Publications by authors named "T Polak"

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  • Anxiety disorders are common and typically treated with cognitive behavioral therapy and medication, but some patients don’t respond well to these methods.
  • A clinical trial involving 76 individuals with acrophobia tested the effectiveness of intermittent theta burst stimulation (iTBS) combined with virtual reality exposure therapy, finding a significant reduction in phobic symptoms.
  • However, the study concluded that iTBS did not provide additional benefits over a placebo version, suggesting the need for more personalized TMS approaches and further research to optimize treatment.
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Alzheimer's dementia is the main cause of cognitive impairment in people over the age of 65, with Alzheimer's disease starting presumably 10-15 years before the onset of clinical symptoms. It is therefore important to recognize dementia at an early stage and identify possible predictors. The existing methods, like different parameters of ß-Amyloid and Tau quantification in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or the living brain by measure of PET, are invasive and expensive.

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Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders. Treatment guidelines recommend pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as standard treatment. Although cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective therapeutic approach, not all patients benefit sufficiently from it.

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Quercetin is a flavonoid that occurs in many types of fruit and vegetables and is stable for no longer than 4.5 h in the investigated pH range (6.0-8.

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We show that correlations in strongly interacting many-particle systems can create quantum decoherence, leading to a mechanism of dissipation that does not rely on an external source. Using analytical methods, we study a bosonic many body system in two dimensions, with extended interactions between particles. We show that, as expected, the system can be driven out of a coherent state.

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