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Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen

Mersin ÜniversitesiORCID 0000-0001-8375-7719Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:imaging· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1

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Berçem YariD· 1 shared Cristina MenniiD· 1 shared Dana Melanie SmalliD· 1 shared Dilan Deniz YılmaziD· 1 shared Eco J. C. de GeusiD· 1 shared Emily E. PerszykiD· 1 shared Eryk J. GrzeszkowiakiD· 1 shared Evren DeğirmenciiD· 1 shared

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Tastes and retronasal odours evoke a shared flavour-specific neural code in the human insula

Putu Agus Khorisantono, Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen, Janina Seubert

The paper shows retronasal odours and their paired tastants evoke similar insular neural patterns, highlighting shared flavour processing.

Nature Communications · Sep 12, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Odor imagery but not perception drives risk for food cue reactivity and increased adiposity

Emily E. Perszyk, Xue S. Davis, Jelena Djordjevic, Marilyn Jones‐Gotman, Jessica Trinh, Zach Hutelin, Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen, Leonie Koban, Tor Dessart Wager, Hedy Kober A, Dana Melanie Small

The paper investigates how odor imagery, not perception, influences food cue reactivity and adiposity in healthy individuals.

bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2023 · PreprintNeuroscience

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation in a hungry state decreases heart rate variability and wanting of a palatable drink

Zeynep ALTINKAYA, Lina Öztürk, İlkim Büyükgüdük, Hüseyin Yanık, Dilan Deniz Yılmaz, Berçem Yar, Evren Değirmenci, Uğur Dal, Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen

This study compares the effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) at different ear locations during hungry and full states on heart rate variability and metabolic responses.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience

Large-scale genome-wide association study of food liking reveals genetic determinants and genetic correlations with distinct neurophysiological traits.

Sebastian May-Wilson, Nana Matoba, Kaitlin Hazel Wade, Jouke‐Jan Hottenga, Maria Pina Concas, Massimo Mangino, Eryk J. Grzeszkowiak, Cristina Menni, Paolo Gasparini, Nicholas John Timpson, Maria Geraldine Veldhuizen, Eco J. C. de Geus, James F. Wilson, Nicola Pirastu

This study conducts a large-scale GWAS of food liking in 161,625 UK Biobank participants, identifying 1401 associations and revealing genetic correlations with brain traits.

bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2021 · PreprintGenetics