Søren Vinther Larsen

Scientific interests:

Hormonal contributions to mental disorders with focus on neurobiological risk mechanisms.
In my PhD project, I investigate neurobiological effects of oral contraceptive use. Read more about the project here:

https://nru.dk/index.php/research-menu/ongoing-projects/367-hormonal-sensitivity-and-brain-function-do-oral-contraceptives-distort-serotonergic-brain-signaling-the-pill-project

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05212389.

Biography:

Publications:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1428-4131

• Köhler-Forsberg K, Dam VH, Ozenne B, Sankar A, Beliveau V, Landman EB, Larsen SV, Poulsen AS, Ip CH, Jørgensen A, Meyer M, Stenbæk DS, Eiberg HRL, Madsen J, Svarer C, Jørgensen MB, Frokjaer VG, Knudsen GM, Serotonin 4 Receptor Brain Binding in Major Depressive Disorder and Association With Memory Dysfunction, JAMA Psychiatry, 2023 Apr 1;80(4):296-304, doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.4539
• Köhler-Forsberg K, Ozenne B, Larsen SV, Poulsen AS, Landman E, Dam V, Ip CT, Jorgensen A, Svarer C, Knudsen GM, Frokjaer VG, Jørgensen MB, Concurrent anxiety in patients with major depression and cerebral serotonin 4 receptor binding. A Neuropharm-1 study, Transl Psychiatry 2022 Jul 11;12(1):273. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-022-02034-5
• Jensen KHR, McCulloch DEW, Olsen AS, Bruzzone SEP, Larsen SV, Fisher PM, Frokjaer VG, Effects of an Oral Contraceptive on Dynamic Brain States and Network Modularity in a Serial Single-Subject Study, Front. Neurosci., 14 June 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.855582
• Larsen SV, Ozenne B, Köhler-Forsberg K, Poulsen AS, Dam VH, Svarer C, Knudsen GM, Jørgensen MB, Frokjaer VG, The Impact of Hormonal Contraceptive Use on Serotonergic Neurotransmission and Antidepressant Treatment Response: Results From the NeuroPharm 1 Study, Front. Endocrinol., 11 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.799675
• Köhler-Forsberg K, Ozenne B, Landman E, Larsen SV, Poulsen AS, Dam VH, Teng-Ip C, Jørgensen A, Meyer M, Eiberg HRL, Svarer C, Jørgensen MB, Frokjaer VG, Knudsen G, Evidence for a serotonergic subtype of major depressive disorder: A NeuroPharm-1 study, MedRxiv 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.17.21258740
• Larsen SV, Köhler-Forsberg K, Dam VH, Poulsen AS, Svarer C, Jensen PS, Knudsen GM, Fisher PM, Ozenne B, Frokjaer VG, Oral contraceptives and the serotonin 4 receptor: a molecular brain imaging study in healthy women, Acta Pychiatr Scand 2020:1-13, DOI: 10.111/acps.13211
• Larsen SV, Poulsen A, Low-cost bubble-CPAP treatment of a severe case of pneumonia in a low- and middle-income country: A case report on the importance of optimizing bubble-CPAP setup, J Trop Pediatr 2021 Jul 2;67(3):fmaa049. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmaa049

Podcasts:

• Videnslyd – Tænketanken, “Din hjerne på p-piller”, September 20, 2022. https://vidogsans.podbean.com/e/din-hjerne-pa-p-piller/
• Weekendavisen - 24 spørgsmål til professoren, “P-piller på hjernen”, February 20, 2022: https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2022-7/24spoergsmaal/p-piller-paa-hjernen

Awards:

ECNP Excellence Abstract Award 2021
1^st place, “The best master's thesis 2019” by The Medical Society of Copenhagen (DMSK)