Publications of Sofie L. Valk

Puhlmann, L. M., Vrticka, P., Linz, R., Valk, S. L., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., … Singer, T. (2025). Serum BDNF increase after 9-month contemplative mental training is associated with decreased cortisol secretion and increased dentate gyrus volume: Evidence from a randomized clinical trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 5. doi:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100414

Xie, K., Royer, J., Rodriguez‐Cruces, R., Horwood, L., Ngo, A., Arafat, T., … Bernhardt, B. C. (2025). Temporal lobe epilepsy perturbs the brain‐wide excitation‐inhibition balance: Associations with microcircuit organization, clinical parameters, and cognitive dysfunction. Advanced Science, 12. doi:10.1002/advs.202406835

Auer, H., Cabalo, D. G., Rodríguez-Cruces, R., Benkarim, O., Paquola, C., DeKraker, J., … Royer, J. (2025). From histology to macroscale function in the human amygdala. ELife, 13. doi:10.7554/eLife.101950

John, A., Hettwer, M., Schaare, H. L., Saberi, A., Bayrak, S., Wan, B., … Valk, S. L. (2025). A multimodal characterization of low-dimensional thalamocortical structural connectivity patterns. Communications Biology, 8. doi:10.1038/s42003-025-07528-8

Saberi, A., Ebneabbasi, A., Rahimi, S., Sarebannejad, S., Sen, Z. D., Graf, H., … Tahmasian, M. (2025). Convergent functional effects of antidepressants in major depressive disorder: A neuroimaging meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry, 30, 736–751.

Paquola, C., Garber, M., Frässle, S., Royer, J., Zhou, Y., Tavakol, S., … Bernhardt, B. C. (2025). The architecture of the human default mode network explored through cytoarchitecture, wiring and signal flow. Nature Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01868-0

Wan, B., Saberi, A., Paquola, C., Schaare, H. L., Hettwer, M., Royer, J., … Valk, S. L. (2024). Microstructural asymmetry in the human cortex. Nature Communications, 15. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54243-9

Hardikar, S., Mckeown, B., Schaare, H. L., Wallace, R. S., Xu, T., Lauckener, M. E., … Smallwood, J. (2024). Macro-scale patterns in functional connectivity associated with ongoing thought patterns and dispositional traits. ELife, 13. doi:10.7554/eLife.93689

Hardikar, S., McKeown, B., Turnbull, A., Xu, T., Valk, S. L., Bernhardt, B. C., … Smallwood, J. (2024). Personality traits vary in their association with brain activity across situations. Communications Biology, 7. doi:10.1038/s42003-024-07061-0

Ganesan, S., Barrios, F. A., Batta, I., Bauer, C. C. C., Braver, T. S., Brewer, J. A., … King, A. P. (2024). ENIGMA-meditation: Worldwide consortium for neuroscientific investigations of meditation practices. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. doi:10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.10.015

Royer, J., Paquola, C., Valk, S. L., Kirschner, M., Hong, S.-J., Park, B.-yong, … Bernhardt, B. C. (2024). Gradients of brain organization: Smooth sailing from methods development to user community. Neuroinformatics, 22, 623–634.

Weber, C. F., Kebets, V., Benkarim, O., Lariviere, S., Wang, Y., Ngo, A., … Bernhardt, B. (2024). Contracted functional connectivity profiles in autism. Molecular Autism, 15. doi:10.1186/s13229-024-00616-2

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

Valk, S. L., Engert, V., Puhlmann, L. M., Linz, R., Caldairou, B., Bernasconi, A., … Singer, T. (2024). Differential increase of hippocampal subfield volume after socio-affective mental training relates to reductions in diurnal cortisol. ELife, 12. doi:10.7554/eLife.87634

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

Park, S., Haak, K. V., Oldham, S., Cho, H., Byeon, K., Park, B.-yong, … Hong, S.-J. (2024). A shifting role of thalamocortical connectivity in the emergence of cortical functional organization. Nature Neuroscience, 27, 1609–1619.

Hettwer, M., Dorfschmidt, L., Puhlmann, L. M., Jacob, L. M., Paquola, C., Bethlehem, R. A. I., … Valk, S. L. (2024). Longitudinal variation in resilient psychosocial functioning is associated with ongoing cortical myelination and functional reorganization during adolescence. Nature Communications, 15. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-50292-2

Schaefer, J. K., Engert, V., Valk, S. L., Singer, T., & Puhlmann, L. M. (2024). Mapping pathways to neuronal atrophy in healthy, mid-aged adults: From chronic stress to systemic inflammation to neurodegeneration? Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 38. doi:10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100781

Yoo, S., Jang, Y., Hong, S.-J., Park, H., Valk, S. L., Bernhardt, B. C., & Park, B.-yong. (2024). Whole-brain structural connectome asymmetry in autism. NeuroImage, 288. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120534

Georgiadis, F., Larivière, S., Glahn, D., Hong, L. E., Kochunov, P., Mowry, B., … Kirschner, M. (2024). Connectome architecture shapes large-scale cortical alterations in schizophrenia: A worldwide ENIGMA study. Molecular Psychiatry. doi:10.1038/s41380-024-02442-7