Publications

Recent publications

  1. Nuoffer MG, Lefebvre S, Nadesalingam N, Alexaki D, Gama DB, Wüthrich F, Kyrou A, Kerkeni H, Kalla R, Walther S..Psychomotor slowing alters gait velocity, cadence, and stride length and indicates negative symptom severity in psychosis. Schizophrenia (Heidelb). 2022 Dec 30;8(1):116. doi: 10.1038/s41537-022-00324-x.PMID: 36585399 
  2. Nadesalingam N, Lefebvre S, Alexaki D, Baumann Gama D, Wüthrich F, Kyrou A, Kerkeni H, Kalla R, Walther S. The Behavioral Mapping of Psychomotor Slowing in Psychosis Demonstrates Heterogeneity Among Patients Suggesting Distinct Pathobiology. Schizophr Bull. 2022 Nov 22:sbac170. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbac170. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36413085 
  3. Wüthrich F, Lefebvre S, Nadesalingam N, Bernard JA, Mittal VA, Shankman SA, Walther . Test-retest reliability of a finger-tapping fMRI task in a healthy population. S.Eur J Neurosci. 2022 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15865. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36382406
  4. Walther S, Nadesalingam N, Nuoffer M, Kyrou A, Wüthrich F, Lefebvre S. Structural alterations of the motor cortex and higher order cortical areas suggest early neurodevelopmental origin of catatonia in schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2022 Oct 20:S0920-9964(22)00374-7. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2022.10.004. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36272843 
  5. Walther S. Brain connectivity measures hold promise for informing on the pathobiology of psychosis symptom dimensions. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2022 Sep;272(6):925-927. doi: 10.1007/s00406-022-01465-x.
  6. von Känel S, Nadesalingam N, Alexaki D, Baumann Gama D, Kyrou A, Lefebvre S, Walther S. Measuring catatonia motor behavior with objective instrumentation. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 17;13:880747. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.880747. eCollection 2022.PMID: 36061273 Free PMC article.
  7. Victoria Chapellier, Anastasia Pavlidou, Daniel R Mueller, Sebastian Walther. Brain Stimulation and Group Therapy to Improve Gesture and Social Skills in Schizophrenia-The Study Protocol of a Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Three-Arm, Double-Blind Trial.Front Psychiatry . 2022 Jul 7;13:909703. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.909703. eCollection 2022.
  8. Wüthrich F, Nabb CB, Mittal VA, Shankman SA, Walther S. Actigraphically measured psychomotor slowing in depression: systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychol Med. 2022 May;52(7):1208-1221. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722000903. Epub 2022 May 13.
  9. Nadesalingam N, Chapellier V, Lefebvre S, Pavlidou A, Stegmayer K, Alexaki D, Gama DB, Maderthaner L, von Känel S, Wüthrich F, Walther S. Motor abnormalities are associated with poor social and functional outcomes in schizophrenia.Compr Psychiatry. 2022 May;115:152307. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152307. Epub 2022 Mar 12.
  10. Victoria Chapellier, Anastasia Pavlidou, Lydia Maderthaner, Sofie von Känel, Sebastian Walther The Impact of Poor Nonverbal Social Perception on Functional Capacity in Schizophrenia Front Psychol . 2022 Feb 23;13:804093. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.804093. eCollection 2022.

 

Selected publications

Stephan Heckers, Sebastian Walther Caring for the Patient With Catatonia. JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 Mar 17. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0096   

Walther S, Stegmayer K, Wilson JE, Heckers S. Structure and neural mechanisms of catatonia. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Jul; 6(7):610-619. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30474-7. Epub 2019 Jun 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 31196794; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6790975.

Walther, Sebastian; Schappi, Lea; Federspiel, Andrea; Bohlhalter, Stephan; Wiest, Roland; Strike, Werner; Stegmayer, Catherine (2016). Resting-state hyperperfusion of the supplementary motor area in catatonia. Schizophrenia bulletin, 43(5), pp. 972-981. Oxford University Press 10.1093/schbul/sbw140

Cantisani, Andrea; Stegmayer, Catherine; Bracht, Tobias; Federspiel, Andrea; Wiest, Roland; Horn, Helge Joachim; Mueller, Thomas; Schneider, Christopher; Hoefle, Oliver Karl Christofer; Strike, Werner; Walther, Sebastian (2016). Distinct resting-state perfusion patterns underlying psychomotor retardation in unipolar vs. bipolar depression. Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica, 134(4), pp. 329-338. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/acps.12625

Walther, Sebastian; Stegmayer, Catherine; Sulzbacher, Jeanne; Vanbellingen, Tim; Müri, René Martin; Strike, Werner; Bohlhalter, Stephan (2015). Nonverbal social communication and gesture control in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia bulletin, 41 (2), pp. 338-345. Oxford University Press 10.1093/shbul/sbu222

 

Full publication list click here .