About the Authors

Joswin Kattoor

Affiliation Inst. of Medical Psychology & Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Elke R. Gizewski

Affiliation Clinic of Neuroradiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Vassilios Kotsis

Affiliation Inst. of Medical Psychology & Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Sven Benson

Affiliation Inst. of Medical Psychology & Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Carolin Gramsch

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Nina Theysohn

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Stefan Maderwald

Affiliation Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Resonance Imaging, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Michael Forsting

Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Manfred Schedlowski

Affiliation Inst. of Medical Psychology & Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Sigrid Elsenbruch

sigrid.elsenbruch@uk-essen.de

Affiliation Inst. of Medical Psychology & Behavioral Immunobiology, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK ERG MF MS SE. Performed the experiments: JK VK SB CG NT SM. Analyzed the data: JK ERG VK SB CG NT SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERG CG NT SM MF. Wrote the paper: JK ERG SB MF MS SE.