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Jale Özyurt
Academic Positions
Since 10/2020 | PI in the DFG funded project “Neurobiological Basis of Behavioral Abnormalities in Childhood-Onset Craniopharyngioma Patients with Hypothalamic Involvement” |
12/2014 – 09/2020 | Senior researcher in the Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology Group (Prof. Dr. C.M. Thiel), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany |
06/1999 – 11/2014 | Research associate and project coordinator in several research projects and groups at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany (Prof. Dr. H. Colonius, Prof. Dr. Mark W. Greenlee, Prof. Dr. C.M. Thiel). |
Education
2011 – 2014 | Dr. rer. nat. in Biological Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany |
1991 – 1999 | Study of Psychology (part time), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany |
Third party funding
2020 – 2023 | German Research Foundation (DFG OE 280/2-1). Neurobiological Basis of Behavioral Abnormalities in Childhood-Onset Craniopharyngioma Patients with Hypothalamic Involvement. Applicant: Jale Özyurt. 432.738 € |
2018 – 2020 | Research Pool of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (2017-016). Steigerung der körperlichen Aktivität von Patienten und Patientinnen mir Kraniopharyngeom des Kindes- und Jugend-alters. Applicants: J Özyurt, A. Mehren, HL. Müller, CM. Thiel. 128.985 € |
2016 – 2017 | Research Pool of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Off-label use of oxytocin in a single trial of intranasal oxytocin administration: Effects on neuropsychological performance in craniopharyngioma patients. Applicants: H.L. Müller, J Özyurt, A. Hoffmann, C.M. Thiel. 53.082 € |
2015 – 2016 | Research Pool of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. Effekte einer Sportintervention auf kognitive Funktionen bei Patienten mit ADHS. Applicants: A. Philipsen, A. Lam, J. Özyurt, A.Mehren, M. Brandes, C. Thiel. 35.100 € |
2009 | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Travel grant. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, 2009: 1.256 €. |
2009 | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Travel grant for the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, 2009: 1.256 €. |
2007 – 2008 | EWE-Foundation, Oldenburg: Perception and informatione processing in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia. Applicants: Petra Arndt & Jale Özyurt. 4.528 €. |
2004 – 2005 | German Research Foundation (DFG; GR-988/16-1): „Neural Basis of executive functioning in children with ADHD: fMRI and MR-spectroscopy”. DFG-Priority Programme „Executive Functions“. Applicants: Mark Greenlee & Jale Özyurt. 68.100 €. |
Published papers in publication outlets with quality assurance
Spindler M, Özyurt J, Thiel CM. Automated diffusion-based parcellation of the hypothalamus reveals subunit-specific associations with obesity. Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 17;10(1):22238. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79289-9.
Özyurt J, Mehren A, Boekhoff S, Müller HL, Thiel CM. Social Cognition in Patients with Hypothalamic-Pituitary Tumors. Front Oncol. 2020 Jul 2;10:1014. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01014.
Mehren A, Özyurt J, Thiel CM, Brandes M, Lam AP, Philipsen A. Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Response Inhibition in Adult Patients with ADHD. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 27;9(1):19884. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-56332-y.
*Mehren A, Diaz Luque C, Brandes M, Lam AP, Thiel CM, Philipsen A, Özyurt J. Intensity-Dependent Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Function. Neural Plast. 2019 Jun 4;2019:8608317. doi: 10.1155/2019/8608317.
*Daubenbüchel AM, Özyurt J, Boekhoff S, Warmuth-Metz M, Eveslage M, Müller HL. Eating behaviour and oxytocin in patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngioma and different grades of hypothalamic involvement. Pediatr Obes. 2019 Sep;14(9):e12527. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12527. Epub 2019 Apr 23.
Mehren A, Özyurt J, Lam AP, Brandes M, Müller HHO, Thiel CM, Philipsen A. Acute Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function and Attention in Adult Patients With ADHD. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Mar 26;10:132. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00132.
Spindler M, Koch K, Borisov E, Özyurt J, Sörös P, Thiel C, Bantel C. Corrigendum: The Influence of Chronic Pain and Cognitive Function on Spatial-Numerical Processing. Front Behav Neurosci. 2019 Feb 19;13:29. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00029. Erratum for: Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Aug 03;12:165.
Spindler M, Koch K, Borisov E, Özyurt J, Sörös P, Thiel C, Bantel C. The Influence of Chronic Pain and Cognitive Function on Spatial-Numerical Processing. Front Behav Neurosci. 2018 Aug 3;12:165. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00165. Erratum in: Front Behav Neurosci. 2019 Feb 19;13:29.
