Prof. Dr. Heidi Danker-Hopfe
Leiterin des Labors für Klinische Psychophysiologie (mit Schlaflabor) Tel.: 030-8445-8600 e-mail: heidi.danker-hopfe@charite.de
Curriculum Vitae
Studium des Faches Biologie und Mathematik an der Universität Bremen
wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Phase I) in der Arbeitsgruppe
Humanbiologie des Fachbereichs Biologie/Chemie der Universität Bremen
wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Phase II) in der Arbeitsgruppe
Humanbiologie des Fachbereichs Biologie/Chemie der Universität Bremen
wissenschaftliche Assistentin (C1) in der Arbeitsgruppe Humanbiologie
des Fachbereichs Biologie/Chemie der Universität Bremen
wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin der Klinik für Psychiatrie und
Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Benjamin Franklin der Freien Universität Berlin
Habilitation für das Fach Humanbiologie
Vertretungsprofessorin für das Fach Biologie im Fachbereich
Leiterin des Labors für Klinische Psychophysiologie (mit Schlaflabor) der Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie des Universitätsklinikums Benjamin Franklin der Freien Universität Berlin
Verleihung der Bezeichnung außerplanmäßige Professorin
Berufenes Mitglied des Ausschusses A6 (nichtionisierende Strahlung) der Strahlenschutzkommission (Beratungsgremium des Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, BMU)
Mitglied des Vorstandes der EBEA (European Bioelectromagnetics
Berufenes Mitglied des EMF Council of the Swedish Radiation Safety
Auslandsaufenthalte
Anthropologisches Institut der Delhi Universität, Indien, Prof. R.S. Singh und Dr. M.K. Bhasin
University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston, Graduate School of
Gastwissenschaftlerin an der University of Texas, Austin, Dept. of
Kinesiology and Health Education, Prof. Dr. R.M. Malina
Institute for Anthropology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw,
Poland, Go-East-Programme, finanziert durch die EU, Prof. Barbara Hulanicka
Tätigkeiten im Editorial Board wissenschaftlicher Fachzeitschriften
American Journal of Human Biology (Editor: R.M. Malina, Austin, Texas)
International Journal of Anthropology (Editor: C. Chiarelli, Florenz)
Yearbook of Anthropology (Editor: C. Susanne, Brüssel)
Papers of Antropologiczny (Editor: Helje Kaarma, Tartu, Estland)
Przeglad Antropologiczny (Editor: Prof. Dr. P. Bergmann, Poland)
Annals of Human Biology (Editors: K.J. Collins, London; G.A. Harrison,
Funktionen in wissenschaftlichen Fachgesellschaften
gewähltes Council-Mitglied der European Anthropological Association, für die Amtszeiten 1993-2000 Schatzmeisterin der Gesellschaft
Schatzmeisterin der European Anthropological Association für Deutschland
stellvertretende Leiterin der Arbeitsgruppe Methoden der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin
Veröffentlichungen Zeitschriftenartikel
• Rosche B, Werner J, Benzel FJ, Harms L, Danker-Hopfe H, Hellweg R: Serum levels of
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in multiple sclerosis patients with Trichuris suis ova therapy. Parasite 2013 20 55 ahead of print.
• Ratti E, Carpenter DJ, Zamuner S, Fernandes S, Squassante L, Danker-Hopfe H, Archer
G, Robertson J, Alexander R, Trist DG, Merlo-Pich E: Efficacy of vestipitant, a neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist, in primary insomnia. Sleep 2013 36(12) 1823-1830.
• Dauvilliers Y, Bassetti C, Lammers GJ, Arnulf I, Mayer G, Rodenbeck A, Lehert P, Ding
CL, Lecomte JM, Schwartz JC, HARMONY I study group (Danker-Hopfe member if the study group): Pitolisant versus placebo ot modafinil in patients with narcolepsy: a double-blind, randomized trial. Lancet Neurol 2013, 12(11) 1068-1075.
• Eggert T, Dorn H, Sauter C, Nitsche MA, Bajbouj M, Danker-Hopfe H: No effects of slow
oscillatory transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on sleep-dependent memory consolidation in healthy elderly subjects. Brain Stim 2013 6(6) 938-945.
• Regen F, Dorn H, Danker-Hopfe H: Associations between pupillary unrest index and
waking electroencephalogram activity in sleep-deprived healthy subjects. Sleep Med 2013, 14(9) 902-912.
• Roepke S, Hansen ML, Peter A, Merkl A, Palafox C, Danker-Hopfe H: Nightmares that
mislead to diagnosis of reactivation of PTSD, Eur J Psychotraumatol, 2013, 4 doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.18714.
