PD Dr. Afra Wohlschläger

Research focus: Dynamics of intrinsic brain activity and its long-term changes in neuropsychiatric diseases (resting-state fMRI), impact of intrinsic brain processes on behavior, relation of BOLD dynamics to electrophysiological measures (EEG-fMRI)

Key words: fMRI, dynamic functional connectivity, EEG-fMRI

GSN students

• Current: Cilia Jaeger
• Graduated: Dr. Anselm Doll, Dr. Marie-Luise Brandi, Dr. Chun Meng, Dr. Dr. Valentin Riedl, Dr. Sarah Glim, Dr. Satja Mulej Bratec, Dr. Idil Demircapa

Selected publications:

Wohlschläger AM, Glim S, Shao J, Draheim J, Köhler L, Lourenço S, Riedl V, Sorg C. (2016) Ongoing Slow Fluctuations in V1 Impact on Visual Perception. Front Hum Neurosci. 10: 411.

Neufang S, Akhrif A, Riedl V, Förstl H, Kurz A, Zimmer C, Sorg C and Wohlschläger AM. (2011) Disconnection of frontal and parietal areas contributes to impaired attention in very early Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 25(2): 309-21.

Riedl V, Valet M, Wöller A, Sorg C, Vogel D, Sprenger T, Boecker H, Wohlschläger AM and Tölle TR. (2011) Repeated pain induces adaptations of intrinsic brain activity to reflect past and predict future pain. Neuroimage 57(1): 206-13.

Sorg C, Riedl V, Perneczky R, Kurz A and Wohlschläger AM. (2009) Impact of Alzheimer's disease on the functional connectivity of spontaneous brain activity. Curr Alzheimer Res. 6(6): 541-53.

Sorg C, Riedl V, Mühlau M, Calhoun VD, Eichele T, Läer L, Drzezga A, Förstl H, Kurz A, Zimmer C and Wohlschläger AM. (2007) Selective changes of resting-state networks in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104(47): 18760-5.