René Hurlemann

The paper identifies a distinct neurofunctional signature of romantic love that generalizes to social media rewards and cannabis use, and is modulated by oxytocin.

This study identifies a circuit in the medial prefrontal cortex where oxytocin modulates interneurons to promote social behavior in female rats, even under physiological stress.

This study uses Bayesian and frequentist methods to analyze resting-state fMRI data from females with GAD, finding reduced functional connectivity in specific brain regions.

This study investigates whether oxytocin and trust influence placebo effects in marketing actions but finds no evidence supporting their role.

This study finds that loneliness increases intrusive trauma memories and amygdala reactivity to fear signals in men but not women.

The paper shows that high loneliness individuals have reduced movement synchronization ability and increased activation in the observation-execution system during synchronization.

This study shows that estradiol and oxytocin reduce sex differences in episodic memory and hippocampal reactivity in humans, with combined treatment restoring the sex difference.

This study investigates how perceived social isolation impairs trust and social interactions by analyzing neural and behavioral responses in lonely individuals.

This study identifies neural mechanisms of guilt and social responsibility during social decisions using fMRI and computational models.

This study examines cue-reactivity in striatal regions of heavy cannabis users to differentiate between addiction-related and exposure-related adaptations.

This study finds that cannabis-dependent males show impaired cognitive performance under psycho-social stress, linked to reduced precuneus activity and altered connectivity with the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex.

This study shows that cannabis dependence in men reduces reward experience during female social interaction compared to male interaction, with neural changes linked to cannabis exposure.

This study uses resting state fMRI to examine a shift in striatal connectivity patterns in cannabis-dependent individuals compared to controls, finding increased ventral striatum connectivity with reward regions and reduced connectivity with regulatory regions.

This study shows oxytocin enhances emotional empathy across cultures and sexes, reduces amygdala activity, and modulates amygdala connectivity with the insula, particularly in individuals with trait autism.