Publications

Selected Publications

Tucha, O., Tucha, L., Smely, C. & Lange, K.W. (2012). Effects of excision of a mass lesion of the precentral region of the left hemisphere on disturbances of graphomotor output. Neuroscience & Medicine 3, 181-186. doi: 10.4236/nm.2012.32023.

Lange, K.W., Tucha, L., Hauser, J., Lange, K.M., Stasik, D. & Tucha, O. (2012). Attention training in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Aula Abierta 40, 55-60.

Hauser, J., Sontag, T.A., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2012). The effects of the neurotoxin DSP4 on spatial learning and memory in Wistar rats. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 4, 93-99.

Thome, J., Ehlis, A.C., Fallgatter, A.J., Krauel, K., Lange, K.W., Riederer, P., Romanos, M., Taurines ,R., Tucha, O., Uzbekov, M. & Gerlach, M (2012). Biomarkers for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A consensus report of the WFSBP task force on biological markers and the World Federation of ADHD. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 13, 379-400.

Lange, K.W., Lange, K.M., Hauser, J., Tucha, L. & Tucha, O. (2012). Circadian rhythms in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Neural Transmission 119, 1077-1083.

Sontag, T.A., Hauser, J., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2011). Effects of DSP4 and methylphenidate on spatial memory performance in rats. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 3, 351-358.

Tucha, O., Tucha, L., Kaumann, G., König, S., Lange, K.M., Stasik, D., Streather, Z., Engelschalk, T. & Lange, K.W. (2011). Training of attention functions in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 3, 271-283.

Tucha, L., Tucha, O., Sontag, T.A., Stasik, D., Laufkötter, R. & Lange, K.W. (2011). Differential effects of methylphenidate on problem solving in adults with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders 15, 161-173.

Tucha, L., Simpson, W., Evans, L., Birrel, L., Sontag, T.A., Lange, K.W. & Tucha, O. (2010). Detrimental effects of gum chewing on vigilance in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Appetite 55, 679-684.

Lange, K.W., Reichl, S., Lange, K.M., Tucha, L. & Tucha, O. (2010). The history of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 2, 241-255.

Sontag, T.A., Tucha, O., Walitza, S. & Lange, K.W. (2010). Animal models of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a critical review. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 2, 1-20.

Cerminara, C., D'Agati, E., Lange, K.W., Kaunzinger, I., Tucha, O., Parisi, P., Spalice, A., & Curatolo, P. (2010). Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes and the multicomponent model of attention: a matched control study. Epilepsy and Behavior 19, 69-77.

Walitza, S., Wendland, J.R., Grünblatt, E., Warnke, A., Sontag, T.A., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2010). Genetics of early-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 19, 227-235.

Piechatzek, M., Indlekofer, F., Daamen, M., Glasmacher, C., Lieb, R., Pfister, H., Tucha, O., Lange, K.W., Wittchen, H.U. & Schütz, C.G. (2009). Is moderate substance use associated with altered executive functioning in a population-based sample of young adults? Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental 24, 650-665.

Sontag, T.A., Lange, K.W., Heim, C., Kolasiewicz, W., Tucha, O. & Sontag, K.-H. (2009). Alterations of nocturnal activity in rats following subchronic oral administration of the neurotoxin 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline (TaClo). Journal of Neural Transmission 116, 1267-1271.

Stasik, D., Tucha, O., Tucha, L., Walitza, S. & Lange, K.W. (2009). Graphomotor functions in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Psychiatria Polska 43, 183-192.

Tucha, L., Sontag, T.A., Walitza, S. & Lange, K.W. (2009). Detection of malingered attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders 1, 47-53.

Zellmann, H., Jans, T., Irblich, B., Hemminger, U., Reinecker, H., Sauer, C., Lange, K.W., Tucha, O., Wewetzer, C., Warnke, A. & Walitza, S. (2009). Children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A prospective follow-up study. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie 37, 173-182.

Indlekofer, F., Piechatzek, M., Daamen, M., Glasmacher, C., Lieb, R., Pfister, H., Tucha, O., Lange, K.W., Wittchen, H.U. & Schütz, C.G. (2009). Reduced memory and attention performance in a population-based sample of young adults with a moderate lifetime use of cannabis, ecstasy and alcohol. Journal of Psychopharmacology 23, 495-509.

Tucha, L., Tucha, O., Walitza, S., Sontag, T.A., Laufkötter, R., Linder, M. & Lange, K.W. (2009). Vigilance and sustained attention in children and adults with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders 12, 410-421.

Tucha, O., Tucha, L. & Lange, K.W. (2008). Graphonomics, automaticity and handwriting assessment. Literacy 42, 145-155.

