A5008121418- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Music Therapy and Health
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Health and Medical Studies
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Endometriosis Research and Treatment
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Heidelberg University
2016-2025
University Hospital Heidelberg
2016-2025
German Center for Diabetes Research
2024
Giessen School of Theology
2022
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
2021
Klinik für Psychosomatik
2021
University of Konstanz
2021
University of Zurich
2009-2020
Family Works
2020
Knoxville College
2020
Objective: To determine whether intimacy might be associated with reduced daily salivary cortisol levels in couples, thereby adding to the epidemiologic literature on health burden happy couples. Methods: A total of 51 dual-earner couples reported time spent intimacy, stated their current affect quality, and provided saliva samples for estimation approximately every 3 hours a 1-week time-sampling assessment. In addition, participants data chronic problems work organization. Results:...
Evidence for the stress-buffering effects of social support in intimate relationships raises important questions about whether partner promotes recovery physiological systems implicated physical health. The present study examined (a) observed dyadic coping enhances cortisol stress and (b) a stressed partner's self-reported attachment anxiety avoidance moderate these effects. Stress was experimentally induced by asking either man or woman 123 heterosexual couples to participate standardized...
Abstract The hypothalamic neuropeptide oxytocin (OT) exerts prominent analgesic effects via central and peripheral action. However, the precise pathways recruited by OT are largely elusive. Here we discovered a subset of neurons whose projections preferentially terminate on receptor (OTR)-expressing in ventrolateral periaqueductal gray (vlPAG). Using newly generated line transgenic rats (OTR-IRES-Cre), determined that most vlPAG OTR expressing cells targeted GABAergic. Ex vivo stimulation...
In March 2022, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) held a virtual Controversies Conference to address the important but rarely examined phase during which kidney transplant is failing or has failed. addition discussing definition of allograft, 4 broad areas were considered in context declining functioning graft: prognosis and failure trajectory; immunosuppression strategies; management medical psychological complications, patient factors; choice replacement therapy supportive...
Music can directly influence emotions, the regulation of which are known to be impaired in major depressive disorder (MDD). While music therapy (MT) could an effective complement treat MDD, studies investigating such effects have not yet yielded conclusive results. We hypothesized that group (GMT) might lead a significant reduction symptoms (DS). In randomized controlled trial, 102 women with current MDD were randomly assigned intervention receiving GMT or waitlist control group. Data...
Unhappy couple relationships are associated with impaired individual health, an effect thought to be mediated through ongoing conflicts. Little is known, however, about the underlying mechanisms regulating psychobiological stress, and particularly autonomic nervous system (ANS) reactivity, during negative interaction. In this study, we tested effects of neuropeptide oxytocin on ANS reactivity conflict in a standardized laboratory paradigm. double-blind, placebo-controlled design, 47...