Göran Engberg
Professor, Senior
E-mail: goran.engberg@ki.se
Telephone: +46852486717
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, Biomedicum C5, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C3 Fysiologi och farmakologi, C3 FyFa EPN Elektrofysiologisk Neurofarmakologi, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology since 2002.
Research
- Kynurenic acid is normally found in low concentrations in the brain. Its functions are thought to include the regulation of glutamate, an important signal substance, which it achieves by blocking brain glutamate receptors.
It has previously been shown that substances with this property can induce symptoms that are typical of schizophrenia. According to a recently proposed hypothesis, the kynurenic acid that is produced after activation of the brain's immune system plays an important part in the development of the disease.
Articles
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA. 2025;11(1):88Malmqvist A; Eren F; Schwieler L; Orhan F; Fatouros-Bergman H; Flyckt L; Piehl F; Cervenka S; Baeck M; Sellgren CM; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2025;182(4):389-400Orhan F; Malwade S; Khanlarkhani N; Gkogka A; Langeder A; Jungholm O; Koskuvi M; Lehtonen S; Schwieler L; Jardemark K; Tiihonen J; Koistinaho J; Erhardt S; Engberg G; Samudyata S; Sellgren CM
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2025;125:452-465Weidenfors JA; Griska V; Li X; Pranckeviciene A; Pakalniene J; Atlas A; Franzen-Rohl E; Piehl F; Lindquist L; Mickiene A; Engberg G; Schwieler L; Erhardt S
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2025;124:163-176Li X; Eden A; Malwade S; Cunningham JL; Bergquist J; Weidenfors JA; Sellgren CM; Engberg G; Piehl F; Gisslen M; Kumlien E; Virhammar J; Orhan F; Rostami E; Schwieler L; Erhardt S
- Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2024;171:306-315Haroon H; Ho AM-C; Gupta VK; Dasari S; Sellgren CM; Cervenka S; Engberg G; Eren F; Erhardt S; Sung J; Choi D-S
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRYPTOPHAN RESEARCH. 2024;17:11786469241245323Orhan F; Schwieler L; Engberg G; Samuelsson M
- Article: PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES. 2023;77(12):665-671Pils M; Rutsch J; Eren F; Engberg G; Piehl F; Cervenka S; Sellgren C; Trossbach S; Willbold D; Erhardt S; Bannach O; Korth C
- Article: ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA. 2023;37:e18Zheng Y-R; Tufvesson-Alm M; Trepci A; Imbeault S; Li X-Q; Schwieler L; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2023;257:34-40Orhan F; Goiny M; Becklen M; Mathe L; Piehl F; Schwieler L; Fatouros-Bergman H; Farde L; Cervenka S; Sellgren CM; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2023;111:376-385Eren F; Schwieler L; Orhan F; Malmqvist A; Piehl F; Cervenka S; Sellgren CM; Fatouros-Bergman H; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2022;13(1):6427Gracias J; Orhan F; Horbeck E; Holmen-Larsson J; Khanlarkani N; Malwade S; Goparaju SK; Schwieler L; Demirel IS; Fu T; Fatourus-Bergman H; Pelanis A; Goold CP; Goulding A; Annerbrink K; Isgren A; Sparding T; Schalling M; Yanez VAC; Gopfert JC; Nilsson J; Brinkmalm A; Blennow K; Zetterberg H; Engberg G; Piehl F; Sheridan SD; Perlis RH; Cervenka S; Erhardt S; Landen M; Sellgren CM
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(8):3247-3261Matlik K; Garton DR; Montano-Rodriguez AR; Olfat S; Eren F; Casserly L; Damdimopoulos A; Panhelainen A; Porokuokka LL; Kopra JJ; Turconi G; Schweizer N; Bereczki E; Piehl F; Engberg G; Cervenka S; Piepponen TP; Zhang F-P; Sipila P; Jakobsson J; Sellgren CM; Erhardt S; Andressoo J-O
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2022;12(1):229Shang P; Ho AM-C; Tufvesson-Alm M; Lindberg DR; Grant CW; Orhan F; Eren F; Bhat M; Engberg G; Schwieler L; Fatouros-Bergman H; Imbeault S; Iverson RM; Dasari S; Piehl F; Cervenka S; Sellgren CM; Erhardt S; Choi D-S
