Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- Hammers A, Koepp MJ, Hurlemann R, Thom M, Richardson MP, Brooks DJ, Duncan J (2002) Abnormalities of grey and white matter [(11)C]flumazenil binding in temporal lobe epilepsy with normal MRI. Brain 125: 2257 - 2271 [IF 7.122] PDF
- Hammers A, Koepp MJ, Richardson MP, Hurlemann R, Brooks DJ, Duncan JS (2003) Grey and white matter [(11)C]flumazenil binding in neocortical epilepsy with normal MRI. A PET study of 44 patients. Brain 126: 1300 - 1318 [IF 7.967] PDF
- Strange BA, Hurlemann R, Dolan RJ (2003) An emotion-induced retrograde amnesia in humans is amygdala- and β-adrenergic-dependent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) 100: 13626 - 13631 [IF 10.272] PDF Supporting Information Link Comment in PNAS PDF Evaluated as 'must read' (article factor 8) by Faculty of 1000 Neuroscience Link
- Strange BA, Hurlemann R, Duggins A, Heinze HJ, Dolan RJ (2005) Dissociating intentional learning from relative novelty responses in the medial temporal lobe. NeuroImage 25: 51 - 62 [IF 5.288] PDF
- Herzog H, Tellmann L, Fulton R, Stangier I, Rota-Kops E, Bente K, Boy C, Hurlemann R, Pietrzyk U (2005) Motion artefact reduction in parametric PET images of neuroreceptor binding. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 46: 1059 - 1065 [IF 4.986] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Hawellek B, Matusch A, Kolsch H, Wollersen H, Madea B, Vogeley K, Maier W, Dolan RJ (2005) Noradrenergic modulation of emotion-induced forgetting and remembering. The Journal of Neuroscience 25: 6343 - 6349 [IF 7.506] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Boy C, Meyer PT, Scherk H, Wagner M, Herzog H, Coenen HH, Vogeley K, Falkai P, Zilles K, Maier W, Bauer A (2005) Decreased prefrontal 5-HT(2A) receptor binding in subjects at enhanced risk for schizophrenia. Anatomy & Embryology (Berlin) 210: 519 - 523 [IF 1.255] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Tepest R, Maier W, Falkai P, Vogeley K (2005) Intact hippocampal gray matter in schizophrenia as revealed by automatized image analysis post-mortem. Anatomy & Embryology (Berlin) 210: 513 - 517 [IF 1.255] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Matusch A, Eickhoff SB, Palomero-Gallagher N, Meyer PT, Boy C, Maier W, Zilles K, Amunts A, Bauer A (2005) Analysis of neuroreceptor PET data based on cytoarchitectonic maximum probability maps – a feasibility study. Anatomy & Embryology (Berlin) 210: 447 - 453 [IF 1.255] PDF
- Dolan RJ, Heinze HJ, Hurlemann R, Hinrichs H (2006) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) determined temporal modulation of visual and auditory sensory processing in the context of classical conditioning to faces. NeuroImage 32: 778 - 789 [IF 5.559] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Wagner M, Hawellek B, Reich H, Pieperhoff P, Amunts K, Oros-Peusquens AM, Shah NJ, Maier W, Dolan RJ (2007) Amygdala control of emotion-induced forgetting and remembering. Neuropsychologia 45: 877 - 884 [IF 3.630] PDF
- Hurlemann R (2006) Noradrenergic control of emotion-induced amnesia and hypermnesia. Reviews in the Neurosciences 17: 525 - 532 [IF 3.320] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Hawellek B, Maier W, Dolan RJ (2007) Enhanced emotion-induced amnesia in borderline personality disorder. Psychological Medicine 37: 971 - 982 [IF 4.212] PDF
