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Steiner, J., Berger, M., Guest, P. C., Dobrowolny, H., Westphal, S., Schiltz, K., & Sarnyai, Z.
Assessment of Insulin Resistance Among Drug-Naive Patients With First-Episode Schizophrenia in the Context of Hormonal Stress Axis Activation
JAMA psychiatry, (2017, accepted)

Schiffer*, B., Amelung*, T., Pohl, A., Kaergel, C., Tenbergen, G., Gerwinn, H., Mohnke, S., Massau, C., Matthias, W., Weiß, S., Marr, V., Beier, K. M., Walter, M., Ponseti, J., Krüger, T H C, Schiltz*, K., & Walter*, H.
Gray matter anomalies in pedophiles with and without a history of child sexual offending
Translational psychiatry, 7(5), e1129(2017)

* = equal contribution

 

Massau, C., Tenbergen, G., Kärgel, C., Weiß, S., Gerwinn, H., Pohl, A., Amelung, T., Mohnke, S., Kneer, J., Wittfoth, M., Ristow, I., Schiltz, K., Beier, K. M., Ponseti, J., Walter, M., Kruger, Tillmann H C, Walter, H., & Schiffer, B.
Executive Functioning in Pedophilia and Child Sexual Offending
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 1–11(2017)

Müller, U. J., Schiltz, K., Mawrin, C., Dobrowolny, H., Frodl, T., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., Truebner, K., & Steiner, J.
Total hypothalamic volume is reduced in postmortem brains of male heroin addicts
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, (2017)

Jordan, W., Dobrowolny, H., Bahn, S., Bernstein, H.-G., Brigadski, T., Frodl, T., Isermann, B., Lessmann, V., Pilz, J., Rodenbeck, A., Schiltz, K., Schwedhelm, E., Tumani, H., Wiltfang, J., Guest, P. C., & Steiner, J.
Oxidative stress in drug-naïve first episode patients with schizophrenia and major depression: effects of disease acuity and potential confounders
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, (2016)

Schiltz, K., Schöne, M., & Bogerts, B.
Beitrag der Neurowissenschaften zur forensischen Psychiatrie
Forensische Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Kriminologie, 10(4), 274–284 // 274–283(2016)

Steiner, J., Brisch, R., Schiltz, K., Dobrowolny, H., Mawrin, C., Krzyżanowska, M., Bernstein, H.-G., Jankowski, Z., Braun, K., Schmitt, A., Bogerts, B., & Gos, T.
GABAergic system impairment in the hippocampus and superior temporal gyrus of patients with paranoid schizophrenia: A post-mortem study
Schizophrenia research, (2016)

Witzel, J. G., Bogerts, B., & Schiltz, K.
Increased frequency of brain pathology in inmates of a high-security forensic institution: a qualitative CT and MRI scan study
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 266(6), 533–541(2016)

Müller, U. J., Truebner, K., Schiltz, K., Kuhn, J., Mawrin, C., Dobrowolny, H., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., & Steiner, J.
Postmortem volumetric analysis of the nucleus accumbens in male heroin addicts: implications for deep brain stimulation
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 265(8), 647–653(2015)

Steiner, J., Schiltz, K., Bernstein, H.-G., & Bogerts, B.
Antineuronal antibodies against neurotransmitter receptors and synaptic proteins in schizophrenia: current knowledge and clinical implications
CNS drugs, 29(3), 197–206(2015)

Gos, T., Myint, A.-M., Schiltz, K., Meyer-Lotz, G., Dobrowolny, H., Busse, S., Müller, U. J., Mawrin, C., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., & Steiner, J.
Reduced microglial immunoreactivity for endogenous NMDA receptor agonist quinolinic acid in the hippocampus of schizophrenia patients
Brain, behavior, and immunity, 41, 59–64(2014)

Müller, U. J., Teegen, B., Probst, C., Bernstein, H.-G., Busse, S., Bogerts, B., Schiltz, K., Stoecker, W., & Steiner, J.
Absence of dopamine receptor serum autoantibodies in schizophrenia patients with an acute disease episode
Schizophrenia research, 158(1-3), 272–274(2014)

Steiner, J., Bernstein, H.-G., Schiltz, K., Haase, T., Meyer-Lotz, G., Dobrowolny, H., Müller, U. J., Martins-de-Souza, D., Borucki, K., Schroeter, M. L., Isermann, B., Bogerts, B., & Westphal, S.
Decrease of serum S100B during an oral glucose tolerance test correlates inversely with the insulin response
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 39, 33–38(2014)

