Things we like to do
Moment-to-moment brain signal variability reliably predicts psychiatric treatment outcome
Investigate rapid brain plasticity using structural magnetic resonance imaging
Cellular protection and biological aging in social anxiety disordered patients receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
Latest news from the lab
We are hiring a new research assistant!
2022.12.21: We are expanding. We are looking for a research assistant to join our team and help us with a clinical study we are running in collaboration with a psychiatric clinic within Region Stockholm. Spread the word! Click here for more information.
Funding to study humans and zebrafish
2022.10.14: New grant. Dr Månsson and Dr Ampatzis received funding from KIRI Fellow "Investigations of brain signal variability and rapid plasticity during approach-avoidance of fear: experiments of humans and zebrafish". Postdoc position will soon be announced!
New grant from the Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden)
2022.07.04: New grant. Dr Månsson received 600.000 SEK from the Swedish Brain Foundation for a project entitled "Placebo response in cognitive behavior therapy: An experimental study on expectations in social anxiety disorder". Thanks to Hjärnfonden!
2.4 MSEK to investigate psychiatric patients' neural variability
2022.06.27: New grant. Dr Månsson was awarded 2.400.000 SEK for a study aiming at "Predicting cognitive behavior therapy outcome with patients’ expectations and neural variability". We look forward to continue our collaborative efforts with Region Stockholm health care and Internetpsykiatri at campus Flemingsbergs. Thanks to CIMED and Region Stockholm!
Associate Professor (Docent)
2022.05.24: Docent. After external review and decision by Docentutskottet at Karolinska Institutet, Kristoffer Månsson is appointed as Docent (Associate Professor).
Prize at StratNeuro Retreat
2022.05.20 At the StratNeuro Retreat 2022 (more info here), Dr Månsson was awarded the best clinical/translational poster.
KIRI Fellow
2022.04.22: KIRI Fellow. Dr Månsson is a KIRI Fellow 2022. Karolinska Institutet's Research Incubator (KIRI) is a research forum in which a new generation of researchers can collaborate and develop joint interdisciplinary research projects in a unique interdisciplinary environment. Click here to read more!
Gray matter volume changes after 2 minutes of finger tapping?
2022.02.08: New paper out. Estimated gray matter volume rapidly changes after a short motor task. Read paper, click here!
Paper out in Biological Psychiatry
2021.10.11: New paper out. Biological Psychiatry: Moment-to-moment brain signal variability reliably predicts psychiatric treatment outcome. The article is available for free, click here!
A short YouTube on the paper, here!
Assistant Professor in medical science
2021.02.18: New grant and academic position. Exciting times ahead! Dr Månsson is awarded a position as Assistant Professor in medical science at Karolinska Institutet (starting 2022). The position includes research funding for 6 years, click here for more information.
Join us!
If you are a highly motivated student looking for an internship, position as research assistant, PhD student, or postdoctoral fellowship - don't hesitate to get in touch with us! kristoffer.mansson@ki.se
Postdoc opportunity!
We hiring a postdoc together with Ampatzis Lab. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in novel research investigating brain signal variability and rapid plasticity in both humans and zebrafish using a variety of data and methods (e.g., magnetic resonance neuroimaging, zebrafish calcium imaging, and electrophysiology). More information about the position here!
Are you our next research assistant?
We are looking for a research assistant to join our team and help us with a clinical study we are running in collaboration with a psychiatric clinic within Region Stockholm. Spread the word! Click here for more information.
Lab members
Kristoffer N T Månsson, PhD
Principal investigator, Associate Professor
Previous academic positions
Nikolay Popov, MSc
PhD student
Nikolay completed a BSc in Economics at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, and a MSc in Engineering at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan, before joining the lab as a PhD student. Methodologically, Nikolay will focus on brain signal variability and extracting dynamic brain states from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data to investigate the brain of patients with social anxiety disorder and/or major depressive disorder. Nikolay will also closely work on experimental designs involving naturalistic fMRI tasks.
Tuğçe Yıldız, MSc
PhD student
Tuğçe completed a BSc in psychology in Turkey, and MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology at Padova University, Italy, before joining the lab as a PhD student. Tuğçe will use a variety of scientific methods and analytic techniques to investigate the brain of patients with social anxiety disorder, including functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetoencephalography (MEG). For instance, Tuğçe will investigate brain signal variability and signal complexity, as well as gray matter volume in patients with social anxiety disorder.
Amir Manzouri, MSc
Research engineer
Sylvia Edwards, MSc
Research assistant
Alumni
Internships and Bachelor or Master level theses
Extended network and collaborations
A selection of ongoing collaborations with principal investigators
Collaborators
of selected publications
Scientific publications
Highlighted
Peer-reviewed
Funding sources
We are grateful for the generous support provided by
KIRI Fellow
Center for Innovative Medicine (CIMED)
StratNeuro
Karolinska Institutet
Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
Swedish Brain Foundation
Media presence
Our research in the media:
Scientific American
"Cognitive-behavioral therapy improved both symptoms and markers of senescence in people with anxiety" Click here to go to the Scientific American magazine
Forskning & Framsteg
Rätt hjärnmönster för en lyckad terapi. En undersökning av hjärnans aktivitet avslöjar hur patienten kommer att svara på behandling med KBT. Klicka här för att läsa artikeln
Psykologtidningen
Biologi och psykologi i förening kan bidra till effektivare och mer individanpassad psykologisk behandling. Ladda hem artikeln här
Contact details
Kristoffer Månsson
kristoffer.mansson@
mansson@
Phone
+46 (0) 70 580 3267
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