Repository ScanSTRESS data Regensburg
Contributors:
- Gina-Isabelle Henze
- Marina Giglberger
- Christoph Bärtl
- Julian Konzok
- Hannah L. Peter
- Nina Speicher
- Ludwig Kreuzpointner
- Brigitte M. Kudielka
- Stefan Wüst
List of original studies on which the data set is based:
- Bärtl, C., Henze, G.-I., Peter, H. L., Giglberger, M., Bohmann, P., Speicher, N., Konzok, J., Kreuzpointner, L., Waller, L., Walter, H., Wüst, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2024). Neural and cortisol responses to acute psychosocial stress in work-related burnout: The Regensburg Burnout Project. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 161, 106926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106926
- Giglberger, M., Peter, H. L., Henze, G.-I., Kraus, E., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Kreuzpointner, L., Kirsch, P., Kudielka, B. M., & Wüst, S. (2023). Neural responses to acute stress predict chronic stress perception in daily life over 13 months. Scientific reports, 13(1), 19990. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46631-w
- Henze, G.-I., Konzok, J., Kreuzpointner, L., Bärtl, C., Peter, H., Giglberger, M., Streit, F., Kudielka, B. M., Kirsch, P., & Wüst, S. (2020). Increasing Deactivation of Limbic Structures Over Psychosocial Stress Exposure Time. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, 5(7), 697–704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.04.002
- Konzok, J., Henze, G.-I., Peter, H., Giglberger, M., Bärtl, C., Massau, C., Kärgel, C., Schiffer, B., Eisenbarth, H., Wüst, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2021). Externalizing behavior in healthy young adults is associated with lower cortisol responses to acute stress and altered neural activation in the dorsal striatum. Psychophysiology, 58(12), e13936. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13936
- *Speicher, N., *Henze, G.-I., Bärtl, C., Böhm, F., Sommer, M., Wüst, S., & Kudielka, B. M. (2023). Neural correlates of everyday moral decision-making: An exploratory ScanSTRESS study. Psychology & Neuroscience, 16(1), 71–95. https://doi.org/10.1037/pne0000306; *shared first authorship.
List of further publications (peer-reviewed) based on this data set or parts thereof (chronological order):
Henze, G.-I., Konzok, J., Kreuzpointner, L., Bärtl, C., Giglberger, M., Peter, H., Streit, F., Kudielka, B. M., Kirsch, P., & Wüst, S. (2021). Sex-specific interaction between cortisol and striato-limbic responses to psychosocial stress. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 16(9), 972–984. https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab062 (externer Link, öffnet neues Fenster)
- Henze, G.-I., Rosenbaum, D., Bärtl, C., Laicher, H., Konzok, J., Kudielka, B. M., Fallgatter, A. J., Wüst, S., Ehlis, A. C., & Kreuzpointner, L. (2023). Comparing two psychosocial stress paradigms for imaging environments - ScanSTRESS and fNIRS-TSST: Correlation structures between stress responses. Behavioural brain research, 436, 114080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2022.114080
- Henze, G.-I., Konzok, J., Kudielka, B. M., Wüst, S., Nichols, T. E., & Kreuzpointner, L. (2023). Associations between cortisol stress responses and limbic volume and thickness in young adults: An exploratory study. The European journal of neuroscience, 58(9), 3962–3980. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16161
- Giglberger, M., Peter, H. L., Henze, G.-I., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Kirsch, P., Kudielka, B. M., Kreuzpointner, L., & Wüst, S. (2025). Associations Between the Neural Stress Response and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression. Journal of neuroscience research, 103(1), e70019. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.70019
- Henze, G.-I., Giglberger, M., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Neidhart, M., Krause, T., Serin, E., Waller, L., Peter, H. L., Kreuzpointner, L., Speicher, N., Streit, F., Veer, I. M., Kirsch, P., Nichols, T. E., Kudielka, B. M., Wüst, S., Erk, S., & Walter, H. (2025). The Ups and Downs of Brain Stress: Extending the Triple Network Hypothesis. Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging, S2451-9022(25)00252-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.08.004
List of further publications (e.g., preregistrations, preprints, dissertations) based on this data set or parts thereof (chronological order):
Preregistrations:
- Henze, G.-I., Bärtl, C., Giglberger, M., Peter, H.L., Konzok, L., Kreuzpointner, L., Speicher, N., Streit, F., Veer, I., Erk, S., Kirsch, P., Kudielka, B.M., Nichols, T.E., Wüst, S. & Walter, H. (2023). Testing the triple network hypothesis in a largescale biopsychological sample: Neural responses to psychosocial stress. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YC64P
- Henze, G.-I., Lipka, R.L., Waller, L., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Giglberger, M., Peter, H.L., Speicher, N., Kudielka, B.M., Wüst, S., Walter, H. & Kreuzpointner, L. (2024). The predictive value of structural and task-based activation data on cortisol stress response trajectories: Does a resilient response to psychosocial stress exist? https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/GZH2J
Preprints:
- Serin, E., Schill, L.S., Bärtl, C., Giglberger, M., Konzok, J., Peter, H.L., Speicher, N., Kreuzpointner, L., Kudielka, B., Wüst, S., Walter, H. & Henze, G.-I. (2026). Linking brain structure to stress reactivity: Cingulate surface area predicts acute cortisol responses. Preprint at bioRxiv 2025.09.12.675570. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.12.675570
- Lipka, R.L., Kreuzpointner, L., Bärtl, C., Giglberger, M., Konzok, J., Peter, H.L., Speicher, N., Waller, L., Kudielka, B.M., Wüst, S., Walter, H. & Henze, G.-I. (2026). Predicting stress response trajectories: Differential contributions of limbic and prefrontal regions to cortisol and affective responses. Preprint at bioRxiv 2025.11.14.688580. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.14.688580
Dissertations:
- Henze, Gina-Isabelle (2021). Stress Regulation in the Brain: Association with Cortisol Release, Modulation by Exposure Time, and Gender Differences. Dissertation. Universität Regensburg. https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/44876/, 10.5283/epub.44876.
- Konzok, Julian (2022). Towards a Biobehavioral Understanding of Trait Externalization: Neural and Endocrine Responses during Acute Stress and Reactive Aggression within the Non-Clinical Range. Dissertation. Universität Regensburg. https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/51931/, 10.5283/epub.51931.
- Giglberger, Marina (2024). Decoding chronic stress: Neural markers and their influence on chronic stress perception and mental health. Dissertation. Universität Regensburg. https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/74735/, 10.5283/epub.74735.
- Bärtl, Christoph (2025). Biopsychological stress regulation in work-related burnout: Allostatic load, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (re)activity and neural stress processing. Dissertation. Universität Regensburg. https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/77983/, 10.5283/epub.77983.