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Jürgen Hänggi is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Their work encompasses several subfields, including clinical psychology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist has authored numerous papers addressing advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, eating disorders and behaviors, functional brain connectivity studies, obesity, physical activity, and diet, as well as body image and dysmorphia studies and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies. Their research topics broadly cover:

  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Among frequently published venues where the scientist has contributed are:

  • Current Biology
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • BMC Public Health
  • Schizophrenia Research

Jürgen Hänggi's recent papers include:

  • "Neural Correlates of Body Integrity Dysphoria" (2020) published in Current Biology
  • "Anatomical integrity within the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus and semantic processing deficits in schizophrenia spectrum disorders" (2020) in Schizophrenia Research
  • "Age influences structural brain restoration during weight gain therapy in anorexia nervosa" (2020) in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Cortical Volume Differences in Subjects at Risk for Psychosis Are Driven by Surface Area" (2020) in Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "The importance of the fibre tracts connecting the planum temporale in absolute pitch possessors" (2020) in NeuroImage

Collaboration is notable in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Lutz Jäncke
  • Bettina Bringolf-Isler
  • Bengt Kayser
  • L. Suzanne Suggs
  • Alain Dössegger

Best Publications

  • Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic

    Daphna Joel;Zohar Berman;Ido Tavor;Nadav Wexler

  • Common Kibra Alleles Are Associated with Human Memory Performance

    Andreas Papassotiropoulos;Andreas Papassotiropoulos;Dietrich A. Stephan;Matthew J. Huentelman;Frederic J. Hoerndli

  • Structural neuroplasticity in the sensorimotor network of professional female ballet dancers.

    Jürgen Hänggi;Susan Koeneke;Ladina Bezzola;Lutz Jäncke

  • Functional brain network efficiency predicts intelligence

    Nicolas Langer;Andreas Pedroni;Andreas Pedroni;Lorena R.R. Gianotti;Jürgen Hänggi

  • Resting-State Functional and Structural Connectivity Within an Insula–Amygdala Route Specifically Index State and Trait Anxiety

    Volker Baur;Jürgen Hänggi;Nicolas Langer;Lutz Jäncke

  • Effects of limb immobilization on brain plasticity

    Nicki Langer;Jürgen Hänggi;N A Müller;Hans-Peter Simmen

  • The Architecture of the Golfer's Brain

    Lutz Jäncke;Lutz Jäncke;Susan Koeneke;Ariana Hoppe;Christina Rominger

  • Altered limbic and autonomic processing supports brain-heart axis in Takotsubo syndrome.

    Christian Templin;Jürgen Hänggi;Carina Klein;Marlene Sofie Topka

  • Morphological brain differences between adult stutterers and non-stutterers

    Lutz Jäncke;Jürgen Hänggi;Helmuth Steinmetz

  • Brain size, sex, and the aging brain

    Lutz Jäncke;Susan Mérillat;Franziskus Liem;Jürgen Hänggi

  • Globally Altered Structural Brain Network Topology in Grapheme-Color Synesthesia

    Jürgen Hänggi;Diana Wotruba;Lutz Jäncke

  • The neuroanatomy of grapheme-color synesthesia.

    Lutz Jäncke;Gian Beeli;Cornelia Eulig;Jürgen Hänggi

  • The desire for healthy limb amputation: structural brain correlates and clinical features of xenomelia

    Leonie Maria Hilti;Jürgen Hänggi;Deborah Ann Vitacco;Bernd Kraemer

  • Cortical Surface Area and Cortical Thickness Demonstrate Differential Structural Asymmetry in Auditory-Related Areas of the Human Cortex

    Martin Meyer;Franziskus Liem;Sarah Hirsiger;Lutz Jäncke

  • Volumetric associations between uncinate fasciculus, amygdala, and trait anxiety

    Volker Baur;Jürgen Hänggi;Lutz Jäncke

  • Age prediction on the basis of brain anatomical measures.

    S A Valizadeh;Jürgen Hänggi;Susan Mérillat;Lutz Jäncke

  • The multiple synaesthete E.S.: neuroanatomical basis of interval-taste and tone-colour synaesthesia.

    Jürgen Hänggi;Gian Beeli;Mathias S. Oechslin;Lutz Jäncke

  • Processing demands upon cognitive, linguistic, and articulatory functions promote grey matter plasticity in the adult multilingual brain: Insights from simultaneous interpreters

    Stefan Elmer;Jürgen Hänggi;Lutz Jäncke

  • The hypothesis of neuronal interconnectivity as a function of brain size-a general organization principle of the human connectome.

    Jürgen Hänggi;Laszlo Fövenyi;Franziskus Liem;Martin Meyer

  • Takotsubo Syndrome Associated With Structural Brain Alterations of the Limbic System.

    Thierry Hiestand;Jürgen Hänggi;Carina Klein;Marlene Sofie Topka

  • Developmental dyscalculia: a dysconnection syndrome?

    Karin Kucian;Simone Schwizer Ashkenazi;Simone Schwizer Ashkenazi;Jürgen Hänggi;Stephanie Rotzer;Stephanie Rotzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Lutz Jäncke
Lutz Jäncke University of Zurich
Erich Seifritz
Erich Seifritz University of Zurich
Andreas Papassotiropoulos
Andreas Papassotiropoulos University of Basel
Martin Meyer
Martin Meyer University of Zurich
Boris B. Quednow
Boris B. Quednow University of Zurich
Peter Brugger
Peter Brugger University of Zurich
André Schmidt
André Schmidt University of Basel
Ernst Martin
Ernst Martin University of Zurich
Michael Rufer
Michael Rufer University of Zurich
Sebastian Walther
Sebastian Walther University of Bern

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