Tucha, L., Tucha, O., Laufkötter, R., Walitza, S., Klein, H.E. & Lange, K.W. (2008). Neuropsychological assessment of attention in adults with different subtypes of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Neural Transmission 115, 269-278.

Walitza, S., Scherag, A., Renner, T.J., Hinney, A., Remschmidt, H., Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Schulz, E., Schäfer, H., Lange, K.W., Wewetzer, C. & Gerlach, M. (2008). Transmission disequilibrium studies in early onset obsessive-compulsive disorder for polymorphisms in genes of the dopaminergic system. Journal of Neural Transmission 115, 1071-1078.

Mokros, A., Menner, B., Eisenbarth, H., Alpers, G.W., Lange, K.W. & Osterheider, M. (2008). Diminished cooperativeness of psychopaths in a prisoner's dilemma game yields higher rewards. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 117, 406-413.

Sontag, T.A., Hauser, J., Kaunzinger, I., Gerlach, M., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2008). Effects of the noradrenergic neurotoxin DSP4 on spatial memory in the rat. Journal of Neural Transmission 115, 299-303.

Walitza, S., Zellmann, H., Irblich, B., Lange, K.W., Tucha, O., Hemminger, U., Wucherer, K., Rost, V., Reinecker, H., Wewetzer, C. & Warnke, A. (2008). Children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder and comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: preliminary results of a prospective follow-up study. Journal of Neural Transmission 115, 187-190.

Lange, K.W., Tucha, L., Walitza, S., Gerlach, M., Linder, M. & Tucha, O. (2007). Interaction of attention and graphomotor functions in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Neural Transmission Supplement 72, 249-259.

Walitza, S., Melfsen, S., Herhaus, G., Scheuerpflug, P., Warnke, A., Müller, T., Lange, K.W. & Gerlach, M. (2007). Association of Parkinson's disease with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood. Journal of Neural Transmission Supplement 72, 311-315.

Sontag, T.A., Lange, K.W., Heim, C., Kolasiewicz, W., Tucha, O. & Sontag, K.-H. (2007). The long-term effects of the neurotoxin 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-ß-carboline (TaClo) on cognitive performance in rats. Journal of Neural Transmission Supplement 72, 149-154.

Lange, K.W., Mecklinger, L., Walitza, S., Becker, G., Gerlach, M., Naumann, M. & Tucha, O. (2006). Brain dopamine and kinematics of graphomotor functions. Human Movement Science 25, 492-509.

Loose, R., Kaufmann, C., Tucha, O., Auer, D.P., & Lange, K.W. (2006). Neural networks of response shifting: Influence of task speed and stimulus material. Brain Research 1090, 146-155.

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, L., Thome, J., Reiter, A., Alders, G.L., Sartor, H., Naumann, M. & Lange, K.W. (2006). Kinematic analysis of dopaminergic effects on skilled handwriting movements in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neural Transmission 113, 609-623.

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, M., Walitza, S. & Lange, K.W. (2006). Attention and movement execution during handwriting. Human Movement Science 25, 536-552.

Tucha, O., Walitza, S., Mecklinger, L., Sontag. T.A., Kübber, S., Linder, M. & Lange, K.W. (2006). Attentional functioning in children with ADHD - predominantly hyperactive-impulsive type and children with ADHD - combined type. Journal of Neural Transmission 113, 1943-1953.

Tucha, O., Prell, S., Mecklinger, L., Bormann-Kischkel, C., Kübber, S., Linder, M., Walitza, S. & Lange K.W. (2006). Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Psychopharmacology 185, 315-326.

Walitza, S., Renner, T., Romanos, M., Warnke, A., Mecklinger, L., Tucha, O., Gerlach, M. & Lange, K.W. (2006). Genetic and neuroimaging studies in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Nervenheilkunde 25, 421-429.

Tucha, O., Walitza, S., Mecklinger, M., Stasik, D., Sontag, T.A. & Lange, K.W. (2006). The effect of caffeine on handwriting movements in skilled writers. Human Movement Science 25, 523-535.

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, L., Laufkötter, R., Klein, H.E., Walitza, S. & Lange, K.W. (2006). Methylphenidate-induced improvements of various measures of attention in adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Neural Transmission 113, 1575-1592.

Hennenlotter, A., Schroeder, U, Erhard, P., Castrop, F., Haslinger, B., Stoecker, D., Lange, K.W., Ceballos-Baumann, A.O. (2005). A common neural basis for receptive and expressive communication of plesant facial affect. Neuroimage 26, 561-591.

Reiter, A., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2005). Executive functions in children with dyslexia. Dyslexia 11, 116-131.

Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2005). The effect of conscious control on handwriting in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Attention Disorders 9, 323-332.

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, L., Hammerl, M. & Lange, K.W. (2004). Effects of gum chewing on memory and attention. Appetite 43, 219-220.

Schroeder, U., Kuehler, A., Hennenlotter, A., Haslinger, B., Tronnier, V.M., Krause, M., Pfister, R., Sprengelmeyer, R., Lange, K.W. & Ceballos-Baumann, A.O. (2004). Facial expression recognition and subthalamic nucleus stimulation. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgergery and Psychiatry 75, 648-650.

Schroeder, U., Hennenlotter, A., Erhard, P., Haslinger, B., Stahl, R., Lange, K.W. & Ceballos-Baumann, A.O. (2004). Functional neuroanatomy of perceiving surprised faces. Human Brain Mapping 23, 181-187.

Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2004). Handwriting in children and adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Motor Control 8, 461-471.

Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2004). Effects of nicotine chewing gum on a real-life motor task: A kinematic analysis of handwriting movements in smokers and non-smokers. Psychopharmacology 173, 49-56.

Hennenlotter, A., Schroeder, U., Erhard, P., Haslinger, B., Stahl, R., Weindl, A., von Einsiedel, H.G., Lange, K.W. & Ceballos-Baumann, A.O. (2004). Neural correlates associated with impaired disgust pocessing in pre-symptomatic Huntington's disease. Brain 127, 1446-1453.

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, L., Laufkötter, R., Kaunzinger, I., Paul, G.M., Klein, H.E. & Lange, K.W. (2004). Clustering and switching on verbal and figural fluency functions in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 10, 231-248.

Tucha, O., Trumpp, C. & Lange, K.W. (2004). Limitations of the dual-process-theory regarding the writing of words and non-words to dictation. Brain and Language 91, 267-273.

Tucha, O., Mecklinger, L., Maier, K., Hammerl, M. & Lange, K.W. (2004). Chewing gum differentially affects aspects of attention in healthy subjects. Appetite 42, 327-329.

Simner, M.L., Marcelli, A., Ablameyko, S., Lange, K.W., Rocha, J., Tucha, O. & Ueda K. (2004). A comparison of the arabic numerals one through nine, written by adults from native English speaking vs. non-native English speaking countries. Journal of Forensic Documentation 15, 1-16.

Poppelreuter, M., Weis, J., Külz, A.K., Tucha, O., Lange, K.W. & Bartsch, H.H. (2004). Cognitive dysfunction and subjective complaints of cancer patients: a cross-sectional study in a cancer rehabilitation centre. European Journal of Cancer 40, 43-49.

Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2004). The Tower of London - German Version [Der Turm von London - Deutsche Version]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Lange, K.W., Tucha, O., Alders, G.L., Preier, M. Csoti, I., Merz, B., Mark, G., Herting, B., Fornadi, F., Reichmann, H., Vieregge, P., Reiners, K., Becker, G., Naumann, M. (2003). Differentiation of parkinsonian syndromes according to differences in executive functions. Journal of Neural Transmission 110, 983-995.

Loose, R., Kaufmann, C., Auer, D.P. & Lange, K.W. (2003). Human prefrontal and sensory cortical activity during divided attention tasks. Human Brain Mapping 18, 249-259.

Ruprecht-Dörfler, P., Berg, D., Tucha, O., Benz, P., Meier-Meitinger, M., Alders, G.L., Lange, K.W. & Becker, G. (2003). Echogenicity of the substantia nigra in relatives of patients with sporadic Parkinson's disease. NeuroImage 18, 416-422.

Schroeder, U., Kuehler, A., Lange, K.W., Haslinger, B., Tronnier, V.M., Krause, M., Pfister, R., Boecker, H. & Ceballos-Baumann, A.O. (2003). Subthalamic nucleus stimulation affects a frontotemporal network: A PET study. Annals of Neurology 54, 445-450.

Tucha, O., Smely, C., Preier, M., Becker, G., Paul, G.M. & Lange, K.W. (2003). Pre- and postoperative cognitive functioning in patients with frontal meningiomas. Journal of Neurosurgery 98, 21-31.

Berg, D., Roggendorf, W., Schröder, U., Klein, R., Tatschner, T., Benz, P., Tucha, O., Preier, M., Lange, K.W., Reiners, K., Gerlach, M. & Becker, G. (2002). Echogenicity of the substantia nigra: association with increased iron content and marker for susceptibility to nigrostriatal injury. Archives of Neurology 59, 999-1005.

