Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsAnjali Sankar
Assistant Professor Adjunct of PsychiatryAbout
Research
Publications
2026
Neuroimaging predictors of cognitive benefits after virtual reality-based cognitive remediation in mood or schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Damgaard V, Søndergaard I, Jespersen A, Lumbye A, Vinberg M, Glenthøj L, Nordentoft M, Sankar A, Macoveanu J, Miskowiak K. Neuroimaging predictors of cognitive benefits after virtual reality-based cognitive remediation in mood or schizophrenia spectrum disorders. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2026, 112: 112899. PMID: 42269564, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2026.112899.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorrection: Amygdala reactivity to threat, negative facial perception, and risk of future psychiatric hospitalizations: a longitudinal study in major depressive and bipolar disorders
Miskowiak K, Ozenne B, Kjærstad H, Fisher P, Beaman E, Dam V, Ysbæk-Nielsen A, Knudsen G, Kessing L, Macoveanu J, Frøkjær V, Sankar A. Correction: Amygdala reactivity to threat, negative facial perception, and risk of future psychiatric hospitalizations: a longitudinal study in major depressive and bipolar disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 2026, 1-1. PMID: 42230968, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-026-02446-7.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersNeural underpinnings of verbal memory encoding and recognition impairments in individuals with clinically stable mood or schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Segerlin S, Damgaard V, Jespersen A, Schandorff J, Thommesen K, Sankar A, Fisher P, Macoveanu J, Miskowiak K. Neural underpinnings of verbal memory encoding and recognition impairments in individuals with clinically stable mood or schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging 2026, 360: 112221. PMID: 41990724, DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2026.112221.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnveiling Resting-State Functional Connectivity Patterns in Patients With Migraine
Messina R, Christensen R, Ashina H, Sankar A, Gollion C, Al-Khazali H, Filippi M, Ashina M. Unveiling Resting-State Functional Connectivity Patterns in Patients With Migraine. Neurology 2026, 106: e214656. PMID: 41650361, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000214656.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFronto‐limbic emotional‐processing markers signal risk of onset rather than risk of recurrence in mood disorders: Evidence from a longitudinal twin study
Macoveanu J, Kjærstad H, Sankar A, Siebner H, Kessing L, Vinberg M, Miskowiak K. Fronto‐limbic emotional‐processing markers signal risk of onset rather than risk of recurrence in mood disorders: Evidence from a longitudinal twin study. Psychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences 2026, 80: 328-336. PMID: 41524600, DOI: 10.1111/pcn.70026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Amygdala reactivity to threat, negative facial perception, and risk of future psychiatric hospitalizations: a longitudinal study in major depressive and bipolar disorders
Miskowiak K, Ozenne B, Kjærstad H, Fisher P, Beaman E, Dam V, Ysbæk-Nielsen A, Knudsen G, Kessing L, Macoveanu J, Frøkjær V, Sankar A. Amygdala reactivity to threat, negative facial perception, and risk of future psychiatric hospitalizations: a longitudinal study in major depressive and bipolar disorders. Neuropsychopharmacology 2025, 51: 604-611. PMID: 41398076, PMCID: PMC12824336, DOI: 10.1038/s41386-025-02291-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchReduced ventromedial prefrontal cortex volume and impaired attention associated with past suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders
Andreu H, Miskowiak K, Macoveanu J, Kessing L, Vieta E, Knudsen G, Frokjaer V, Sankar A. Reduced ventromedial prefrontal cortex volume and impaired attention associated with past suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2025, 191: 501-506. PMID: 41056872, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.09.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain White Matter Microstructure in Middle and Older Aged Adults With Bipolar Disorder: A 2-Site Study
Sankar A, Colic L, Marks R, Rajashekar N, Pittman B, Constable R, Sajatovic M, Eyler L, Blumberg H. Brain White Matter Microstructure in Middle and Older Aged Adults With Bipolar Disorder: A 2-Site Study. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025, 34: 580-590. PMID: 41107198, PMCID: PMC12553490, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2025.09.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations Between Cognitive Functions and Subsequent Mood Disorder Prognosis in Low‐Risk, High‐Risk and Affected Monozygotic Twins: A Seven‐Year Follow‐Up Study
Miskowiak K, Kjærstad H, Lystlund S, Sankar A, Kessing L, Vinberg M. Associations Between Cognitive Functions and Subsequent Mood Disorder Prognosis in Low‐Risk, High‐Risk and Affected Monozygotic Twins: A Seven‐Year Follow‐Up Study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2025, 153: 432-448. PMID: 40832818, PMCID: PMC13050597, DOI: 10.1111/acps.70025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain structural correlates of prior alcohol use disorder and their relation to cognitive impairment in individuals with mood disorders
Miskowiak K, Bjerregaard S, Fink-Jensen A, Kessing L, Damgaard V, Schandorff J, Kjærstad H, Macoveanu J, Frokjaer V, Knudsen G, Sankar A. Brain structural correlates of prior alcohol use disorder and their relation to cognitive impairment in individuals with mood disorders. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2025, 390: 119841. PMID: 40639540, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.119841.Peer-Reviewed Original Research