Doctoral and Diploma Theses
Daliah Heeger (N202)
Diploma Thesis Title (MD): Hormone and gender dependent differences in empathy
Co-Superviser Mag. Dr. Georg Kranz
Defensio October 1st , 2013 (Prof. R. Lanzenberger, Prof. D. Winkler, Prof. A. Kautzky-Willer)
Gregor Gryglewski (N202, 0942164)
Diploma Thesis Title (MD): Distribution of the serotonin reuptake transporters in the human brain comparing PET and post-mortem data.
Co-Superviser Dr. Markus Savli
Defensio September 9th , 2013 (Prof. W. Wadsak, Prof. Dietmar Winkler, Prof. Lanzenberger)
Georg Kranz, Mag.rer.nat. PhD Thesis in Clinical Neurosciences (N790)
Title: The influence of sex steroid hormones on serotonin transporter binding in the human brain investigated by PET.
Start November 2008
Mentors: Susanne Asenbaum-Nan, Clemens Tempfer.
Defensio Aug 19th , 2013 (Commission: S. Böhm, J. Berger, R. Lanzenberger).
Marie Spies, (N202)
Diploma Thesis Title (MD): The Influence of Cross-sex Hormone Therapy on Brain Activation During the Stop Signal Task Measured with Ultrahigh-field 7T Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Co-Superviser Mag. Dr. Georg Kranz
Defensio June 10th , 2013 (Prof. S. Kasper, Prof. A. Kautzky-Willer, Prof. Lanzenberger)
Andreas Hahn, BSc. MSc. FH.PhD Thesis in Clinical Neurosciences (N790)
Title: Optimized non-invasive quantification of neuronal receptorsin healthy condition and psychiatric disordersusing positron emission tomography.
Start October 2008 (N790)
Mentors: Richard Frey, Wolfgang Birkfellner.
Defensio Dec 5th, 2012 (Commission: Stefan Böhm, Michael Freissmuth, R. Lanzenberger)
Markus Savli, DI. Doctoral Thesis in Technical Sciences (E 086 860 059) at the Vienna University of Technology
Title: Higher order principles in distribution patterns of serotonergic receptor subtypes revealed by positron emission tomography.
1st supervisor: Frank Rattay Prof. DDr. / TU, 2nd supervisor: Rupert Lanzenberger A/Prof.Dr. / MUW.
Defensio October 15th, 2012
Alexander Kautzky, (N202, Matr.-Nr. 0742227)
Diploma Thesis Title (MD): The influence of genetic variants on serotonin transporter binding under SSRI treatment in Major Depressive Disorder.
Defensio May 31st, 2012 (Prof. W. Wadsak, Prof. A. Schosser-Haupt, Prof. R. Lanzenberger)
Sylwia Zgud, (N202, Matr.-Nr. 0308040)
Diploma Thesis Title (MD): Serotonin-1A receptor distribution in pre- and postmenopausal women quantified by PET and [/Carbonyl/-^11 C]WAY
Start June 2010
Defensio May 22nd, 2012 (Prof. Markus Mitterhauser, Prof. Richard Frey, Prof. R. Lanzenberger)
Regions of interest based comparison of molecular and functional data in multimodal neuroimaging using PET and functional MRI
MSc. Andreas Hahn, diploma thesis
June 2008
Sex differences in the serotonin-1A receptor distribution of the human brain measured by positron emission tomography
Dr.med. Patrycja Stein, doctoral thesis
May 2008
About the radiosynthesis and preclinical evaluation of innovative PET-tracers labelled with fluorine-18 and carbon-11 for neuroimaging
Dr.rer.nat.Mag.pharm. Leonhard-Key Mien, doctoral thesis
November 2007 (Defensio 16.11.2007)
Treatment Effects of Escitalopram on the 5-HT1A Receptor Binding Potential - A PET study in patients suffering from anxiety disorders
Dr.med. Jad Kanaan, doctoral thesis
August 2007
Comparison of serotonin1A receptor distribution and functional activation in the visual cortex -- A multimodal neuroimaging study combining quantitative molecular and high field functional magnetic resonance imaging in vivo
Dr.med. Florian Gerstl, doctoral thesis
June 2007
Effects of progesterone and estradiol on the human serotonergic neurotransmission - An investigation of 5-HT1A receptor distribution using PET and [carbonyl-11C]-WAY-100635
Dr.med. Christoph Spindelegger, doctoral thesis
December 2005