• Jobert M, Wilson FJ, Roth T, Ruigt GS, Anderer P, Dinkenburg WH, Bes FW, Brunovsky
M, Danker-Hopfe H, Freeman J, van gerven JM, Gruber G, Kemp B, Klösch G, Ma J, Penzel T, Peterson BT, Schulz H, Staner L, Saletu B, Svetnik V, IPEG Pharmaco-EEG Guidelines Committee: Guidelines for the recording and evaltuation og pharmaco-sleep studies in man: the International Pharmaco-EEG Society (IPEG). Neuropsychobiology 2013 67(3), 127-167.
• Sauter C, Danker-Hopfe H, Loretz E, Zeitlhofer J, Geisler P, Popp R: The assessment of
vigilance: normative data on the Siesta sustained attention test. Sleep Med 2013, 14(6) 542 – 548.
• Eggert T, Sauter C, Popp R, Zeitlhofer J, Danker-Hopfe H: The Pupillometric Sleepiness
Test in adults: effects of age, gender, and time of day on pupillometric variables. Am J Hum Biol 2012 24(6) 820-828.
• Bettica P, Squassante L, Zamuner S, Nucci G, Danker-Hopfe H, Ratti E: The orexin
antagonist SB-649868 promotos and maintains sleep in men with primary insomnia. Sleep 2012, 35(8): 1097-1104.
• Hoever P, Dorffner G, Benes H, Penzel T, Danker-Hopfe H, Barbanoj MJ, Pillar G, Saletu
B, Polo O, Kunz D, Zeitlhofer J, Berg S, Partinen M, Bassetti CL, Högl B, Ebrahim IO, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Bengtsson H, Peker Y, Hemmeter UM, Chiossi E, Hajak G, Dingemanse J: Orexon receptor antagonism, a new sleep-enabling paradigm: a proof-of-concept clinical trial. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2012, 91(6): 975-985.
• Schmid G, Bolz T, Uberbacher R, Escorihuela-Navarro A, Bahr A, Dorn, H, Sauter C,
Eggert T, Danker-Hopfe H: Design and dosimetric analysis of a 385 MHz TETRA head exposure system for use in human provocation studies. Bioelectromagnetics 2012, 33(7): 594-603.
• Danker-Hopfe H: Growth and development of children with a special focus on sleep. Prog
• Kraemer S, Danker-Hopfe H, Pilhatsch M, Bes F, Bauer M: Effects of supraphysiological
doses of levothyroxine on sleep in healthy subjects: a prospective polysomnography study. J Thyroid Res 2011. July 7 Epup ahead of print.
• Sauter C, Dorn H, Bahr A, Hansen ML, Peter A, Bajbouj M, Danker-Hopfe H: Effects of
exposure to electromagnetic fields emitted by GSM 900 and WCDMA mobile phones on cognitive function in young male subjects. Bioelectromagnetics. 2011 32(3): 179-190.
• Körtner K, Hansen ML, Danker-Hopfe H, Neuhaus AH, Jockers-Scherübl MC: Persistent
deficits of visual recall in Kleine-Levin syndrome. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Mar;18(3):439-40. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H, Bahr A, Anderer P, Sauter C: Effects of electromagnetic fields
emitted by mobile phones (GSM 900 and WCDMA/UMTS) on the macrostructure of sleep. J Sleep Res. 2011 Mar;20(1 Pt 1):73-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00850.x.
• Quante A, Luborzewski A, Brakemeier EL, Merkl A, Danker-Hopfe H, Bajbouj M: Effects
of 3 different stimulus intensities of ultrabrief stimuli in right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy in major depression: a randomized, double-blind pilot study. J Psychiatr Res. 2011 Feb;45(2):174-8. Epub 2010 Aug 21.
• Sauter C und Danker-Hopfe H: Der Multiple Wachbleibetest (MWT). Zur Praxis der
Durchführung in DGSM-akkreditierten Schlaflaboren. Somnologie. 2010, 14:170-177.
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H, Bornkessel C, Sauter C: Do mobile phone base stations affect
sleep of residents? Results from an experimental double-blind sham-controlled field study. Am J Hum Biol. 2010 Sep-Oct;22(5):613-8.
• Anderer P, Moreau A, Woertz M, Ross M, Gruber G, Parapatics S, Loretz E, Heller E,
Schmidt A, Boeck M, Moser D, Kloesch G, Saletu B, Saletu-Zyhlarz GM, Danker-Hopfe H, Zeitlhofer J, Dorffner G: Computer-assisted sleep classification according to the standard of the American Acadamy of Sleep Medicine: validation study of the AASM version of the Somnolyzer 24 x 7. Neuropsychobiology. 2010;62(4). Epub 2010 Sep 9.
• Sartorius A, Hellweg R, Litzke J, Vogt M, Dormann C, Vollmayr B, Danker-Hopfe H, Gass
P. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2009 Nov;42(6):270-6. Epub 2009 Nov 18.