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(11):6820-6832Sellgren CM; Imbeault S; Larsson MK; Oliveros A; Nilsson IAK; Codeluppi S; Orhan F; Bhat M; Tufvesson-Alm M; Gracias J; Kegel ME; Zheng Y; Faka A; Svedberg M; Powell SB; Caldwell S; Kamenski ME; Vawter MP; Schullman A; Goiny M; Svensson CI; Hokfelt T; Schalling M; Schwieler L; Cervenka S; Choi D-S; Landen M; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRYPTOPHAN RESEARCH. 2021;14:11786469211041368Imbeault S; Gubert Olive M; Jungholm O; Erhardt S; Wigstrom H; Engberg G; Jardemark K
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY. 2020;349:577401Tufvesson-Alm M; Imbeault S; Liu X-C; Zheng Y; Faka A; Choi D-S; Schwieler L; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Article: MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION. 2020;170:110726Study of the alternative mechanism behind the constant strain hardening rate in high-nitrogen steelsMolnar D; Lu S; Hertzman S; Engberg G; Vitos L
- Article: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE. 2020;270(7):933-938Johansson V; Erhardt S; Engberg G; Kegel M; Bhat M; Schwieler L; Blennow K; Zetterberg H; Cannon TD; Wetterberg L; Hultman CM; Landen M
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):4016Elvsashagen T; Bahrami S; van der Meer D; Agartz I; Alnaes D; Barch DM; Baur-Streubel R; Bertolino A; Beyer MK; Blasi G; Borgwardt S; Boye B; Buitelaar J; Boen E; Celius EG; Cervenka S; Conzelmann A; Coynel D; Di Carlo P; Djurovic S; Eisenacher S; Espeseth T; Fatouros-Bergman H; Flyckt L; Franke B; Frei O; Gelao B; Harbo HF; Hartman CA; Haberg A; Heslenfeld D; Hoekstra PJ; Hogestol EA; Jonassen R; Jonsson EG; Kirsch P; Kloszewska I; Lagerberg TV; Landro NI; Le Hellard S; Lesch K-P; Maglanoc LA; Malt UF; Mecocci P; Melle I; Meyer-Lindenberg A; Moberget T; Nordvik JE; Nyberg L; O'Connell KS; Oosterlaan J; Papalino M; Papassotiropoulos A; Pauli P; Pergola G; Persson K; de Quervain D; Reif A; Rokicki J; van Rooij D; Shadrin AA; Schmidt A; Schwarz E; Selbaek G; Soininen H; Sowa P; Steen VM; Tsolaki M; Vellas B; Wang L; Westman E; Ziegler GC; Zink M; Andreassen OA; Westlye LT; Kaufmann T; Farde L; Flyckt L; Engberg G; Erhardt SS; Fatouros-Bergman H; Cervenka S; Schwieler L; Piehl F; Agartz I; Collste K; Victorsson P; Malmqvist A; Hedberg M; Orhan F; Sellgren CM
- Article: IBRO REPORTS. 2020;8:136-142Xu C; Sellgren CM; Fatouros-Bergman H; Piehl F; Blennow K; Zetterberg H; Brinkmalm A; Santillo AF; Lundgren S; Cervenka S; Engberg G; Erhardt S
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All other publications
- Review: PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS. 2024;76(6):1089-1101Weitzberg E; Ingelman-Sundberg M; Lundberg JO; Engberg G; Schulte G; Lauschke VM
- Letter: BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY. 2023;114:163-164Eren F; Schwieler L; Orhan F; Malmqvist A; Piehl F; Cervenka S; Sellgren CM; Fatouros-Bergman H; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Corrigendum: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2022;27(3):1855Sellgren CM; Imbeault S; Larsson MK; Oliveros A; Nilsson IAK; Codeluppi S; Orhan F; Bhat M; Tufvesson-Alm M; Gracias J; Kegel ME; Zheng Y; Faka A; Svedberg M; Powell SB; Caldwell S; Kamenski ME; Vawter MP; Schulmann A; Goiny M; Svensson CI; Hokfelt T; Schalling M; Schwieler L; Cervenka S; Choi D-S; Landen M; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Other: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2020;23(8):543-544Kasper S; Moeller H-J; Engberg G; Eriksson E; Hokfelt T
- Letter: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2019;208:490-492Santillo AF; Lundgren S; Xu C; Orhan F; Fatouros-Bergman H; Blennow K; Zetterberg H; Portelius E; Cervenka S; Jonsson EG; Erhardt S; Engberg G
