New #JNeurosci research from Trevor Chong, Fortunato, & Mark Bellgrove Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health Monash University confirms diminished motivation as a symptom of ADHD and suggests that the primary approved treatment for ADHD may effectively target this symptom. jneurosci.org/lookup/DOI/10.…

We have previously shown that non-invasive tVNS boosts the drive to work for rewards in healthy people, but what about patients with depression? In our new preprint, we show tVNS-induced increases in motivation that are even maintained. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Movement initiation and preparation in subjects with schizophrenia - The amplitude of the readiness potential as a biological marker for negative symptom severity. New in SchizRes : sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I chatted with Marc Daniel Ferger YouCAP³ about the future of child psychiatry in Germany. Check out the first episode of the “DGKJP Excellence Talk” (in German only) dgkjp.de/podcast/folge-…

New paper from the lab: “Pharmacological anti-inflammatory treatment in children and adolescents with depressive symptoms: A systematic-review and meta-analysis” Significant but small effects in favor of anti-inflammatory agents. Led by Jasper Vöckel authors.elsevier.com/c/1hy0S,L21Dx1…

Significant, but small effect sizes for treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs in youth with depressive symptoms. However, studies did show high heterogenity in study desings. Thank you at Julian Koenig @annamarkser and all xless co-authors authors.elsevier.com/a/1hy0S,L21Dx1…

Very happy we made the cover of SchizRes

How to measure dose-response in transcranial brain stimulation. A new teamwork in PLOS Comp Biol Ghazaleh Soleimani Martin Paulus doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Erhöhtes Risiko für #Vorhofflimmern durch #Omega3-Präparate Das Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel u. Medizinprodukte hat eine Warnung vor Omega-3-Präparaten veröffentlicht: bfarm.de/SharedDocs/Ris… 1/x

Our paper highlighting a paucity of evidence for tDCS in youth depression is now out. Thank you Julian Koenig and all co-authors authors.elsevier.com/a/1i8WI6gcL7B%…

our preprint is out: Effects of intensified #tDCS on symptoms, cognitive deficits and brain connectivity in #OCD #nibs #tES #psychiatry #neuroscience

"Haber & Knutson review the cortico-subcortical reward circuitry mapped using nonhuman primate tracer methods & detailed their relationships with findings from human imaging. This paper provides a solid translational foundation for future basic & clinical research studies"

Today Céline Wessa reports on a recent systematic review by Jasper Vöckel et al of pharmacological anti-inflammatory treatment in children and adolescents with depressive symptoms, which has some promising results nationalelfservice.net/?p=189407

Very nice report on our review on anti-inflammatory treatment approaches in youth depression, which we just recently published. Thanks! The Mental Elf Céline Wessa

Happy to host Tiny Human Brains for a talk on „Computational imaging and AI for studying fetal brain development“ Uniklinik Köln Universität zu Köln on June 5! Please join us! Further information: kinder-jugendpsychiatrie.uk-koeln.de/informationen/…

Now published in JournalofPediatrics the first case-report on the feasibility of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (#taVNS) in adolescent treatment resistant depression. Realized Uniklinik Köln Universität zu Köln with Jasper Vöckel & team Open Access Pre-Proof: jpeds.com/article/S0022-…

Final full-text now available open access Jasper Vöckel Uniklinik Köln Universität zu Köln 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1016/j.jped…

Stoked to learn that DFG public | @[email protected] is funding our scientific network on „Clinical Neurostimualtion in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry“! Uniklinik Köln Uniklinik Köln We aim to develop consensus among leading clinics in German speaking countries, in prep of multi-center confirmatory studies 1/4

Registration for the Motor Mastery Symposium is still open! Come and enjoy talks of international experts in #motor #control and submit an abstract to present your own work by July 15th. To secure your spot, please visit our registration page at motormastery.splashthat.com Uniklinik Köln