Steiner, J., Bernstein, H.-G., Schiltz, K., Müller, U. J., Westphal, S., Drexhage, H. A., & Bogerts, B.
Immune system and glucose metabolism interaction in schizophrenia: a chicken-egg dilemma
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 48, 287–294(2014)

Steiner, J., Martins-de-Souza, D., Schiltz, K., Sarnyai, Z., Westphal, S., Isermann, B., Dobrowolny, H., Turck, C. W., Bogerts, B., Bernstein, H.-G., Horvath, T. L., Schild, L., & Keilhoff, G.
Clozapine promotes glycolysis and myelin lipid synthesis in cultured oligodendrocytes
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 8, 384(2014)

Steiner, J., Teegen, B., Schiltz, K., Bernstein, H.-G., Stoecker, W., & Bogerts, B.
Prevalence of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor autoantibodies in the peripheral blood: healthy control samples revisited
JAMA psychiatry, 71(7), 838–839(2014)

Gos, T., Schroeter, M. L., Lessel, W., Bernstein, H.-G., Dobrowolny, H., Schiltz, K., Bogerts, B., & Steiner, J.
S100B-immunopositive astrocytes and oligodendrocytes in the hippocampus are differentially afflicted in unipolar and bipolar depression: a postmortem study
Journal of psychiatric research, 47(11), 1694–1699(2013)

Mosebach, J., Keilhoff, G., Gos, T., Schiltz, K., Schoeneck, L., Dobrowolny, H., Mawrin, C., Müller, S., Schroeter, M. L., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., & Steiner, J.
Increased nuclear Olig1-expression in the pregenual anterior cingulate white matter of patients with major depression: A regenerative attempt to compensate oligodendrocyte loss?
Journal of psychiatric research, 47(8), 1069–1079(2013)

Osoba, A., Hänggi, J., Li, M., Horn, D. I., Metzger, C., Eckert, U., Kaufmann, J., Zierhut, K., Steiner, J., Schiltz, K., Heinze, H.-J., Bogerts, B., & Walter, M.
Disease severity is correlated to tract specific changes of fractional anisotropy in MD and CM thalamus--a DTI study in major depressive disorder
Journal of affective disorders, 149(1-3), 116–128(2013)

Schiltz, K., Witzel, J. G., Bausch-Hölterhoff, J., & Bogerts, B.
High prevalence of brain pathology in violent prisoners: a qualitative CT and MRI scan study
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 263(7), 607–616(2013)

Steiner, J., Walter, M., Glanz, W., Sarnyai, Z., Bernstein, H.-G., Vielhaber, S., Kästner, A., Skalej, M., Jordan, W., Schiltz, K., Klingbeil, C., Wandinger, K.-P., Bogerts, B., & Stoecker, W.
Increased prevalence of diverse N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor antibodies in patients with an initial diagnosis of schizophrenia: specific relevance of IgG NR1a antibodies for distinction from N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor encephalitis
JAMA psychiatry, 70(3), 271–278(2013)

Zierhut, K. C., Graßmann, R., Kaufmann, J., Steiner, J., Bogerts, B., & Schiltz, K.
Hippocampal CA1 deformity is related to symptom severity and antipsychotic dosage in schizophrenia
Brain : a journal of neurology, 136(Pt 3), 804–814(2013)

Zierhut, K. C., Schulte-Kemna, A., Kaufmann, J., Steiner, J., Bogerts, B., & Schiltz, K.
Distinct structural alterations independently contributing to working memory deficits and symptomatology in paranoid schizophrenia
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 49(4), 1063–1072(2013)

Busse, S., Busse, M., Schiltz, K., Bielau, H., Gos, T., Brisch, R., Mawrin, C., Schmitt, A., Jordan, W., Müller, U. J., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., & Steiner, J.
Different distribution patterns of lymphocytes and microglia in the hippocampus of patients with residual versus paranoid schizophrenia: further evidence for disease course-related immune alterations?
Brain, behavior, and immunity, 26(8), 1273–1279(2012)

Schneemilch, C., Schiltz, K., Meinshausen, E., & Hachenberg, T.
Sexualbezogene Halluzinationen und Träume unter Anästhesie und Sedierung: Medizinische und rechtliche Aspekte [Sexual hallucinations and dreams under anesthesia and sedation : medicolegal aspects]
Der Anaesthesist, 61(3), 234–241(2012)

