Publications and Research Papers

Research Publications

Gruber M, Schulte J, Mauritz M, Ahrens KF, Rehm P, von Werthern NM, Staub H, Fischer S, Timm F, Libedinsky I, Grumbach P, Bonnekoh LM, Goltermann J, Winter NR, Thiel K, Winter A, Borgers T, Klug M, Meinert H, Hubbert J, Krieger J, Jurischka C, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Pawlitzki M, Förster K, Sindermann L, Böhnlein J, Meinert S, Grotegerd D, Stein F, Straube B, Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Jansen A, Nenadić I, Opel N, Hahn T, Bauer J, van den Heuvel MP, Reif A, Kircher T, Leehr EJ, Dannlowski U, Repple J.

Network-based analysis of differential white matter connectivity in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid anxiety.

Neuropsychopharmacology; 2026 Apr 14; 51(5):916-925. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02312-y. Epub 2026 Jan 12. PMID: 41526712

Giacomel A, Powell TR, Duarte RRR, Nordio G, Williams SCR, Turkheimer F, Veronese M, Martins D, Dima D.

Transcriptome-informed brain cartography of polygenic risk and association with brain structure in major psychiatric disorders.

Mol Psychiatry; 2026 Apr 14; doi: 10.1038/s41380-026-03497-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41792457

Giacomel A, Powell TR, Duarte RRR, Nordio G, Williams SCR, Turkheimer F, Veronese M, Martins D, Dima D.

Transcriptome-informed brain cartography of polygenic risk and association with brain structure in major psychiatric disorders.

Mol Psychiatry; 2026 Apr 14; doi: 10.1038/s41380-026-03497-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41792457

De Lucia M, Pelentritou A, Tavano A.

Bodily rhythms and the Brain: Critical links to cognition in health and disease. Comment on ‘A body-brain (dis)equilibrium regulating transitions from health to pathology’ by Antonio Criscuolo, Anna Czepiel, Michael Schwartze and Sonja A. Kotz.

Phys Life Rev; 2026 Apr 14; 56:109-112. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.12.005. Epub 2025 Dec 5. PMID: 41380186

Emden D, Richter M, Chevance A, Leenings R, Herpertz J, Gutfleisch L, Fleuchaus A, Blitz R, Holstein VL, Goltermann J, Winter NR, Spanagel J, Meinert S, Borgers T, Flinkenflügel K, Stein F, Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Repple J, Dobel C, Leehr EJ, Redlich R, Ebner-Priemer UW, Nenadić I, Kircher T, Dannlowski U, Hahn T, Opel N.

Scalable depression monitoring with smartphone speech using a multimodal benchmark and topic analysis.

NPJ Digit Med; 2026 Apr 14; 9(1):230. doi: 10.1038/s41746-026-02486-9. PMID: 41764298; PMCID: PMC12996298

Uckermark C, Thanarajah SE.

Development of Major Depressive Disorder – Does Insulin Resistance Play a Role?-Reply.

JAMA Psychiatry; 2026 Apr 14; doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.4806. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41706490

Refisch A, Gutfleisch L, Emden D, Holstein V, Gruber M, Goltermann J, Richter M, Ratzsch J, Fleuchhaus A, Leehr E, Meinert S, Borgers T, Flinkenfügel K, Stein F, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Alexander N, Redlich R, Nenadić I, Kircher T, Dannlowski U, Hahn T, Opel N.

Association of Daily Step Count With Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Using a Smartphone App (ReMAP): Longitudinal Study.

JMIR Ment Health; 2026 Apr 14; 13:e81120. doi: 10.2196/81120. PMID: 41674149; PMCID: PMC12894579

Van Assche E, Schiweck C.

Resting State Heart Rate Variability in Depression: An Introductory Narrative Review of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence.

J Pers Med; 2026 Apr 14; 16(2):87. doi: 10.3390/jpm16020087. PMID: 41745379; PMCID: PMC12941691

van den Heuvel MP, Libedinsky I, Quiroz Monnens S, Repple J, Sommer I, Cocchi L.

Investigating the methodological foundation of lesion network mapping.

Nat Neurosci; 2026 Apr 14; doi: 10.1038/s41593-025-02196-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41540261

Grabenhorst M, Poeppel D, Michalareas G.

The anticipation of imminent events is time-scale invariant.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.; 2026 Apr 14; 123(2):e2518982123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2518982123. Epub 2026 Jan 7. PMID: 41499398; PMCID: PMC12799109

Herpertz J, Brockmann A, Richter M, Blitz R, Gruber M, Ahrens KF, Rehm P, Leenings R, Claaß LV, Repple J, Opel N.

Prioritizing clinical data for psychiatric inpatient dashboards: insights from a nationwide survey of German university centers.

Front Digit Health; 2026 Apr 14; 7:1617116. doi: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1617116. PMID: 41586200; PMCID: PMC12827540

Kwon S, Lubinus C, Kell CA, Keitel A, Rimmele JM.

Effects of speech periodicity and speech rate on auditory-motor coupling during speech comprehension.

