Publications of Julia Sacher

Arélin, K., Mueller, K., Barth, C., Rekkas, P. V., Kratzsch, J., Burmann, I., … Sacher, J. (2015). Progesterone mediates brain functional connectivity changes during the menstrual cycle: A pilot resting state MRI study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9. doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00044

Barth, C., Villringer, A., & Sacher, J. (2015). Sex hormones affect neurotransmitters and shape the adult female brain during hormonal transition periods. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9. doi:10.3389/fnins.2015.00037

Sacher, J., Rekkas, V. P., Wilson, A. A., Houle, S., Romano, L., Hamidi, J., … Meyer, J. H. (2015). Relationship of monoamine oxidase: A distribution volume to postpartum depression and postpartum crying. Neuropsychopharmacology, 40, 429–435.

Ihme, K., Sacher, J., Lichev, V., Rosenberg, N., Kugel, H., Rufer, M., … Suslow, T. (2014). Alexithymic features and the labeling of brief emotional facial expressions: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 64, 289–299.

Schäfer, A., Burmann, I., Regenthal, R., Arélin, K., Barth, C., Pampel, A., … Sacher, J. (2014). Serotonergic modulation of intrinsic functional connectivity. Current Biology, 24, 2314–2318.

Rekkas, P. V., Wilson, A. A., Lee, V. W. H., Yogalingam, P., Sacher, J., Rusjan, P., … Meyer, J. H. (2014). Greater monoamine oxidase a binding in perimenopausal age as measured with carbon 11–labeled harmine positron emission tomography. JAMA Psychiatry, 71, 873–879.

Tittmann, M., Günther, T., Sacher, J., Himmerich, H., Villringer, A., Hegerl, U., & Schönknecht, P. (2014). Structural brain changes in early-onset and late-onset depression: An update of volumetric MRI findings. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 24, 149–160.

Ihme, K., Sacher, J., Lichev, V., Rosenberg, N., Kugel, H., Rufer, M., … Suslow, T. (2014). Alexithymia and the labeling of facial emotions: Response slowing and increased motor and somatosensory processing. BMC Neuroscience, 15. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-15-40

Schroeter, M. L., Sacher, J., Steiner, J., Schönknecht, P., & Mueller, K. (2013). Serum S100B represents a new biomarker for mood disorders. Current Drug Targets, 14, 1237–1248.

Sacher, J., Okon-Singer, H., & Villringer, A. (2013). Evidence from neuroimaging for the role of the menstrual cycle in the interplay of emotion and cognition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00374

Hoyer, J., Burmann, I., Kieseler, M.-L., Vollrath, F., Hellrung, L., Arélin, K., … Sacher, J. (2013). Menstrual cycle phase modulates emotional conflict processing in women with and without premenstrual syndrome (PMS): A pilot study. PLoS One, 8. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059780

Sacher, J., Neumann, J., Okon-Singer, H., Gotowiek, S., & Villringer, A. (2013). Sexual dimorphism in the human brain: Evidence from neuroimaging. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 31, 366–375.

Mueller, K., Sacher, J., Arelin, K., Holiga, Š., Kratzsch, J., Villringer, A., & Schroeter, M. L. (2012). Overweight and obesity are associated with neuronal injury in the human cerebellum and hippocampus in young adults: A combined MRI, serum marker and gene expression study. Translational Psychiatry, 2. doi:10.1038/tp.2012.121

Sacher, J., Neumann, J., Fünfstück, T., Soliman, A., Villringer, A., & Schroeter, M. (2012). Mapping the depressed brain: A meta-analysis of structural and functional alterations in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 140, 142–148.

Sacher, J., Rabiner, E. A., Clark, M., Rusjan, P., Soliman, A., Boskovic, R., … Meyer, J. H. (2012). Dynamic, adaptive changes in MAO-A binding after alterations in substrate availability: An in vivo [(11)C]-harmine positron emission tomography study. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 32, 443–446.

Smith, G. S., Kahn, A., Sacher, J., Rusjan, P., van Eimeren, T., Flint, A., & Wilson, A. A. (2011). Serotonin transporter occupancy and the functional neuroanatomic effects of citalopram in geriatric depression. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19, 1016–1025.

Sacher, J., Houle, S., Parkes, J., Rusjan, P., Sagrati, S., Wilson, A. A., & Meyer, J. H. (2011). Monoamine oxidase A inhibitor occupancy during treatment of major depressive episodes with moclobemide or St. John's wort: An [(11)C]-harmine PET study. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 36, 375–382.

Bacher, I., Houle, S., Xu, X., Zawertailo, L., Soliman, A., Wilson, A. A., … Meyer, J. H. (2011). Monoamine oxidase A binding in the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices during acute withdrawal from heavy cigarette smoking. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68, 817–826.

Sacher, J., Wilson, A. A., Rusjan, P. M., Jacobs, L., Bloomfield, P. M., Houle, S., & Meyer, J. H. (2011). Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A)binding in prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex in postpartum depression. Biological Psychiatry, 69, 157S–157S.

Soliman, A., Bagby, R. M., Wilson, A. A., Miler, L., Clark, M., Rusjan, P., … Meyer, J. H. (2011). Relationship of monoamine oxidase A binding to adaptive and maladaptive personality traits. Psychological Medicine, 41, 1051–1060.