Prof. Dr. Clemens Forster
Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Central processing of pain and pruritus and their interaction in healthy people and patients suffering from chronic states of these sensations.
Research projects
- Central mechanisms of chronification of itch
- The impact of chronic pain states on cortical structures
No projects found.
2025
- Vetter, M., Buchwald, T., Dörfler, A., Forster, C., & Kremer, A. (2025). Functional Brain Imaging Reveals Reconstitution of the Central Nervous Itch Network Upon Rifampicin Therapy in Hepatic Pruritus. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 105, adv44350-. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v105.44350
2020
- Horndasch, S., Rösch, J., Kratz, O., Vogel, A., Heinrich, H., Graap, H.,... Forster, C. (2020). Neural mechanisms of perceptive and affective processing of body stimuli in anorexia nervosa – are there developmental effects? Psychiatry Research, 286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112853
- Meyer, E., Morawa, E., Nacak, Y., Rösch, J., Dörfler, A., Forster, C., & Erim, Y. (2020). Insular Cortical Thickness in Patients With Somatoform Pain Disorder: Are There Associations With Symptom Severity and Childhood Trauma? Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.497100