Johannes Klaus

Fasting can exert mood enhancing effects, but it is not clear how. We show that fasting levels of the stomach-derived hormone ghrelin are associated with an elevated mood. Effects were stronger in patients with depression taking no meds. Now published🎉🧵sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

So excited to have this finally out! This would not have been possible without the great mentorship of @cornu_copiae at all stages of the process! Work w/ @Claustrum_Psy @anne_kuehnel @neuroMADLAB and many more!

With Christmas and lots of food approaching, go check out our new preprint on ghrelin and its association with mood (spoiler: ghrelin is more than a "hunger hormone")! 🧵 /W lead from our amazing MD student Rauda Fahed @neuroMADLAB /w @cornu_copiae tinyurl.com/ykws98fn

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…

Only a few days left to apply for the 2 open positions at the newly established German Center for Mental Health in Tübingen @neuroMADLAB Find out more about the ad: neuromadlab.org/jobs

We are hiring two PhD students as part of the newly established German Center for Mental Health @TueCMH. We will evaluate the effectiveness of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation to improve the recovery of mental and physical health. Curious? Check neuromadlab.org/jobs

Are you interested in using brain stimulation to treat mental disorders? We are still looking for PhD students to join us @TueCMH to work on vagus nerve stimulation: neuromadlab.com/en/research/jo… Curious about the German Center for Mental Health? See nature.com/articles/s4422…

Next week, three lab members will travel to the Mind-Brain-Body Symposium in Berlin to present their work. @Cor_Et_Cerebrum and @Cecivez will also take over the lab account to cover the conference for you. Stay tuned #MBB2023 cbs.mpg.de/en/mbb-symposi…

I gave an interview to the SZ about how to cut back on alcohol (unfortunately behind a paywall) sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artik…

Wie können wir die Steuerungsfunktionen unseres Körpers für die Therapie von Motivationsstörungen nutzbar machen? Ein Videopodcast für @dbstiftung erklärt unsere Arbeiten zur Neuromodulation. Zur Abwechslung wieder ein #scicomm Beitrag auf 🇩🇪

Come work with us. Sure, there is science, but we have free coffee and snacks as well. And did we mention the view from our offices? 👇

Last week, we @neuroMADLAB were awarded our third @dfg_public grant. We will continue our work on non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation & I am excited to evaluate its potential in modulating stomach-brain coupling in depression. Special thanks to our very supportive reviewers 🙏

Check out our @neuroMADLAB poster at #dgppn in Berlin: taVNS acutely ameliorates hedonic responses in MDD!

New preprint🚨: Vagus nerve stimulation acutely boosts food liking in patients with depression, but not in healthy people. Improvements are correlated with anhedonia & tVNS normalizes liking across the sample. Led by @vinkoepp & @Claustrum_Psy psyarxiv.com/3j5xy/

We are entering the 5th year of @neuroMADLAB with an updated group photo. It has been a ride, but I had the best company to cruise through the ups and downs.