Publications

2024

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Asseyer, S.; Panagoulas, E.; Maidhof, J.; Villringer, K.; Al, E.; Chen, X.; Krause, T.; Hardikar, S.; Villringer, A.; Jungehülsing, G. J.: Prediction of central post‐stroke pain by quantitative sensory testing. Annals of Neurology (2024)

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2023

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Kluger, D. S.; Forster, C.; Abbasi, O.; Chalas, N.; Villringer, A.; Gross, J.: Modulatory dynamics of periodic and aperiodic activity in respiration-brain coupling. Nature Communications 14 (1), 4699 (2023)

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Schaare, H. L.; Blöchl, M.; Kumral, D.; Uhlig, M.; Lemcke, L.; Valk, S. L.; Villringer, A.: Associations between mental health, blood pressure and the development of hypertension. Nature Communications 14 (1), 1953 (2023)

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2022

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Stephani, T.; Nierula, B.; Villringer, A.; Eippert, F.; Nikulin, V. V.: Cortical response variability is driven by local excitability changes with somatotopic organization. NeuroImage 264, 119687 (2022)

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Grund, M.; Al, E.; Pabst, M.; Dabbagh, A.; Stephani, T.; Nierhaus, T.; Gaebler, M.; Villringer, A.: Respiration, heartbeat, and conscious tactile perception. The Journal of Neuroscience 42 (4), pp. 643 - 656 (2022)

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2021

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Stephani, T.; Hodapp, A.; Jamshidi Idaji, M.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.: Neural excitability and sensory input determine intensity perception with opposing directions in initial cortical responses. eLife 10, e67838 (2021)

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Al, E.; Iliopoulos, F.; Nikulin, V. V.; Villringer, A.: Heartbeat and somatosensory perception. NeuroImage 238, 118247 (2021)

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Grund, M.; Forschack, N.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.: Neural correlates of conscious tactile perception: An analysis of BOLD activation patterns and graph metrics. NeuroImage 224, 117384 (2021)

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2020

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Iliopoulos, F.; Taskin, B.; Villringer, A.; Nierhaus, T.: Imperceptible somatosensory single pulse and pulse train stimulation oppositely modulate mu rhythm activity and perceptual performance. Cerebral Cortex 30 (12), pp. 6284 - 6295 (2020)

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Predel, C.; Kaminski, E.; Hoff, M.; Carius, D.; Villringer, A.; Ragert, P.: Motor skill learning-induced functional plasticity in the primary somatosensory cortex: A comparison between young and older adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 12, 596438 (2020)

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Gundlach, C.; Müller, M. M.; Hoff, M.; Ragert, P.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.; Sehm, B.: Reduction of somatosensory functional connectivity by transcranial alternating current stimulation at endogenous mu-frequency. NeuroImage 221, 117175 (2020)

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Zarubin, G.; Gundlach, C.; Nikulin, V. V.; Villringer, A.; Bogdan, M.: Transient amplitude modulation of alpha-band oscillations by short-time intermittent closed-loop tACS. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 14, 366 (2020)

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Stephani, T.; Waterstraat, G.; Haufe, S.; Curio, G.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.: Temporal signatures of criticality in human cortical excitability as probed by early somatosensory responses. The Journal of Neuroscience 40 (34), pp. 6572 - 6583 (2020)

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Forschack, N.; Nierhaus, T.; Müller, M. M.; Villringer, A.: Dissociable neural correlates of stimulation intensity and detection in somatosensation. NeuroImage 217, 116908 (2020)

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Al, E.; Fivos, I.; Forschack, N.; Nierhaus, T.; Grund, M.; Motyka, P.; Gaebler, M.; Nikulin, V. V.; Villringer, A.: Heart-brain interactions shape somatosensory perception and evoked potentials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (19), pp. 10575 - 10584 (2020)

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2019

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Motyka, P.; Grund, M.; Forschack, N.; Al, E.; Villringer, A.; Gaebler, M.: Interactions between cardiac activity and conscious somatosensory perception. Psychophysiology 56 (10), e13424 (2019)

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Iemi, L.; Busch, N. A.; Laudini, A.; Haegens, S.; Samaha, J.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.: Multiple mechanisms link prestimulus neural oscillations to sensory responses. eLife 8, e43620 (2019)

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Mahjoory, K.; Cesnaite, E.; Hohlefeld, F. U.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.: Power and temporal dynamics of alpha oscillations at rest differentiate cognitive performance involving sustained and phasic cognitive control. NeuroImage 188, pp. 135 - 144 (2019)

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2018

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Kuehn, E.; Haggard, P.; Villringer, A.; Pleger, B.; Sereno, M. I.: Visually-driven maps in area 3b. The Journal of Neuroscience 38 (5), pp. 1295 - 1310 (2018)

