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Nicole Geissberger holds a Master’s degree in Technical Mathematics. She finished her studies in November 2017. Her thesis “Reliability of Dynamic Causal Modeling of Brain Connectivity” tackles the important topic of reliability with advanced analytical methods. With Nicole’s enthusiasm for creative problem solving, she is the one in the team frequently helping others to view tasks from other perspectives.

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

Paul K & Tik M, Hahn A, Sladky R, Geissberger N, Wirth EM, Kranz GS, Pfabigan DM, Kraus C, Lanzenberger R, Lamm C, Windischberger C. Give me a pain that I am used to: distinct habituation patterns to painful and non-painful stimulation. Sci Rep. 11(1):22929. 2021.

Sladky R, Hahn A, Karl IL, Geissberger N, Kranz GS, Tik M, Kraus C, Pfabigan DM, Gartus A, Lanzenberger R, Lamm C, Windischberger C. Dynamic Causal Modeling of the Prefrontal/Amygdala Network During Processing of Emotional Faces. Brain Connect. 2021.

Geissberger N & Tik M, Sladky R, Woletz M, Schule AL, Willinger D, Windischberger C. Reproducibility of amygdala activation in facial emotion processing at 7T. Neuroimage. 2020 Jan 26:116585. 2020.

Kraus C, Klöbl M, Tik M, Auer B, Vanicek T, Geissberger N, Pfabigan DM, Hahn A, Woletz M, Paul K, Komorowski A, Kasper S, Windischberger C, Lamm C, Lanzenberger R. The pulvinar nucleus and antidepressant treatment: dynamic modeling of antidepressant response and remission with ultra-high field functional MRI. Mol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 8. 2018.

Minkova L, Sladky R, Kranz GS, Woletz M, Geissberger N, Kraus C, Lanzenberger R, Windischberger C. Task-dependent modulation of amygdala connectivity in social anxiety disorder. Psychiatry Res. Apr 30;262:39-46, 2017.

Sladky R, Geissberger N, Pfabigan DM, Kraus C, Tik M, Woletz M, Paul K, Vanicek T, Auer B, Kranz GS, Lamm C, Lanzenberger R, Windischberger C. Unsmoothed functional MRI of the human amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis during processing of emotional faces. Neuroimage Jan 17, 2017.

Spies M, Kraus C, Geissberger N, Auer B, Klöbl M, Tik M, Stürkat IL, Hahn A, Woletz M, Pfabigan DM, Kasper S, Lamm C, Windischberger C, Lanzenberger R. Default mode network deactivation during emotion processing predicts early antidepressant response. Transl Psychiatry Jan 24;7(1):e1008, 2017.

Peer-reviewed Conference Abstracts (* Talk)

Princic M, Tik M, Woletz M, Geissberger N, Windischberger C. . Functional localizers for improved DLPFC targeting: A comparison against standard rTMS targets. 3rd International Brain Stimulation Conference - Vancouver, Canada. 2019.

Princic M, Tik M, Woletz M, Geissberger N, Windischberger C. . Reproducibility of individualized TMS targets for treatment of depression based on functional MRI. 25th Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Rome. 2019.

Tik M, Woletz M, Princic M, Schuler A, Geissberger N, Hummer A, Windischberger C. . Individualizing Brainstimulation through concurrent TMS/fMRI. 3rd International Brain Stimulation Conference - Vancouver, Canada. 2019.

Tik M, Woletz M, G Kranz, D Pfabigan, N Geissberger, R Sladky, C Kraus, B Auer, T Vanicek, K Paul, R Lanzenberger, C Lamm, Windischberger C. . Remission from depression and tms over left DLPFC share the same network connectivity changes. 3rd International Brain Stimulation Conference - Vancouver, Canada. 2019.

Tik M, Woletz M, Princic M, Geissberger N, Schuler A, Hummer A, Windischberger C. . Imaging Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Reconsidering Placebo Control. 26th Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Rome. 2019.

Geissberger N, Tik M, Sladky R, Woletz M, Hoffmann A, Prinčič M, Windischberger C. . The Necessity of Individualized TMS Targets: Inter-subject Variability of DLPFC Activation. 24th Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Singapore. 2018.

Tik M, Woletz M, Princic M, Geissberger N, Schuler A, Hummer A, Windischberger C. . Individual DLPFC Dose-Response Profiles through concurrent TMS/fMRI. 24th Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Singapore. 2018.

Tik M, Woletz M, Princic M, Geissberger N, Schuler A, Hummer A, Windischberger C. . Individualizing Brainstimulation through concurrent TMS/fMRI*. Brain Stimulation and Imaging Meeting, BrainSTIM - Singapore. 2018.

Geissberger N, Sladky R, Tik M, Hoffmann A, Woletz M, Willinger D, Robinson S, Windischberger C. . Explicit versus Implicit Emotion Processing: a 7 Tesla fMRI study. 23rd Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2017.

Tik M, Woletz M, Navarro de Lara L, Sladky R, Hoffmann A, Schuler AL, Willinger D, Geissberger N, Hummer A, Windischberger C. . Mapping TMS immediate effects by concurrent TMS/fMRI using a dedicated high-sensitivity coil array. 23rd Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Vancouver, 2017.

Tik M, Woletz M, Kranz G, Pfabigan D, Geissberger N, Sladky R, Kraus C, Auer B, Vanicek T, Paul K, Lamm C, Lanzenberger R, Windischberger C. . Connectomic insights into depression and TMS as a treatment option *. 23rd Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Vancouver, 2017.

Tik M, Woletz M, Navarro de Lara L, Sladky R, Hoffmann A, Hummer A, Geissberger N, Windischberger C. . Mapping TMS immediate effects by concurrent TMS/fMRI using a dedicated high-sensitivity coil array. 25th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ISMRM - Honolulu, Hawaii, 2017.

Tik M, Woletz M, Hummer A, Geissberger N, Windischberger C. . Individualized Thresholds: Calibrating brain stimulation through concurrent TMS/fMRI. 2nd European Conference on Brain Stimulation in Psychiatry, ECBSP - Munich, 2017.

Woletz M, Hoffmann A, Pfabigan D, Vanicek T, Geissberger N, Tik M, Auer B, Kranz GS, Paul K, Kraus C, Lamm C, Lanzenberger R, Windischberger C. . Informed N4 bias-field correction. 23rd Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Vancouver. 2017.

Geissberger N, Sladky R, Tik M, Woletz M, Hoffmann A, Willinger D, Windischberger C. . High BOLD stability of emotional faces processing network in ultra-high field fMRI data. Restingstate and Brain Connectivity, 2016.

Geissberger N, Tik M, Sladky R, Woletz M, Hoffmann A, Willinger D, Windischberger C. . Reliability of Amygdala fMRI at Ultra-High Field*. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Alpine Chapter, *Talk, 2016.

Geissberger N, Sladky R, Tik M, Hoffmann A, Woletz M, Willinger D, Windischberger C. . High stability of BOLD response for emotional faces at 7 Tesla. PhD Symposium - Medical University of Vienna, Austria. 2016.

Woletz M, Hoffmann A, Geissberger N, Sladky R, Windischberger C. . A comparison of ANTs and SPM normalisation on group level activation maps. 22nd Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, HBM – Geneva. 2016.