Steiner, J., Westphal, S., Schroeter, M. L., Schiltz, K., Jordan, W., Müller, U. J., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., Schmidt, R. E., & Jacobs, R.
Increased S100B+ NK cell counts in acutely ill schizophrenia patients are correlated with the free cortisol index, but not with S100B serum levels
Brain, behavior, and immunity, 26(4), 564–567(2012)

Schiltz, K., Witzel, J. G., & Bogerts, B.
Neurobiological and clinical aspects of violent offenders
Minerva Psichiatrica, 52(4), 187–203(2011)

Steiner, J., Marquardt, N., Pauls, I., Schiltz, K., Rahmoune, H., Bahn, S., Bogerts, B., Schmidt, R. E., & Jacobs, R.
Human CD8(+) T cells and NK cells express and secrete S100B upon stimulation
Brain, behavior, and immunity, 25(6), 1233–1241(2011)

Horn, D. I., Yu, C., Steiner, J., Buchmann, J., Kaufmann, J., Osoba, A., Eckert, U., Zierhut, K. C., Schiltz, K., He, H., Biswal, B., Bogerts, B., & Walter, M.
Glutamatergic and resting-state functional connectivity correlates of severity in major depression - the role of pregenual anterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula
Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 4(2010)

Sojoudi, A., Shams, S. M., Hossein-Zadeh, G.-A., Soltanian-Zadeh, H., Bogerts, B., Schiltz, K., & Walter, M.
Spectral clustering of resting state fMRI reveals default mode network with specifically reduced network homogeneity in major depression
Proceedings of the 17th Iranian Conference of Biomedical Engineering, 1–4(2010)

Steiner, J., Schroeter, M. L., Schiltz, K., Bernstein, H. G., Müller, U. J., Richter-Landsberg, C., Müller, W. E., Walter, M., Gos, T., Bogerts, B., & Keilhoff, G.
Haloperidol and clozapine decrease S100B release from glial cells
Neuroscience, 167(4), 1025–1031(2010)

Steiner, J., Walter, M., Guest, P., Myint, A. M., Schiltz, K., Panteli, B., Brauner, M., Bernstein, H.-G., Gos, T., Herberth, M., Schroeter, M. L., Schwarz, M. J., Westphal, S., Bahn, S., & Bogerts, B.
Elevated S100B levels in schizophrenia are associated with insulin resistance
Molecular psychiatry, 15(1), 3–4(2010)

Steiner, J., Jacobs, R., Panteli, B., Brauner, M., Schiltz, K., Bahn, S., Herberth, M., Westphal, S., Gos, T., Walter, M., Bernstein, H.-G., Myint, A. M., & Bogerts, B.
Acute schizophrenia is accompanied by reduced T cell and increased B cell immunity
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 260(7), 509–518(2010)

Steiner, J., Myint, A. M., Schiltz, K., Westphal, S., Bernstein, H.-G., Walter, M., Schroeter, M. L., Schwarz, M. J., & Bogerts, B.
S100B Serum Levels in Schizophrenia Are Presumably Related to Visceral Obesity and Insulin Resistance
Cardiovascular psychiatry and neurology, 2010, 480707(2010)

Steiner, J., Schiltz, K., Walter, M., Wunderlich, M. T., Keilhoff, G., Brisch, R., Bielau, H., Bernstein, H.-G., Bogerts, B., Schroeter, M. L., & Westphal, S.
S100B serum levels are closely correlated with body mass index: an important caveat in neuropsychiatric research
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35(2), 321–324(2010)

Zierhut, K., Bogerts, B., Schott, B., Fenker, D., Walter, M., Albrecht, D., Steiner, J., Schütze, H., Northoff, G., Düzel, E., & Schiltz, K.
The role of hippocampus dysfunction in deficient memory encoding and positive symptoms in schizophrenia
Psychiatry research, 183(3), 187–194(2010)

Walter, M., Schiltz, K., Peter, E., & Bogerts, B.
Neurobiology of changes in sexual preference
Neurotransmitter, 5, 65–70(2009)

Walter, M., Bermpohl, F., Mouras, H., Schiltz, K., Tempelmann, C., Rotte, M., Heinze, H. J., Bogerts, B., & Northoff, G.
Distinguishing specific sexual and general emotional effects in fMRI-subcortical and cortical arousal during erotic picture viewing
NeuroImage, 40(4), 1482–1494(2008)

