Åsa Axén

Publications

2026

Lars Östman Vasko, Elisabeth Paul, He Zhang, Evelina Larsson, Irene Perini, Lilly Schwieler, Sophie Erhardt, Lovisa Holm, Åsa Axén, Leah Mayo, Markus Heilig, Andrea Johansson Capusan (2026)

The role of proinflammatory response and the kynurenine pathway in the association between childhood maltreatment and lifetime substance use disorder NEUROBIOLOGY OF STRESS, Vol. 42, Article 100820 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2026.100820

2025

Anna Persson, Åsa Axén, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Asa Magnusson, Markus Heilig (2025)

Concurrent Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder in Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial JAMA Network Open, Vol. 8, Article e2521087 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.21087

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.