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2017

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von Lautz, A. H.; Herding, J.; Ludwig, S.; Nierhaus, T.; Maess, B.; Villringer, A.; Blankenburg, F.: Gamma and beta oscillations in human MEG encode the contents of vibrotactile working memory. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 11, 576 (2017)

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Gundlach, C.; Müller, M. M.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.; Sehm, B.: Modulation of somatosensory alpha rhythm by transcranial alternating current stimulation at mu-frequency. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 11, 432 (2017)

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Forschack, N.; Nierhaus, T.; Müller, M. M.; Villringer, A.: Alpha-band brain oscillations shape the processing of perceptible as well as imperceptible somatosensory stimuli during selective attention. The Journal of Neuroscience 37 (29), pp. 6983 - 6994 (2017)

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Kuehn, E.; Dinse, J.; Jakobsen, E.; Long, X.; Schäfer, A.; Bazin, P.-L.; Villringer, A.; Sereno, M. I.; Margulies, D. S.: Body topography parcellates human sensory and motor cortex. Cerebral Cortex 27 (7), pp. 3790 - 3805 (2017)

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2016

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Long, X.; Huang, W.; Napadow, V.; Liang, F.; Pleger, B.; Villringer, A.; Witt, C. M.; Nierhaus, T.; Pach, D.: Sustained effects of acupuncture stimulation investigated with centrality mapping analysis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10, 510 (2016)

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Gundlach, C.; Müller, M. M.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.; Sehm, B.: Phasic modulation of human somatosensory perception by transcranially applied oscillating currents. Brain Stimulation 9 (5), pp. 712 - 719 (2016)

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Nierhaus, T.; Pach, D.; Huang, W.; Long, X.; Napadow, V.; Roll, S.; Liang, F.; Pleger, B.; Villringer, A.; Witt, C. M.: Difficulties choosing control points in acupuncture research. Response: Commentary: Differential cerebral response, measured with both an EEG and fMRI, to somatosensory stimulation of a single acupuncture point vs. two non-acupuncture points. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 10, 404 (2016)

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Krause, T.; Asseyer, S.; Taskin, B.; Flöel, A.; Witte, V.; Mueller, K.; Fiebach, J. B.; Villringer, K.; Villringer, A.; Jungehulsing, G. J.: The cortical signature of central poststroke pain: Gray matter decreases in somatosensory, insular, and prefrontal cortices. Cerebral Cortex 26 (1), pp. 80 - 88 (2016)

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2015

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Striem-Amit, E.; Ovadia-Caro, S.; Caramazza, A.; Margulies, D. S.; Villringer, A.; Amedi, A.: Functional connectivity of visual cortex in the blind follows retinotopic organization principles. Brain 138 (6), pp. 1679 - 1695 (2015)

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Goltz, D.; Gundlach, C.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.; Müller, M.; Pleger, B.: Connections between intraparietal sulcus and a sensorimotor network underpin sustained tactile attention. The Journal of Neuroscience 35 (20), pp. 7938 - 7949 (2015)

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Nierhaus, T.; Forschack, N.; Piper, S. K.; Holtze, S.; Krause, T.; Taskin, B.; Long, X.; Stelzer, J.; Margulies, D. S.; Steinbrink, J. et al.; Villringer, A.: Imperceptible somatosensory stimulation alters sensorimotor background rhythm and connectivity. The Journal of Neuroscience 35 (15), pp. 5917 - 5925 (2015)

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Preusser, S.; Thiel, S. D.; Rook, C.; Roggenhofer, E.; Kosatschek, A.; Draganski, B.; Blankenburg, F.; Driver, J.; Villringer, A.; Pleger, B.: The perception of touch and the ventral somatosensory pathway. Brain 138 (3), pp. 540 - 548 (2015)

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Nierhaus, T.; Pach, D.; Huang, W.; Long, X.; Napadow, V.; Roll, S.; Liang, F.; Pleger, B.; Villringer, A.; Witt, C. M.: Differential cerebral response to somatosensory stimulation of an acupuncture point vs. two non-acupuncture points measured with EEG and fMRI. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9, 74 (2015)

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2014

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Bareither, I.; Villringer, A.; Busch, N. A.: Decreased visual detection during subliminal stimulation. Journal of Vision 14 (12), 20 (2014)

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Bareither, I.; Chaumon, M.; Bernasconi, F.; Villringer, A.; Busch, N. A.: Invisible visual stimuli elicit increases in alpha-band power. Journal of Neurophysiology 112 (5), pp. 1082 - 1090 (2014)

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Long, X.; Goltz, D.; Margulies, D. S.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.: Functional connectivity-based parcellation of the human sensorimotor cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience 39 (8), pp. 1332 - 1342 (2014)

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Iliopoulos, F.; Nierhaus, T.; Villringer, A.: Electrical noise modulates perception of electrical pulses in humans: Sensation enhancement via stochastic resonance. Journal of Neurophysiology 111 (6), pp. 1238 - 1248 (2014)