Wittmann, B. C., Schiltz, K., Boehler, C. N., & Düzel, E.
Mesolimbic interaction of emotional valence and reward improves memory formation
Neuropsychologia, 46(4), 1000–1008(2008)

Schiltz, K., Witzel, J., Northoff, G., Zierhut, K., Gubka, U., Fellmann, H., Kaufmann, J., Tempelmann, C., Wiebking, C., & Bogerts, B.
Brain pathology in pedophilic offenders: evidence of volume reduction in the right amygdala and related diencephalic structures
Archives of general psychiatry, 64(6), 737–746(2007)

Schiltz, K., Witzel, J. G., Bausch-Hölterhoff, J., & Bogerts, B.
The role of neuropsychiatric diseases in violent delinquency
Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, (2), 65–82(2007)

Walter, M., Witzel, J., Wiebking, C., Gubka, U., Rotte, M., Schiltz, K., Bermpohl, F., Tempelmann, C., Bogerts, B., Heinze, H. J., & Northoff, G.
Pedophilia is linked to reduced activation in hypothalamus and lateral prefrontal cortex during visual erotic stimulation
Biological psychiatry, 62(6), 698–701(2007)

Düzel, E., Schiltz, K., Solbach, T., Peschel, T., Baldeweg, T., Kaufmann, J., Szentkuti, A., & Heinze, H.-J.
Hippocampal atrophy in temporal lobe epilepsy is correlated with limbic systems atrophy
Journal of neurology, 253(3), 294–300(2006)

Schiltz, K., Szentkuti, A., Guderian, S., Kaufmann, J., Münte, T. F., Heinze, H. J., & Düzel, E.
Relationship between hippocampal structure and memory function in elderly humans
Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 18(6), 990–1003(2006)

Schiltz, K., Witzel, J. G., & Bogerts, B.
Brain structural alterations in pedophilic patients in forensic mental health institutions
Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 59–72(2006)

Bogerts, B., & Schiltz, K.
Pedophilia from the perspective of brain research
Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 12(2), 7–21(2005)

Grubich, C., Schiltz, K., Ebert, A., Heinze, H., Münte, T., & Herrmann, M.
Neuronal activation pattern associated with retrieval effort during episodic memory retrieval: Neuronale Aktivierungsmuster von Retrieval Effort beim episodischen Gedächtnisabruf
Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 15(1), 15–22(2004)

Szentkuti, A., Guderian, S., Schiltz, K., Kaufmann, J., Münte, T. F., Heinze, H.-J., & Düzel, E.
Quantitative MR analyses of the hippocampus: unspecific metabolic changes in aging
Journal of neurology, 251(11), 1345–1353(2004)

Steiner, J., Schiltz, K., Heidenreich, F., & Weissenborn, K.
Lipomatosis dolorosa--ein häufig übersehenes Krankheitsbild [Lipomatosis dolorosa--a frequently overlooked disease picture]
Der Nervenarzt, 73(2), 183–187(2002)

Herrmann, M., Rotte, M., Grubich, C., Ebert, A. D., Schiltz, K., Münte, T. F., & Heinze, H. J.
Control of semantic interference in episodic memory retrieval is associated with an anterior cingulate-prefrontal activation pattern
Human brain mapping, 13(2), 94–103(2001)

Schmitt, B. M., Schiltz, K., Zaake, W., Kutas, M., & Münte, T. F.
An electrophysiological analysis of the time course of conceptual and syntactic encoding during tacit picture naming
Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 13(4), 510–522(2001)

Münte, T. F., Say, T., Clahsen, H., Schiltz, K., & Kutas, M.
Decomposition of morphologically complex words in English: evidence from event-related brain potentials
Brain research. Cognitive brain research, 7(3), 241–253(1999)

Schiltz, K., Trocha, K., Wieringa, B. M., Emrich, H. M., Johannes, S., & Münte, T. F.
Neurophysiological aspects of synesthetic experience
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 11(1), 58–65(1999)

Münte, T. F., Schiltz, K., & Kutas, M.
When temporal terms belie conceptual order
Nature, 395(6697), 71–73(1998)

Schiltz, K., Trocha, K., Wieringa, B. M., Emrich, H. M., Johannes, S., & Münte, T. F.
Electrophysiological Findings in Synesthesia
Klin Neurophysiologie, 29(1), 29–36(1998)