Preclinical and clinical research groups at the intersection of addiction, stress, and affect led by Markus Heilig. Part of @CSAN_LiU at @liu_universitet
Linköping, Sverige
Joined March 2018
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Happy birthday to Markus! 🎉🎂
(And we are all still alive after this lab meeting @CSAN_LiU, don't worry 🔪 )
CSAN Retreat with a great panel discussion about AI implementation! @CSAN_LiU @RebeccaBoehme
New paper alert! 🚨
We identified FfgR1 signaling in PKCδ + central amygdala neurons as a key molecular driver of compulsive-like alcohol use in rats. Silencing FgfR1 reduced compulsive-like alcohol use, just like systemic injection of FGFR1 antagonist.
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Dr. Markus Heilig kicked off day 2 of the biennial workshop with an engaging talk on deconstructing and reverse-translating alcohol addiction to uncover molecular targets for treatment.
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#TWiNPP
Lofberg et al. evaluate the neurobiological cravings signature (NCS), an fMRI-based machine learning marker, as a predictor of outcomes in alcohol use disorder🧠 / @NeuroIP @Heilig_Lab @CSAN_LiU
nature.com/articles/s41386-0…
🔬 Excited to share our latest review on GABAB receptor dysfunction in #AUD and how #TMS can detect related neurophysiological changes!
doi.org/10.1111/acer.70180
Thanks to our amazing team! Stay tuned for our upcoming study! 🚀
🏆 Chiara Montemitro @mon_chiara wins the #ECNP2025 Poster Award for our #TMS study on #GABAB receptors and #alcohol use!
Huge honour for our work on novel biomarkers for alcohol addiction. @ecnptweets
Another reason to celebrate! Rebecca Böhme @RebeccaBoehme receives the Eric K. Fernström Prize 2025 for young, particularly promising and successful researchers at Linköping University @CSAN_LiU . Congratulations!!
liu.se/en/news-item/rebecca-…
Happy birthday to us! Ten years of great science @CSAN_LiU. We are celebrating in the best possible way during our anniversary retreat: with sharing science, fantastic presentations, and cake! 🥳
Warm congratulations to the
extraordinary Ida Fredriksson @CSAN_LiU for her #EBPS2025 Early Career Award! 👏☀️ @EurBehavPharm
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Studies in animal models & healthy humans suggested that increasing the eCB ligand AEA (via FAAH inhibition) may be a novel PTSD treatment - but did it work? Find out in this recent paper from @MayoOnTheBrain @canna_brain @Heilig_Lab & co
nature.com/articles/s41386-0…
And there is more to celebrate! 🥳 The @EurBehavPharm Early Career Award was awarded to Ida Fredriksson @CSAN_LiU! Grattis Ida!
Markus Heilig receives the 2025 Distinguished Researcher Award @RSAposts!
From the report: "Dr. Heilig is clearly an international leader who has done outstanding bench-to-bedside research that has had a huge impact on AUD research and on our society." Congrats from the lab!!
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A huge thank you to all of our speakers and attendees for making "The Intersection of Stress and Addiction" such a success!
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Our final keynote speaker, Dr. Markus Heilig @Heilig_Lab, delivered a thought-provoking talk on “Deconstructing alcohol addiction in search of druggable molecular mechanisms”!
Congratulations to our newest doctor @SanneToivainen! Last Friday she brilliantly defended her thesis "Compulsive Alcohol Self-Administration in Rats: Neural Mechanisms and Sex Differences".
She nailed it! @SanneToivainen
A Swedish classic: the spikning of the thesis. Looking forward to Sanne's PhD defense on April 11th!
🧠 Exciting news at @CSAN_LiU
We just wrapped up the last session for our #TMS study about #GABAB receptors in #alcohol consumption.
Special thanks to all our participants!
Stay tuned for outcomes and insights, and check out our preregistration: osf.io/j4hgs.
