Prof. Dr. Kathrin Koch

Keywords: fMRI, DTI, cognition, OCD

Brief research description: Investigation of neural substrates underlying specific cognitive processes as well as their alterations in different psychiatric disorders (e.g., OCD) using fMRI and DTI.

Current or graduated GSN students: Alyssa Torske, Dr. Tim Reeß, Dr. Oana Georgiana Rus, Dr. Mónica Franco Emch, Daniela Rodriguez Manrique

Selected publications:

Ripp I, Wu Q, Wallenwein L, Emch M, Yakushev I, Koch K (2022) Neuronal efficiency following n-back training task is accompanied by a higher cerebral glucose metabolism. Neuroimage, 253:119095

Torske A, Koch K, Eickhoff S, Freiherr J (2022) Localizing the human brain response to olfactory stimulation: A meta-analytic approach. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 134:104512

Wu Q, Ripp I, Emch M, Koch K (2021) Cortical and subcortical responsiveness to intensive adaptive working memory training: An MRI surface-based analysis. Human Brain Mapping, 42:2907-2920

Reess TJ, Rus OG, Gürsel DA, Schmitz-Koep B, Wagner G, Berberich G, Koch K (2018) Network-based decoupling of local gyrification in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Human Brain Mapping, 39:3216-3226

Gürsel DA, Avram M, Sorg C, Brandl F, Koch K (2018) Frontoparietal areas link impairments of large scale intrinsic brain networks with aberrant fronto-striatal interactions in OCD: a meta-analysis of resting-state functional connectivity. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 87:151-160