Complete Publications

Hoffmann, K. C.; Zsido, R. G.; Villringer, A.; Hesse, S.; Sabri, O.; Engert, V.; Sacher, J.: Exploring the cortisol awakening response in premenstrual dysphoric disorder and in healthy females across the menstrual cycle. British Journal of Psychiatry (2025)

Lammer, L.; Beyer, F.; Riedel-Heller, S.; Sacher, J.; Glaesmer, H.; Villringer, A.; Witte, A. V.: Generalized additive mixed models to discern data-driven theoretically informed strategies for public brain, cognitive and mental health. European Journal of Epidemiology 40 (11), pp. 1323 - 1343 (2025)

Sacher, J.; Bechmann, I.: Rethinking women's brain health. Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2025)

Kundakovic, M.; Sacher, J.: Leveraging high-resolution brain imaging and (epi)genomic approaches to improve women's mental health. Neuropsychopharmacology (2025)

Bürger, Z.; Kordowich, C.; Kübbeler, J.; Müllerschön, C.; Kimmig, A.-C. S.; Su, M.; Lämmerhofer, M.; Sacher, J.; Henes, M.; Comasco, E. et al.; Derntl, B.; Kogler, L.: Subjective, behavioural and physiological correlates of stress in women using hormonal contraceptives. British Journal of Psychiatry 226 (6), pp. 392 - 400 (2025)

Ruehr, L.; Hoffmann, K.; May, E.; Münch, M. L.; Schlögl, H.; Sacher, J.: Estrogens and human brain networks: A systematic review of structural and functional neuroimaging studies. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 77, 101174 (2025)

Witte, A. V.; Sacher, J.: Unraveling neural underpinnings of eating disorders in the female brain: Insights from high-field magnetic resonance imaging. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2025)

Prinsen, J.; Villringer, A.; Sacher, J.: The monthly rhythm of the brain-heart connection. Science Advances 11 (10), eadt1243 (2025)

Vartanian, M.; Endres, K. J.; Lee, Y. T.; Friedrich, S.; Meemken, M.-T.; Schamarek, I.; Rohde-Zimmermann, K.; Schürfeld, R.; Eisenberg, L.; Hilbert, A. et al.; Beyer, F.; Stumvoll, M.; Sacher, J.; Villringer, A.; Christensen, J. F.; Witte, A. V.: Investigating the impact of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making: MIFOOD study protocol. BMC Nutrition 11 (1), 8 (2025)

Franz, K.; Markó, L.; Mähler, A.; Chakaroun, R.; Heinitz, S.; Schlögl, H.; Sacher, J.; Steckhan, N.; Dechend, R.; Adams, N. et al.; Andersen, M.; Glintborg, D.; Viehweger, M.; Bahr, L. S.; Forslund-Startceva, S. K.: Sex hormone-dependent host-microbiome interactions and cardiovascular risk (XCVD): Design of a longitudinal multi-omics cohort study. BMJ Open 15 (1), e087982 (2025)

Serio, B.; Hettwer, M.; Wiersch, L.; Bignardi, G.; Sacher, J.; Weis, S.; Eickhoff, S. B.; Valk, S. L.: Sex differences in functional cortical organization reflect differences in network topology rather than cortical morphometry. Nature Communications 15 (1), 7714 (2024)

Küchenhoff, S.; Bayrak, S.; Zsido, R.; Saberi, A.; Bernhardt, B. C.; Weis, S.; Schaare, H. L.; Sacher, J.; Eickhoff, S.; Valk, S. L.: Relating sex differences in cortical and hippocampal microstructure to sex hormones. Nature Communications 15 (1), 7279 (2024)

Kaltsouni, E.; Schmidt, F.; Zsido, R. G.; Eriksson, A.; Sacher, J.; Sundström-Poromaa, I.; Sumner, R. L.; Comasco, E.: Electroencephalography findings in menstrually-related mood disorders: A critical review. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 72, 101120 (2024)

Zsido, R.; Williams, A. N.; Barth, C.; Serio, B.; Kurth, L.; Mildner, T.; Trampel, R.; Beyer, F.; Witte, A. V.; Villringer, A. et al.; Sacher, J.: Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle. Nature Mental Health (1), pp. 761 - 771 (2023)

Sacher, J.; Zsido, R.; Barth, C.; Zientek, F.; Rullmann, M.; Luthardt, J.; Patt, M.; Becker, G. A.; Rusjan, P.; Witte, A. V. et al.; Regenthal, R.; Koushik, A.; Kratzsch, J.; Decker, B.; Jogschies, P.; Villringer, A.; Hesse, S.; Sabri, O.: Increase in serotonin transporter binding in patients with premenstrual dysphoric disorder across the menstrual cycle: A case-control longitudinal neuroreceptor ligand PET imaging study. Biological Psychiatry 93 (12), pp. 1081 - 1088 (2023)

Sacher, J.; Witte, A. V.: Genetic heart–brain connections. Science 380 (6648), pp. 897 - 898 (2023)

Engel, C.; Wirkner, K.; Zeynalova, S.; Baber, R.; Binder, H.; Ceglarek, U.; Enzenbach, C.; Fuchs, M.; Hagendorff, A.; Henger, S. et al.; Hinz, A.; Rauscher, F. G.; Reusche, M.; Riedel-Heller, S. G.; Röhr, S.; Sacher, J.; Sander, C.; Schroeter, M. L.; Tarnok, A.; Treudler, R.; Villringer, A.; Wachter, R.; Witte, A. V.; Thiery, J.; Scholz, M.; Loeffler, M.; LIFE-Adult-Study working group: Cohort profile: The LIFE-adult-study. International Journal of Epidemiology 52 (1), pp. e66 - e79 (2023)

Brecht, A.-K.; Medawar, E.; Thieleking, R.; Sacher, J.; Beyer, F.; Villringer, A.; Witte, A. V.: Dietary and serum tyrosine, white matter microstructure and inter-individual variability in executive functions in overweight adults: Relation to sex/gender and age. Appetite 178, 106093 (2022)

Schaadt, G.; Zsido, R.; Villringer, A.; Obrig, H.; Männel, C.; Sacher, J.: Association of postpartum maternal mood with infant speech perception at 2 and 6.5 months of age. JAMA Network Open 5 (9), e2232672 (2022)

Beinhölzl, N.; Molloy, E.; Zsido, R.; Richter, T.; Piecha, F. A.; Zheleva, G.; Scharrer, U.; Regenthal, R.; Villringer, A.; Okon-Singer, H. et al.; Sacher, J.: The attention-emotion interaction in healthy female participants on oral contraceptives during 1-week escitalopram intake. Frontiers in Neuroscience 16, 809269 (2022)