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Jürgen Deckert is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Psychology and Medicine, including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work focuses on several main topics, including anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes; mental health research topics; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; tryptophan and brain disorders; treatment of major depression; pharmacogenetics and drug metabolism; and stress responses and cortisol.

Deckert has contributed to a number of recent papers, reflecting a strong presence in genetics, psychiatry, and clinical psychology research. Notable papers include:

  • New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • Review and Consensus on Pharmacogenomic Testing in Psychiatry (2020, Pharmacopsychiatry)
  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • Change of Threat Expectancy as Mechanism of Exposure-Based Psychotherapy for Anxiety Disorders: Evidence From 8,484 Exposure Exercises of 605 Patients (2022, Clinical Psychological Science)
  • Enhancing Discovery of Genetic Variants for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Through Integration of Quantitative Phenotypes and Trauma Exposure Information (2021, Biological Psychiatry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Deckert include:

  • Katharina Domschke
  • Stefan Unterecker
  • Paul Pauli
  • Maike Scherf-Clavel
  • Heike Weber

Deckert's publications are often found in specialized journals such as:

  • Pharmacopsychiatry
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Neuropsychopharmacology: Update 2017.

    C. Hiemke;N. Bergemann;H. W. Clement;A. Conca

  • Excess of High Activity Monoamine Oxidase A Gene Promoter Alleles in Female Patients with Panic Disorder

    Jürgen Deckert;Marco Catalano;Yana V. Syagailo;Monica Bosi

  • International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

    Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Adam X. Maihofer;Adam X. Maihofer;Torsten Klengel;Torsten Klengel;Elizabeth G. Atkinson;Elizabeth G. Atkinson

  • A major role for common genetic variation in anxiety disorders

    Kirstin L. Purves;Jonathan R. I. Coleman;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Sandra M. Meier;Christopher Rayner

  • Association between A2a receptor gene polymorphisms and caffeine-induced anxiety.

    Karen Alsene;Jürgen Deckert;Philipp Sand;Harriet de Wit

  • Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level

    Marcell K. Peters;Andreas Hemp;Tim Appelhans;Christina Behler

  • Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores

    Itziar de Rojas;Itziar de Rojas;Sonia Moreno-Grau;Sonia Moreno-Grau;Niccolo Tesi;Benjamin Grenier-Boley

  • Association between ADORA2A and DRD2 polymorphisms and caffeine-induced anxiety.

    Emma Childs;Christa Hohoff;Jürgen Deckert;Jürgen Deckert;Ke Xu

  • Effect of Escitalopram on All-Cause Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients With Heart Failure and Depression: The MOOD-HF Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Christiane E. Angermann;Götz Gelbrich;Stefan Störk;Hilka Gunold

  • Psychological Treatment for Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Role of Therapist-Guided Exposure In Situ in CBT

    Andrew T. Gloster;Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Franziska Einsle;Thomas Lang

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

    Udo Dannlowski;Patricia Ohrmann;Carsten Konrad;Katharina Domschke

  • Association of the Anxiogenic and Alerting Effects of Caffeine with ADORA2A and ADORA1 Polymorphisms and Habitual Level of Caffeine Consumption

    Peter J Rogers;Christa Hohoff;Susan V Heatherley;Emma L Mullings

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

    Katharina Domschke;Udo Dannlowski;Patricia Ohrmann;Bruce Lawford

  • Serotonin transporter gene hypomethylation predicts impaired antidepressant treatment response.

    Katharina Domschke;Nicola Tidow;Kathrin Schwarte;Juergen Deckert

  • Revise the revised? New dimensions of the neuroanatomical hypothesis of panic disorder

    Thomas Dresler;Thomas Dresler;Anne Guhn;Sara V. Tupak;Ann-Christine Ehlis

  • Systematic mutation screening and association study of the A1 and A2a adenosine receptor genes in panic disorder suggest a contribution of the A2a gene to the development of disease.

    J Deckert;M M Nöthen;P Franke;C Delmo

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

    Katharina Domschke;Andreas Reif;Heike Weber;Jan Richter

  • TMEM132D, a new candidate for anxiety phenotypes: evidence from human and mouse studies.

    A. Erhardt;L. Czibere;D. Roeske;S. Lucae

  • Oxytocin Receptor Gene Methylation: Converging Multilevel Evidence for a Role in Social Anxiety

    Christiane Ziegler;Udo Dannlowski;David Bräuer;Stephan Stevens

  • Association of the functional V158M catechol- O -methyl-transferase polymorphism with panic disorder in women

    Katharina Domschke;Christine M. Freitag;Gregor Kuhlenbäumer;Anja Schirmacher

  • 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

Katharina Domschke
Katharina Domschke University of Freiburg
Volker Arolt
Volker Arolt University of Münster
Alexander L. Gerlach
Alexander L. Gerlach University of Cologne
Paul Pauli
Paul Pauli University of Würzburg
Andreas Ströhle
Andreas Ströhle Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Alfons O. Hamm
Alfons O. Hamm University of Greifswald
Georg W. Alpers
Georg W. Alpers University of Mannheim
Martin J. Herrmann
Martin J. Herrmann University of Würzburg
Peter Zwanzger
Peter Zwanzger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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