Loose, R., Probst, T., Tucha, O., Bablok, E., Aschenbrenner, S. & Lange, K.W. (2002). Vestibular evoked potentials from the vertical semicircular canals in humans evoked by roll-axis rotation in microgravity and under 1-G. Behavioural Brain Research 134, 131-137.

Sartor, H., Loose, R., Tucha, O., & Klein, H.E. & Lange, K.W. (2002). MELAS: a neuropsychological and radiological follow-up study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 106, 309-313.

Schroeder, U., Kuehler, A., Haslinger, B., Erhard, P., Fogel, W., Tronnier, V.M., Lange, K.W., Boecker, H. & Ceballos-Baumann, A.O. (2002). Subthalamic nucleus stimulation affects striato-anterior cingulate cortex circuit in a response conflict task: A PET study. Brain 125, 1995-2004.

Tucha, O., Aschenbrenner, S., Eichhammer, P., Putzhammer, A., Sartor, H., Klein, H.E. & Lange, K.W. (2002). The impact of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on handwriting movements of patients with depression. Psychopharmacology 159, 211-215.

Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2001). Effects of methylphenidate on kinematic aspects of handwriting in hyperactive boys. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 29, 351-356.

Tucha, O., Naumann, M., Berg, D., Alders, G.L. & Lange, K.W. (2001). Quality of life in patients with blepharospasm. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 103, 49-52.
Tucha, O., Smely, C. & Lange, K.W. (2001). Effects of surgery on cognitive functioning of elderly patients with intracranial meningioma. British Journal of Neurosurgery 15, 184-188.

Aschenbrenner, S., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (2000). Regensburg Word Fluency Test [Regensburger Wortflüssigkeits-Test (RWT)]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Spillmann, L., Laskowski, W., Lange, K.W., Kasper, E. & Schmidt, D. (2000). Stroke-blind for colors, faces and locations: Partial recovery after three years. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 17, 89-103.

Tucha, O., Aschenbrenner, S. & Lange, K.W. (2000). Mirror writing and handedness. Brain and Language 73, 432-441.

Tucha, O., Smely, C., Preier, M. & Lange, K.W. (2000). Cognitive deficits before treatment among patients with brain tumors. Neurosurgery 47, 324-334.

Berg, D., Becker, G., Zeiler, B., Tucha, O., Hofmann, E., Preier, M., Benz, P., Reiners, K. & Lange, K.W. (1999). Vulnerability of the nigrostriatal system as detected by trancranial ultrasound. Neurology 53, 1026-1031.

Berg, D., Supprian, T., Hofmann, E., Zeiler, B., Jäger, A., Lange, K.W., Reiners, K., Becker, T. & Becker, G. (1999). Depression in Parkinson's disease: brainstem midline alteration on transcranial sonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Neurology 246, 1186-1193.

Blanken, G., Schäfer, C., Tucha, O. & Lange, K.W. (1999). Serial processing in graphemic encoding: Evidence from letter exchange errors in a multilingual patient. Journal of Neurolinguistics 12, 13-39.

Pirker, W., Baumgartner, C., Brugger, S., Prayer, D., Kandlhofer, S., Asenbaum, S., Deecke, L., Brücke, T. & Lange, K.W. (1999). Severe akinetic syndrome resulting from a bilateral basal ganglia lesion following bone marrow transplantation. Movement Disorders 14, 525-528.

Tucha, O., Smely, C. & Lange, K.W. (1999). Verbal and figural fluency in patients with mass lesions of the left or right frontal lobes. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 21, 229-236.

Lange, K.W. (1998). Clinical pharmacology of dopamine agonists in Parkinson's disease. Drugs and Aging 13, 381-389.

Becker, T., Becker, G., Seufert, J., Hofmann, E., Lange, K.W., Naumann, M., Lindner, A., Reichmann, H., Riederer, P., Beckmann, H. & Reiners, K. (1997). Parkinson's disease and depression: evidence for an alteration of the basal limbic system detected by transcranial sonography. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 63, 590-596.

Lange, K.W., Kornhuber, J. & Riederer, P. (1997). Dopamine/glutamate interaction in Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 21, 393-400.

Tucha, O., Steup, A., Smely, C. & Lange, K.W. (1997). Toe agnosia in Gerstmann's syndrome. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 63, 399-403.

Lange, K.W., Paul, G.M., Naumann, M. & Gsell, W. (1995). Dopaminergic effects on cognitive performance in patients with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neural Transmission Suppl. 46, 423-432.

Lange, K.W., Sahakian, B.J., Quinn, N.P., Marsden, C.D. & Robbins, T.W. (1995). Comparison of executive and visuospatial memory function in Huntington's disease and dementia of the Alzheimer-type matched for degrees of dementia. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 58, 598-606.