Publications
Motor Responses to Noxious Stimuli Shape Pain Perception in Chronic Pain Patients
eNeuro 5: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0290-18.2018, 2018 pdf
Distinct patterns of brain activity mediate perceptual and motor and autonomic responses to noxious stimuli
Tiemann L, Hohn VD, Ta Dinh S, May ES, Nickel MM, Gross J, Ploner M
Nat Commun 9: 4487, 2018 pdf
Prefrontal gamma oscillations reflect ongoing pain intensity in chronic back pain patients
May ES, Nickel MM, Ta Dinh S, Tiemann L, Heitmann H, Voth I, Tölle TR, Gross J, Ploner M
Hum Brain Mapp doi: 10.1002/hbm.24373, 2018 pdf
Electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography in pain research - current state and future perspectives
Ploner M, May ES
Pain 159: 206-211, 2018 pdf
Brain imaging tests for chronic pain: medical, legal and ethical issues and recommendations
Davis KD, Flor H, Greely HT, Iannetti GD, Mackey S, Ploner M, Pustilnik A, Tracey I, Treede RD, Wager TD
Nat Rev Neurol 13: 624-638, 2017 pdf
The influence of pain on motor preparation in the human brain
Postorino M, May ES, Nickel MM, Tiemann L, Ploner M
J Neurophysiol 118: 2267-2274, 2017 pdf
The effects of treatment failure generalize across different routes of drug administration
Zunhammer M, Ploner M, Engelbrecht C, Bock J, Kessner SS, Bingel U
Sci Transl Med 9: eaal2999, 2017 pdf
Autonomic responses to tonic pain are more closely related to stimulus intensity than to pain intensity
Nickel MM, May ES, Tiemann L, Postorino M, Ta Dinh S, Ploner M
Pain 158: 2129-2136, 2017 pdf
Behavioral responses to noxious stimuli shape the perception of pain
May ES, Tiemann L, Schmidt P, Nickel MM, Wiedemann N, Dresel C, Sorg C, Ploner M
Sci Rep 9: 44083, 2017 pdf
Brain oscillations differentially encode noxious stimulus intensity and pain intensity
Nickel MM, May ES, Tiemann L, Schmidt P, Postorino M, Ta Dinh S, Gross J, Ploner M
Neuroimage 148: 141-147, 2017 pdf
Brain rhythms of pain
Ploner M, Sorg C, Gross J
Trends Cogn Sci 21: 100-110, 2017 pdf
Metabolic connectivity mapping reveals effective connectivity in the resting human brain
Riedl V, Utz L, Castrillón G, Grimmer T, Rauschecker JP, Ploner M, Friston KJ,
Drzezga A, Sorg C
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 113: 428-433, 2016 pdf
Prevalence of neuropathic pain in early multiple sclerosis
Heitmann H, Biberacher V, Tiemann L, Buck D, Loleit V, Selter RC, Knier B,
Tölle TR, Mühlau M, Berthele A, Hemmer B, Ploner M
Mult Scler 22:1224-1230, 2016 pdf
Frontostriatal gating of tinnitus and chronic pain
Rauschecker JP, May ES, Maudoux A, Ploner M.
Trends Cogn Sci 19: 567-78, 2015 pdf
Prefrontal gamma oscillations encode tonic pain in humans
Schulz E, May ES, Postorino M, Tiemann L, Nickel MM, Witkovsky V, Schmidt P, Gross J, Ploner M
Cereb Cortex 25: 4407-4414, 2015 pdf
Towards a taxonomy of pain modulations
Ploner M, Bingel U, Wiech K
Trends Cogn Sci 19: 180-182, 2015 pdf
Differential neurophysiological correlates of bottom-up and top-down modulations of pain
Tiemann L, May ES, Postorino M, Schulz E, Nickel MM, Bingel U, Ploner M
Pain 156: 289-296, 2015 pdf
Dissociable neural mechanisms underlying the modulation of pain and anxiety? An fMRI pilot study
Wiech K, Edwards E, Moseley GL, Berna C, Ploner M, Tracey I
PLoS One 9:e110654, 2014 pdf
The effect of treatment history on therapeutic outcome: psychological and neurobiological underpinnings
Kessner S, Forkmann K, Ritter C, Wiech K, Ploner M, Bingel U
PLoS One 9:e109014, 2014 pdf
Dopamine precursor depletion influences pain affect rather than pain sensation
Tiemann L, Heitmann H, Schulz E, Baumkötter J, Ploner M
PLoS One 9:e96167, 2014 pdf
The effect of treatment history on therapeutic outcome: an experimental approach
Kessner S, Wiech K, Forkmann K, Ploner M, Bingel U
JAMA Intern Med 173:1468-9, 2013 pdf
Amygdala activity contributes to the dissociative effect of cannabis on pain perception
Lee MC, Ploner M, Wiech K, Bingel U, Wanigasekera V, Brooks J, Menon DK, Tracey I
Pain 154:124-34, 2013 pdf
Decoding the perception of pain from fMRI using multivariate pattern analysis
Brodersen KH, Wiech K, Lomakina EI, Lin CS, Buhmann JM, Bingel U, Ploner M, Stephan KE, Tracey I
Neuroimage 63:1162-70, 2012 pdf
Gamma oscillations are involved in the sensorimotor transformation of pain
Schulz E, Tiemann L, Witkovsky V, Schmidt P, Ploner M