- Matusch A, Hurlemann R, Rota-Kops E, Winz O, Elmenhorst D, Herzog H, Zilles K, Bauer A (2007) Acute S-ketamine application does not alter cerebral [(18)F]altanserin binding: a pilot PET study in humans. Journal of Neural Transmission 114: 1433 - 1442 [IF 2.672] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Matusch A, Klingmuller D, Kolsch H, Maier W, Dolan RJ (2007) Emotion-induced retrograde amnesia varies as a function of noradrenergic-glucocorticoid effects. Psychopharmacology (Berlin) 194: 261 - 269 [IF 3.561] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Matusch A, Kuhn KU, Berning J, Elmenhorst D, Winz O, Kolsch H, Zilles K, Wagner M, Maier W, Bauer A (2008) 5-HT(2A) receptor density is decreased in the at-risk mental state. Psychopharmacology (Berlin) 195: 579 - 590 [IF 3.676] PDF Awarded with the Gerd-Huber Prize 2008
- Hurlemann R (2008) Noradrenergic-glucococorticoid mechanisms in emotion-induced amnesia: from adaptation to disease. Psychopharmacology (Berlin) 197: 13 - 23 [IF 3.676] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Jessen F, Wagner M, Ruhrmann S, Brockhaus A, Picker H, Block W, Scheef L, Schild HH, Moller-Hartmann W, Krug W, Falkai P, Klosterkotter J, Maier W (2008) Interrelated functional and structural evidence of hippocampal pathology in the at-risk mental state. Psychological Medicine 38: 843 - 851 [IF 4.718] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Rehme AK, Diessel M, Kukolja J, Maier W, Walter H, Cohen MX (2008) Segregating intra-amygdalar responses to dynamic facial emotion with cytoarchitectonic maximum probability maps. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 172: 13 - 20 [IF 2.092] PDF
- Hurlemann R, Schlaepfer TE, Matusch A, Reich H, Shah NJ, Zilles K, Maier W, Bauer A (2009) Reduced 5-HT(2A) receptor signaling following selective bilateral amygdala damage. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) 4: 79 - 84 [IF 4.203] PDF
- Kukolja J, Schlaepfer TE, Keysers C, Klingmüller, Maier W, Fink GR, Hurlemann R (2008) Modeling a negative response bias in the human amygdala by noradrenergic–glucocorticoid interactions. The Journal of Neuroscience 28: 12868 - 12876 [IF 7.452] PDF Supporting Information Link
- Maier W, Mössner R, Quednow BB, Wagner M, Hurlemann R (2008) From genes to psychosis and back: The role of the 5-HT(2A) receptor and prepulse inhibition in schizophrenia. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 258: 40 - 43 [IF 2.852] PDF
- Onur OA, Walter H, Schlaepfer TE, Rehme AK, Schmidt C, Keysers C, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2009) Noradrenergic enhancement of amygdala responses to fear. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) 4: 119 - 126 [IF 4.203] PDF
- Goossens L, Kukolja J, Fink GR, Maier W, Griez EJ, Schruers K, Hurlemann R (2009) Selective processing of social stimuli in the superficial amygdala. Human Brain Mapping 30: 3332 - 3338 [IF 6.256] PDF
- Stamelou M, Matusch A, Elmenhorst D, Hurlemann R, Eggert KM, Oertel WH, Zilles K, Höglinger GU, Bauer A (2009) Up-regulation of 5-HT(2A) receptors in the substantia nigra and caudate nucleus in progressive supranuclear palsy correlates with clinical symptom severity. Movement Disorders 24: 1170 - 1175 [IF 4.014] PDF
- Bewernick B, Hurlemann R, Matusch A, Kayser S, Hadrysiewics B, Axmacher N, Grubert C, Lemke M, Cooper-Mahkorn D, Cohen MX, Brockmann H, Lenartz D, Sturm V, Schlaepfer TE (2010) Nucleus accumbens deep brain stimulation decreases ratings of depression and anxiety in treatment-resistent depression. Biological Psychiatry 67: 110 - 116 [IF 8.674] PDF Supporting Information Link
