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Contribution of stress and sex hormones to memory encoding by Merz, Christian J

“…Highlights • OC intake leads to a blunted cortisol increase after the SECPT. • Pre-encoding stress enhances cued recall of negative words in men. •…”
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Don’t fear ‘fear conditioning’: Methodological considerations for the design and analysis of studies on human fear acquisition, extinction, and return of fear by Lonsdorf, Tina B., Menz, Mareike M., Andreatta, Marta, Fullana, Miguel A., Golkar, Armita, Haaker, Jan, Heitland, Ivo, Hermann, Andrea, Kuhn, Manuel, Kruse, Onno, Meir Drexler, Shira, Meulders, Ann, Nees, Frauke, Pittig, Andre, Richter, Jan, Römer, Sonja, Shiban, Youssef, Schmitz, Anja, Straube, Benjamin, Vervliet, Bram, Wendt, Julia, Baas, Johanna M.P., Merz, Christian J.

“…•Originates from discussions on replicability and researcher’s degrees of freedom.•Aims at stimulating discussions on methods applied in fear conditioning…”
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Robust weak antilocalization due to spin-orbital entanglement in Dirac material Sr3SnO by Nakamura, H., Huang, D., Merz, J., Khalaf, E., Ostrovsky, P., Yaresko, A., Samal, D., Takagi, H.

“…The presence of both inversion ( P ) and time-reversal ( T ) symmetries in solids leads to a double degeneracy of the electronic bands (Kramers degeneracy). By…”
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(4 + 3)-Cycloaddition of Donor–Acceptor Cyclopropanes with Thiochalcones: A Diastereoselective Access to Tetrahydrothiepines by Augustin, André U, Merz, J. Luca, Jones, Peter G, Mlostoń, Grzegorz, Werz, Daniel B

“…A general approach is described for the formation of tetrahydrothiepines using donor–acceptor cyclopropanes. Thiochalcones, functioning as sulfur-containing…”
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Hydrophobicity, amphilicity, and flexibility: Relation between molecular protein properties and the macroscopic effects of surface activity by Koop, J., Merz, J., Schembecker, G.

“…[Display omitted] •Surface activity of α-lactalbumin > β‑lactoglobulin > trypsinogen > papain.•Average hydrophobicity of proteins not significantly different…”
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Sec1/Munc18 protein Vps33 binds to SNARE domains and the quaternary SNARE complex by Lobingier, Braden T, Merz, Alexey J

“…Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins catalyze membrane fusion events in the secretory and endolysosomal…”
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Contribution of Secondary Structure Changes to the Surface Activity of Proteins by Koop, J., Merz, J., Pietzsch, C., Schembecker, G.

“…[Display omitted] •High surface activity does not necessarily require secondary structure change.•Initially, most proteins had a native-like secondary…”
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Correlating physical properties of aqueous-organic solvent systems and stationary phase retention in a centrifugal partition chromatograph in descending mode by Fromme, A., Funke, F., Merz, J., Schembecker, G.

“…•Optical determination of stationary phase retention in centrifugal partition chromatography.•Systematic approach analyzing the influences on the stationary…”
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What our eyes tell us about feelings: Tracking pupillary responses during emotion regulation processes by Kinner, Valerie L., Kuchinke, Lars, Dierolf, Angelika M., Merz, Christian J., Otto, Tobias, Wolf, Oliver T.

“…Emotion regulation is essential for adaptive behavior and mental health. Strategies applied to alter emotions are known to differ in their impact on…”
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Comparison of enzymatic hydrolysis in a centrifugal partition chromatograph and stirred tank reactor by Krause, J., Merz, J.

“…•Statistic evaluation of mass transport driven hydrolysis in a biphasic system.•Evaluation of the enzymatic efficiency in the CPC as reactor.•CPC as…”
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Mass Transfer of Proteins in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems by Kaplanow, I., Goerzgen, F., Merz, J., Schembecker, G.

“…Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction is known to be a gentle separation technique for biochemical molecules where product partitioning is fast. However, the reason for…”
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Navigating the garden of forking paths for data exclusions in fear conditioning research by Lonsdorf, Tina B, Klingelhöfer-Jens, Maren, Andreatta, Marta, Beckers, Tom, Chalkia, Anastasia, Gerlicher, Anna, Jentsch, Valerie L, Meir Drexler, Shira, Mertens, Gaetan, Richter, Jan, Sjouwerman, Rachel, Wendt, Julia, Merz, Christian J

“…In this report, we illustrate the considerable impact of researcher degrees of freedom with respect to exclusion of participants in paradigms with a learning…”
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Connecting dots in disorders of gut-brain interaction: the interplay of stress and sex hormones in shaping visceral pain by Labrenz, Franziska, Merz, Christian J, Icenhour, Adriane

“…Visceral pain and stress are tightly intertwined bodily and emotional phenomena, which enable a flexible adaptation to environmental challenges by activating a…”
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One-Pot Strategy for Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical BOIMPY Fluorophores by Freese, Tyll, Patalag, Lukas J, Merz, J. Luca, Jones, Peter G, Werz, Daniel B

“…We report the improved direct access to red-emitting BOIMPY fluorophores (λ ≈ 600 nm) via a simple one-pot approach. Our method starts from easily available…”
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Cortisol increases the return of fear by strengthening amygdala signaling in men by Kinner, Valerie L., Wolf, Oliver T., Merz, Christian J.

“…•Cortisol promotes the reinstatement of fear.•This effect is characterized by increased fear-related amygdala activation.•A cortisol-induced return of fear can…”
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What are the roles of V-ATPases in membrane fusion? by Merz, Alexey J.

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Acute stress does not modulate selective attention in a composite letter task by Rüttgens, Tobias, Suchan, Boris, Wolf, Oliver T, Merz, Christian J

“…Acute stress has been demonstrated to affect a diverse array of attentional processes, one of which is selective attention. Selective attention refers to the…”
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Cortisol alters reward processing in the human brain by Kinner, Valerie L., Wolf, Oliver T., Merz, Christian J.

“…Dysfunctional reward processing is known to play a central role for the development of psychiatric disorders. Glucocorticoids that are secreted in response to…”
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When gut feelings teach the brain to fear pain: Context-dependent activation of the central fear network in a novel interoceptive conditioning paradigm by Icenhour, Adriane, Petrakova, Liubov, Hazzan, Nelly, Theysohn, Nina, Merz, Christian J., Elsenbruch, Sigrid

“…The relevance of contextual factors in shaping neural mechanisms underlying visceral pain-related fear learning remains elusive. However, benign interoceptive…”
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Prior exposure to a sensorimotor game in virtual reality does not enhance stress reactivity toward the OpenTSST VR by Pfeifer, Lena Sophie, Zoellner, Carina, Wolf, Oliver T, Domes, Gregor, Merz, Christian J

“…Compared to the in-person Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), virtual reality (VR) variants reduce resource-intensity and improve standardization but induce…”
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