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Nicole Praschak-Rieder

Nicole Praschak-Rieder

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
39
Citations
7067
World Ranking
5633
National Ranking
22

Overview

Nicole Praschak-Rieder is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans 18 publications in medicine and 13 in neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their research primarily addresses topics including schizophrenia research and treatment, functional brain connectivity studies, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, tryptophan and brain disorders, epilepsy research and treatment, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and treatment of major depression.

Nicole Praschak-Rieder's frequent coauthors include Ana Weidenauer, Lucie Bartova, Matthäus Willeit, Ulrich Sauerzopf, and Martin Bauer.

The scientist has published in various venues, with multiple works appearing in Neuroscience Applied and Molecular Psychiatry, as well as contributions to Translational Psychiatry, NeuroImage, and The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry.

Recent papers by Nicole Praschak-Rieder include:

  • On the relationship of first-episode psychosis to the amphetamine-sensitized state: a dopamine D2/3 receptor agonist radioligand study, 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • Association of dopamine D2/3 receptor binding potential measured using PET and [11C]-(+)-PHNO with post-mortem DRD2/3 gene expression in the human brain, 2020, NeuroImage
  • Intravenous esketamine leads to an increase in impulsive and suicidal behaviour in a patient with recurrent major depression and borderline personality disorder, 2022, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry
  • Disrupted relationship between blood glucose and brain dopamine D2/3 receptor binding in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, 2021, NeuroImage Clinical
  • How to prevent and manage hyperammonemic encephalopathies in valproate therapy, 2021, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports

Best Publications

  • Elevated Monoamine Oxidase A Levels in the Brain: An Explanation for the Monoamine Imbalance of Major Depression

    Jeffrey H. Meyer;Nathalie Ginovart;Anahita Boovariwala;Sandra Sagrati

  • Circadian clock-related polymorphisms in seasonal affective disorder and their relevance to diurnal preference.

    Carolina Johansson;Matthäeus Willeit;Christina Smedh;Jenny Ekholm

  • Seasonal variation in human brain serotonin transporter binding.

    Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Matthaeus Willeit;Alan A. Wilson;Sylvain Houle

  • Bright-light therapy in the treatment of mood disorders.

    Gerald Pail;Wolfgang Huf;Edda Pjrek;Dietmar Winkler

  • Association between serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism (5HTTLPR) and behavioral responses to tryptophan depletion in healthy women with and without family history of depression.

    Alexander Neumeister;Anastasios Konstantinidis;Juergen Stastny;Markus J. Schwarz

  • Imaging Serotonin and Dopamine Transporters with 123I-β-CIT SPECT: Binding Kinetics and Effects of Normal Aging

    Walter Pirker;Susanne Asenbaum;Martin Hauk;Susanne Kandlhofer

  • [123I]-β-CIT SPECT imaging shows reduced brain serotonin transporter availability in drug-free depressed patients with seasonal affective disorder

    Matthäus Willeit;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Alexander Neumeister;Walter Pirker

  • Novel 5-HTTLPR Allele Associates with Higher Serotonin Transporter Binding in Putamen: A [11C] DASB Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;James Kennedy;Alan A. Wilson;Douglas Hussey

  • Lithium in Drinking Water and Suicide Mortality

    Nestor D. Kapusta;Nilufar Mossaheb;Elmar Etzersdorfer;Gerald Hlavin

  • Effects of tryptophan depletion on drug-free patients with seasonal affective disorder during a stable response to bright light therapy

    Alexander Neumeister;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Barbara Heβelmann;Marie-Luise Rao

  • [123I] β-CIT and single photon emission computed tomography reveal reduced brain serotonin transporter availability in bulimia nervosa

    Johannes Tauscher;Walter Pirker;Matthäus Willeit;Martina de Zwaan

  • A polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in the serotonin transporter promoter gene is associated with DSM-IV depression subtypes in seasonal affective disorder.

    M Willeit;N Praschak-Rieder;A Neumeister;P Zill

  • Agomelatine in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder.

    Edda Pjrek;Dietmar Winkler;Anastasios Konstantinidis;Matthäus Willeit

  • Direct Effect of Sunshine on Suicide

    Benjamin Vyssoki;Nestor D. Kapusta;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Georg Dorffner

  • Dopamine transporter availability in symptomatic depressed patients with seasonal affective disorder and healthy controls.

    A. Neumeister;M. Willeit;N. Praschak-Rieder;S. Asenbaum

  • Reduced default mode network suppression during a working memory task in remitted major depression.

    Lucie Bartova;Bernhard M. Meyer;Kersten Diers;Ulrich Rabl

  • No evidence for in vivo regulation of midbrain serotonin transporter availability by serotonin transporter promoter gene polymorphism

    Matthäus Willeit;Jürgen Stastny;Walter Pirker;Nicole Praschak-Rieder

  • Enhanced serotonin transporter function during depression in seasonal affective disorder.

    Matthäus Willeit;Harald H Sitte;Nikolaus Thierry;Klaus Michalek

  • Effects of tryptophan depletion on the serotonin transporter in healthy humans.

    Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Nicole Praschak-Rieder;Alan A. Wilson;Douglas Hussey;Anna Carella

  • Effects of tryptophan depletion in fully remitted patients with seasonal affective disorder during summer.

    A Neumeister;N Praschak-Rieder;B Hesselmann;O Vitouch

  • An Explanation for the Monoamine Imbalance of Major Depression

    Jeffrey H. Meyer;Nathalie Ginovart;Anahita Boovariwala;Sandra Sagrati

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Susanne Asenbaum
Susanne Asenbaum Medical University of Vienna
Harald H. Sitte
Harald H. Sitte Medical University of Vienna
Werner Sieghart
Werner Sieghart Medical University of Vienna
Nestor D. Kapusta
Nestor D. Kapusta Medical University of Vienna
Lars-Göran Nilsson
Lars-Göran Nilsson Stockholm University
Jean-Claude Dreher
Jean-Claude Dreher Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
H.-J. Möller
H.-J. Möller Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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