The investigation of intra- and interindividual variability in cognitive functions and behaviors by combining e.g. neuroimaging and molecular biology techniques.

Wolf, C., An, Y., Tanaka, T., Bilgel, M., Gonzalez, C., Kitner Triolo, M., et al. (2017). Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Effects of CREB1 Genotypes on Individual Differences in Memory and Executive Function: Findings from the BLSA. Front Aging Neurosci 9, 142. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00142.

Trost, S., Diekhof, E.K., Mohr, H., Vieker, H., Kramer, B., Wolf, C., et al. (2016). Investigating the Impact of a Genome-Wide Supported Bipolar Risk Variant of MAD1L1 on the Human Reward System. Neuropsychopharmacology 41(11), 2679-2687. doi: 10.1038/npp.2016.70.

Wolf, C., Mohr, H., Diekhof, E.K., Vieker, H., Goya-Maldonado, R., Trost, S., et al. (2016). CREB1 Genotype Modulates Adaptive Reward-Based Decisions in Humans. Cereb Cortex 26(7), 2970-2981. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhv104

Kittel-Schneider S, Wobrock T, Scherk H, Schneider-Axmann T, Trost S, Zilles D, Wolf C, Schmitt A, Malchow B, Hasan A, Backens M, Reith W, Falkai P, Gruber O, Reif A. (2015) Influence of DGKH variants on amygdala volume in patients with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 265(2):127-36. doi: 10.1007/s00406-014-0513-9.

Wolf, C., Mohr, H., Schneider-Axmann, T., Reif, A., Wobrock, T., Scherk, H., et al. (2014). CACNA1C genotype explains interindividual differences in amygdala volume among patients with schizophrenia. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 264(2):93-102. doi: 10.1007/s00406-013-0427-y.

David E.J. Linden, Thomas M. Lancaster, Claudia Wolf, Alison Baird, Margaret C. Jackson, Stephen J. Johnston, Rossen Donev and Johannes Thome (2013). ZNF804A genotype modulates neural activity during working memory for emotional faces. Neuropsychobiology, 67(2):84–92 DOI: 10.1159/000344001.

Wolf C and Linden DEJ (2012). Biological pathways to adaptability – interactions between genome, epigenome, nervous system and environment for adaptive behavior. Genes Brain Behav, 11(1), 3-28.

Wolf C, Linden S, Jackson MC, Healy D, Baird A, Linden DEJ and Thome J (2011). Network activity supporting working memory accuracy in patients with schizophrenia: an fMRI study. Neuropsychobiology, 64(2), 93-101.

Lancaster TM, Baird A, Wolf C, Jackson MC, Johnston SJ, Donev R, Thome J and Linden DE (2011). Neural hyperactivation in carriers of the Alzheimer's risk variant on the clusterin gene. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol, 21(12), 880-4.

Wolf C, Jackson MC, Kissling C, Thome J and Linden DE (2011). Dysbindin-1 genotype effects on emotional working memory. Mol Psychiatry, 16(2), 145-55.

Linden SC, Jackson MC, Subramanian L, Wolf C, Green P, Healy D, Linden DE, (2010). Emotion-cognition interactions in schizophrenia: Implicit and explicit effects of facial expression. Neuropsychologia, 48(4), 997-1002.

Jackson MC, Wolf C, Johnston SJ, Raymond JE, and Linden DEJ, (2008). Neural correlates of enhanced visual short-term memory for angry faces: An fMRI study. PLoS ONE, 3(10), e3536.

Kronenberg G, Bick-Sander A, Bunk E, Wolf C, Ehninger D, Kempermann G. (2006). Physical exercise prevents age-related decline in precursor cell activity in the mouse dentate gyrus. Neurobiology of Aging, 27(10), 1505-1513.