Repeated recall, extinction and reconsolidation in behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression

Manfred Schedlowski

Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology, Germany

Manfred Schedlowski is Professor and Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology at the Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Born 1957 in Hannover, Germany, he obtained his degree in Psychology and his PhD at the Department of Medical Psychology, Hannover Medical School, Germany. Since October 1997, Manfred Schedlowski is Full Professor and Director of the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology at the Medical Faculty, University Essen-Duisburg interrupted by a research stay as Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Immunobiology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland (2004-2007). The focus of his research is the analysis of functional connections between the nervous, hormonal and immune systems. Current research projects include: Classical conditioning of immune functions, Central nervous and afferent mechanisms in classical conditioning of immunological functions, Role of central neurotransmitters in the regulation of peripheral immune functions, Neurobiology of the placebo effect, Processing of visceral pain signals in the central nervous system fMRT studies of visceral hyperalgesia in irritable bowel syndrome patients and healthy volunteers, Changes of the neuro immune axis in functional and chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, peripheral mechanisms of visceral hyperalgesia, Chronic stress and depression in women at cardiovascular risk - importance of neuroendocrine and immunological changes