Julian Koenig

@koeniglab.bsky.social

Prof @ Uni of Cologne Precision Psychiatry, Autonomic Neuroscience, Neuromodulation. Editor: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry www.koeniglab.de

Our department just announced a new Associate Professor position in quantitative research methodology 🇳🇴 One of the favorable qualifications is experience with open science practices + R/Python experience www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Associate Professor in Quantitative Research Methodology (302697) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor in Quantitative Research Methodology (302697), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, September 1, 2026

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Sleep deprivation triggers anxiety by disrupting serotonin-producing enterochromaffin cells in the gut, which communicate via the vagus nerve to impair brain cell growth; activating these gut cells can rescue both neurogenesis and anxiety, revealing a gut-to-brain therapeutic target.

Enterochromaffin cells drive anxiety-like behaviors in sleep-deprived mice

Sleep deprivation (SD) is a potent trigger of anxiety and poses a substantial threat to mental health. Although accumulating evidence suggests that disrupted intestinal function contributes to…

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Children whose brain structure more closely resembles their parent's psychosis-related brain patterns are more likely to develop psychiatric symptoms themselves, suggesting personalized, family-based brain comparisons could help predict who is most at risk for developing psychotic disorders.

Family-level Brain Pattern Similarities and Their Clinical Significance in Young Offspring of Individuals with Psychotic Disorders

Familial high-risk offspring inherently provide an unparalleled opportunity for individual-level risk prediction in psychotic disorders: a personalized forecast of their potential brain pathology…

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The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.