• Ziegenhorn AA, Roepke S, Schommer NC, Merkl A, Danker-Hopfe H, Perschel FH,
Heuser I, Anghelescu IG, Lammers CH: Clonidine improves hyperarousal in borderline personality disorder with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009, 29(2) 170-3
• Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Fuchs E, Abumaria N, Ziegler A, Danker-Hopfe H, Hiemke C,
Hellweg R: Effects of escitalopram on the regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor protein levels in a rat model of chronic stress.J Neurosci Res. 2009 Apr 9
• Danker-Hopfe H, Anderer P, Zeitlhofer J, Boeck M, Dorn H, Gruber G, Heller E, Loretz E,
Moser D, Parapatics S, Saletu B, Schmidt A, Dorffner G: Interrater reliability for sleep scoring according to the Rechtschaffen & Kales and the new AASM standard. J Sleep Res. 2009, 18(1) 74-84
• Moser D, Anderer P, Gruber G, Parapatics S, Loretz E, Boeck M, Kloesch G, Heller E,
Schmidt A, Danker-Hopfe H, Saletu B, Zeitlhofer J, Dorffner G: Sleep classification according to AASM and Rechtschaffen & Kales: effects on sleep scoring parameters. Sleep. 2009, 32(2) 139-49
• Hornung OP, Regen F, Dorn H, Anghelescu I, Kathmann N, Schredl M, Danker-Hopfe H,
Heuser I: The effects of donepezil on postlearning sleep EEG of healthy older adults. Pharmacopsychiatry. 2009 Jan;42(1):9-13
• Lang UE, Günther L, Scheuch K, Klein J, Eckhart S, Hellweg R, Danker-Hopfe H, Oehler
J: Higher BDNF concentrations in the hippocampus and cortex of an aggressive mouse strain. Behav Brain Res. 2009, 197(1) 246-249
• Jakob F, Brakemeier EL, Schommer N, Quante A, Merkl A, Danker-Hopfe H, Anghelescu
I, Heuser I, Bajbouj M: Ultrahigh frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in unipolar depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2008, 28(4) 474-476
• Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Eckart S, Deicke U, Kühl A, Otten U, Danker-Hopfe A,
Abramowski D, Staufenbiel M, Hellweg: Age-dependent time course of cerebral brain-derived neurotrophic factor, nerve growth factor, and neutrophin-3 in APP23 transgenic mice. J Neurosci Res 2008, 86(12) 2774-2783
• Brakemeier EL, Wilbertz G, Rodax S, Danker-Hopfe H, Zinka B, Zwanzger P,
Grossheinrich N, Várkuti B, Rupprecht R, Bajbouj M, Padberg E: Patterns of response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in major depression: replication study in drug-free patients, J Affect Disord, 2008 108(1-2), 59-70.
• Hornung OP, Regen F, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I, Lammers CH: Declarative and
procedural memory consolidation during sleep in patients with borderline personality disorder. J Psychiatr Research, 2008, 42(8), 653-658.
• Sauter C, Popp R, Danker-Hopfe H, Büttner A, Wilhelm B, Binder R, Böhnuing W, Weeß,
HG: Normative values of the German Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Results from a multicenter study. Somnologie 2007, 11 272-278.
• Peter A, Hansen ML, Merkl A, Voigtländer S, Bajbouj M, Danker-Hopfe H: REM sleep
behaviour disorder and excessive startle reaction to visual stimuli in a patient with pontine lesions. Sleep Med 2007,
• Hornung OP, Regen F, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I, Anghelescu I: Sleep-related memory
consolidation in depression: an emerging field of research. Depress Anxiety 2007.
• Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Hamker U, Meske V, Danker-Hopfe H, Ohm TG, Hellweg R
beta/A4-Amyloid increases nerve growth factor production in rat primary hippocampal astrocyte cultures. Int J Dev Neurosci 2007, 25(6) 387-390
• Merkl A, Brakemeier EL, Danker-Hopfe H, Bajbouj M Vagus nerve stimulation improves
restless legs syndrome associated with major depression: a case report. J Clin Psychiatry 2007 68(4) 635-656
• Jockers-Scherübl MC, Zubraegel D, Baer T, Linden M, Danker-Hopfe H, Schulte-
herbrüggen O, Neu P, Hellweg R Nerve growth factor serum concentrations rse after successful cognitive-behavioural therapy of generalized anxiety disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2007 31(1) 200-2004
• Jockers-Scherübl MC, Bauer A, Kuhn S, Reischies F, Danker-Hopfe H, Schmidt LG,
Rentzsch J, Hellweg R. Nerve growth factor in serum is a marker of the stage of alcohol disease. Neurosci Lett 2007 419(1) 78-82
• Ziegenhorn AA, Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Danker-Hopfe H, Malbranc M. Hartung HD,
Anders D, Lang UE, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Schaub RT, Hellweg R. Serum neutrophins – A study on the time course and influencing factors in a large old age sample. Neurobiol Aging 2007 28(9) 1436-1445
• Brakemeier EL, Luborzewski A, Danker-Hopfe H, Kathmann N, Bajbouj M. Positive
predictors for antidepressive response to prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. J Psychiatry Research 2007, 41(7) 395-403,
• Luborzewski A, Schubert F, Danker-Hopfe H, Brakemeier EL, Schlattmann P, Anghelescu
I, Colla M, Bajbouj M. Metabolic alterations in the dorso9lateral prefrontal cortex after treatment with high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with unipolar major depression. J Psych Research 2007, 41(7) 606-615.
