About the Authors
- Liubov Petrakova
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Bettina K. Doering
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Sabine Vits
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Harald Engler
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Winfried Rief
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Manfred Schedlowski
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Jan-Sebastian Grigoleit
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* E-mail: jgrigoleit@salk.edu
Affiliations Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Laboratory of Neuronal Structure and Function, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
This study was funded by sponsor Biologische Heilmittel Heel GmbH, Dr. Reckeweg-Str. 2-4, 76532 Baden-Baden, Germany (http://www.heel.com/). This study is part of a larger project aiming to evaluate the efficacy of a drug in experimental stress conditions (EudraCT number: 2012-002359-40, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01703832). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The sponsor was involved in study design but not in data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors declare no competing financial interests relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, marketed products or any other instance.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HE WR MS. Performed the experiments: BKD SV. Analyzed the data: LP JSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WR MS. Wrote the paper: LP JSG.