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ReviewDer Nervenarzt2026

Key mechanisms of affective disorders : CRC/TRR 393 project on mechanisms of emotion regulation, expectation, social cognition, and cognitive-behavioral rhythms.

Philipp Kanske, Nina Alexander, Nadine Bernhardt, Stefan Ehrlich, Joachim Groß, Carsten Culmsee, Elisabeth J Leehr, Andreas Jansen, Kay Jüngling, Philipp Ritter and 4 more

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Review in Der Nervenarzt, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Philipp KanskeInstitute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187, Dresden, Germany. philipp.kanske@tu-dresden.de.
Nina AlexanderDepartment for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Nadine BernhardtDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Stefan EhrlichTranslational Developmental Neuroscience Section, Division of Psychological and Social Medicine and Developmental Neurosciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Joachim GroßInstitute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Carsten CulmseeInstitute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Elisabeth J LeehrInstitute for Translational Psychiatry, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Andreas JansenDepartment for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Kay JünglingInstitute of Physiology I, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Philipp RitterDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Benjamin StraubeDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Ida WessingDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Tilo KircherDepartment for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Markus WöhrCenter for Mind, Brain, and Behavior (CMBB), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough affective disorders are a major driver of disability worldwide, there is a lack of understanding of the mechanisms and modulating factors involved in the long-term disease trajectories.

objectivesOur goal is to determine key cognitive-emotional mechanisms in the domains of emotion regulation, expectation, social cognition, and cognitive-behavioral rhythms and their neurobiological correlates in the progression of affective disorders, including recurrences and remissions, chronicity, and functional decline. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn CRC/TRR 393, we will pursue a multi-level investigation of these four domains. Within the German Mental Health Cohort (GEMCO), these mechanisms and their influence on disease trajectories will be investigated longitudinally. Parallelized human and animal projects will enable an in-depth characterization of their neurobiological correlates.

resultsBy leveraging recent advancement in the modeling of complex, dynamic systems and machine learning techniques, we will be able to integrate human and animal data on the key cognitive-emotional mechanisms and their interplay with stressors and other modifying factors across disease trajectories.

conclusionGaining a deeper understanding of the cognitive-emotional mechanisms in the progression of affective disorders will help to predict symptom changes and course of illness as well as to identify key targets of intervention.

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Emotional RegulationMood DisordersSocial CognitionCognitionDisease ProgressionGermanyHumansBipolar disorderDepressionMood disordersNeuroimagingTranslational animal models

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PMID41212184
PMCPMC12953480

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