Selected Publications

Jawinski, P.; Forstbach, H.; Kirsten, H.; Beyer, F.; Villringer, A.; Witte, A. V.; Scholz, M.; Ripke, S.; Markett, S.: Genome-wide analysis of brain age identifies 59 associated loci and unveils relationships with mental and physical health. Nature Aging 5 (10), pp. 2086 - 2103 (2025)

Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.; Gaebler, M.: Brain–body states as a link between cardiovascular and mental health. Trends in Neurosciences 48 (10), pp. 766 - 779 (2025)

Stephani, T.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.: Excitability modulations of somatosensory perception do not depend on feedforward neuronal population spikes. The Journal of Neuroscience 45 (23), e2280242025 (2025)

Gippert, M.; Shih, P.-C.; Heed, T.; Howard, I. S.; Jamshidi Idaji, M.; Villringer, A.; Sehm, B.; Nikulin, V. V.: Motor imagery enhances performance beyond the imagined action. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (20), e2423642122 (2025)

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

Asseyer, S.; Panagoulas, E.; Maidhof, J.; Villringer, K.; Al, E.; Chen, X.; Krause, T.; Hardikar, S.; Villringer, A.; Jungehülsing, G. J.: Prediction of central post‐stroke pain by quantitative sensory testing. Annals of Neurology (2024)

Hardikar, S.; Mckeown, B.; Schaare, H. L.; Wallace, R. S.; Xu, T.; Lauckener, M. E.; Valk, S. L.; Margulies, D. S.; Turnbull, A.; Bernhardt, B. C. et al.; de Wael, R. V.; Villringer, A.; Smallwood, J.: Macro-scale patterns in functional connectivity associated with ongoing thought patterns and dispositional traits. eLife 13, RP93689 (2024)

Herzog, N.; Hartmann, H.; Janssen, L.; Kanyamibwa, A.; Waltmann, M.; Kovacs, P.; Deserno, L.; Fallon, S.; Villringer, A.; Horstmann, A.: Working memory gating in obesity is moderated by striatal dopaminergic gene variants. eLife 13, RP93369 (2024)

Medawar, E.; Beyer, F.; Thieleking, R.; Haange, S.-B.; Rolle-Kampczyk, U.; Reinicke, M.; Chakaroun, R.; von Bergen, M.; Stumvoll, M.; Villringer, A. et al.; Witte, A. V.: Prebiotic diet changes neural correlates of food decision-making in overweight adults: A randomised controlled within-subject cross-over trial. Gut 73 (2), pp. 298 - 310 (2024)

Studenova, A.; Forster, C.; Engemann, D. A.; Hensch, T.; Sanders, C.; Mauche, N.; Hegerl, U.; Loeffler, M.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.: Event-related modulation of alpha rhythm explains the auditory P300-evoked response in EEG. eLife 12, RP88367 (2023)

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)

Kluger, D. S.; Forster, C.; Abbasi, O.; Chalas, N.; Villringer, A.; Gross, J.: Modulatory dynamics of periodic and aperiodic activity in respiration-brain coupling. Nature Communications 14 (1), 4699 (2023)

Scholz, R.; Villringer, A.; Martins, M.: Distinct hippocampal and cortical contributions in the representation of hierarchies. eLife (2023)

Lammer, L.; Beyer, F.; Luppa, M.; Sanders, C.; Baber, R.; Engel, C.; Wirkner, K.; Loffler, M.; Riedel-Heller, S. G.; Villringer, A. et al.; Witte, A. V.: Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study. eLife 12, e83660 (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)

Gippert, M.; Leupold, S.; Heed, T.; Howard, I. S.; Villringer, A.; Nikulin, V. V.; Sehm, B.: Prior movement of one arm facilitates motor adaptation in the other. The Journal of Neuroscience 43 (23), pp. 4341 - 4351 (2023)

Schaare, H. L.; Blöchl, M.; Kumral, D.; Uhlig, M.; Lemcke, L.; Valk, S. L.; Villringer, A.: Associations between mental health, blood pressure and the development of hypertension. Nature Communications 14 (1), 1953 (2023)