• Jockers-Scherübl MC, Zubraegel D, Baer T, Linden M, Danker-Hopfe H, Schulte-
Herbrüggen O, Neu P, Hellweg R. Nerve growth factor serum concentrations rise after successful cognitive-behavioural therapy of generalized anxiety disorder. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2007, 31(1) 200-2004.
• Hornung OP, Regen F, Danker-Hopfe H, Schredl M, Heuser I. The relationship between
REM sleep and memory consolidation in old age and effects of cholinergic medication. Biol Psychiatry 2007, 61(6) 750-757.
• Bajbouj M, Gallinat J, Lang UE, Hellen F, Vesper J Lisanby SH, Danker-Hopfe H, Neu P.
Motor cortex excitability after vagus nerve stimulation in major depression. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2007, 27(2) 156-159
• Bajbouj M, Lisanby SH, Lang UE, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I, Neu P. Evidence for
Impaired Cortical Inhibition in Patients with Unipolar Major Depression.Biol Psychiatry. 2006 59(5) 395-400.
• Danker-Hopfe H, Binder R, Popp R, Sauter C, Büttner A, Böhning W, Weeß HG:
Erhebung zur Praxis der Durchführung von Multiplen Schlaflatenztests (MSLT) in akkreditierten Schlaflaboren. Somnologie 2006, 10: 43-52.
• Hornung OP, Regen F, Schredl M, Heuser I, Danker-Hopfe H. Manipulating REM sleep in
older adults by selective REM sleep deprivation and physiological as well as pharmacological REM sleep augmentation methods. Exp Gerontol 2006, 197(2) 486-494
• Rodenbeck A, Binder R, Geisler P, Danker-Hopfe H, Lund R, Raschke F, Weeß HG,
Schulz H. A review of sleep EEG patterns. Part I: A compilation of amended rules for their visual recognition according to Rechtschaffen and Kales. Somnologie 2006, 10 159-175.
• Jockers-Scherübl MC, Rentzsch J, Danker-Hopfe H, Radzei N, Schürer F, Bahri S
Hellweg R. Dequate atipsychotic treatment normalizes serum nerve growth factor concentrations in schizophrenia with and without cannabis or additional substance abuse. Neurosci Lett 2006, 400(3) 262-266.
• Bajbouj M, Danker-Hopfe H. Maintenance treatment of depression in old age. N Engl J
• Bajbouj M, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I, Anghelescu I. Long-term outcome of vagus nerve
stimulation in rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 2006 76(5) 837-838.
• Schulte-Herbrüggen O, Chourbaji S, Müller H, Danker-Hopfe H, Brandwein C, Gass P,
Hellweg R. Differential regulation of nerve growth factor brain-derived neurotrophic factor in a mouse model of learned helplessness. Exp Neurol 2006 2002(2) 404-409.
• Schredl M, Hornung O, Regen F, Albrecht N, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I. The effect of
donepezil on sleep in elderly, healthy persons: a double-blind placebo-controlled study. Pharmacopsychiatry 2006 39(6) 205-208.
• Danker-Hopfe H, Hornung O, Regen F, Hansen ML, Albrecht N. Subjective sleep quality
in noncomplaining elderly subjects: result of a follow-up study. Anthrop Anz 2006, 64(4) 369-376.
• Bajbouj M, Brakemeier EL, Schubert F, Lang UE, Neu P, Schindowski C, Danker-Hopfe
H. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and cortical excitability in patients with major depressive disorder. Exp Neurol. 2005 Dec;196(2):332-8.
• Hornung O, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I. Age-related changes in sleep and menory:
commonalities and interrelationships. Exp Gerontol 2005, 40(4), 279-285
• Anderer P, Gruber G, Parapatics S, Woertz M, Miazhynskaia T, Klösch G, Saletu B,
Zeitlhofer J, Barbanoj MJ, Danker-Hopfe H, Himanen SL, Kemp B, Penzel T, Grozinger M, Kunz D, Rappelsberger P, Schlogl A, Dorffner G. An E-Haelth solution for automatic sleep classification according to rechtschaffen and Kales: Validation study of the Somnolyzer 24x7 utilizing the Siesta Database. Neuropsychobiology 2005 51: 115-133
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H. Biological effects of electromagnetic fields at mobil phone
frequencies on sleep: current state of knowledge from laboratory studies. Somnologie 2005, 9: 192-198
• Danker-Hopfe H, Schäfer M, Dorn H, Anderer P, Saletu B, Gruber G, Zeitlhofer J, Kunz D,
Barbanoj MJ, Himanen SL, Kemp B Penzel T, Röschke J, Dorffner G. Percentile reference charts for selected sleep parameters for 20- t0 80 year-old healthy subjects from the SIESTA database. Somnology 2005, 9 3-14.
