Elisabeth Friess

	Elisabeth Friess, PD Dr. med. Research group leader Head of the Day Clinic Senior psychiatrist RG Friess: Genetics of Human Sleep Tagklinik für Psychiatrie
	Phone:	089/356249-12 /-13
	Fax:	089/356249-99
	Email:	friess[a]mpipsykl.mpg.de
	Interests:	Sleep, twins, genetics, endophenotype, depression, EEG power spectrum
CV: Study of medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. 1990 -1991 Research Associate at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Technical University of Munich. Since 1992 in different positions at the Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich. Since 2004 Head of the Day Clinic, at the MPI and Group leader of research group "Genetics of Sleep in Humans".
Selected publications: Ambrosius U., Lietzenmaier S., Wehrle R., Wichniak A., Kalus S., Winkelmann J., Bettecken T., Holsboer F., Yassouridis A., Friess E. (2008) Heritability of sleep EEG. Biol Psych, accepted Friess E., Schmid D., Modell S., Brunner H., Lauer C.J., Holsboer F., Ising M. (2008) Dex/CRH-test response and sleep in depressed patients and healthy controls with and without vulnerability for affective disorders. J Psychiatr Res, doi:10.1016/ j.jpsychires.2008.01.005 Friess E., Tagaya H., Grethe C., Trachsel L., Holsboer F. (2004) Acute Cortisol Administration Promotes Sleep Intensity in Man. Neuropsychopharmacol, 29: 598-604 Tagaya H., Trachsel L., Murck H., Antonijevic I., Steiger A., Holsboer F., Friess E. (2000) Temporal EEG dynamics of non-REM sleep episodes in humans. Brain Res 861:233-240

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