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Publications of the SFB/TRR 393 in 2026

  1. Cheng, A., Lichenstein, S., Chaarani, B., Liang, Q., Babaeianjelodar, M., Riley, S.J., Luo, W., Horien, C., Greene, A.S., Banaschewski, T., Bokde, A.L.W., Desrivières, S., Flor, H., Grigis, A., Gowland, P., Heinz, A., Brühl, R., Martinot, J.-L., Martinot, M.-L.P., Artiges, E., Nees, F., Papadopoulos Orfanos, D., Poustka, L., Hohmann, S., Holz, N., Baeuchl, C., Smolka, M.N., Vaidya, N., Walter, H., Whelan, R., Schumann, G., Constable, R.T., Pearlson, G., Garavan, H., and Yip, S.W. (2026). Impulsivity and neuroticism share distinct functional connectivity signatures with alcohol-use risk in youth. Molecular psychiatry 31, 953-962. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03196-6.**

  2. Fisch, L., Winter, N.R., Goltermann, J., Barkhau, C., Emden, D., Ernsting, J., Konowski, M., Leenings, R., Borgers, T., Flinkenflügel, K., Grotegerd, D., Kraus, A., Leehr, E.J., Meinert, S., Stein, F., Teutenberg, L., Thomas-Odenthal, F., Usemann, P., Hermesdorf, M., Jamalabadi, H., Jansen, A., Nenadić, I., Straube, B., Kircher, T., Berger, K., Risse, B., Dannlowski, U., and Hahn, T. (2026). deepmriprep: voxel-based morphometry preprocessing via deep neural networks. Nature computational science. DOI: 10.1038/s43588-026-00953-7.**

  3. Fraiha-Pegado, J., McWhinney, S.R., Alda, M., Alexander, N., Anmella, G., Abé, C., Altegoer, L., Benedetti, F.H., Berk, M., Bøen, E., Bond, D.J., Boye, B., Bravi, B., Cannon, D.M., Corkum, E.L.V., Corley, E., Dietze, L.M.F., Dannlowski, U., Elvsåshagen, T., Fuentes-Claramonte, P., Fullerton, J.M., Goldstein, B.I., Goltermann, J., Grotegerd, D., Hahn, T., Hidalgo-Mazzei, D., Im, Y., Kang, M., Karuk, A., Kennedy, K.G., Kircher, T., Klahn, A.L., Kraus, A., Landén, M., Leehr, E.J., Vieira, R.M., MacIntosh, B.J., Malt, U.F., Mazza, E., McDonald, C., Meinert, S., Melloni, E., Mitchell, P.B., Nabulsi, L., Nitsch, R., O'Connor, J., Opel, N., Otaduy, M.C.G., Overs, B.J., Parker, N., Poletti, S., Pomarol-Clotet, E., Radua, J., Roberts, G., Salvador, R., Suo, C., Schofield, P.R., Selitser, M., Sim, K., Straube, B., Teutenberg, L., Thompoulos, S.I., Usemann, P., Vieta, E., Westlye, L.T., Wu, L., Yatham, L.N., Thompson, P.M., Andreassen, O., Ching, C.R., and Hajek, T. (2026). The link between weight gain and hippocampal atrophy in bipolar disorder - A longitudinal investigation in 934 participants. Biological psychiatry. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.01.020.**

  4. Lencer, R., Sprenger, A., Meyhöfer, I., Dannlowski, U., Romer, G., Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Kambeitz, J., Lichtenstein, T., Rosen, M., Ruhrmann, S., Haas, S.S., Salokangas, R.K.R., Pantelis, C., Bonivento, C., Schultze-Lutter, F., Meisenzahl, E., Brambilla, P., Bertolino, A., Upthegrove, R., Davatzikos, C., Koutsouleris, N., Borgwardt, S., Andreou, C., and Korda, A. (2026). Brain texture alterations predict subtle visual perceptual dysfunctions in recent onset psychosis and clinical high-risk state. Translational psychiatry 16. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-026-03840-x.**

  5. Michels, S., Eichberg, J., Alhamdan, F., Engeser, M., Leite Dantas, R., Picard, F., SR, Mathews-Ajendra, M., Brüstle, O., Schäfer, M.K.-H., Alferink, J., Garn, H., Wöhr, M., and Culmsee, C. (2026). Effects of lipopolysaccharide on energy metabolism and immune cell activation in different microglia model systems. Brain, behavior, and immunity 133, 106255. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106255.**

