Publications

Scientific work of our team published in prestigious scientific venues.

Original research articles (selected)

Borik S, Lyra S, Perlitz V, Keller M, Leonhardt S, Blazek V. On the spatial phase distribution of cutaneous low‑frequency perfusion oscillations. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12:5997. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09762-0
Borik S, Keller M, Perlitz V, Lyra S, Pelz H, Müller G, Leonhardt S, Blazek V. On the cardiorespiratory coordination assessed by the photoplethysmography imaging technique. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13:14645. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41828-5
Pelz H, Müller G, Keller M, Mathiak K, Mayer J, Borik S, Perlitz V. Validation of subjective manual palpation using objective physiological recordings of the cranial rhythmic impulse during osteopathic manipulative intervention. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13:6611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33644-8
Keller M, Pelz H, Perlitz V, Zweerings J, Röcher E, Baqapuri HI, Mathiak K. Neural correlates of fluctuations in the intermediate band for heart rate and respiration are related to interoceptive perception. Psychophysiology. 2020;00:e13594. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13594
Keller M, Pelz H, Müller G, Borik S, Mathiak K, Mayer J, Repik I, Geilgens A, Perlitz V. Autonomic nervous system responses in the intermediate band to cranial cutaneous stimulation. Physiological Reports. 2024;12:e15891. https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.15891
Perlitz, V.; Cotuk, B., Schiepek, G.; Sen, A.; Haberstock, S.; Schmid-Schönbein, H.; Petzold, E.R.; Flatten, G. (2004): Synergetik der hypnoiden Relaxation. Psychother. Psych. Med. 54: 250-258, DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-814877
Perlitz, V.; Cotuk, B.; Lambertz, M.; Grebe, R.; Schiepek, G.; Petzold, E.R.; Schmid-Schönbein, H.; Flatten, G. (2004): Coordination dynamics of circulatory and respiratory rhythms during psychomotor relaxation. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 115, 1-2, 82-93.
Flatten, G.; Perlitz, V.; Pestinger, M.; Arin, T.; Kohl, B.; Kastrau, K.; Schnitker, R.; Vohn, R.; Weber, J.; Ohnhaus, M.; Petzold, E.R.; Erli, H.J. (2004): Neural Processing of Traumatic Events in Subjects suffering PTSD: a Case Study of Two Surgical Patients with Severe Accident Trauma. German Medical Science. http://www.egms.de/en/journals/psm/2004-1/psm000006.shtml
Perlitz, V.; Lambertz, M.; Cotuk, B.; Grebe, R.; Vandenhouten, R.; Flatten, G.; Petzold, E.R.; Schmid-Schönbein, H.; Langhorst, P. (2004): Cardiovascular rhythms in the 0.15 Hz band: Common origin of identical phenomena in man and canine in the reticular formation of the brain stem? Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology, 448, 6: 579-592.
Pruvost, M.; Zaaimi, B.; Grebe, R.; Wallois, F.; Berquin, P.; Perlitz, V. (2006): Cardiorespiratory effects induced by vagus nerve stimulations in epileptic children.
Med Biol Eng Comput, DOI 10.1007/s11517-006-0041-5
Griese, M; Perlitz, V.; Juengling, E; Kammermeier, H (1988): Myocardial performance and free energy of ATP-hydrolysis in isolated rat hearts during graded hypoxia reoxygenation and high K+-perfusion. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 20, 1189-1201.
Nosek, T.M.; Leal-Cardoso, J.H.; Perlitz, V.; Sloop, S.; Godt, R.E. (1992): Technical problems related to the analysis of the effects of inorganic phosphate on cardiac muscle. Brazilian J. of Medical and Biol. Res. 25: 727-743.
Flatten, G., Schiepek, G., Hansch, D., Perlitz, V.; Petzold, E.R. (2003): Die Wirkung von traumatischem Stress auf biopsychische Selbstorganisationsprozesse; Ein Beitrag zum Verständnis der Posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung aus der Perspektive der Synergetik. Psychotherapeut 48: 31-39
Perlitz, V.; Petzold, Ernst Richard: Vom Gestaltkreis zur Synergetik: Die Bedeutung irreversibel-struktureller und dynamisch-funktioneller Kopplungen. From the Gestaltkreis to Synergetics: Irreversible Structural and Dynamic Functional Couplings. Psychother Psych Med 2007; 57: 197-205
Piefke, M.; Pestinger, M.; Arin, T.; Kohl, B.; Kastrau, F.; Schnitker, R.; Vohn, R.; Weber, J.; Ohnhaus, M.; Erli, H.J.; Perlitz, V.; Paar, O.; Petzold, E.R.; Flatten. G. (2008): The Neurofunctional Mechanisms of Traumatic and Non-Traumatic Memory in Patients with Acute PTSD Following Accident Trauma. Neurocase, DOI: 10.1080/13554790701851494, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13554790701851494
Flatten G; Wälte D; Perlitz V: Self-efficacy in acutely traumatized patients and the risk of developing posttraumatic stress syndrome. GMS Psychosoc Med. 2008;5:Doc05
Alizai PH; Akkerman M; Kaemmer D; Ulmer F; Klink CD; Ernst S; Mathiak K; Neumann UP; Perlitz V.: Presurgical psychometric assessment of bariatric patients with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) – A screening of the prevalence of psychosocial comorbidity. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015, 13:80 doi:10.1186/s12955-015-0278-5
Petzold ER, Flatten G, Altmeyer S, Perlitz V, Schiepek G. Psychotraumatologie – die Negation des Tetralemmas. Balint 5: 2004,1-7.
Baumann M & Perlitz V. Can contextual online exams in practical biomedical education increase comprehension and motivation ? A pilot project. Biomed Tech. 56:351–358, 2011. DOI 10.1515/BMT.2011.027

