TY - JOUR A1 - Heinzel, Alexander A1 - Schäfer, Ralf A1 - Müller, Hans-Wilhelm A1 - Schieffer, Andre A1 - Ingenhag, Ariane A1 - Eickhoff, Simon B. A1 - Northoff, Georg A1 - Franz, Matthias A1 - Hautzel, Hubertus T1 - Increased Activation of the Supragenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex during Visual Emotional Processing in Male Subjects with High Degrees of Alexithymia: An Event-Related fMRI Study JF - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics N2 - Background: One of the most prominent neurobiological models of alexithymia assumes an altered function of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) as the crucial neural correlate of alexithymia. So far functional imaging studies have yielded inconclusive results. Therefore, we tested this hypothesis in healthy alexithymics and nonalexithymics in an event-related fMRI study. Methods: Thirty high- and 30 low-alexithymic right-handed male subjects (selected by the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale, TAS-20) were investigated with event-related fMRI using a picture viewing paradigm. The stimuli consisted of happy, fearful and neutral facial expressions (Ekman-Friesen) as well as positive, negative and neutral pictures from the International Affective Picture System. Results: Contrasting the high-alexithymic with the low-alexithymic group we observed increased activation of the supragenual ACC for different emotional valences as well as for different emotional stimuli. Moreover, there was a positive correlation of the ACC with the individual TAS-20 scores but no correlations with the individual Beck Depression Inventory scores. Additionally, there was no difference in activity of the amygdala. Conclusions: We demonstrated that the supragenual ACC is constantly activated more strongly in alexithymic subjects and that this activation is related to the symptoms of alexithymia and not to associated symptoms such as depression. Therefore, our findings support the hypothesis of an altered function of the ACC in alexithymia. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1159/000320121 SN - 0033-3190 VL - 79 IS - 6 SP - 363 EP - 370 PB - Karger CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinzel, Alexander A1 - Schäfer, Ralf A1 - Müller, Hans-Wilhelm A1 - Schieffer, Andre A1 - Ingenhag, Ariane A1 - Northoff, Georg A1 - Franz, Matthias A1 - Hautzel, Hubertus T1 - Differential modulation of valence and arousal in high-alexithymic and low-alexithymic individuals JF - Neuroreport N2 - High-alexithymic individuals are characterized by an impaired ability to identify and communicate emotions whereas low-alexithymic individuals have a wide-ranging ability to deal with emotions. This study examined the hypothesis that valence and arousal modifications of emotional stimuli differentially modulate cortical regions in high-alexithymic and low-alexithymic individuals. To this end, 28 high-alexithymic and 25 low-alexithymic individuals were investigated with event-related fMRI using visual emotional stimuli. We found differential neural activations in the dorsal anterior cingulate, the insula and the amygdala. We suggest that these differences may account for the impaired ability of high-alexithymic individuals to appropriately handle emotional stimuli. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833f38e0 SN - 1473-558X VL - 21 IS - 15 SP - 998 EP - 1002 PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Werner, Frederik A1 - Mansour, Ahmed A1 - Rateike, Franz-Matthias A1 - Schusser, Sebastian A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Keusgen, Michael A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef ED - Gerlach, Gerald T1 - Kompakter Aufbau eines lichtadressierbaren potentiometrischen Sensors mit verfahrbarem Diodenlaser T2 - 10. Dresdner Sensor-Symposium : Dresden, 5. - 7. Dezember 2011 ; miniaturisierte analytische Verfahren, Hochtemperatur-Sensoren, Sensoren für Bioprozess- und Verfahrenstechnik, Sensoren für die Medizin, Chemische Verfahrenstechnik, Lebensmittelanalytik, innovative Sensorlösungen, Sensoren für die Wasserqualität, Selbstüberwachung / Gerald Gerlach ... (Hg.) Dresdner Beiträge zur Sensorik. 43 Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-3-942710-53-4 SP - 277 EP - 280 PB - TUDpress CY - Dresden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Cresser, J. D. A1 - Häger, J. A1 - Leuchs, G. A1 - Rateike, Franz-Matthias A1 - Walther, H. T1 - Resonance fluorescence of atoms in strong monochromatic laser fields T2 - Dissipative systems in quantum optics. Ed. by Rodolfo Bonifacio. Topics in current physics. Vol. 27 N2 - The investigation of atomic resonance fluorescence has always been of special interest as a means for the determination of atomic parameters. In addition, information on the interaction mechanism between atoms and radiation can be obtained. In the standard fluorescence experiment the frequency distribution of the incident photons is larger than the natural width of the respective transition; as a consequence the correlation time in the photon-atom interaction is determined by the lifetime of the atoms in the excited state. With the development of lasers and especially of tunable dye lasers in recent years it became possible to study the case where the incident radiation has a spectral distribution which is narrower than the natural width. This corresponds to a correlation time of the incoming light wave which is much longer than the excited-state lifetime. In this chapter a survey of experiments on the resonance fluorescence of atoms in monochromatic laser fields will be given. Y1 - 1982 SN - 978-3-642-81719-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81717-5_3 SP - 21 EP - 59 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rateike, Franz-Matthias A1 - Siebourg, W. A1 - Schmid, H. A1 - Anders, S. T1 - Birefringence - An important property of plastic substrates for magneto-optical storage disks / W. Siebourg ; H. Schmid ; F. M. Rateike ; S. Anders ; U. Grigo ; H. Löwer JF - Polymer engineering & science / Society of Plastics Engineers. 30 (1990), H. 18 Y1 - 1990 SN - 0032-3888 SP - 1133 EP - 1139 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Rateike, Franz-Matthias A1 - Werner, Linus A1 - Wunderer, Bernd T1 - Aufbau und Entwicklung frequenzveränderlicher Hochdruck-Gaslaser für photochemische Anwendungen / Matthias Rateike ; Linus Werner ; Bernd Wunderer. Y1 - 1980 N1 - Forschungsbericht / Bundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie : T ; 80,107 PB - Fachinformationszentrum Energie, Physik, Mathematik CY - Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Rateike, Franz-Matthias T1 - Photonenkorrelation in der Resonanzfluoreszenz Y1 - 1981 N1 - München, Univ., Diss. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rateike, Franz-Matthias A1 - Weyer, K. G. A1 - Wiedenmann, H. A1 - MacGillivray, W. R. T1 - Observation of absorptive optical bistability in a fabry-perot cavity containing multiple atomic beams / K. G. Weyer ; H. Wiedenmann ; M. Rateike ; W. R. Mac Gillivray ; P. Meystre ; H. Walther JF - Optics communications. 37 (1981), H. 6 Y1 - 1981 SN - 0030-4018 SP - 426 EP - 430 ER -