Commun Biol; 2026 Apr 14; 9(1):205. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-09481-y. PMID: 41507592; PMCID: PMC12891515

Maccioni L, Giacomel A, Pinamonti M, De Francisci M, Del Pup F, Giubergia A, Vallini G, Visani V, Barzon L, Dipasquale O, Bertoldo A, Moretto M, Veronese M.

Quantitative neuroimaging meets normative modelling: the last mile for precision medicine applications.

Neuroimage; 2026 Apr 14; 325:121637. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121637. Epub 2025 Dec 7. PMID: 41365453

Schiweck C, Aichholzer M, Brandt E, Schneider M, Meyer K, Hamzehloiya T, Qubad M, Uckermark C, Jacobsen L, Amaral K, Auer J, Bruno G, Zhao T, Bouzouina A, Schillo S, Hanssen R, Hahn T, Repple J, Matura S, Kingslake J, Reif A, Edwin Thanarajah S.

The heart knows best: baseline heart rate variability as guide to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in depression.

Transl Psychiatry; 2026 Apr 14; 15(1):521. doi: 10.1038/s41398-025-03780-y. PMID: 41353184; PMCID: PMC12689627

Petri-Romão P, Mediavilla R, Restrepo-Henao A, Puhlmann LM, Zerban M, Ahrens KF, Barbui C, Basten U, Bayón C, Chmitorz A, Felez-Nobrega M, Kollmann B, Lieb K, McDaid D, McGreevy KR, Melchior M, Muñoz-Sanjosé A, Neumann RJ, Park AL, Plichta MM, Purgato M, Reif A, Schenk C, Schick A, Sebastian A, Sijbrandij M, Smith P, Tüscher O, Wessa M, Witteveen AB, Yuen KS, Haro JM, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Kalisch R.

Positive appraisal style predicts long-term stress resilience and mediates the effect of a pro-resilience intervention.

Nat Commun; 2026 Apr 14; 16(1):10269. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65147-7. PMID: 41271713; PMCID: PMC12638893

Edwin Thanarajah S, Ribeiro AH, Lee J, Winter NR, Stein F, Lippert RN, Hanssen R, Schiweck C, Fehse L, Bloemendaal M, Aichholzer M, Bouzouina A, Uckermark C, Welzel M, Repple J, Matura S, Meinert S, Bang C, Franke A, Leenings R, Konowski M, Ernsting J, Fisch L, Barkhau C, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Straube B, Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Nenadic I, Lügering A, Nitsch R, Kittel-Schneider S, Cryan JF, Reif A, Kircher T, Heider D, Dannlowski U, Hahn T.

Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations.

JAMA Psychiatry; 2026 Mar 31; 82(11):1095-1102. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.2579

Bonnekoh LM, Gruber M, Thams C, Flinkenflügel K, Meinert S, Goltermann J, Grotegerd D, Hubbert J, Krieger J, Jurischka C, Fellmeth RH, Winter NR, Hahn T, Leehr EJ, Opel N, Pawlitzki M, Rehm P, V Werthern N, Edwin Thanarajah S, Fischer S, Ahrens KF, Reif A, Stein F, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Staub H, Meinert H, Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Jansen A, van den Heuvel MP, Nenadić I, Straube B, Romer G, Kircher T, Dannlowski U, Repple J.

Structural connectomic signatures of childhood maltreatment across affective and psychotic disorders.

Eur Neuropsychopharmacol; 2026 Mar 31; 100:42-52. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.09.009

Alcicek S, Oeltzschner G, Lin DDM, Barker PB.

Distinguishing Myo-Inositol From Glycine in Brain MRS at 3T: A Pitfall Using Intermediate Echo Times

J Neuroimaging; 2026 Mar 31; 35(6):e70107. doi: 10.1111/jon.70107

van Lanen RHGJ, Uher D, Hoeberigs CMC, Hofman PAM, Santegoeds R, Wiggins C, Tse DHY, Steijvers EGM, Jansen JFA, Drenthen GS, Roebroeck A, Ivanov D, Poser BA, van Kuijk SMJ, Hoogland G, Rijkers K, Wagner LGL, Widman G, Beckervordersandforth J, Klinkenberg S, Rouhl RPW, Delev D, Clusmann H, Wolking S, Weber Y, Dhaenens-Meyer LK, Schriewer E, Meurs A, Jansen K, Theys T, van Paesschen W, van Roost D, Backes WH, Colon AJ, Schijns OEMG; ACE Epilepsy Surgery group.

Value of ultra-high-field MRI in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and negative 3T MRI (EpiUltraStudy): Diagnostic gain of 7T structural analysis

Epilepsia; 2026 Mar 17; doi: 10.1111/epi.18682

Value of ultra-high-field MRI in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and negative 3T MRI (EpiUltraStudy): Diagnostic gain of 7T structural analysis.

Epilepsia; 2026 Mar 31; doi: 10.1111/epi.18682

Nissen C, Guldan J, Kajal DS, Gehrig J, Ding H, Muthuraman M, Pflug A, Kell CA.

Two topological axes for temporo-spatial processing in dual task visuomotor control.