• Bajbouj M, Luborzewski A, Danker-Hopfe H, Lang UE. Motor cortical excitability in
depressive patients after electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. J ECT. 2005 Dec;21(4):243-5.
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H. Biologische Effekte hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Felder
im Mobilfunkfrequenzbereich auf den Schlaf: gegenwärtiger Kenntnisstand aus Laborstudien. EMF Monitor 2004 10: 1-6.
• Jockers-Scherübl M, Danker-Hopfe H, Mahlberg R, Selig F, Rentzsch J, Schürer F, Lang
UE, Hellweg R. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor serum concentrations are increased in drug-naive schizophrenic patients with chronic cannabis abuse and multiple substance abuse. Neuroscience Letters 2004, 371: 79-83
• Lang UE, Mühlbacher M, Hesselink MB, Zajaczkowski, Danysz W, Danker-Hopfe H,
Hellweg R. No nerve growth factor response to treatment with memantine in rats. J Neural Transmission 2004,111: 181-190
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H. Untersuchungen an Probanden unter Exposition mit
hochfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern von Mobiltelefonen, Literaturübersicht. 2004 www.emf-forschungsprogramm.de/forschung/biologie/biologie_verg/bio_095.html
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H. Biologische Effekte hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Felder
im Mobilfunkfrequenzbereich auf den Schlaf: gegenwärtiger Kenntnisstand aus Lborstudien. EMF Monitor 2004 10: 1-6.
• Jockers-Scherübl M, Danker-Hopfe H, Mahlberg R, Selig F, Rentzsch J, Schürer F, Lang
UE, Hellweg R. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor serum concentrations are increased in drug-naive schizophrenic patients with chronic cannabis abuse and multiple substance abuse. Neuroscience Letters 2004, 371: 79-83
• Lang UE, Mühlbacher M, Hesselink MB, Zajaczkowski, Danysz W, Danker-Hopfe H,
Hellweg R. No nerve growth factor response to treatment with memantine in rats. J Neural Transmission 2004,111: 181-190
• Körtner K, Hansen ML, Danker-Hopfe H, Jockers-Scherübl M. Kleine-Levin Syndrom
unter dem Bild einer katatonen Schizophrenie. Neurotransmitter 2004, 12: 72-74
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H. Untersuchungen an Probanden unter Exposition mit
hochfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern von Mobiltelefonen, Literaturübersicht. www.emf-forschungsprogramm.de/forschung/biologie/biologie_verg/bio_095.html
• Bajbouj M, Brakemeier EL, Schubert F, Lang UE, Neu P, Schindowski C,Danker-Hopfe H.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and cortical excitability in patients with major depressive disorder. Exp Neurol. 2005 Dec;196(2):332-8.
• Hornung O, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I. Age-related changes in sleep and menory:
commonalities and interrelationships. Exp Gerontol 2005, 40(4), 279-285
• Anderer P, Gruber G, Parapatics S, Woertz M, Miazhynskaia T, Klösch G, Saletu B,
Zeitlhofer J, Barbanoj MJ, Danker-Hopfe H, Himanen SL, Kemp B, Penzel T, Grozinger M, Kunz D, Rappelsberger P, Schlogl A, Dorffner G. An E-Haelth solution for automatic sleep classification according to rechtschaffen and Kales: Validation study of the Somnolyzer 24x7 utilizing the Siesta Database. Neuropsychobiology 2005 51: 115-133
• Danker-Hopfe H, Dorn H. Biological effects of electromagnetic fields at mobil phone
frequencies on sleep: current state of knowledge from laboratory studies. Somnologie 2005, 9: 192-198
• Bajbouj M, Luborzewski A, Danker-Hopfe H, Lang UE. Motor cortical excitability in
depressive patients after electroconvulsive therapy and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. J ECT. 2005 Dec;21(4):243-5.
• Bajbouj M, Lisanby SH, Lang UE, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I, Neu P. Evidence for
Impaired Cortical Inhibition in Patients with Unipolar Major Depression.Biol Psychiatry. 2006 59(5) 395-400.
• Danker-Hopfe H, Binder R, Popp R, Sauter C, Büttner A, Böhning W, Weeß HG:
Erhebung zur Praxis der Durchführung von Multiplen Schlaflatenztests (MSLT) in akkreditierten Schlaflaboren. Somnologie 2006, 10: 43-52.
