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Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke

Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke

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Neuroscience

D-Index
44
Citations
7651
World Ranking
7163
National Ranking
601

Overview

Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. The scientific work is primarily situated within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with notable subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.

The main research topics addressed encompass Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Musculoskeletal Pain and Rehabilitation, and Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints.

Recent scientific contributions include the following papers:

  • "Pain-free resting-state functional brain connectivity predicts individual pain sensitivity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Diffusion tensor imaging reveals changes in non-fat infiltrated muscles in late onset Pompe disease," 2020, Muscle & Nerve
  • "Increased scene complexity during free visual exploration reveals residual unilateral neglect in recovered stroke patients," 2022, Neuropsychologia
  • "Network properties and regional brain morphology of the insular cortex correlate with individual pain thresholds," 2021, Human Brain Mapping
  • "Brain morphology predicts individual sensitivity to pain: a multicenter machine learning approach," 2023, Pain

Collaborations with frequent coauthors include:

  • Frederick Benjamin Junker
  • Tamás Spisák
  • Matthias Zunhammer
  • Ulrike Bingel
  • Bálint Kincses

Scientific outputs have been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Der Nervenarzt
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Fortschritte der Neurologie · Psychiatrie
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Affective components and intensity of pain correlate with structural differences in gray matter in chronic back pain patients

    Schmidt-Wilcke T;Leinisch E;Gänssbauer S;Draganski B

  • Gray matter decrease in patients with chronic tension type headache

    T. Schmidt-Wilcke;E. Leinisch;A. Straube;N. Kämpfe

  • Structural Brain Anomalies and Chronic Pain: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis of Gray Matter Volume

    Rachel F. Smallwood;Angela R. Laird;Amy Elizabeth Ramage;Amy L. Parkinson

  • Working memory performance is correlated with local brain morphology in the medial frontal and anterior cingulate cortex in fibromyalgia patients: structural correlates of pain–cognition interaction

    R. Luerding;T. Weigand;U. Bogdahn;T. Schmidt-Wilcke

  • Changes in regional gray matter volume in women with chronic pelvic pain: a voxel-based morphometry study.

    Sawsan As-Sanie;Richard E. Harris;Vitaly J. Napadow;Jieun Kim

  • Pregabalin rectifies aberrant brain chemistry, connectivity, and functional response in chronic pain patients.

    Richard E. Harris;Vitaly Napadow;John P. Huggins;Lynne Pauer

  • Subtle Grey Matter Changes Between Migraine Patients and Healthy Controls

    T Schmidt-Wilcke;S Gänßbauer;T Neuner;U Bogdahn

  • Fibromyalgia: from pathophysiology to therapy

    Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke;Daniel J. Clauw

  • Reduced Insular γ-Aminobutyric Acid in Fibromyalgia

    Bradley R. Foerster;Myria Petrou;Richard A. E. Edden;Pia C. Sundgren

  • Functional Connectivity Is Associated With Altered Brain Chemistry in Women With Endometriosis-Associated Chronic Pelvic Pain

    Sawsan As-Sanie;Jieun Kim;Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke;Pia C. Sundgren

  • Executive function in chronic pain patients and healthy controls: different cortical activation during response inhibition in fibromyalgia.

    Jennifer M. Glass;David A. Williams;Maria Luisa Fernandez-Sanchez;Anson Kairys

  • Gray matter changes in right superior temporal gyrus in criminal psychopaths. Evidence from voxel-based morphometry

    Jürgen L. Müller;Susanne Gänßbauer;Monika Sommer;Katrin Döhnel

  • Altered Resting State Connectivity of the Insular Cortex in Individuals With Fibromyalgia

    Eric Ichesco;Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke;Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke;Rupal Bhavsar;Rupal Bhavsar;Daniel J. Clauw

  • Impairment in episodic and chronic cluster headache

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

  • Disturbed prefrontal and temporal brain function during emotion and cognition interaction in criminal psychopathy

    Jürgen L. Müller;Monika Sommer;Katrin Döhnel;Tatjana Weber

  • Pain-free resting-state functional brain connectivity predicts individual pain sensitivity

    Tamas Spisak;Balint Kincses;Frederik Schlitt;Matthias Zunhammer

  • Resting state connectivity correlates with drug and placebo response in fibromyalgia patients.

    T. Schmidt-Wilcke;E. Ichesco;J.P. Hampson;A. Kairys

  • Impact of frequency drift on gamma-aminobutyric acid-edited MR spectroscopy

    Ashley D. Harris;Ashley D. Harris;Benjamin Glaubitz;Jamie Near;C. John Evans

  • Altered functional connectivity between the insula and the cingulate cortex in patients with temporomandibular disorder: A pilot study

    Eric Ichesco;Andres Quintero;Daniel J. Clauw;Scott Peltier

  • Sports and brain morphology - a voxel-based morphometry study with endurance athletes and martial artists

    L. Schlaffke;S. Lissek;M. Lenz;M. Brüne

  • Shared and nonshared neural networks of cognitive and affective theory-of-mind: a neuroimaging study using cartoon picture stories.

    Lara Schlaffke;Silke Lissek;Melanie Lenz;Georg Juckel

  • Increased brain gray matter in the primary somatosensory cortex is associated with increased pain and mood disturbance in patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

    Anson E. Kairys;Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke;Tudor Puiu;Eric Ichesco

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Harris
Richard E. Harris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Martin Tegenthoff
Martin Tegenthoff Ruhr University Bochum
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Scott Peltier
Scott Peltier University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard Anthony Edward Edden
Richard Anthony Edward Edden Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jieun Kim
Jieun Kim Stanford University
Nicolaas A.J. Puts
Nicolaas A.J. Puts King's College London
Simon B. Eickhoff
Simon B. Eickhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Martin Brüne
Martin Brüne Ruhr University Bochum

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