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PD Dr. Sharmili Edwin Thanarajah

 

Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy
University Hospital Frankfurt am Main – Goethe University
Heinrich-Hoffmann-Str. 10
60528 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

+49 (0)69 6301-95672

E-Mail: edwinthanarajah@med.uni-frankfurt.de

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Scientific Focus

Impact of peripheral metabolism and food on brain signaling and mental health

Methods

functional MRI

structural MRI

Intervention studies (intranasal insulin , vagus nerve stimulation)

 

Selected Publications

Edwin Thanarajah SE, Difeliceantonio AG, Albus K, Kuzmanovic B, Rigoux L, Iglesias S, Hannsen R, Schlamann M, Cornely O, Brüning J, Tittgemeyer M, Small D, Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans. Cell Metbolism (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2023.02.015

Edwin Thanarajah S, Iglesias S, Kuzmanovic B, Rigoux L, Brüning JC, Stephan KE, Tittgemeyer M, Modulation of Midbrain Neurocircuitry by Intranasal Insulin, Neuroimage, 2019 Mar 23;194:120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.050.

Thanarajah SE, Backes H, Difeliceantonio AG, Small D, Albus K, Cremer AL, Hanssen R, Lippert RN, Cornely OA, Small DM, Brüning JC, Tittgemeyer M, Food Intake Recruits Orosensory and Post-ingestive Dopaminergic Circuits to Affect Eating Desire in Humans. Cell Met., 2018 Dec 24

Schiweck C, Sausmekat S, Zhao T, Jacobsen L, Reif A, Edwin Thanarajah S, No consistent evidence for the anti-inflammatory effect of vagus nerve stimulation in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Brain, Behavior and Immunity., 2024 116 237-258 Dec 07, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2023.12.008

Zhao T, Schiweck C, Jamalambadi H, Meyer K, Brandt E, Schneider M, Aichholzer M , Qubad M, Bouzouina A, Schillo S, Hanssen R, Sonkusare S, Kingslake J, Beckenstrom A, Repple J, Reif-Leonhard C, Hahn T, Reif A, Edwin Thanarajah S, Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation improves emotional processing, Journal of Affective Disorders, 2024 Nov,   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.11.077

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