• Bajbouj M, Danker-Hopfe H, Heuser I, Anghelescu I. Long-term outcome of vagus nerve
stimulation in rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry (in press)
• Luborzewski A, Schubert F, Danker-Hopfe H, Brakemeier EL, Schlattmann P, Anghelescu
I, Colla M, Bajbouj M. Altered glutamate levels in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex after treatment-response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with unipolar major depression. J Psych Research (in press)
• Hornung OP, Regen F, Schredl M, Heuser I, Danker-Hopfe H. Manipulating REM sleep in
older adults by selective REM sleep deprivation and physiological as well as pharmacological REM sleep augmentation methods. Exp Gerontol 2006, 197(2) 486-494
• Brakemeier EL, Luborzewski A, Danker-Hopfe H, Kathmann N, Bajbouj M. Positive
predictors for antidepressive response to prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. J Psychiatry Research (in press)
• Lang UE, M Mühlbacher, MB Hesselink, W Zajaczkowski, W Danysz, Heidi Danker-Hopfe
and R Hellweg, 2004: No nerve growth factor response to treatment with memantine in adult rats. - Journal of Neural Transmission 111, 181-190.
• Lang UE, M Bajbouj, C Wernicke, H Rommelspacher, Heidi Danker-Hopfe and J Gallinat,
2004: No association of a functional polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene promoter and anxiety-related personality traits. - Neuropsychobiology 49, 182-184.
• Lang UE, D. Anders, Heidi Danker-Hopfe and R Hellweg, 2004: Measurement of nerve
growth factor serum concentration in a psychologically stressful situation in men. - Stress 7 (1), 39-42.
• Danker-Hopfe Heidi, D Kunz, G Gruber, G Klösch, JL Lorenzo, SL Himanen, B Kemp, T
Penzel, J Röschke, H Dorn, A Schlögl, E Trenker and G Dorffner, 2004: Interrater reliability between scoreres from eight European sleep laboratories in subjects with different sleep disorders. - J Sleep Res 2004; 13; 63-69
• Maria C Jockers.Scherübl, Uta Matthies, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Undine E. Lang, Richard
mahlberg und Rainer Hellweg, Chronic cannabis abuse raises nerve growth factor serum concentrations in drug-naive schizophrenic patients; Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2003, 17 (4) 439-445
• Penzel T, PG Behler, M von Butlar, R Conradt, M Meier, A Möller and Heidi Danker-
Hopfe, 2003: Reliabilität der visuellen Schlafauswertung nach Rechtschaffen und Kales von acht Aufzeichnungen durch neun Schlaflabore. - Somnologie 7, 49-58.
• Lang UE, J Gallinat, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, M Bajbouj and R Hellweg, 2003: Nerve growth
factor serum concentrations in healthy human volunteers: physiological variance and stability.- Neuroscience Letters 344, 13-16.
• Vollmann, J, Bauer, A, Danker-Hopfe, H. and Helmchen, H. 2003: Competence of
mentally ill patients: a comparative empirical study. - Psychological Medicine 33, 1463-1471.
• Baumgart-Schmitt, R., A. Wenzel, H. Danker-Hopfe and W.M. Herrmann, 2002: Genetic
programming approach for the optimal selection of combinations of Neural Networks to classify sleep stages by QUISI®. - Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 24 (Suppl. D) 27-32.
• Gallinat J, M Riedel, G. Juckel, S Sokullu, T. Frodl, R Moukhtieva, P Mavrogiorgou, S
Nissle N Muller, Heidi Danker-Hopfe and U Hegerl, 2001: P300 and symptom improvement in schizophrenia. - Psychopharmacology 158, 55-65.
• Hermanussen M, Heidi Danker-Hopfe and GW Weber, 2001: Body weight and the shape
of the natural distribution of weight, in very large samples of German, Austrian and Norwegian conscripts. - Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. 25, 1550-1553.
• Herrmann WM, S Kubicki, Heidi Danker-Hopfe und J Roehmel, 2001: Theories about
sleep and EEG-sleep stages (in German). - Klin. Neurophysiol. 32, 70-75.
• Danker-Hopfe Heidi und WM Herrmann 2001: Interrater-reliability of sleep stage scoring
according to Rechtschaffen and Kales Rules (RKR): A Review and methodological considerations. - Klin. Neurophysiol. 32, 89-99.
• Danker-Hopfe Heidi, Susanne Kraemer, H Dorn , Andrea Schmidt, Ingrid Ehlert und WM
Herrmann, 2001: Time-of-day variations in different measures of sleepiness (MSLT, pupillography, and SSS) and their interrelations. - Psychophysiology 38, 828-35.
• Kraemer, Susanne, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, H. Dorn, I. Ehlert, A. Schmidt und W.M.
Herrmann, 2000: Time of day variations of different indicators of attention: performance, physiological parameters and self assessment of the degree of sleepiness. - Biological Psychiatry 48, 1069-80.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi und Kirsten Roczen, 2000: Secular trends in height, weight and body
mass index of 6-year-old children in Bremerhaven. - Annals of Human Biology 27, 263-270.
