Cognitive function and fMRI in patients with multiple sclerosis: evidence for compensatory cortical activation during an attention task

W Staffen, A Mair, H Zauner, J Unterrainer… - Brain, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Mild cognitive impairment has frequently been reported for patients in the early stages of
multiple sclerosis. The aim of the present study was to measure whether altered cortical …

The visual word form area and the frequency with which words are encountered: evidence from a parametric fMRI study

M Kronbichler, F Hutzler, H Wimmer, A Mair, W Staffen… - Neuroimage, 2004 - Elsevier
Cohen and Dehaene et al. proposed that the Visual Word Form Area (VWFA) in the left
midfusiform gyrus, contrary to its name, is limited to the extraction of an abstract letter string and …

Do visual perspective tasks need theory of mind?

M Aichhorn, J Perner, M Kronbichler, W Staffen… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Markus Aichhorn a b , Josef Perner a b , Martin
Kronbichler a b c , Wolfgang Staffen a c , Gunther Ladurner a c …

Safety and immunogenicity of the tau vaccine AADvac1 in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 1 trial

…, V Parrak, P Dal-Bianco, M Brunner, W Staffen… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Neurofibrillary pathology composed of tau protein is a main correlate of cognitive
impairment in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Immunotherapy targeting pathological tau …

Thinking of mental and other representations: The roles of left and right temporo-parietal junction

J Perner, M Aichhorn, M Kronbichler, W Staffen… - Social …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Adopting new versions of the false belief and “false” photo vignettes used by Saxe & Kanwisher
(2003) we were able to show activation in all five areas previously reported. Activations …

Developmental dyslexia: gray matter abnormalities in the occipitotemporal cortex

M Kronbichler, H Wimmer, W Staffen… - Human brain …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Functional neuroimaging studies have consistently demonstrated less activation of the left
occipitotemporal cortex in dyslexic readers. This region is considered critical for skilled …

Temporo-parietal junction activity in theory-of-mind tasks: falseness, beliefs, or attention

…, J Perner, B Weiss, M Kronbichler, W Staffen… - Journal of cognitive …, 2009 - direct.mit.edu
By combining the false belief (FB) and photo (PH) vignettes to identify theory-of-mind areas
with the false sign (FS) vignettes, we re-establish the functional asymmetry between the left …

O-(2-18F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine PET predicts failure of antiangiogenic treatment in patients with recurrent high-grade glioma

…, A Muigg, IJ Virgolini, W Staffen… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
The objective of this study was to compare MRI response assessment with metabolic O-(2-
18 F-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ( 18 F-FET) PET response evaluation during antiangiogenic …

Stimulating music increases motor coordination in patients afflicted with Morbus Parkinson

G Bernatzky, P Bernatzky, HP Hesse, W Staffen… - Neuroscience …, 2004 - Elsevier
The present study measured the short-term effect of special stimulating music on motor
coordination in Parkinson patients. Eleven patients with a dominant akinetic Parkinson syndrome …

Evidence for a dysfunction of left posterior reading areas in German dyslexic readers

M Kronbichler, F Hutzler, W Staffen, A Mair… - Neuropsychologia, 2006 - Elsevier
The brain activity during a sentence reading task and a visual control task was examined with
fMRI in 13 German dyslexic readers and 15 age-matched fluent readers (age: 14–16 years…