Cereb Cortex; 2026 Mar 31; 35(10):bhaf271. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhaf271

Gehrig J, Bergmann C, Forster MT, Weismantel C, Bai F, Czabanka M, Martin AE, Meyer A, Kell CA.

Left Perisylvian Rhythms Encode Prosody and Syntax during Delayed Sentence Repetition.

J Neurosci; 2026 Mar 31; 45(39):e2160242025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2160-24.2025

Goltermann J, Winter NR, Meinert S, Grotegerd D, Kraus A, Flinkenflügel K, Altegoer L, Krieger J, Leehr EJ, Böhnlein J, Bonnekoh LM, Richter M, Hahn T, Fisch L, Gruber M, Hermesdorf M, Berger K, Arolt V, Brosch K, Stein F, Thomas- Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Hammes V, Jamalabadi H, Alexander N, Straube B, Jansen A, Nenadić I, Kircher T, Opel N, Dannlowski U.

Gray matter correlates of childhood maltreatment lack replicability in a multi-cohort brain- wide association study.

Nat Commun; 2026 Mar 31; 16(1):8290. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-62374-w

Kell CA, Warneke N, Zentsch V, Kasper J, Vauth-Weidig M, Warnecke T, Neumann K.

Left thalamic deep brain stimulation for persistent developmental stuttering.

J Fluency Disord; 2026 Mar 31; 85:106147. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2025.106147

Iaia C, Tavano A.

Aligning syntactic structure to the dynamics of verbal communication: A pipeline for annotating syntactic phrases onto speech acoustics.

Behav Res Methods; 2026 Mar 31; 57(9):249. doi: 10.3758/s13428-025-02747-7

Ecker C, Pretzsch CM, Leyhausen J, Berg LM, Gurr C, Seelemeyer H, McAlonan G, Puts NA, Loth E, Dell’Aqua F, Mason L, Charman T, Oakley B, Bourgeron T, Beckmann C, Buitelaar JK, Arango C, Banaschewski T, Chiocchetti AG, Freitag CM, Hattingen E, Krueger-Burg D, Schmeisser MJ, Repple J, Reif A, Murphy DG.

Transcriptomic decoding of surface-based imaging phenotypes and its application to pharmacotranscriptomics.

Nat Commun; 2026 Mar 31; 16(1):6727. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61927-3

Sun Y, Michalareas G, Ghitza O, Poeppel D.

Complex Impact of Stimulus Envelope on Motor Synchronization to Sound.

J Neurosci; 2026 Mar 31; 45(25):e1488242025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1488-24.2025

Sylvester AL, Hensenne E, Ivanov D, Poser BA, Linden DEJ, van Amelsvoort T, Vingerhoets C.

Neural excitation/inhibition imbalance and neurodevelopmental pathology in human copy number variant syndromes: a systematic review.

J Neurodev Disord; 2026 Mar 31; 17(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s11689-025-09614-8

Fischer L, Mann PA, Nguyen MH, Becker S, Khodadadi S, Schulz A, Edwin Thanarajah S, Repple J, Hahn T, Reif A, Salamikhanshan A, Kittel-Schneider S, Rief W, Mulert C, Hofmann SG, Dannlowski U, Kircher T, Bernhard FP, Jamalabadi H.

AI for mental health: clinician expectations and priorities in computational psychiatry.

BMC Psychiatry; 2026 Mar 31; 25(1):584. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06957-3

Schüre JR, Rajput J, Shrestha M, Deichmann R, Hattingen E, Maier A, Nagel AM, Dörfler A, Steidl E, Zaiss M.

Toward Noninvasive High-Resolution In Vivo pH Mapping in Brain Tumors by 31P-Informed deepCEST MRI.

NMR Biomed; 2026 Mar 31; 38(6):e70060. doi: 10.1002/nbm.70060

Ratzsch J, Richter M, Blitz R, Colic L, Gutfleisch L, Goltermann J, Gruber M, Straube B,  Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Stein F, Brosch K, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Repple J, Baune BT, Walter M, Nenadić I, Kircher T, Dannlowski U, Opel N.

Childhood maltreatment’s influence on the dynamic course of depression: symptom trajectories during inpatient treatment and after discharge.

Psychol Med; 2026 Mar 31; 55:e127. doi: 10.1017/S0033291725000984

Grabenhorst M, Poeppel D, Michalareas G.

Neural signatures of temporal anticipation in human cortex represent event probability density.

Nat Commun; 2026 Mar 31; 16(1):2602. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57813-7

Michalareas G, Lehr C, Grabenhorst M, Hecht H.

Social processing distorts physical distance perception.

Sci Rep.; 2026 Mar 31; 15(1):5669. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-89935-9

J.R. Schüre, J. Rajput, M. Shrestha, R. Deichmann, E. Hattingen, A. Maier, A.M. Nagel, A. Dörfler, E. Steidl, M. Zaiss.

Towards non-invasive high-resolution in vivo pH mapping in brain tumors by 31P‑informed deepCEST MRI.

NMR in Biomedicine; 2026 Mar 31; 38(6):e70060. doi: 10.1002/nbm.70060