Book chapters (selected)

Perlitz, V., Cotuk, B., Lambertz, M., Haken, H., Schiepek, G. (2005): Die dynamische Koordination zentraler und vegetativer Prozesse bei Entspannung und Autogenem Training. In: Synergetik in der Psychologie. (Hrsg. H. Haken und G. Schiepek). 343-355. Hogrefe, Göttingen.
Schiepek, G., Perlitz, V. (2009). Self-organization in clinical psychology. In R.A. Meyers (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science (pp. 7991-8009). Heidelberg New York: Springer DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-30440-3_472
Perlitz, V., Cotuk, B., (2010): Selbstorganisation kutaner Perfusionsrhythmik bei therapeutisch induzierter psychovegetativer Entspannung. In: Neurobiologie der Psychotherapie (Hrsg. G. Schiepek). S. 211-227, Schattauer, Stuttgart-New York
Moret-Bonillo, V., Fernández-Varela, I., Hernández-Pereira, E., Alvarez-Estévez, D., Perlitz, V. (2018) On the Automation of Medical Knowledge and Medical Decision Support Systems. In: Holmes D., Jain L. (eds) Advances in Biomedical Informatics. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 137. Springer, Cham.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67513-8_9 Publisher Name Springer, Cham Print ISBN 978-3-319-67512-1 Online ISBN 978-3-319-67513-8 eBook Packages Engineering
Cotuk HB, Müller G, Pelz H, Duru AD, Perlitz V. (2020): Synergetic brainstem consensualization at the 0.15 Hz intermediary rhythm is the genuine marker of the trophotropic state. In: Viol, K., Schöller, H., & Aichhorn, W. (Eds.). Selbstorganisation – ein Paradigma für die Humanwissenschaften: Zu Ehren von Günter Schiepek und seiner Forschung zu Komplexität und Dynamik in der Psychologie. Springer Nature, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29906-4
Perlitz V. (2021): A Self-Organized Rhythm in Peripheral Effectors: The Intermediary Rhythm Appears as 0.15 Hz-Band Activity. In: Vladimir Blazek, Jagadeesh Kumar V., Steffen Leonhardt, Mandavilli Mukunda Rao (eds) Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Studies in Skin Perfusion Dynamics. Photoplethysmography and its Application in Medical Diagnostics. Springer Nature, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5449-0