- Letter: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2019;85(7):e35-e39van Erp TGM; Walton E; Hibar DP; Schmaal L; Jiang W; Glahn DC; Pearlson GD; Yao N; Fukunaga M; Hashimoto R; Okada N; Yamamori H; Clark VP; Mueller BA; de Zwarte SMC; Ophoff RA; van Haren NEM; Andreassen OA; Gurholt TP; Gruber O; Kraemer B; Richter A; Calhoun VD; Crespo-Facorro B; Roiz-Santianez R; Tordesillas-Gutierrez D; Loughland C; Catts S; Fullerton JM; Green MJ; Henskens F; Jablensky A; Mowry BJ; Pantelis C; Quide Y; Schall U; Scott RJ; Cairns MJ; Seal M; Tooney PA; Rasser PE; Cooper G; Weickert CS; Weickert TW; Hong E; Kochunov P; Gur RE; Gur RC; Ford JM; Macciardi F; Mathalon DH; Potkin SG; Preda A; Fan F; Ehrlich S; King MD; De Haan L; Veltman DJ; Assogna F; Banaj N; de Rossi P; Iorio M; Piras F; Spalletta G; Pomarol-Clotet E; Kelly S; Ciufolini S; Radua J; Murray R; Marques TR; Simmons A; Borgwardt S; Schoenborn-Harrisberger F; Riecher-Roessler A; Smieskova R; Alpert KI; Bertolino A; Bonvino A; Di Giorgio A; Neilson E; Mayer AR; Yun J-Y; Cannon DM; Lebedeva I; Tomyshev AS; Akhadov T; Kaleda V; Fatouros-Bergman H; Flyckt L; Rosa PGP; Serpa MH; Zanetti MV; Hoschl C; Skoch A; Spaniel F; Tomecek D; McIntosh AM; Whalley HC; Knoechel C; Oertel-Knoechel V; Howells FM; Stein DJ; Temmingh HS; Uhlmann A; Lopez-Jaramillo C; Dima D; Faskowitz JI; Gutman BA; Jahanshad N; Thompson PM; Turner JA; Farde L; Flyckt L; Fatouros-Bergman H; Cervenka S; Collste K; Victorsson P; Engberg G; Erhardt S; Schwieler L; Malmqvist A; Hedberg M; Orhan F; Piehl F; Agartz I
- Letter: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2018;199:438-441Checa A; Malmqvist A; Flyckt L; Schwieler L; Samuelsson M; Skogh E; Cervenka S; Dahl M-L; Piehl F; Erhardt S; Wheelock CE
- Letter: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2018;195:406-408Orhan F; Fatouros-Bergman H; Schwieler L; Cervenka S; Flyckt L; Sellgren CM; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Review: NEUROPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;112(Pt B):297-306Erhardt S; Schwieler L; Imbeault S; Engberg G
- Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2015;112:DH34Schalling M; Engberg G; Andreassen O; Erhardt S; Cunningham J; Agartz I; Petrovic P; Cervenka S; Fatouros-Bergman H
- Letter: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2011;127(1-3):270-272Holtze M; Saetre P; Erhardt S; Schwieler L; Werge T; Hansen T; Nielsen J; Djurovic S; Melle I; Andreassen OA; Hall H; Terenius L; Agartz I; Engberg G; Jonsson EG; Schalling M
- Letter: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2009;14(12):1069-1071Soderlund J; Schroeder J; Nordin C; Samuelsson M; Walther-Jallow L; Karlsson H; Erhardt S; Engberg G
- Review: CNS DRUGS. 2009;23(2):91-101Erhardt S; Olsson SK; Engberg G
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2008;18:S2-S3Asp L; Holtze M; Schwieler L; Engberg G; Karlsson H
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;17:S536-S537Schwieler L; Mickiene A; Holtze M; Atlas A; Engberg G
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;17:S422-S423Andersson LA; Nilsson LK; Schwieler L; Holtze M; Olsson SK; Olsson E; Linderholm K; Engberg G; Erhardt S
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;17:S420-S421Holtze M; Asp L; Engberg G; Karlsson H; Schwieler L
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;17:S419-S420Nilsson-Todd LK; Andersson LA; Schwieler L; Engberg G; Holtze M; Linderholm KR; Olsson E; Olsson SK; Erhardt S
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;17:S264-S265Olsson SK; Linderholm K; Erhardt S; Engberg G
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2007;17:S219Erhardt S; Schwieler L; Nilsson LK; Andersson LA; Linderholm KR; Holtze M; Olsson E; Olsson SK; Engberg G
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Employments
- Professor, Senior, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2026
- Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 2002-2024