- Enkel T, Gholizadeh D, von Bohlen und Halbach O, Sanchis-Segura C, Hurlemann R, Spanagel R, Gass P, Vollmayr B (2010) Ambiguous-cue interpretation is biased under stress- and depression-like states in rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 35: 1008 - 1015 [IF 6.685] PDF Supporting Information Link
- Hurlemann R, Walter H, Rehme AK, Kukolja J, Santoro SC, Schmidt C, Schnell K, Musshoff F, Keysers C, Maier W, Kendrick KM, Onur OA (2010) Human amygdala reactivity is diminished by the beta-noradrenergic antagonist propranolol. Psychological Medicine 27: 1 - 10 [IF 5.200] PDF
- Talmi D, Hurlemann R, Patin A, Dolan RJ (2010) Framing effect following bilateral amygdala lesion. Neuropsychologia 48: 1823 - 1827 [IF 3.949] PDF Supporting Information Link
- Onur OA, Schlaepfer TE, Kukolja J, Bauer A, Jeung H, Patin A, Otte DM, Shah NJ, Maier W, Kendrick KM, Fink GR, Hurlemann R (2010) The NMDA receptor co-agonist D-cycloserine facilitates declarative learning and hippocampal activity in humans. Biological Psychiatry 67: 1205 - 1211 [IF 8.674] PDF Supporting Information Link
- Hurlemann R, Patin A, Onur OA, Cohen MX, Baumgartner T, Metzler S, Dziobek I, Gallinat J, Wagner M, Maier W, Kendrick KM (2010) Oxytocin enhances amygdala-dependent, socially reinforced learning and emotional empathy in humans. The Journal of Neuroscience 30: 4999 - 5007 [IF 7.271] PDF Supporting Information Link Research Highlight: Nature (2010) 464: 1107 PDF Journal Club Feature: The Journal of Neuroscience (2010) 30: 9347 - 9348 PDF & PDF Research in Germany - Land of Ideas PDF
- Mihov Y, Mayer S, Musshoff F, Maier W, Kendrick KM, Hurlemann R (2010) Facilitation of learning by social-emotion feedback is beta-noradrenergic-dependent. Neuropsychologia 48: 3168 - 3172 [IF 3.949] PDF
- Patin A & Hurlemann R (2011) Modulating amygdala responses to emotion: Evidence from pharmacological fMRI. Neuropsychologia 49: 706 - 717 [IF 3.636] PDF
- Bach DR, Talmi D, Hurlemann R, Patin A, Dolan RJ (2011) Automatic relevance detection in the absence of a functional amygdala. Neuropsychologia 49: 1302 - 1305 [IF 3.636] PDF
- Kukolja J, Klingmüller D, Maier W, Fink GR, Hurlemann R (2011) Noradrenergic glucocorticoid modulation of emotional memory encoding in the human hippocampus. Psychological Medicine 4: 1 - 10 [IF 6.159] PDF
- Onur OA, Patin A, Mihov Y, Buecher B, Stoffel-Wagner B, Schlaepfer TE, Walter H, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012) Overnight deprivation from smoking disrupts amygdala responses to fear. Human Brain Mapping 33: 1407 - 1416 [IF 5.880] PDF Cover art based on this article Link Research in Germany - Land of Ideas PDF eLetter in Science Link

- Grubert C, Hurlemann R, Bewernick B, Kayser S, Hadrysiewicz B, Axmacher N, Sturm V, Schlaepfer TE (2011) Neuropsychological safety of nucleus accumbens deep brain stimulation for major depression - effects of 12-month stimulation. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 12: 516 - 527 [IF 2.385] PDF
- Striepens N, Kendrick KM, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2011) Prosocial effects of oxytocin and clinical evidence for its therapeutic potential. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 32: 426 - 450 [IF 11.429] PDF
- Becker B, Mihov Y, Scheele D, Kendrick KM, Feinstein JS, Matusch A, Aydin M, Reich H, Urbach H, Oros-Peusquens AM, Shah NJ, Kunz WS, Schlaepfer TE, Zilles K, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012) Fear processing and social networking in the absence of a functional amygdala. Biological Psychiatry 72: 70 - 77 [IF 8.283] PDF Supporting Information PDF Cover art based on this article Link

