Stina Börchers
About Stina Börchers
Doctoral student in Karolina Skibicka's group investigating the neurobiology of feeding behavior, energy expenditure, and emotionality with a specific focus on potential sex differences. Besides her work at the University of Gothenburg, Stina Börchers is active as a science communicator.
M.Sc. in Neurosciences at the University of Bremen, Germany
B.Sc. in Biology at the University of Bremen, Germany
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Peripherally restricted oxytocin is sufficient to reduce food intake and motivation, while CNS entry is required for locomotor and taste avoidance
effects
Mohammed Asker, Jean-Philippe Krieger, A. Liles, I. C. Tinsley, T. Borner, Ivana Maric, S. Doebley, C. D. Furst, Stina Börchers, Francesco Longo, Y. R. Bhat, B. C. De Jonghe, M. R. Hayes, R. P. Doyle, Karolina P Skibicka
Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism - 2023 -
Neural Pathway for Gut Feelings: Vagal Interoceptive Feedback From the Gastrointestinal Tract Is a Critical Modulator of Anxiety-like
Behavior
Jean-Philippe Krieger, Mohammed Asker, Pauline van der Velden, Stina Börchers, Jennifer E. Richard, Ivana Maric, Francesco Longo, A. Singh, G. de Lartigue, Karolina P Skibicka
Biological Psychiatry - 2022 -
From an Empty Stomach to Anxiolysis: Molecular and Behavioral Assessment of Sex Differences in the Ghrelin Axis of
Rats
Stina Börchers, Jean-Philippe Krieger, Ivana Maric, Jil Carl, Maral Abraham, Francesco Longo, Mohammed Asker, Jennifer E. Richard, Karolina P Skibicka
Frontiers in Endocrinology - 2022 -
Commonly-used rodent tests of anxiety-like behavior lack predictive validity for human sex
differences.
Stina Börchers, Jean-Philippe Krieger, Mohammed Asker, Ivana Maric, Karolina P Skibicka
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 2022 -
Sex and Species Differences in the Development of Diet-Induced Obesity and Metabolic Disturbances in
Rodents.
Ivana Maric, Jean-Philippe Krieger, Pauline van der Velden, Stina Börchers, Mohammed Asker, Milica Vujičić, Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm, Karolina P Skibicka
Frontiers in nutrition - 2022