J Neurophysiol 108:1025-31, 2012 pdf
Behavioral and neuronal investigations of hypervigilance in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome
Tiemann L, Schulz E, Winkelmann A, Ronel J, Henningsen P, Ploner M
PLoS One 7:e35068, 2012 pdf
Decoding an individual's sensitivity to pain from the multivariate analysis of EEG data
Schulz E, Zherdin A, Tiemann L, Plant C, Ploner M
Cereb Cortex 22:1118-23, 2012 pdf
Neurophysiological coding of traits and states in the perception of pain
Schulz E, Tiemann L, Schuster T, Gross J, Ploner M
Cereb Cortex 21:2408-14, 2011 pdf
The effect of treatment expectation on drug efficacy: imaging the analgesic benefit of the opioid remifentanil
Bingel U, Wanigasekera V, Wiech K, Mhuircheartaigh R, Lee MC, Ploner M, Tracey I
Sci Transl Med 3:70ra14, 2011 pdf
Flexible cerebral connectivity patterns subserve contextual modulations of pain
Ploner M, Lee MC, Wiech K, Bingel U, Tracey I
Cereb Cortex 21:719-26, 2011 pdf
Differential effects of painful and non-painful stimulation on tactile processing in fibromyalgia syndrome and subjects with masochistic behaviour
Pollok B, Krause V, Legrain V, Ploner M, Freynhagen R, Melchior I, Schnitzler A
PLoS One 5:e15804, 2010 pdf
Anterior insula integrates information about salience into perceptual decisions about pain
Wiech K, Lin CS, Brodersen KH, Bingel U, Ploner M, Tracey I
J Neurosci 30:16324-31, 2010 pdf
Gamma oscillations as a neuronal correlate of the attentional effects of pain
Tiemann L, Schulz E, Gross J, Ploner M
Pain 150:302-8, 2010 pdf
Prestimulus functional connectivity determines pain perception in humans
Ploner M, Lee MC, Wiech K, Bingel U, Tracey I
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:355-60, 2010 pdf
Perceptual decisions: from sensory signals to behavior
Gross J, Ploner M
Curr Biol 19:R847-9, 2009 pdf
Functional integration within the human pain system as revealed by Granger causality
Ploner M, Schoffelen JM, Schnitzler A, Gross J
Hum Brain Mapp 30:4025-32, 2009 pdf
Neurocognitive aspects of pain perception
Wiech K, Ploner M, Tracey I
Trends Cogn Sci 12:306-13, 2008 pdf
Evoked response amplitudes from somatosensory cortices do not determine reaction times to tactile stimuli
Ploner M, Platzen J, Pollok B, Gross J, Schnitzler A
Eur J Neurosci 25:3734-41, 2007 pdf
Gamma oscillations in human primary somatosensory cortex reflect pain perception
Gross J, Schnitzler A, Timmermann L, Ploner M
PLoS Biol 5:e133, 2007 pdf
Pain processing is faster than tactile processing in the human brain
Ploner M, Gross J, Timmermann L, Schnitzler A
J Neurosci 26:10879-82, 2006 pdf
Oscillatory activity reflects the excitability of the human somatosensory system
Ploner M, Gross J, Timmermann L, Pollok B, Schnitzler A
Neuroimage 32:1231-6, 2006 pdf
Pain suppresses spontaneous brain rhythms
Ploner M, Gross J, Timmermann L, Pollok B, Schnitzler A
Cereb Cortex 16:537-40, 2006 pdf
Pain facilitates tactile processing in human somatosensory cortices
Ploner M, Pollok B, Schnitzler A
J Neurophysiol 92:1825-9, 2004 pdf
Cortical representation of first and second pain sensation in humans
Ploner M, Gross J, Timmermann L, Schnitzler A
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:12444-8, 2002 pdf
Cortical representation of venous nociception in humans
Ploner M, Holthusen H, Noetges P, Schnitzler A
J Neurophysiol 88:300-5, 2002 pdf
Differential coding of pain intensity in the human primary and secondary somatosensory cortex
Timmermann L, Ploner M, Haucke K, Schmitz F, Baltissen R, Schnitzler A
J Neurophysiol 86:1499-503, 2001 pdf
Neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of pain perception
Schnitzler A, Ploner M
J Clin Neurophysiol 17:592-603, 2000 pdf
Differential organization of touch and pain in human primary somatosensory cortex
Ploner M, Schmitz F, Freund HJ, Schnitzler A
J Neurophysiol 83:1770-6, 2000 pdf
Parallel activation of primary and secondary somatosensory cortices in human pain processing
Ploner M, Schmitz F, Freund HJ, Schnitzler A
J Neurophysiol 81:3100-4, 1999 pdf
Pain affect without pain sensation in a patient with a postcentral lesion
Ploner M, Freund HJ, Schnitzler A
Pain 81:211-4, 1999 pdf
Autonomic responses to tonic pain are more closely related to stimulus intensity than to pain intensity
Nickel MM, May ES, Tiemann L, Postorino M, Ta Dinh S, Ploner M
Pain 9, 2017 pdf