• Zabransky, S., Ch. Weinand, Anke Schmidgen, Carolin Schafmeister, Sylvia Müller, Rita
Hollinger-Philip und Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1999: Saarländische Wachstumsstudie. Perzentilen für Körperhöhe, Körpergewicht und Body Mass Index (BMI) für saarländische Jungen und Mädchen im Alter zwischen 4 und 18 Jahren. - Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 7, 145-152.
• Weinand, Christian, Sylvia Müller, Heidi Danker-Hopfe und S. Zabransky, 2000:
Saarländische Wachstumsstudie: Analysen zur Körperzusammensetzung bei Kindern im Alter zwischen 3 und 11 Jahren. - Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 7, 140-144.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi und S. Zabransky, 1999: Saarländische Wachstumsstudie: Sampling
Design. - Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 7, 136-139.
• Kraemer, Susanne, M. Halank, T. Maaser und Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1999: Psychophonie
zur Beeinflussung der Tagesmüdigkeit bei Narkolepsie. - Somnologie 3, 1-5.
• Ehlert, Ingrid, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Liselotte Höller, P. Von Rickenbach, R. Baumgart-
Schmitt and W.M. Herrmann 1998: A comparison between EEG-Recording and Scoring by QUISI Version 1.0 and Standard PSG with Visual Scoring. - Somnologie 2, 104-116.
• Drobná, M., Z. Cermáková and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1996/97: Determinants of height,
weight and BMI of 3 to 7 year old children from Bratislava. - Anthrop. Közl. 38, 76-81.
• Walter, H, H. Matsumoto, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, G.F. De Stefano and O. Rickards, 1997:
GM and KM allotypes in nine population samples of Sicily. - Ann. Hum. Biol. 24, 419-426.
• Walter, H., H. Matsumoto, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, K.C. Malhotra and B.N. Mukherjee, 1997:
GM and KM allotypes in eight tribal populations of Madyha Pradesh and Orissa, INDIA. - Jpn. J. Human Genet. 42, 193-203.
• Kowalska, Anna, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, M. Wender, Jolanta Florczak and H. Walter, 1996:
Association between the PI*M3 allele of a1-antitrypsin and Alzheimer´s disease? A preliminary report. - Hum. Genet. 98, 744-746.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi and W. Kuchheuser, 1995: Serum protein polymorphisms in seven
populations from Middle Eastern and Eastern Europe. - Z. Morph. Anthrop. 80, 3-21.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi, Kirsten Roczen and Ute Löwenstein-Wagner, 1995: Regulation of
food intake during menstrual cycle. - Anthrop. Anz. 53, 231-238.
• Siváková, Daniela, H. Walter, Kerstin Buhrs-Engler, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Margret Harms,
Manuela Prüß und Ingrid Wichmann, 1995: Genetic studies in a North Slovakian isolate: Chmelnica. 2. Distribution of genetic markers of the blood. - Z. Morph. Anthrop. 80, 247-257.
• Bhasin, M.K., H. Walter and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1994: Glucose-6-phosphat
dehydrogenase deficieny and abnormal haemoglobins (HbS and HbE) in people of India. - In: Bhasin, V. (ed.): People, Health and Disease. The Indian Scenario., J. Hum. Ecol,., Special issue 3, Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi, 131-159.
• Siváková, Daniela, H. Walter, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Manuela Prüss and Margret Harms,
1994: Genetic serum protein markers (HP, TF, GC and PI) in eight Slovakian population samples. - Int. J. Anthropol. 9, 153-159.
• Walter, H., J.M. Naidu, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, M. de Beek, Margret Harms, B.V. Babu,
Yasmin and S.Sachi Devi, 1993: Genetic serum protein markers in eight South Indian caste and tribal populations. - Z. Morph. Anthrop. 79, 355-365.
• Walter, H., Heidi Danker-Hopfe and S.M.S. Chahal, 1993: Genetic studies in five
population samples of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, North-West India - Journal of Human Ecology (Delhi) 4, 15-21.
• Satake, T., P.G. Morris, Heidi Danker-Hopfe and R.M. Malina, 1992: Plotting somatotypes
using SAS/GRAPH. - Am. J. Hum. Biol. 5, 237-241.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi and R.M. Malina, 1993: Estimation of mean ages at menarche:
Methodological considerations. - Acta Medica Auxologica 24, 173-180.
• Walter, H., M.K. Bhasin, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Asha Khanna, Ute Harm and Iris Witt, 1993:
Sero-genetic studies in Jammu & Kashmir, India - Journal of Human Ecology (Delhi) 4, 1-14.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi, 1986a: Menarcheal age in Europe. - Yearb. Phys. Anthrop. 29, 81-
Buchbeiträge
• Jochen Vollmann, Armin Bauer, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Hanfried Helmchen:
Selbstbestimmungsfähigkeit von Patienten mit psychischen Störungen bei Therapieentscheidungen. Emprische Daten einer formalen und klinischen Testung. In: Empirische Medizinethik. Lichen Vollmann, Jan Schildmann (Hg.), LIT Verlag Dr. W. Hopf Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-10763-3.