Lahti, J.; Tuominen, S.; Yang, Q.; Pergola, G.; Ahmad, S.; Amin, N.; Armstrong, N. J.; Beiser, A.; Bey, K.; Bis, J. C. et al.; Boerwinkle, E.; Bressler, J.; Campbell, A.; Campbell, H.; Chen, Q.; Corley, J.; Cox, S. R.; Davies, G.; De Jager, P. L.; Derks, E. M.; Faul, J. D.; Fitzpatrick, A. L.; Fohner, A. E.; Ford, I.; Fornage, M.; Gerring, Z.; Grabe, H. J.; Grodstein, F.; Gudnason, V.; Simonsick, E.; Holliday, E. G.; Joshi, P. K.; Kajantie, E.; Kaprio, J.; Karell, P.; Kleineidam, L.; Knol, M. J.; Kochan, N. A.; Kwok, J. B.; Leber, M.; Lam, M.; Lee, T.; Li, S.; Loukola, A.; Luck, T.; Marioni, R. E.; Mather, K. A.; Medland, S.; Mirza, S. S.; Nalls, M. A.; Nho, K.; O’Donnell, A.; Oldmeadow, C.; Painter, J.; Pattie, A.; Reppermund, S.; Risacher, S. L.; Rose, R. J.; Sadashivaiah, V.; Scholz, M.; Satizabal, C. L.; Schofield, P. W.; Schraut, K. E.; Scott, R. J.; Simino, J.; Smith, A. V.; Smith, J. A.; Stott, D. J.; Surakka, I.; Teumer, A.; Thalamuthu, A.; Trompet, S.; Turner, S. T.; van der Lee, S. J.; Villringer, A.; Völker, U.; Wilson, R. S.; Wittfeld, K.; Vuoksimaa, E.; Xia, R.; Yaffe, K.; Yu, L.; Zare, H.; Zhao, W.; Ames, D.; Attia, J.; Bennett, D. A.; Brodaty, H.; Chasman, D. I.; Goldman, A. L.; Hayward, C.; Ikram, M. A.; Jukema, J. W.; Kardia, S. L. R.; Lencz, T.; Loeffler, M.; Mattay, V. S.; Palotie, A.; Psaty, B. M.; Ramirez, A.; Ridker, P. M.; Riedel-Heller, S. G.; Sachdev, P. S.; Saykin, A. J.; Scherer, M.; Schofield, P. R.; Sidney, S.; Starr, J. M.; Trollor, J.; Ulrich, W.; Wagner, M.; Weir, D. R.; Wilson, J. F.; Wright, M. J.; Weinberger, D. R.; Debette, S.; Eriksson, J. G.; Mosley, T. H.; Launer, L. J.; van Duijn, C. M.; Deary, I. J.; Seshadri, S.; Räikkönen, K.: Genome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning. Molecular Psychiatry 27 (11), pp. 4419 - 4431 (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)

Koutsouleris, N.; Pantelis, C.; Velakoulis, D.; McGuire, P.; Dwyer, D. B.; Urquijo-Castro, M.-F.; Paul, R.; Dong, S.; Popovic, D.; Oeztuerk, O. et al.; Kambeitz, J.; Salokangas, R. K. R.; Hietala, J.; Bertolino, A.; Brambilla, P.; Upthegrove, R.; Wood, S. J.; Lencer, R.; Borgwardt, S.; Maj, C.; Nöthen, M.; Degenhardt, F.; Polyakova, M.; Mueller, K.; Villringer, A.; Danek, A.; Fassbender, K.; Fliessbach, K.; Jahn, H.; Kornhuber, J.; Landwehrmeyer, B.; Anderl-Straub, S.; Prudlo, J.; Synofzik, M.; Wiltfang, J.; Riedl, L.; Diehl-Schmid, J.; Otto, M.; Meisenzahl, E.; Falkai, P.; Schroeter, M. L.; International FTD-Genetics Consortium (IFGC); German Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) Consortium; PRONIA Consortium: Exploring links between psychosis and frontotemporal dementia using multimodal machine learning: Dementia praecox revisited. JAMA Psychiatry 79 (9), pp. 907 - 919 (2022)