Viktoria KrakenbergInstitute of Neuro- and Behavioural Biology Department of Behavioural Biology Badestraße 13 D-48149 Münster Phone: +49 (0) 251/83 21769 Fax.: +49 (0) 251/83 23896 E-mail: v_krak01@uni-muenster.de → Website |
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Joined OCC in 2017
Information processing in the brain can be influenced by emotional states, a phenomenon referred to as cognitive bias. A growing body of evidence suggests negative cognitive biases (“pessimism”) to be implicated in the aetiology of anxiety disorders and depression in humans. Mice lacking either one or both alleles of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene constitute a commonly used rodent model for human anxiety disorders.
To assess the cognitive bias of 5-HTT deficient mice in comparison to wildtype controls, the aim of this project is to implement a translational, touchscreen-based cognitive bias test for this species. In a next step, the influence of early life experiences on the animals’ cognitive bias will be investigated. (SFB/TRR 58 “Fear, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders”)
Prof. Dr. Norbert Sachser
Prof. Dr. S. Helene Richter
Prof. Dr. med. Volker Arolt
2020
Feige-Diller, J; Krakenberg, V; Bierbaum, L; Seifert, L; Palme, R; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter, SH (2020): The Effects of Different Feeding Routines on Welfare in Laboratory Mice. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6: 479.
2019
Krakenberg, V; von Kortzfleisch, V; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter, SH (2019): Differential effects of serotonin transporter genotype on anxiety-like behavior and cognitive judgment bias in mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 13: 263.
Krakenberg, V; Woigk, I; Garcia Rodriguez, L; Kästner, N; Kaiser, S; Sachser, N; Richter, SH (2019): Technology or ecology? New tools to assess cognitive judgement bias in mice. Behavioural Brain Research 362: 279-287.
Krakenberg, V., Klassen, I., Ossendorf, E., Kaiser, S., Sachser, N., Richter, S.H. (2017). Assessment of cognitive judgement bias in laboratory mice: utilising a tunnel-based discrimination task. Poster Presentation at the WASAD Congress 2017, Würzburg, Germany.
| *1991 | Volkmarsen, Germany |
| 2010-2013 | Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Münster |
| 2013-2016 | Master of Science in Biology, University of Münster |
| 2016 | Beginning of PhD research project, Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Münster |