• Heidi Danker-Hopfe: Vertexwellen. Beitrag im Kompendium Schlafmedizin für Ausbildung,
Klinik und Praxis - DGSM Schulz, Geisler, Rodenbeck - 17. Erg. Lfg. 5/11; I - 9.1.6
• Heidi Danker-Hopfe und Marie-Luise Hansen: Schlafbezogene Essstörung.
Falldarstellung im Kompendium Schlafmedizin für Ausbildung, Klinik und Praxis - DGSM Schulz, Geisler, Rodenbeck - 12. Erg. Lfg. 9/08; XVII - 5.3.6
• Heidi Danker-Hopfe und Marie-Luise Hansen: Schlafbezogene rhythmische
Bewegungsstörung. Falldarstellung im Kompendium Schlafmedizin für Ausbildung, Klinik und Praxis - DGSM Schulz, Geisler, Rodenbeck - 12. Erg. Lfg. 9/08; XVII - 6.5
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi, Zuzana Cermaková and Maria Drobná 1996: Normalising
transformations of somatometric traits in early childhood. - In: Bodzsár, E.B. and C. Susanne (eds.): Studies in Human Biology, Eötvös University Press, Budapest 65-75.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi and Barbara Hulanicka, 1996: Does lead exposure influence the
timing of sexual maturation in girls?. - In: Frentzel-Beyme, R., U. Ackermann-Liebrich, A. Bertazzi, E. Greiser, J. Olsen und W. Hoffmann (eds.): Environmental Epidemiology in Europe 1995. Proceedings of an International Symposium supported by the EU. - Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS). Bremen, 314-326.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi and Barbara Hulanicka, 1995: Maturation of girls in lead polluted
areas. - In: Hauspie, R., Lindgren, G. and Falkner, F. (eds.): Essays on Auxology presented to James Mourilyan Tanner by former Colleagues and Fellows, Castlemead Publications, 328-336.
• Hulanicka, Barbara, Heidi Danker-Hopfe and Anna Waliszko, 1994: Maturation of girls
exposed on high level of air lead pollution (in polnischer Sprache). - In: Hulanicka, Barbara, Ewa Kolasa and Anna Waksizko (eds.): Girls from Upper Silesia (in polnischer Sprache). Monographs of the Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences 11, 117-126.
• Walter, H. and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1993b: PI subtype polymorphism in India. - in: Seth,
P.K. and S. Seth (eds.) New Perspectives in Anthropology. - M.D. Publications PVT LTD, New Delhi, 137-158.
• Walter, H. and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1993a: Genetic variation and relationships among
population groups of Europe. - in: Majumdar, P.P. (ed.): Human Population Genetics, Plenum Press, New York, 235-254.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi and Elke Finke, 1993: Age at attainment of adult stature and final
height in young women from the northern parts of West Germany. - in: Iregren, E. and R. Liljekvist (eds.): Populations of the Nordic Countries. Human Population Biology fron the Present to the Past. Proceedings of the Second Seminar of Nordic Physical Anthropology, Lund, Feb. 1990, Bloms Boktryckeri AB, Lund, 73-81.
• Walter, H., Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Mira Lemmermann and Malgorzata Lorenz, 1992:
Genetic Markers (HP, TF, GC and PI) in two Polish population samples. - in Rittner, C. (ed.): Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics. Vol 4., Springer Verlag, Suttgart, Berlin 376-378.
• Chakraborty, R. and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1991: Analysis of population structure: A
comparative analysis of different estimators of Wright's fixation indices. in: Rao, C.R. and R. Chakraborty (eds.): Handbook of Statistics, Vol. 8: Statistical Methods in Biological and Medical Sciences - Elsevier, 203-254.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi and Elke Finke, 1991: Zur Bedeutung von Wachstumsstudien an
jungen Frauen. - in Farkas, Gy. (ed.): Proceedings of a Scientific Session of the
Foundation of the Department of Anthropology, Jószef Attila University Szeged, Hungary, October 1-3 1990, Szeged - Ulm, 35-50.
Monographien
• Bhasin, M.K., H. Walter and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1994: People of India. An Investigation
of Biological Variability in Ecological, Etno-Economic and Linguistic Groups. - Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi.
• Bhasin, M.K., H. Walter and Heidi Danker-Hopfe, 1992: Biology of the Peoples of Indian
Region. The Distribution of Genetical, Morphological and Behavioural Traits Among The Peoples of Indian Region. - Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Dehli.
• Walter, H., Heidi Danker-Hopfe and M.K. Bhasin, 1991: Anthropologie Indiens -
Untersuchungen zur genetischen Variabilität der Bevölkerung Indiens mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer regionalen, ethnosozialen und sprachlichen Gliederung. - Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York.
• Danker-Hopfe, Heidi, 1986b: Die säkulare Veränderung des Menarchealters in Europa -
E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller), Stuttgart.
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