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Nikolaus Weiskopf

Nikolaus Weiskopf

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Neuroscience

D-Index
92
Citations
30116
World Ranking
1029
National Ranking
81

Overview

Nikolaus Weiskopf is a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a substantial number of publications contributing to the advancement of knowledge in these areas.

Their main subfields of study include Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Cognitive Neuroscience; Neurology; Biomedical Engineering; and Biophysics. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach centered on imaging techniques and neurological processes.

Key topics in their research cover advanced MRI techniques and applications, including neuroimaging methods and brain connectivity studies. Their work also touches on MRI use in cancer diagnosis, neural dynamics, spinal cord injury research, and atomic and subatomic physics research.

Their most cited recent papers are:

  • Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of brain anatomy and in vivo histology, 2021, Nature Reviews Physics
  • Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord, 2021, Nature Protocols
  • Superficial white matter imaging: Contrast mechanisms and whole-brain in vivo mapping, 2020, Science Advances
  • Multiparameter mapping of relaxation (R1, R2*), proton density and magnetization transfer saturation at 3 T: A multicenter dual-vendor reproducibility and repeatability study, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • A unified 3D map of microscopic architecture and MRI of the human brain, 2022, Science Advances

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Weiskopf's research, with frequent coauthors including Kerrin Pine, Evgeniya Kirilina, Luke Edwards, Markus Morawski, and Robert Trampel. These collaborations likely facilitate interdisciplinary approaches and contribute significantly to their publication output.

Weiskopf has contributed extensively to well-regarded publication venues. The most frequent platforms for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, NeuroImage, Imaging Neuroscience, and Human Brain Mapping. These venues underscore a focus on neuroimaging and MRI research communities.

Best Publications

  • Closed-loop brain training: the science of neurofeedback

    Ranganatha Sitaram;Tomas Ros;Luke Stoeckel;Sven Haller

  • When Fear Is Near: Threat Imminence Elicits Prefrontal-Periaqueductal Gray Shifts in Humans

    Dean Mobbs;Predrag Petrovic;Jennifer L. Marchant;Demis Hassabis

  • A comparison between voxel-based cortical thickness and voxel-based morphometry in normal aging

    Chloe Hutton;Bogdan Draganski;Bogdan Draganski;John Ashburner;Nikolaus Weiskopf

  • Evidence of Mirror Neurons in Human Inferior Frontal Gyrus

    James M. Kilner;Alice Neal;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Karl J. Friston

  • Quantitative multi-parameter mapping of R1, PD(*), MT, and R2(*) at 3T: a multi-center validation.

    Nikolaus Weiskopf;John Suckling;Guy Williams;Marta Morgado Correia

  • Context-Dependent Human Extinction Memory is Mediated by a Ventromedial Prefrontal and Hippocampal Network.

    Raffael Kalisch;Elian Korenfeld;Klaas Enno Stephan;Nikolaus Weiskopf

  • Adolescence is associated with genomically patterned consolidation of the hubs of the human brain connectome

    Kirstie J. Whitaker;Petra E. Vértes;Rafael Romero-Garcia;František Váša

  • Principles of a brain-computer interface (BCI) based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

    N. Weiskopf;K. Mathiak;S.W. Bock;F. Scharnowski

  • Optimal EPI parameters for reduction of susceptibility-induced BOLD sensitivity losses: A whole-brain analysis at 3 T and 1.5 T

    Nikolaus Weiskopf;Chloe Hutton;Oliver Josephs;Ralf Deichmann

  • Real-time fMRI neurofeedback: Progress and challenges

    J. Sulzer;S. Haller;F. Scharnowski;F. Scharnowski;N. Weiskopf

  • Regulation of emotional responses elicited by threat-related stimuli

    Falk Eippert;Ralf Veit;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Michael Erb

  • Physiological self-regulation of regional brain activity using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI): methodology and exemplary data.

    Nikolaus Weiskopf;Ralf Veit;Michael Erb;Klaus Mathiak

  • Comparing hemodynamic models with DCM

    Klaas Enno Stephan;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Peter M. Drysdale;Peter A. Robinson

  • Threatening a rubber hand that you feel is yours elicits a cortical anxiety response

    H. Henrik Ehrsson;Katja Wiech;Katja Wiech;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Raymond J. Dolan

  • Regulation of anterior insular cortex activity using real-time fMRI

    Andrea Caria;Andrea Caria;Ralf Veit;Ranganatha Sitaram;Martin Lotze

  • Using high-resolution quantitative mapping of R1 as an index of cortical myelination

    Antoine Lutti;Antoine Lutti;Frederic Dick;Martin I. Sereno;Martin I. Sereno;Nikolaus Weiskopf

  • Real-time fMRI and its application to neurofeedback.

    Nikolaus Weiskopf

  • Self-regulation of local brain activity using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

    Nikolaus Weiskopf;Frank Scharnowski;Frank Scharnowski;Frank Scharnowski;Ralf Veit;Rainer Goebel

  • Anterolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates the Analgesic Effect of Expected and Perceived Control over Pain

    Katja Wiech;Raffael Kalisch;Nikolaus Weiskopf;Burkhard Pleger

  • Locus coeruleus imaging as a biomarker for noradrenergic dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

    Matthew J Betts;Matthew J Betts;Evgeniya Kirilina;Evgeniya Kirilina;Maria C G Otaduy;Dimo Ivanov

  • Connectivity-based neurofeedback: Dynamic causal modeling for real-time fMRI

    Yury Koush;Yury Koush;Maria Joao Rosa;Fabien Robineau;Klaartje Heinen

Frequent Co-Authors

Antoine Lutti
Antoine Lutti University of Lausanne
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Patrick Freund
Patrick Freund University of Zurich
Pierre-Louis Bazin
Pierre-Louis Bazin University of Amsterdam
Bogdan Draganski
Bogdan Draganski University Hospital of Bern
Geraint Rees
Geraint Rees University College London
Christian C. Ruff
Christian C. Ruff University of Zurich
Markus Morawski
Markus Morawski Leipzig University
Raymond J. Dolan
Raymond J. Dolan University College London
Sven Bestmann
Sven Bestmann University College London

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