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Yavor Yalachkov

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt am Main
Verified email at kgu.de
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Factors modulating neural reactivity to drug cues in addiction: a survey of human neuroimaging studies

…, EA Stein, J Kaiser, MJ Naumer, Y Yalachkov - Neuroscience & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Human neuroimaging studies suggest that neural cue reactivity is strongly associated with
indices of drug use, including addiction severity and treatment success. However, little is …

Functional neuroimaging studies in addiction: multisensory drug stimuli and neural cue reactivity

Y Yalachkov, J Kaiser, MJ Naumer - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2012 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies on cue reactivity have substantially contributed to the understanding
of addiction. In the majority of studies drug cues were presented in the visual modality. …

Sensory and motor aspects of addiction

Y Yalachkov, J Kaiser, MJ Naumer - Behavioural brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
Research on the psychological and neuronal underpinnings of addiction has concentrated
mostly on affective, motivational, learning, and executive processes and the brain regions …

Determinants of quality of life in relapsing-remitting and progressive multiple sclerosis

Y Yalachkov, D Soydaş, J Bergmann, S Frisch… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Numerous factors can affect multiple sclerosis (MS) patients' quality of life (QoL).
We investigated how physical impairment, upper extremity function, cognitive impairment, …

Brain regions related to tool use and action knowledge reflect nicotine dependence

Y Yalachkov, J Kaiser, MJ Naumer - Journal of Neuroscience, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
In addition to reward- and craving-related processes, habitual mechanisms play an important
role in addiction. While the dorsal striatum has been proposed to code for the motivational …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical manifestations and immunomodulatory treatment experiences in psychiatric patients with suspected autoimmune encephalitis: a case series of 91 …

…, N Zumdick, A Drews, J Obrocki, Y Yalachkov… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) can rarely manifest as a predominantly psychiatric syndrome
without overt neurological symptoms. This study’s aim was to characterize psychiatric …

Effect of estimated blood volume and body mass index on GFAP and NfL levels in the serum and CSF of patients with multiple sclerosis

Y Yalachkov, JH Schäfer, J Jakob… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives To increase the validity of biomarker measures in multiple
sclerosis (MS), factors affecting their concentration need to be identified. Here, we test whether …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurofilament light chain in cerebrospinal fluid are inversely correlated with cognition in Multiple Sclerosis at the time of …

Y Yalachkov, V Anschütz, J Jakob… - Multiple Sclerosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Cognitive performance may be impaired in MS even at the earliest stages of
disease. We tested whether brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurofilament light chain …

Involvement of action-related brain regions in nicotine addiction

Y Yalachkov, MJ Naumer - Journal of neurophysiology, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
The study of Wagner et al. (J Neurosci 31: 894–898, 2011) reveals the neural correlates of
spontaneously activated action representations in smokers when subjects watch movie …

Analysis of CSF D-dimer to identify intrathecal fibrin-driven autoimmunity in patients with multiple sclerosis

MA Schaller-Paule, Y Yalachkov… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Proteins of the coagulation system contribute to autoimmune
inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). On blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, …