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Susanne Henningsson

Susanne Henningsson

Contact:
Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance
Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre
Kettegård Allé 30
DK-2650 Hvidovre


E-mail:
susanneh#drcmr.dk

Current position:
Post doc. at DRCMR

Publications:
Henningsson S, Borg J, Lundberg J, Bah J, Lindström M, Ryding E, Jovanovic H, Rosén I, Träskman-Bendz L, Farde L, Eriksson E. Genetic variation in BDNF is associated with serotonin transporter but not 5-HT1A receptor availability in men. Biological psychiatry. 2009.

Furmark T, Henningsson S, Appel L, Åhs F, Linnman C, Pissiota A, Faria V, Merlo Pich E, Oreland L, Eriksson E, Fredrikson M. Genotype over diagnosis in amygdala responsiveness: Affective processing in social anxiety disorder. The Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2009.

Furmark T, Appel L, Henningsson S, Åhs F, Faria V, Linnman C, Pissiota A, Frans Ö, Bani M, Bettica P, Merlo Pich E, Jacobsson E, Wahlstedt K, Oreland L, Långström B, Eriksson E, Fredrikson M. A link between serotonin-related gene polymorphisms, amygdala activity, and placebo-induced relief from social anxiety. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2008.

Borg J, Henningsson S, Saijo T, Inoue M, Bah J, Westberg L, Lundberg J, Jovanovic H, Andrée B, Nordstrom AL, Halldin C, Eriksson E, Farde L. Serotonin transporter genotype is associated with cognitive performance but not regional 5-HT1A receptor binding in man. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2009.

Bah J, Lindström M, Westberg L, Mannerås L, Ryding E, Henningsson S, Melke J, Rosén I, Träskman-Bendz  L, Eriksson E. Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms: effect on serotonin transporter availability in the brain of suicide attempters. Psychiatry Res, 2008.

Henningsson S, Annerbrink K, Olsson M, Allgulander C, Andersch S, Sjodin I, Gustafson D, Skoog I, Eriksson E, Westberg L. Absence of the Arg441His polymorphism in the tryptophan hydroxylase 2 gene in adults with anxiety disorders and depression. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 2006.

Bah J, Westberg L, Baghaei F, Henningsson S, Rosmond R, Melke J, Holm G, Eriksson E.
Further exploration of the possible influence of polymorphisms in HTR2C and 5HTT on body weight. Metabolism. 2010.

Camilla Alexanderson, Susanne Henningsson, Paul Lichtenstein, Agneta Holmäng, Elias Eriksson. Having a male twin is associated with body mass index and metabolism in middle-aged and old women. Journal of Obesity, 2010.

Walum H, Westberg L, Henningsson S, Neiderhiser JM, Reiss D, Igl W, Ganiban JM, Spotts EL, Pedersen NL, Eriksson E, Lichtenstein P. Genetic variation in the vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1A) associates with pair-bonding behavior in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2008.

Henningsson S, Jonsson L, Ljunggren E, Westberg L, Gillberg C, Råstam M, Anckarsäter H, Nygren G, Landén M, Thuresson K, Betancur C, Leboyer  M, Gillberg C, Eriksson E, Melke J. Possible association between the androgen receptor gene and autism spectrum disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2009.

Westberg L, Henningsson S, Landén M, Annerbrink K, Melke J, Nilsson S, Rosmond R, Holm G, Anckarsäter H, Eriksson E. Influence of androgen receptor repeat polymorphisms on personality traits in men. The Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 2009.

Henningsson S, Westberg L, Nilsson S, Lundström B, Ekselius L, Bodlund O, Lindström E, Hellstrand M, Rosmond R, Eriksson E, Landén M. Sex steroid-related genes and male-to-female transsexualism. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2005.

Suchankova P, Henningsson S, Olsson M, Baghaei F, Rosmond R, Holm G, Eriksson E, Ekman A. Association between the AGTR1 polymorphism +1166A>C and serum levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Regulatory Peptides, 2009.

Suchankova P, Henningsson S, Baghaei F, Rosmond R, Holm G, Ekman A. Genetic variability within the innate immune system influences personality traits in women. Genes brain and behaviour, 2008.

Henningsson S, Hakansson A, Westberg L, Baghaei F, Rosmond R, Holm G, Ekman A, Nissbrandt H, Eriksson E. Interleukin-6 gene polymorphism -174G/C influences plasma lipid levels in women. Obesity, 2006.

Henningsson S, Baghaei F, Rosmond R, Holm F, Landén M, Anckarsäter H, Ekman A. Association between C-reactive protein and personality traits in women. Behav Brain Funct, 2008.

Henningsson S and Nilsson S. Detecting two-locus gene-gene effects using a monotone penetrance matrix. Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008.

Curriculum vitae:
Postdoc position
Investigation of the mechanism, as measured by fMRI, whereby emotional arguments (of which subjects are unaware) are integrated in the choice process with focus on serotonergic neurotransmission in amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex
DRCMR, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre hospital
2009-2011

PhD student
PhD student at the Department for Pharmacology at the Institution for
Neuroscience and Physiology at Gothenburg University, title of dissertation: On the influence of serotonin- and sex steroid-related genetic variation on mood, anxiety, personality, autism and transsexualism
2003-2008

University studies
1998-2002: Individual engineer with focus on molecular biology, mathematics, statistical genetics and including a master in bioinformatics. Other studies in order of time spent on them: Philosophy of the mind, French, Sexology, Philosophy of mathematics, Cognitive neuroscience, Philosophy of quantum physics, German and Anthropological linguistics