Andreas Löfberg

Publications

2026

Andreas Löfberg, Nicholas Harp, Irene Perini, Robin Kämpe, Hanna Karlsson, Michal Pietrzak, Hedy Kober, Markus Heilig (2026)

The neurobiological cravings signature (NCS) as a predictive neuromarker of clinical outcomes in alcohol use disorder Neuropsychopharmacology (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-026-02369-3

2025

Andreas Löfberg (2025)

The role of neural biomarkers and mu-opioid receptors in social stress and addiction (Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/9789181183498

Leah Mayo, Emelie Gauffin, Gavin N. Petrie, Ryann Tansey, Raegan Mary Rose Mazurka, Connor James Haggarty, Madeleine Jones, Hilda Engelbrektsson, Victoria Aminoff, Anisja Huhne-Landgraf, Mark E. Schmidt, Darrel J. Pemberton, Cecilia Fredlund, Lars Östman Vasko, Hanna Karlsson, Andreas Löfberg, Michal Pietrzak, Gerhard Andersson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Matthew N. Hill, Markus Heilig (2025)

The efficacy of elevating anandamide via inhibition of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) combined with internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 50, p. 1564-1572 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-025-02128-w

2024

Reinoud Kaldewaij, Paula Salamone, Adam Enmalm, Lars Östman Vasko, Michal Pietrzak, Hanna Karlsson, Andreas Löfberg, Emelie Gauffin, Martin Samuelsson, Sarah Gustavson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Håkan Olausson, Markus Heilig, Rebecca Böhme (2024)

Ketamine reduces the neural distinction between self- and other-produced affective touch: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 49, p. 1767-1774 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-024-01906-2

Michal Pietrzak, Adam Yngve, Paul J. Hamilton, Anna Asratian, Emelie Gauffin, Andreas Löfberg, Sarah Gustavson, Emil Persson, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Lorenzo Leggio, Irene Perini, Gustav Tinghög, Markus Heilig, Rebecca Böhme (2024)

Ghrelin decreases sensitivity to negative feedback and increases prediction-error related caudate activity in humans, a randomized controlled trial Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 49, p. 1042-1049 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41386-024-01821-6

Research

The Heilig Translational Psychiatry Lab: Clinical group

We use brain imaging, behavior analysis and pharmacology to study how a breakdown of coping with stress and regulating negative emotions results in disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress and addiction.

Organisation

researcher applies a very thin filament to the hand to measure properties of nerve cells in the skin

Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience (CSAN)

Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV)

What characterizes the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (BKV) is the wide breadth of research and education. BKV is one of the largest departments at LiU with affiliation mainly to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.