;Andreas Jansen;Michael Deppe;Ann-Freya Foerster

  • Brain aging in major depressive disorder: results from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group

    Laura K.M. Han;Richard Dinga;Richard Dinga;Tim Hahn;Christopher R.K. Ching

  • Degree of language lateralization determines susceptibility to unilateral brain lesions

    S. Knecht;A. Flöel;B. Dräger;C. Breitenstein

  • Your flaws are my pain: linking empathy to vicarious embarrassment.

    Sören Krach;Jan Christopher Cohrs;Nicole Cruz de Echeverría Loebell;Tilo Kircher

  • The assessment of hemispheric lateralization in functional MRI--robustness and reproducibility.

    Andreas Jansen;R. Menke;Jens Sommer;Ann-Freya Förster

  • How atypical is atypical language dominance

    S Knecht;A Jansen;A Frank;J van Randenborgh

  • MRI phantoms - are there alternatives to agar?

    Alexandra Hellerbach;Verena Schuster;Andreas Jansen;Jens Sommer

  • Accuracy and reliability of automated gray matter segmentation pathways on real and simulated structural magnetic resonance images of the human brain.

    Lucas D. Eggert;Jens Sommer;Andreas Jansen;Tilo Kircher

  • Abnormal brain activation during movement observation in patients with conversion paralysis

    Markus Burgmer;Carsten Konrad;Andreas Jansen;Harald Kugel

  • The Marburg-Münster Affective Disorders Cohort Study (MACS): A quality assurance protocol for MR neuroimaging data

    Christoph Vogelbacher;Thomas W.D. Möbius;Jens Sommer;Verena Schuster

  • Neural pathways of embarrassment and their modulation by social anxiety

    L. Müller-Pinzler;L. Müller-Pinzler;Valeria Gazzola;Valeria Gazzola;Christian Keysers;Jens Sommer

  • Interaction of BDNF and COMT Polymorphisms on Paired-Associative Stimulation-Induced Cortical Plasticity

    Veronica Anja Witte;Julia Kürten;Stefanie Jansen;Anja Schirmacher

  • Fiber Tractography Based on Diffusion Tensor Imaging Compared With High-Angular-Resolution Diffusion Imaging With Compressed Sensing: Initial Experience

    Daniela Kuhnt;Miriam H A Bauer;Jan Egger;Mirco Richter

  • Association of rs1006737 in CACNA1C with alterations in prefrontal activation and fronto-hippocampal connectivity.

    Frieder M. Paulus;Johannes Bedenbender;Sören Krach;Martin Pyka

  • The effect of distraction strategies on pain perception and the nociceptive flexor reflex (RIII reflex).

    Ruth Ruscheweyh;Annette Kreusch;Christoph Albers;Jens Sommer

  • Evidence from pupillometry and fMRI indicates reduced neural response during vicarious social pain but not physical pain in autism

    Sören Krach;Inge Kamp-Becker;Wolfgang Einhäuser;Jens Sommer

  • Comparing the neural correlates of affective and cognitive theory of mind using fMRI: Involvement of the basal ganglia in affective theory of mind.

    Maren E. Bodden;Dorothee Kübler;Susanne Knake;Katja Menzler

  • Functional Connectivity of the Nucleus Accumbens and Changes in Appetite in Patients With Depression.

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  • Partial support for ZNF804A genotype-dependent alterations in prefrontal connectivity.

    Frieder M. Paulus;Sören Krach;Johannes Bedenbender;Martin Pyka

Frequent Co-Authors

Tilo Kircher
Tilo Kircher Philipp University of Marburg
Andreas Jansen
Andreas Jansen Philipp University of Marburg
Axel Krug
Axel Krug Philipp University of Marburg
Sören Krach
Sören Krach University of Lübeck
Udo Dannlowski
Udo Dannlowski University of Münster
Marcella Rietschel
Marcella Rietschel Heidelberg University
Inge Kamp-Becker
Inge Kamp-Becker Philipp University of Marburg
Benjamin Straube
Benjamin Straube Philipp University of Marburg
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia

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