*Mehren A, Özyurt J, Zu Klampen P, Boekhoff S, Thiel CM, Müller HL. Self- and informant-rated apathy in patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngioma. J Neurooncol. 2018 Oct;140(1):27-35. doi: 10.1007/s11060-018-2936-z. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
Bachmann K, Lam AP, Sörös P, Kanat M, Hoxhaj E, Matthies S, Feige B, Müller H, Özyurt J, Thiel CM, Philipsen A. Effects of mindfulness and psychoeducation on working memory in adult ADHD: A randomised, controlled fMRI study. Behav Res Ther. 2018 Jul;106:47-56. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2018.05.002. Epub 2018 May 7.
Rosemann S, Gießing C, Özyurt J, Carroll R, Puschmann S, Thiel CM. The Contribution of Cognitive Factors to Individual Differences in Understanding Noise-Vocoded Speech in Young and Older Adults. Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Jun 7;11:294. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00294.
Özyurt J, Müller HL, Warmuth-Metz M, Thiel CM. Hypothalamic tumors impact gray and white matter volumes in fronto-limbic brain areas. Cortex. 2017 Apr;89:98-110. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.01.017. Epub 2017 Feb 3.
Hoffmann A, Özyurt J, Lohle K, Reichel J, Thiel CM, Müller HL. First experiences with neuropsychological effects of oxytocin administration in childhood-onset craniopharyngioma. Endocrine. 2017 Apr;56(1):175-185. doi: 10.1007/s12020-017-1257-x. Epub 2017 Feb 17.
Daubenbüchel AM, Hoffmann A, Eveslage M, Özyurt J, Lohle K, Reichel J, Thiel CM, Martens H, Geenen V, Müller HL. Oxytocin in survivors of childhood-onset craniopharyngioma. Endocrine. 2016 Nov;54(2):524-531. doi: 10.1007/s12020-016-1084-5. Epub 2016 Sep 1.
Thiel CM, Özyurt J, Nogueira W, Puschmann S. Effects of Age on Long Term Memory for Degraded Speech. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Sep 21;10:473. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00473.
Özyurt J, Müller HL, Thiel CM. A systematic review of cognitive performance in patients with childhood craniopharyngioma. J Neurooncol. 2015 Oct;125(1):9-21. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-1885-z. Epub 2015 Sep 14.
Ozyurt J, Lorenzen A, Gebhardt U, Warmuth-Metz M, Müller HL, Thiel CM. Remote effects of hypothalamic lesions in the prefrontal cortex of craniopharygioma patients. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2014 May;111:71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.03.007. Epub 2014 Mar 22.
Özyurt J, Thiel CM, Lorenzen A, Gebhardt U, Calaminus G, Warmuth-Metz M, Müller HL. Neuropsychological outcome in patients with childhood craniopharyngioma and hypothalamic involvement. J Pediatr. 2014 Apr;164(4):876-881.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.010. Epub 2014 Feb 6.
Puschmann S, Özyurt J, Uppenkamp S, Thiel CM. Pitch-induced responses in the right auditory cortex correlate with musical ability in normal listeners. Neuroreport. 2013 Oct 23;24(15):841-5. doi: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3283650e1e.
Özyurt J, Rietze M, Thiel CM. Prefrontal neural activity when feedback is not relevant to adjust performance. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36509. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036509. Epub 2012 May 16.
Ozyurt J, Greenlee MW. Neural correlates of inter- and intra-individual saccadic reaction time differences in the gap/overlap paradigm. J Neurophysiol. 2011 May;105(5):2438-47. doi: 10.1152/jn.00660.2009. Epub 2011 Feb 23.
Ozyurt J, Rutschmann RM, Greenlee MW. Cortical activation during memory-guided saccades. Neuroreport. 2006 Jul 17;17(10):1005-9. doi: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000224765.00078.4e.
Ozyurt J, Colonius H, Arndt PA. Countermanding saccades: evidence against independent processing of go and stop signals. Percept Psychophys. 2003 Apr;65(3):420-8. doi: 10.3758/bf03194573.
Colonius H, Ozyurt J, Arndt PA. Countermanding saccades with auditory stop signals: testing the race model. Vision Res. 2001 Jul;41(15):1951-68. doi: 10.1016/s0042-6989(01)00084-0.
*shared first or senior authorship