Prof. Dr. Karen Ersche

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBiological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience,Biological Psychiatry
KeywordsExperimental Medicine, Treatment Interventions, Neuroscience, Drug Addiction, Neuropsychology
Honours and awards

2017: Jacob P. Waletzky Memorial Award for significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of drug addiction; The Society for Neuroscience

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityMannheim
InstitutionRuprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
InstituteInstitute of Global Health

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. med. Christian BüchelInstitut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2020

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2023Nestor LJ, Ersche KD Abnormal brain networks related to drug and non-drug reward anticipation and outcome processing in stimulant use disorder: A functional connectomics approach. In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2023,
2023Graczyk MM, Sahkian BJ, Robbins TW, Ersche KD: Genotype-by-diagnosis interaction influences self-control in human cocaine addiction. In: Translational Psychiatry, 13, 2023, 51
2023Savulich G, Ferry-Bolder E, Lim TV, Mak E, Ersche KD The Resilient Brain: challenging key characteristics associated with the concept of resilience. In: Psychological Medicine, 2023,
2023Lim TV, Ersche KD Theory-driven computational models of drug addiction in humans: Fruitful or futile? . In: Addiction Neuroscience, 5, 2023,
2022Öchsner M, Mak E, Ersche KD Detecting Small Vessel Pathology in Cocaine Use Disorder. In: Frontiers in Neuroscience 15, 2022, 827329
2022Fernando J, Stochl J, Ersche KD Drug Use in Night Owls May Increase the Risk for Mental Health Problems. In: Frontiers in Neuroscience 15, 2022,
2022Zhukovsky P, Savulich G, Morgan S, Williams GB, Dalley JW, Ersche KD Morphometric similarity deviations in stimulant use disorder point towards abnormal brain ageing. In: Brain Communications 4, 2022, fcac079
2021Savulich G, Bowden-Jones O, Stephenson R, Brühl AB, Ersche KD, Robbins TW, Sahakian BJ "Hot" and "Cold" Cognition in Users of Club Drugs/Novel Psychoactive Substances. In: Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021,
2021Breedon JR, Ziauddeen H, Stochl J, Ersche KD Feeding the addiction: Narrowing of goals to habits. In: European Neuropsychopharmacology 42, 2021, 110-114
2021Lim TV, Cardinal RN, Bullmore ET, Robbins TW, Ersche KD Impaired Learning From Negative Feedback in Stimulant Use Disorder: Dopaminergic Modulation. In: International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021,
2021Zhukovsky P, Morein-Zamir S, Ziauddeen H, Fernandez-Egea E, Meng C, Regenthal R, Sahakian BJ, Bullmore ET, Robbins TW, Dalley JW, Ersche KD Prefrontal cortex activation and stopping performance underlie the beneficial effects of atomoxetine on response inhibition in healthy and cocaine use disorder volunteers. In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2021,
2021Ersche KD, Lim TV, Murley AG, Rua C, Vaghi MM, White TL, Williams GB, Robbins TW: Reduced glutamate turnover in the putamen is linked with automatic habits in human cocaine addiction. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 17, 2021, 15253-15261