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Overview

Thomas Dresler is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a total of 71 publications. Their research primarily focuses on psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, and pathology and forensic medicine. Secondary areas of investigation include developmental and educational psychology as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics covered in Dresler's research include:

  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Dresler has published in a variety of academic journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Der Schmerz
  • MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin
  • Scientific Reports
  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Der Nervenarzt

Regarding collaborative work, Dresler has coauthored numerous papers with several researchers, including:

  • Ruth Ruscheweyh
  • Charly Gaul
  • Tim Jürgens
  • Ann-Christine Ehlis
  • Stefanie Förderreuther

Some of the recent papers authored by Dresler with their publication years and venues are:

  • "Management of medication overuse (MO) and medication overuse headache (MOH) S1 guideline," 2022, Neurological Research and Practice
  • "Insights from a laboratory and naturalistic investigation on stress, rumination and frontal brain functioning in MDD: An fNIRS study," 2021, Neurobiology of Stress
  • "Functional lateralization of arithmetic processing in the intraparietal sulcus is associated with handedness," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Trait rumination and social anxiety separately influence stress-induced rumination and hemodynamic responses," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Headache impact and socioeconomic status: findings from a study of the German Migraine and Headache Society (DMKG)," 2023, The Journal of Headache and Pain

Best Publications

  • Emotion regulation model in binge eating disorder and obesity--a systematic review.

    Elisabeth J. Leehr;Kerstin Krohmer;Kathrin Schag;Thomas Dresler

  • Application of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in psychiatry.

    Ann-Christine Ehlis;Sabrina Schneider;Thomas Dresler;Andreas J. Fallgatter

  • Understanding the nature of psychiatric comorbidity in migraine: a systematic review focused on interactions and treatment implications.

    Thomas Dresler;Salvatore Caratozzolo;Kaat Guldolf;Jana-Isabel Huhn

  • Emotional Stroop task: effect of word arousal and subject anxiety on emotional interference.

    Thomas Dresler;Thomas Dresler;Katja Mériau;Hauke R. Heekeren;Elke van der Meer

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

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

  • Integrating neurobiological markers of depression.

    Tim Hahn;Andre F. Marquand;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Thomas Dresler

  • Neural response to reward anticipation is modulated by Gray's impulsivity.

    Tim Hahn;Thomas Dresler;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Michael M. Plichta

  • Impairment in episodic and chronic cluster headache

    Tim P Jürgens;Tim P Jürgens;Charly Gaul;Andrea Lindwurm;Thomas Dresler

  • A review about functional illiteracy: Definition, cognitive, linguistic, and numerical aspects.

    Réka Vágvölgyi;Andra Coldea;Thomas Dresler;Josef Schrader;Josef Schrader

  • Association between reward‐related activation in the ventral striatum and trait reward sensitivity is moderated by dopamine transporter genotype

    Tim Hahn;Sebastian Heinzel;Thomas Dresler;Michael M. Plichta

  • Reconstructing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signals impaired by extra-cranial confounds: an easy-to-use filter method.

    Florian B. Haeussinger;Thomas Dresler;Sebastian Heinzel;Martin Schecklmann

  • Implicit emotion regulation in the presence of threat: neural and autonomic correlates.

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

  • Applications of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) in Studying Cognitive Development: The Case of Mathematics and Language.

    Mojtaba Soltanlou;Maria A. Sitnikova;Hans-Christoph Nuerk;Hans-Christoph Nuerk;Thomas Dresler

  • Differential prefrontal and frontotemporal oxygenation patterns during phonemic and semantic verbal fluency.

    Sara V. Tupak;Meike Badewien;Thomas Dresler;Thomas Dresler;Tim Hahn;Tim Hahn

  • Prefrontal activation patterns of automatic and regulated approach-avoidance reactions - a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study.

    Lena H. Ernst;Michael M. Plichta;Elisabeth Lutz;Anna K. Zesewitz

  • Medial prefrontal cortex stimulation modulates the processing of conditioned fear.

    Anne Guhn;Thomas Dresler;Marta Andreatta;Laura D. Müller

  • Entspannungsverfahren und verhaltenstherapeutische Interventionen zur Behandlung der Migräne : Leitlinie der Deutschen Migräne- und Kopfschmerzgesellschaft

    P. Kropp;B. Meyer;T. Dresler;G. Fritsche

  • Activation during the Trail Making Test measured with functional near-infrared spectroscopy in healthy elderly subjects

    Katja Hagen;Ann-Christine Ehlis;Florian B. Haeussinger;Sebastian Heinzel;Sebastian Heinzel

  • Treatment of migraine attacks and prevention of migraine: Guidelines by the German Migraine and Headache Society and the German Society of Neurology:

    Hans-Christoph Diener;Dagny Holle-Lee;Steffen Nägel;Thomas Dresler

  • Reduced prefrontal oxygenation during object and spatial visual working memory in unpolar and bipolar depression.

    Martin Schecklmann;Martin Schecklmann;Thomas Dresler;Stefanie Beck;Johanna T. Jay

  • SCoRS—A Method Based on Stability for Feature Selection and Mapping in Neuroimaging

    Jane M. Rondina;Tim Hahn;Leticia de Oliveira;Andre F. Marquand

  • NIRS-based neurofeedback training in a virtual reality classroom for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Friederike Blume;Justin Hudak;Thomas Dresler;Ann-Christine Ehlis

  • A Review about Functional Illiteracy : Definition, Cognitive, Linguistic, and Numerical Aspects

    Réka Vágvölgyi;Andra Coldea;Thomas Dresler;Thomas Schrader

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas J. Fallgatter
Andreas J. Fallgatter University of Tübingen
Ann-Christine Ehlis
Ann-Christine Ehlis University of Tübingen
Hans-Christoph Nuerk
Hans-Christoph Nuerk University of Tübingen
Martin J. Herrmann
Martin J. Herrmann University of Würzburg
Michael M. Plichta
Michael M. Plichta Goethe University Frankfurt
Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Jürgen Deckert
Jürgen Deckert University of Würzburg
Martin Schecklmann
Martin Schecklmann University of Regensburg
Andreas Straube
Andreas Straube Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Thomas Ethofer
Thomas Ethofer University of Tübingen

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