Lars Östman Vasko

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

Michal Pietrzak, Beatrice Huhta, Adam Yngve, Emelie Gauffin, Andreas Löfberg, Lars Östman, Emil Persson, L. Leggio, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Gustav Tinghög, Markus Heilig (2026) A randomized controlled experimental medicine study of ghrelin on loss aversion in healthy volunteers Neuroscience Applied, Vol. 5, Article 106873 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2025.106873

Abigail R. Lunge, Lars Östman Vasko, Ryann Tansey, Daniel J. O. Roche, Elisabeth Paul, Andrea Johansson Capusan, Markus Heilig, Leah Mayo (2026) Individual and additive effects of childhood maltreatment and substance use disorder histories on baseline and stress-induced changes in peripheral stress biomarkers Psychopharmacology, Vol. 243, p. 443-456 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-025-06953-1

2025

David M. Howard, Lachlan Gilchrist, Petroula Proitsi, Elisabeth Paul, Markus Heilig, Lars Östman, Robin Kämpe, J. Paul Hamilton (2025) Immune and metabolic disturbance as a function of genetic risk and phase of illness in major depression Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, Vol. 50, Article 101144 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101144

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