  6. Mülfarth, R.R., Seuffert, S., Alexander, N., Jamalabadi, H., Nenadić, I., Straube, B., Teutenberg, L., Thomas-Odenthal, F., Usemann, P., Dannlowski, U., Kircher, T., and Stein, F. (2026). Linking Spontaneous Speech, Cognition, and Psychopathology Across Affective and Psychotic Disorders: A Network Approach. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists, 1-30. DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.10151.**

  7. Ng, H.X., Abé, C., Alda, M., Alonso-Lana, S., Anmella, G., Bauer, J., Borgers, T., Brosch, K., Busatto, G.F., Bøen, E., Canales-Rodríguez, E.J., Cannon, D.M., Chaim-Avancini, T.M., Cole, J.H., Dannlowski, U., La Cruz, A. de, Einenkel, K., Elvsåshagen, T., Favre, P., Fisch, L., Flinkenflügel, K., Foley, S., Fullerton, J.M., Goltermann, J., Grotegerd, D., Gruber, O., Haarman, B.C.M., Hahn, T., Hajek, T., Han, L.K.M., Henry, C., Hidalgo-Mazzei, D., Houenou, J., Howells, F.M., Ingvar, M., Jahanshad, N., Jiménez, E., Karuk, A., Kircher, T., Klahn, L., Kraus, A., Krug, A., Krämer, B., Kuplicki, R.T., Lafer, B., Landén, M., Machado-Vieira, R., Malt, U.F., Martyn, F.M., McDonald, C., McPhilemy, G., Meinert, S., Meller, T., Mitchell, P.B., Mwangi, B., Nabulsi, L., Nenadić, I., Opel, N., Otaduy, M.C.G., Overs, B.J., Polosan, M., Pomarol-Clotet, E., Pouchon, A., Radua, J., Rauer, L., Repple, J., Roberts, G., Rodríguez-Cano, E., Rosa, P.G.P., Salvador, R., Sarró, S., Satterthwaite, T.D., Savitz, J., Schmaal, L., Schofield, P.R., Serpa, M., Sim, K., Soares, J.C., Topolski, N., Soeiro-de-Souza, M.G., Stein, D.J., Stein, F., Sutherland, A.N., Temmingh, H.S., Thomopoulos, S.I., Uhlmann, A., Vieta, E., Vilajosana, E., Wolf, D.H., Wu, M.-J., Zunta-Soares, G.B., Zanetti, M.V., van den Brink, W., Thompson, P.M., Andreassen, O.A., Ching, C.R.K., and Eyler, L.T. (2026). Brain aging in bipolar disorder using a neuroimaging and machine learning-derived metric: Findings from the ENIGMA BD Working Group. Journal of affective disorders, 121234. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121234.**

  8. Noda, S., Okawa, S., Nishiuchi, M., Kobayashi, M., Weeks, J.W., and Hofmann, S.G. (2026). Examining the psychometric properties and network structures of the bivalent fear of evaluation model of social anxiety disorder in a Japanese population. Journal of anxiety disorders 118, 103128. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2026.103128.**

  9. Petersen, T., Martini, J., Bauer, M., Bechdolf, A., Bermpohl, F., Berndt, C., Bröckel-Bundt, K.L., Sperling, T., Correll, C.U., Dannlowski, U., Falkenberg, I., Fallgatter, A.J., Fusar-Poli, P., Jansen, A., Juckel, G., Kircher, T., Kittel-Schneider, S., Krüger-Özgürdal, S., Lambert, M., Leopold, K., Maicher, B., Matura, S., Mennigen, E., Reif, A., Ritter, P., Sauer, C., Stamm, T., and Pfennig, A. (2026). Contribution of depressive symptom load on prediction of transition to bipolar disorders: Results from the prospective-longitudinal multi-method Early-BipoLife study. Journal of affective disorders 403, 121419. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121419.**

  10. 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., and Opel, N. (2026). Association of Daily Step Count With Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder Using a Smartphone App (ReMAP): Longitudinal Study. JMIR mental health 13, e81120. DOI: 10.2196/81120.**

  11. Usemann, P.L., David, F.S., Brosch, K., Stein, F., Wroblewski, A., Thomas-Odenthal, F., Teutenberg, L., Pfarr, J.-K., Evermann, U., Flinkenflügel, K., Meinert, S., Thiel, K., Winter, A., Hahn, T., Melzer, N., Rietschel, M., Witt, S.H., Andlauer, T.F.M., Jamalabadi, H., Jansen, A., Straube, B., Nöthen, M.M., Forstner, A.J., Nenadić, I., Dannlowski, U., Kircher, T., and Alexander, N. (2026). Genetic predisposition to inflammation and psychopathology: A transdiagnostic network analysis. Journal of affective disorders 403, 121424. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121424.**

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