- Scheele D, Mihov Y, Kendrick KM, Feinstein JS, Reich H, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012) Amygdala lesion profoundly alters altruistic punishment. Biological Psychiatry 72: e5 - e7 [IF 8.283] PDF
- Mihov Y, Hurlemann R (2012) Altered amygdala function in nicotine addiction: insights from human neuroimaging studies. Neuropsychologia 50: 1719 - 1729 [IF 3.636] PDF
- Helmstaedter C, Mihov Y, Toliat MR, Thiele H, Nürnberg P, Schoch S, Surges R, Elger CE, Kunz WS, Hurlemann R (2013) Genetic variation in dopaminergic activity is associated with the risk for psychiatric side effects of levetiracetam. Epilepsia 54: 36 - 44 [IF 3.961] PDF Supporting Information PDF Research Highlight: Nature Reviews Neurology (2012) 8: 532 PDF
- Yamasue H, Yee JR, Hurlemann R, Rilling JK, Chen FS, Meyer-Lindenberg A, Tost H (2012) Integrative approaches utilizing oxytocin to enhance prosocial behavior: from animal and human social behavior to autistic social dysfunction. The Journal of Neuroscience 32: 14109 - 14117 [IF 7.115] PDF
- Striepens N, Scheele D, Kendrick KM, Becker B, Schaefer L, Schwalba K, Reul J, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2012) Oxytocin facilitates protective responses to aversive social stimuli in males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) 109: 18144 - 18149 [IF 9.681] PDF Supporting Information PDF
- Scheele D, Striepens E, Güntürkün O, Deutschländer S, Maier W, Kendrick KM, Hurlemann R (2012) Oxytocin modulates social distance between males and females. The Journal of Neuroscience 32: 16074 - 16079 [IF 7.115] PDF Research Highlight: Nature (2012) 492: 157 PDF News Focus: Science (2013) 339: 267 - 269 PDF Society for Neuroscience (SfN) press release PDF Research in Germany - Land of Ideas PDF
- Mihov Y, Kendrick KM, Becker B, Zschernack J, Reich H, Maier W, Keysers C, Hurlemann R (2013) Mirroring fear in the absence of a functional amygdala. Biological Psychiatry 73: e9 - e11 [IF 8.283] PDF
- Becker B, Scheele D, Moessner R, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2013) Deciphering the neural signature of conversion blindness. The American Journal of Psychiatry 170: 121 - 122 [IF 12.539] PDF
- *Feinstein JS, *Buzza C, *Hurlemann R, Dahdaleh NS, Follmer RL, Coryell WH, Welsh MJ, Tranel D, Wemmie JA (2013) Fear and panic in humans with bilateral amygdala damage. Nature Neuroscience 16: 270 - 272 [IF 15.531] (*co-lead authors) PDF
- Scheele D, Mihov Y, Schwederski O, Maier W, Hurlemann R (2013) A negative emotional and economic judgment bias in major depression. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience (in press) [IF 3.494] PDF
- Becker B, Klein EM, Striepens E, Mihov Y, Schlaepfer TS, Reul J, Goossens L, Schruers K, Kendrick KM, Hurlemann R (2013) Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors contribute to learning-induced metaplasticity in the hippocampus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (in press) [IF 5.175]
- Kayser S, Bewernick BH, Hurlemann R, Soehle M, Schlaepfer TE (2013) Comparable seizure characteristics in magnetic seizure therapy and electroconvulsive therapy for major depression. European Neuropsychopharmacology (in press) [IF 4.046]
Monograph
Hurlemann R (2007) The costs and benefits of emotional memory formation. Shaker Verlag GmbH, Aachen, Germany (ISBN-10: 3832266356; ISBN-13: 978-3832266356) Link