Publications of Julia Sacher

Ruehr, L., Hoffmann, K., May, E., Münch, M. L., Schlögl, H., & Sacher, J. (2025). Estrogens and human brain networks: A systematic review of structural and functional neuroimaging studies. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 77. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101174

Prinsen, J., Villringer, A., & Sacher, J. (2025). The monthly rhythm of the brain-heart connection. Science Advances, 11. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adt1243

Vartanian, M., Endres, K. J., Lee, Y. T., Friedrich, S., Meemken, M.-T., Schamarek, I., … Witte, A. V. (2025). Investigating the impact of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making: MIFOOD study protocol. BMC Nutrition, 11. doi:10.1186/s40795-024-00971-6

Franz, K., Markó, L., Mähler, A., Chakaroun, R., Heinitz, S., Schlögl, H., … Forslund-Startceva, S. K. (2025). Sex hormone-dependent host-microbiome interactions and cardiovascular risk (XCVD): Design of a longitudinal multi-omics cohort study. BMJ Open, 15. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087982

Serio, B., Hettwer, M., Wiersch, L., Bignardi, G., Sacher, J., Weis, S., … Valk, S. L. (2024). Sex differences in functional cortical organization reflect differences in network topology rather than cortical morphometry. Nature Communications, 15. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51942-1

Küchenhoff, S., Bayrak, S., Zsido, R., Saberi, A., Bernhardt, B. C., Weis, S., … Valk, S. L. (2024). Relating sex differences in cortical and hippocampal microstructure to sex hormones. Nature Communications, 15. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51459-7

Kaltsouni, E., Schmidt, F., Zsido, R. G., Eriksson, A., Sacher, J., Sundström-Poromaa, I., … Comasco, E. (2024). Electroencephalography findings in menstrually-related mood disorders: A critical review. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 72. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101120

Zsido, R., Williams, A. N., Barth, C., Serio, B., Kurth, L., Mildner, T., … Sacher, J. (2023). Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle. Nature Mental Health, 761–771.

Sacher, J., Zsido, R., Barth, C., Zientek, F., Rullmann, M., Luthardt, J., … Sabri, O. (2023). Increase in serotonin transporter binding in patients with premenstrual dysphoric disorder across the menstrual cycle: A case-control longitudinal neuroreceptor ligand PET imaging study. Biological Psychiatry, 93, 1081–1088.

Sacher, J., & Witte, A. V. (2023). Genetic heart–brain connections. Science, 380, 897–898.

Engel, C., Wirkner, K., Zeynalova, S., Baber, R., Binder, H., Ceglarek, U., … LIFE-Adult-Study working group. (2023). Cohort profile: The LIFE-adult-study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52, e66–e79.

Brecht, A.-K., Medawar, E., Thieleking, R., Sacher, J., Beyer, F., Villringer, A., & Witte, A. V. (2022). Dietary and serum tyrosine, white matter microstructure and inter-individual variability in executive functions in overweight adults: Relation to sex/gender and age. Appetite, 178. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2022.106093

Schaadt, G., Zsido, R., Villringer, A., Obrig, H., Männel, C., & Sacher, J. (2022). Association of postpartum maternal mood with infant speech perception at 2 and 6.5 months of age. JAMA Network Open, 5. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.32672

Beinhölzl, N., Molloy, E., Zsido, R., Richter, T., Piecha, F. A., Zheleva, G., … Sacher, J. (2022). The attention-emotion interaction in healthy female participants on oral contraceptives during 1-week escitalopram intake. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16. doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.809269

Lewis, C. A., Kimmig, A.-C. S., Kroemer, N. B., Pooseh, S., Smolka, M. N., Sacher, J., & Derntl, B. (2022). No differences in value-based decision-making due to use of oral contraceptives. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13. doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.817825

Zsido, R., Molloy, E., Cesnaite, E., Zheleva, G., Beinhölzl, N., Scharrer, U., … Sacher, J. (2022). One-week escitalopram intake alters the excitation-inhibition balance in the healthy female brain. Human Brain Mapping, 43, 1868–1881.

Wikman, A., Sacher, J., Bixo, M., Hirschberg, A. L., Kopp Kallner, H., Epperson, C. N., … Sundström Poromaa, I. (2022). Prevalence and correlates of current suicidal ideation in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder. BMC Women's Health, 22. doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01612-5

Molloy, E., Zsido, R., Piecha, F. A., Beinhölzl, N., Scharrer, U., Zheleva, G., … Mueller, K. (2021). Decreased thalamo-cortico connectivity during an implicit sequence motor learning task and 7 days escitalopram intake. Scientific Reports, 11. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94009-7

Molloy, E., Mueller, K., Beinhölzl, N., Blöchl, M., Piecha, F. A., Pampel, A., … Sacher, J. (2021). Modulation of premotor cortex response to sequence motor learning during escitalopram intake. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 41, 1449–1462.

Lewis, C. A., Mueller, K., Zsido, R., Reinelt, J., Regenthal, R., Okon-Singer, H., … Sacher, J. (2021). A single dose of escitalopram blunts the neural response in the thalamus and caudate during monetary loss. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 46, E319–E327.