Scientific Focus
Impact of peripheral metabolism and food on brain signaling and mental health
Methods
functional MRI
structural MRI
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