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Thiel, S. D.; Bitzer, S.; Nierhaus, T.; Kalberlah, C.; Preusser, S.; Neumann, J.; Nikulin, V. V.; van der Meer, E.; Villringer, A.; Pleger, B.: Hysteresis as an implicit prior in tactile spatial decision making. PLoS One 9 (2), e89802 (2014)

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2013

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Goltz, D.; Pleger, B.; Thiel, S. D.; Villringer, A.; Müller, M. M.: Sustained spatial attention to vibrotactile stimulation in the flutter range: Relevant brain regions and their interaction. PLoS One 8 (12), e84196 (2013)

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Kalberlah, C.; Villringer, A.; Pleger, B.: Dynamic causal modeling suggests serial processing of tactile vibratory stimuli in the human somatosensory cortex: An fMRI study. NeuroImage 74, pp. 164 - 171 (2013)

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Pleger, B.; Villringer, A.: The human somatosensory system: From perception to decision making. Progress in Neurobiology 103, pp. 76 - 97 (2013)

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Jungehulsing, G. J.; Israel, H.; Safar, N.; Taskin, B.; Nolte, C.; Brunecker, P.; Wernecke, K.-D.; Villringer, A.: Levetiracetam in patients with central neuropathic post-stroke pain: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. European Journal of Neurology 20 (2), pp. 331 - 337 (2013)

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Sehm, B.; Hoff, M.; Gundlach, C.; Taubert, M.; Conde, V.; Villringer, A.; Ragert, P.: A novel ring electrode setup for the recording of somatosensory evoked potentials during transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Journal of Neuroscience Methods 212 (2), pp. 234 - 236 (2013)

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2012

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Krause, T.; Brunecker, P.; Pittl, S.; Taskin, B.; Laubisch, D.; Winter, B.; Lentza, M. E.; Malzahn, U.; Villringer, K.; Villringer, A. et al.; Jungehulsing, G. J.: Thalamic sensory strokes with and without pain: Differences in lesion patterns in the ventral posterior thalamus. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 83 (8), pp. 776 - 784 (2012)

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2011

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Becker, R.; Reinacher, M.; Freyer, F.; Villringer, A.; Ritter, P.: How ongoing neuronal oscillations account for evoked fMRI variability. Journal of Neuroscience 31 (30), pp. 11016 - 11027 (2011)

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Ragert, P.; Nierhaus, T.; Cohen, L. G.; Villringer, A.: Interhemispheric interactions between the human primary somatosensory cortices. PLoS One 6 (2), e16150 (2011)

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2010

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Koch, S. P.; Habermehl, C.; Mehnert, J.; Schmitz, C. H.; Holtze, S.; Villringer, A.; Steinbrink, J.; Obrig, H.: High-resolution optical functional mapping of the human somatosensory cortex. Frontiers in Neuroenergetics 2, 12 (2010)

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Preuschhof, C.; Schubert, T.; Villringer, A.; Heekeren, H. R.: Prior information biases stimulus representations during vibrotactile decision making. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 22 (5), pp. 875 - 887 (2010)

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2009

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Schubert, R.; Haufe, S.; Blankenburg, F.; Villringer, A.; Curio, G.: Now you'll feel it, now you won't: EEG rhythms predict the effectiveness of perceptual masking. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 21 (12), pp. 2407 - 2419 (2009)

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Freyer, F.; Becker, R.; Anami, K.; Curio, G.; Villringer, A.; Ritter, P.: Ultrahigh-frequency EEG during fMRI: Pushing the limits of imaging-artifact correction. NeuroImage 48 (1), pp. 94 - 108 (2009)

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Reinacher, M.; Becker, R.; Villringer, A.; Ritter, P.: Oscillatory brain states interact with late cognitive components of the somatosensory evoked potential. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 183 (1), pp. 49 - 56 (2009)

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Ritter, P.; Moosmann, M.; Villringer, A.: Rolandic alpha and beta EEG rhythms' strengths are inversely related to fMRI-BOLD signal in primary somatosensory and motor cortex. Human Brain Mapping 30 (4), pp. 1168 - 1187 (2009)

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2008

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Schubert, R.; Ritter, P.; Wüstenberg, T.; Preuschhof, C.; Curio, G.; Sommer, W.; Villringer, A.: Spatial attention related SEP amplitude modulations covary with BOLD signal in S1-a simultaneous EEG-fMRI study. Cerebral Cortex 18 (11), pp. 2686 - 2700 (2008)

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Becker, R.; Ritter, P.; Villringer, A.: Influence of ongoing alpha rhythm on the visual evoked potential. NeuroImage 39 (2), pp. 707 - 716 (2008)

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Ritter, P.; Freyer, F.; Curio, G.; Villringer, A.: High-frequency (600 Hz) population spikes in human EEG delineate thalamic and cortical fMRI activation sites. NeuroImage 42 (2), pp. 483 - 490 (2008)

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