Stephanie Kullmann

Current Position:

Post-doctoral fellow
Deputy head of Metabolic Neuroimaging at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM)

Research Interests:

My research interests are focused on neurobiological mechanisms related to obesity and diabetes in humans. I use modern neuroimaging methods, especially functional magnetic resonance imaging, and measures of peripheral metabolism. In particular, I am interested in assessing brain insulin action by means of intranasal insulin application to investigate the metabolic and cognitive consequences of brain insulin resistance.

Current projects:

Impact of High Caloric Diet
Brain Insulin Resistance
Brain Insulin Resistance with Aging

Selected Publications:

Publications (through pubmed)

Hege MA, Veit R, Krumsiek J, Kullmann S, Heni M, Rogers PJ, Brunstrom JM, Fritsche A, Preissl H. Eating less or more – Mindset induced changes in neural correlates of pre-meal planning. Appetite. 2018 Jun 1;125:492-501.

Kullmann S, Veit R, Peter A, Pohmann R, Scheffler K, Häring HU, Fritsche A, Preissl H, Heni M. Dose dependent effects of intranasal insulin on resting-state brain activity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Oct 31.

Kullmann S, Heni M, Veit R, Scheffler K, Machann J, Häring HU, Fritsche A, Preissl H. Intranasal insulin enhances brain functional connectivity mediating the relationship between adiposity and subjective feeling of hunger, Sci Rep. 2017 May 9;7(1):1627.

Kullmann S, Fritsche A, Wagner R, Schwab S, Häring HU, Preissl H, Heni M. Hypothalamic insulin responsiveness is associated with pancreatic insulin secretion in humans. Physiol Behav. 2017 Mar 24. pii: S0031-9384(16)31226-4.

Heni M, Kullmann S, Ahlqvist E, Wagner R, Machicao F, Staiger H, Häring HU, Almgren P, Groop LC, Small DM, Fritsche A, Preissl H. Interaction between the obesity-risk gene FTO and the dopamine D2 receptor gene ANKK1/TaqIA on insulin sensitivity. Diabetologia. 2016 Dec;59(12):2622-2631.

Kullmann S, Heni M, Hallschmid M, Fritsche A, Preissl H, Häring HU. Brain Insulin Resistance at the Crossroads of Metabolic and Cognitive Disorders in Humans. Physiol Rev. 2016 Oct;96(4):1169-209. Review.

Kullmann S, Callaghan MF, Heni M, Weiskopf N, Scheffler K, Häring HU, Fritsche A, Veit R, Preissl H. Specific white matter tissue microstructure changes associated with obesity. Neuroimage. 2016 Jan 15;125:36-44.

Kullmann S, Heni M, Veit R, Scheffler K, Machann J, Häring HU, Fritsche A, Preissl H. Selective insulin resistance in homeostatic and cognitive control brain areas in overweight and obese adults. Diabetes Care. 2015 Jun;38(6):1044-50.

Kullmann S, Heni M, Linder K, Zipfel S, Häring HU, Veit R, Fritsche A, Preissl H. Resting-state functional connectivity of the human hypothalamus. Hum Brain Mapp. 2014 Dec;35(12):6088-96.

Kullmann S, Pape AA, Heni M, Ketterer C, Schick F, Häring HU, Fritsche A, Preissl H, Veit R. Functional network connectivity underlying food processing: disturbed salience and visual processing in overweight and obese adults. Cereb Cortex. 2013 May;23(5):1247-56.

Kullmann S, Heni M, Veit R, Ketterer C, Schick F, Häring HU, Fritsche A, Preissl H. The obese brain: association of body mass index and insulin sensitivity with resting state network functional connectivity. Hum Brain Mapp. 2012 May;33(5):1052-61.